Katherine Pickering Antonova is an associate professor of history at Queens College, City University of New York. She is author of The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays (Oxford, 2020), The Consumer’s Guide to Information: How to Avoid Losing … [Read more...] about Work Will Not Save You – COVID19 Guest Post
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Adapting To Disaster, Episode 1: Security (A Guest Post)
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)
#Dispatches Special Contribution: Advice From a Dean and Expert in Media and Performance
In our Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. This week, the question continues: How do I manage my new 100% online professional life? We continue weekly Dispatches From the … [Read more...] about #Dispatches Special Contribution: Advice From a Dean and Expert in Media and Performance
Schools Announcing a Hiring Freeze
I put this on FB today; I was asked to share it off FB for those who have left that platform for their mental health. I can get behind that, so here is a special post. It will not include updates, which I'm doing on the FB post, and are also arriving … [Read more...] about Schools Announcing a Hiring Freeze
How To Do Makeup For Zoom and Other Online Campus Visits and Teaching
Intro OK, as promised here it is! I re-recorded the video today to replace the first one that had multiple trucks rumbling by and my family chattering loudly and animatedly in Japanese in the next room at several points. There is no … [Read more...] about How To Do Makeup For Zoom and Other Online Campus Visits and Teaching
Advice for the Online Campus Visit – Guest Post
by Dr. Annabel Ipsen, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University. Thank you, Dr. Ipsen, for sharing these insights so quickly! Anyone who has insights on the new normal of interviews and campus visits by Zoom/skype, PLEASE … [Read more...] about Advice for the Online Campus Visit – Guest Post
Coronavirus Confusion: Just Be Kind To Yourself
It's hard to know what to say at this point: you all know what we're facing, but nobody has any clear idea how to manage it, especially the willy nilly conversion of your teaching to online platforms. And here I am, with my two college kids home. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus Confusion: Just Be Kind To Yourself
Coronavirus Post I: Listing Cancelled Conferences and Shaking Hands
I am determined to use The Professor Is In platform to share as much info as I can about dealing with the impact of Coronavirus on academic environments. Please know that like everyone I'm responding quickly to evolving circumstances, so if you feel … [Read more...] about Coronavirus Post I: Listing Cancelled Conferences and Shaking Hands