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Why Your Tenure Statement Sucks

By Karen Kelsky | May 20, 2018

The Professor Is In has been going for 7+ years now (!!) and lots of our job market clients from years back are now coming up on tenure!  I'm thrilled that so many are getting back in touch for help writing their tenure statements. But I'm horrified … [Read more...] about Why Your Tenure Statement Sucks

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Christian Colleges, How To Build Your Tenure File, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It

An Adjunct’s Letter to Her Union-Busting College President

By Karen Kelsky | June 16, 2017

Ruth DeFoster, an adjunct professor at a university called St. Catherine's, in Minnesota, wrote to me today to share news of the anti-unionization campaign by her college administration, and the letter to the president she wrote in response. I am … [Read more...] about An Adjunct’s Letter to Her Union-Busting College President

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Christian Colleges, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Teaching In The Non-Believer’s Closet (A Guest Post on Christian Colleges)

By Karen Kelsky | May 15, 2015

The writer is an Instructor at a small Christian college. “God bless you!” I hadn’t just sneezed. I was holding open the door for a colleague struggling under the weight of a file box. “That looks heavy,” I replied, demonstrating for the … [Read more...] about Teaching In The Non-Believer’s Closet (A Guest Post on Christian Colleges)

Filed Under: Christian Colleges, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Negotiating Offers, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Three Truths and a Lie? Negotiations at the Christian College (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | March 27, 2015

Today’s anonymous author is a tenured professor in the field of religion at a mid-sized Christian University. He has sat on and chaired numerous search committees for both faculty and administrative hires. He sees the enormous stack of applicants for … [Read more...] about Three Truths and a Lie? Negotiations at the Christian College (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Christian Colleges, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Negotiating Offers

Four Tips for Getting Hired at a Christian University (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | November 21, 2014

Today’s anonymous author is a tenured professor in the field of religion at a mid-sized Christian University. He has sat on and chaired numerous search committees for both faculty and administrative hires. He sees the enormous stack of applicants for … [Read more...] about Four Tips for Getting Hired at a Christian University (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Christian Colleges, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes

The Rescinded Offer: Who Is In the Wrong?

By Karen Kelsky | March 14, 2014

I keep getting asked about the recent rescinded offer in Philosophy at Nazareth College, which originally popped up on Philosophy Smoker, (with a response from the rescindee, "W," here), went to Jezebel, then Forbes, and shows no signs of … [Read more...] about The Rescinded Offer: Who Is In the Wrong?

Filed Under: Christian Colleges, Graduate Student Concerns, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Negotiating Offers, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

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