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Surviving Assistant Professorhood

The Role of Your Tenure Committee and Department Head

By Karen Kelsky | June 8, 2018

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

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

The Path and Timeline of Your Tenure Application

By Karen Kelsky | May 25, 2018

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

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

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, How To Build Your Tenure File, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It

How Karen Helped Me Land My Dream Job [A Very Nice Guest Post]

By Karen Kelsky | January 12, 2018

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]

Filed Under: Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Laid Off From the Tenure Track – a Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | June 21, 2017

Stephanie Hinnershitz is currently an assistant professor in the Department of History at Cleveland State University in Ohio where she specializes in U.S. immigration history. Her first book, Race, Religion, and Civil Rights, was published by Rutgers … [Read more...] about Laid Off From the Tenure Track – a Guest Post

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It

Productivity – Where To Find It?

By Karen Kelsky | May 22, 2017

Kel and I just got back from our 3 1/2 week speaking tour of Ireland, Scotland, and England. We visited University of Manchester, University College Dublin, Maynooth University, St. Andrews University, University of Glasgow, SOAS (in an event hosted … [Read more...] about Productivity – Where To Find It?

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Productivity: You Need a Refueling Stop

By Kel Weinhold | March 20, 2017

Academic writing is an idea-fueled system. In other words, to produce a piece of writing, we go to our ideas, shaping them into a form that has never existed before in the history of time. What this means is, you are a creator. Academics don’t … [Read more...] about Productivity: You Need a Refueling Stop

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure – Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | January 20, 2017

By Patricia Matthew Patricia Matthew is an associate professor of English at Montclair State University.  She is writing a book about representations of the body and the discourse of disease and illness in Romantic-era fiction. She is the co-editor … [Read more...] about Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure – Guest Post

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

Asking to Speak to Other People of Color on a Campus Visit

By Karen Kelsky | October 31, 2016

Today's post is adapted from an email followup from a client, who wanted to report back to me her experience as a black female job candidate on a campus visit.  In a webinar this client had asked whether or not it was a good idea to ask the search … [Read more...] about Asking to Speak to Other People of Color on a Campus Visit

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Intersectional Analyses, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, The Campus Visit, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Entrepreneurship for Academics: An Interview with Adeline Koh

By Karen Kelsky | June 10, 2016

Today's post is an interview with Dr. Adeline Koh, Associate Professor of Literature, and Director of Digital Humanities, at Stockton University. One of my earliest clients, Adeline has gone on to enormous success as a scholar, teacher, digital … [Read more...] about Entrepreneurship for Academics: An Interview with Adeline Koh

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

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