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Surviving Assistant Professorhood

How to Plan Your Research and Writing Trajectory on the Tenure Track

By Karen Kelsky | June 20, 2014

This is a re-post.  Various readers and clients are looking ahead to the new jobs they are starting in the fall, and I want you all to have a very firm handle on the nature of a tenure track research trajectory.  This post is written from the … [Read more...] about How to Plan Your Research and Writing Trajectory on the Tenure Track

Filed Under: Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Teaching and Research Statements, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: first year tenure track research, how do I decide on a research trajectory, how to plan a research trajectory, research trajectory

More on Negotiating–Thoughts from an R1 Department Head

By Karen Kelsky | April 4, 2014

Discussion of negotiating the tenure track offer continues apace.  Last week I was included in an email exchange between Rebecca Schuman and Mike Tarr, Department Head of the Psychology department at Carnegie Mellon University.  Mike got in touch … [Read more...] about More on Negotiating–Thoughts from an R1 Department Head

Filed Under: Major Job Market Mistakes, Negotiating Offers, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood

The Shame of Ph.D. Debt

By Karen Kelsky | January 22, 2014

Last week, in response to a skeptical comment about levels of Ph.D. debt on an earlier post, I created The Ph.D. Debt Survey, an open-source Googledoc spreadsheet. It has now passed 1700 entries.  The original spreadsheet is here.  I’m still … [Read more...] about The Shame of Ph.D. Debt

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Graduate Student Concerns, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood

Eight Tips on Writing Efficiently while Overloaded with Teaching, Service and Kids (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | June 10, 2013

A reader wrote asking for a post on how to write a book while working at a teaching-intensive university.  I put out a request for a guest post on the subject on Facebook, and Steve Engler responded with this account of writing a book while teaching … [Read more...] about Eight Tips on Writing Efficiently while Overloaded with Teaching, Service and Kids (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

The Price You Will Pay for Work-Life Balance

By Karen Kelsky | June 7, 2013

One of the most common questions I'm asked now, and in the years when I was active as an academic, is how women in academia can manage to combine children and career.  I did it, having two babies as an assistant professor and still getting tenure and … [Read more...] about The Price You Will Pay for Work-Life Balance

Filed Under: Mental Health and Academia, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Writing Your Book While Juggling Teaching and Kids (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | June 3, 2013

A reader wrote asking for a post on how to write a book while working at a teaching-intensive university.  I put out a request for a guest post on the subject on Facebook, and Katherine Vukadin responded with this account of writing a book while … [Read more...] about Writing Your Book While Juggling Teaching and Kids (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Book Proposals and Contracts, How To Build Your Tenure File, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia

The Real Life of a Tenure Track Faculty Person (A Guest Post)

By Guest Author | April 16, 2013

This guest post came out of a conversation that's been percolating among readers on the blog, facebook page, and over email, about the actual financial risks and repercussions of doing a Ph.D..  Indeed, last week's blog post, Should You Go To … [Read more...] about The Real Life of a Tenure Track Faculty Person (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Graduate Student Concerns, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia

How to Organize a Panel for a Conference

By Karen Kelsky | March 15, 2013

Over the past couple of weeks I've been engrossed in CV Advance Strategizing Sessions with many clients. The work has gone well, and we quickly move through all of the elements required for a powerful and effective academic record for next year's job … [Read more...] about How to Organize a Panel for a Conference

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, Promote Yourself!, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood

The Imposter Syndrome, or, as my Mother told me: “Just Because Everyone Else is an Asshole, it Doesn’t Make you a Fraud.” (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | December 11, 2012

Today's post is a Guest Post submitted by a reader of the blog named Phyllis Rippeyoung.  Phyllis is an Associate Professor with tenure, and wrote in with a comment about "Imposter Syndrome."  I responded by asking her if she'd be willing to write a … [Read more...] about The Imposter Syndrome, or, as my Mother told me: “Just Because Everyone Else is an Asshole, it Doesn’t Make you a Fraud.” (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Graduate Student Concerns, Major Job Market Mistakes, Mental Health and Academia, Promote Yourself!, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Work/Life Balance in Academia

How and Why to Write Collaboratively: A Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | December 4, 2012

For the next bit of time I will be posting special guest posts early in the week, in addition to my regular Friday post.  These guest posts are kindly submitted by readers in response to requests that arise on the blog or Facebook page.  I appreciate … [Read more...] about How and Why to Write Collaboratively: A Guest Post

Filed Under: Graduate Student Concerns, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia, Your Second and Third Jobs

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