Welcome to our inaugural Dispatches From the Frontlines - our new weekly advice post based on the crowdsourced wisdom of our wonderful readers! Each Monday, we crowdsource a question we get from a reader on Facebook and Twitter with a link to a … [Read more...] about Dispatches From the Front: Dealing with a Difficult Dean/Chair
Tenure--How To Get It
“Yes, We Will Revise that R&R”: Birthing and Writing in the “Publish-or-Perish” Paradigm – Guest Post
I am pleased to host this guest post by Professor Margaret M. Quinlan and Bethany L. Johnson, authors of a new book, You're Doing It Wrong! Mothering, Media, and Medical Expertise (Rutgers U Press, 2019). See below for additional info and links … [Read more...] about “Yes, We Will Revise that R&R”: Birthing and Writing in the “Publish-or-Perish” Paradigm – Guest Post
Why You Need (and Deserve) an Academic Coach
By Kel Weinhold, TPII Productivity Coach Getting published in academic journals is hard. Not only does it take the heavy lifting of research and writing, but grabbing the golden ring of a published article in a top journal also requires the … [Read more...] about Why You Need (and Deserve) an Academic Coach
How To Get Your Department to Pay for Productivity Support
This is part of a previous post on how to get your department to fund your participation in Unstuck: The Art of Productivity and The Art of the Academic Article, but you can use it to ask for any kind of professional development or program … [Read more...] about How To Get Your Department to Pay for Productivity Support
An Example Public R1 Departmental Tenure Timeline
Number 5 in my series on tenure. After my previous posts The Path and Timeline of Your Tenure File, and The Role of Your Tenure Committee and Department Head, a reader sent in a timeline document of the Department Head's duties in the tenure process … [Read more...] about An Example Public R1 Departmental Tenure Timeline
Your External Reviewers for Tenure
I'll begin with the usual caveat: all tenure processes are local. You MUST research your own department and campus to understand formal policies, informal practices, precedent, horror stories, and so on. No general advice such as I provide can … [Read more...] about Your External Reviewers for Tenure
The Role of Your Tenure Committee and Department Head
Continuing in the new series on tenure (this is #4, although I do have some earlier prior posts on the tenure process, all of which can be found in the "Tenure - How To Get It" Category) ----> Today I want to say a few words about the roles … [Read more...] about The Role of Your Tenure Committee and Department Head
The Path and Timeline of Your Tenure Application
Part 2 of my series on Tenure Every institution has its own conventions, expectations and practices for tenure, and the single most important thing you must do, if you are on the tenure track, is bring your research A-game to the task of figuring … [Read more...] about The Path and Timeline of Your Tenure Application
Why Your Tenure Statement Sucks
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
How Karen Helped Me Land My Dream Job [A Very Nice Guest Post]
Note from Karen: I am traveling this week on a family matter so will post about the Wall Street Journal coverage of the #MeTooPhD Sexual Harassment in the Academy Survey next week. Today I'm pleased to share this generous guest post by Professor … [Read more...] about How Karen Helped Me Land My Dream Job [A Very Nice Guest Post]