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Surviving Assistant Professorhood

What Does (Or Should) It Mean to be an “Academic”? ~ Guest Post

By Guest Author | November 2, 2021

by Dr. Chris Winstead Chris Winstead is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Utah State University. He has been on the USU faculty for seventeen years. He was born in North Carolina (USA) in the late mid-20th century, … [Read more...] about What Does (Or Should) It Mean to be an “Academic”? ~ Guest Post

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It

Dispatches From the Front: Dealing with a Difficult Dean/Chair

By Karen Kelsky | January 13, 2020

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

Filed Under: Dispatches, Postdoc Issues, Promote Yourself!, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Academic PTSD – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | October 29, 2019

[Posting has been a bit delayed as I've recovered from my accident. I will be posting on an accelerated schedule to try and get caught up!] I am delighted to offer another guest post in my series of contributed posts by black women and other women … [Read more...] about Academic PTSD – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Women of Color in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia

“Yes, We Will Revise that R&R”: Birthing and Writing in the “Publish-or-Perish” Paradigm – Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | September 23, 2019

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

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Why You Need (and Deserve) an Academic Coach

By Kel Weinhold | August 23, 2019

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 knowledge to navigate the unwritten rules … [Read more...] about Why You Need (and Deserve) an Academic Coach

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Productivity, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Unstuck, Writing

Enough Really is Enough

By Kel Weinhold | July 25, 2019

Let’s talk about scarcity. In particular, scarcity that is fed by shame and and comparison and results in disengagement — specifically not submitting work. Today’s post draws from the work of Brené Brown. Quick aside: If you have not read Dr. … [Read more...] about Enough Really is Enough

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Productivity, Shame, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

How To Get Your Department to Pay for Productivity Support

By Karen Kelsky | May 14, 2019

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

Filed Under: Productivity, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Productivity Tuesday: It’s Not About Being a “Better” Worker

By Karen Kelsky | November 24, 2018

Testimonials from Unstuck participants: It is no exaggeration to state that Unstuck has changed my academic life. I was ready to leave academia as toxic working practices were taking over, and I had imported self-doubt and anxiety into my writing … [Read more...] about Productivity Tuesday: It’s Not About Being a “Better” Worker

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Productivity, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Always Have a Side Hustle, and Other Lessons I Learned from Academia (Part 2) – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | August 25, 2018

I am delighted to offer this guest post contributed in response to my recent call for contributions to the blog by black women and other women of color. I am still enthusiastically welcoming draft posts and ideas/pitches - send them to me at … [Read more...] about Always Have a Side Hustle, and Other Lessons I Learned from Academia (Part 2) – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Women of Color in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Your External Reviewers for Tenure

By Karen Kelsky | June 15, 2018

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

Filed Under: Dispatches, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It

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