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Adapting

#Dispatches: How’s Your Mental Health? Part 2 of 2

By Karen Kelsky | November 30, 2020

#Dispatches From the Frontlines series crowdsources questions to get a broad indication of how our readers are coping with various challenges. The question this week:  How’s your mental health? Have you found anything that helps? Is it impacting your … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: How’s Your Mental Health? Part 2 of 2

Filed Under: Adapting, Coronavirus, COVID19, Dispatches, Mental Health and Academia

Self-Care: Paint By Numbers Edition

By Karen Kelsky | November 27, 2020

`It's a hard time in the US right now (and in many other regions that have not dealt well with COVID). Add to that the continuing Trumpist pandemonium and right wing assault on all that is good and rational, and the exhaustion of trying to do higher … [Read more...] about Self-Care: Paint By Numbers Edition

Filed Under: Adapting, Coronavirus, COVID19, Mental Health and Academia, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Leave Now

By Karen Kelsky | November 24, 2020

A follower on Twitter DM-ed me this question today. "As we know the academic job market is a shit show. I would love to see a series of twitter posts or blog posts about what PhDs can do to be ready fro when it picks up. Obviously, people in grad … [Read more...] about Leave Now

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, Adapting, COVID19, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

#Dispatches: Your Teaching Hacks

By Karen Kelsky | November 17, 2020

#Dispatches From the Frontlines series crowdsources questions to get a broad indication of how our readers are coping with various challenges. The question this week:  Send us your pandemic teaching hacks. This question did not get nearly the … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: Your Teaching Hacks

Filed Under: Adapting, COVID19, Dispatches, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Teaching and Research Statements, Teaching Portfolios

Online Education Can Help The Neurodivergent and Disabled- Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | November 16, 2020

  Holly Genovese is a Ph.D. student in American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin with portfolios in both Black Studies and Women and Gender Studies. Her work (primarily) focuses on Black cultural and artistic … [Read more...] about Online Education Can Help The Neurodivergent and Disabled- Guest Post

Filed Under: Adapting, Advising Advice, COVID19, Graduate Student Concerns, Mental Health and Academia, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Adapting to Disaster, Episode 4: Overcoming Fear and Anger (Guest Post by Dr. Aisha Ahmad)

By Karen Kelsky | April 23, 2020

~~~~~~~~~~~ It has been just shy of a month since I first warned academics about the risks of indulging in manic attempts at hyper-productivity in the early stages of a disaster, and cautioned against sprinting at the beginning of this marathon. … [Read more...] about Adapting to Disaster, Episode 4: Overcoming Fear and Anger (Guest Post by Dr. Aisha Ahmad)

Filed Under: Adapting, Coronavirus, COVID19

Adapting to Disaster, Episode 3: Research Productivity in Disaster Conditions (Guest Post by Dr. Aisha Ahmad)

By Karen Kelsky | April 17, 2020

~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week, I spoke about teaching in a disaster. This week’s episode of our Disaster Adaptation series focuses on practical strategies to maintain research productivity under crisis conditions. The purpose of this post is to help you … [Read more...] about Adapting to Disaster, Episode 3: Research Productivity in Disaster Conditions (Guest Post by Dr. Aisha Ahmad)

Filed Under: Adapting, Coronavirus, COVID19

Adapting to Disaster, Episode 2: Teaching in Transition (Guest Post by Dr. Aisha Ahmad)

By Karen Kelsky | April 9, 2020

By Aisha Ahmad Last week, I outlined the core security issues that everyone should prioritize in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Establishing this basic security infrastructure is the essential prerequisite to adapting to life under sustained … [Read more...] about Adapting to Disaster, Episode 2: Teaching in Transition (Guest Post by Dr. Aisha Ahmad)

Filed Under: Adapting, Coronavirus, COVID19, Women of Color in Academia

Adapting To Disaster, Episode 1: Security (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | April 2, 2020

By Aisha Ahmad For many people, the Covid-19 pandemic is their first-ever experience of a system-wide disaster. With millions of people now under mandatory lockdown, a serious concern for academics and others is how to remain productive amid … [Read more...] about Adapting To Disaster, Episode 1: Security (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Adapting, COVID19, Work/Life Balance in Academia

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