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Online Education Can Help The Neurodivergent and Disabled- Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | November 16, 2020

  Holly Genovese is a Ph.D. student in American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin with portfolios in both Black Studies and Women and Gender Studies. Her work (primarily) focuses on Black cultural and artistic … [Read more...] about Online Education Can Help The Neurodivergent and Disabled- Guest Post

Filed Under: Adapting, Advising Advice, COVID19, Graduate Student Concerns, Mental Illness and Academia, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Academia Is the Grift, Part II: Reader Voices

By Karen Kelsky | October 13, 2020

The grifter accusations popped up again on social media last week. Find one post here and then scroll up and down for a bit more commentary about it.  I still need to write the blog post that unpacks all of that and what it says about the … [Read more...] about Academia Is the Grift, Part II: Reader Voices

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-Ac Job Search, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Writing a Zine In a Pandemic – BIPOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | September 25, 2020

We continue to welcome guest posts by BIPIOC scholars. Today's post is by Dr. Ida Yalzadeh. Dr. Ida Yalzadeh is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Asian American Studies program at Northwestern University. She graduated from Brown University with … [Read more...] about Writing a Zine In a Pandemic – BIPOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Coronavirus, COVID19, Graduate Student Concerns, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia

How Sociology (Re)Produces Racist Policing – #BLM Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | June 8, 2020

[We continue to solicit #BLM guest posts. We pay $150 for accepted posts. 1000 words ballpark; profanity welcome. Please send a draft or query/pitch to Karen at gettenure@gmail.com] By Amber Hamilton. Amber M. Hamilton is a PhD Candidate in the … [Read more...] about How Sociology (Re)Produces Racist Policing – #BLM Guest Post

Filed Under: #Resistance, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Black Lives Matter, Racism in the Academy, Women of Color in Academia

Tenured Faculty Member Says Quiet Part Out Loud

By Karen Kelsky | May 1, 2020

Prof. Kimberly Hoang, tenured faculty in Sociology at U of Chicago, looked out at a global pandemic and total collapse of higher ed hiring, and decided to write this (find original here; bolding added) Just five weeks ago, the world was a … [Read more...] about Tenured Faculty Member Says Quiet Part Out Loud

Filed Under: Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Coronavirus, COVID19, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

What Not To Say to Grad Students During a Pandemic – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | April 9, 2020

I saw this thread on Twitter and invited Fay Lin to submit it as a guest post for the blog. Thank you, Fay. Fay is a 4th year PhD candidate in Biochemistry at UCLA, where she uses math modeling to study biological networks in immune response. … [Read more...] about What Not To Say to Grad Students During a Pandemic – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Coronavirus, COVID19, Graduate Student Concerns, Women of Color in Academia

#Dispatches From the Front – Help, I Have a Toxic Advisor! Part I: Firing Your Advisor, Building Your Team

By Karen Kelsky | February 17, 2020

In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. This week, the question is: “Help, I have a toxic advisor/PI? What can I do? What have other people done in this … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front – Help, I Have a Toxic Advisor! Part I: Firing Your Advisor, Building Your Team

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Dispatches

Pearls of Wisdom–The Blog

By Karen Kelsky | February 14, 2020

Love the blog? Then get the book. It also makes a great gift for all the struggling grad students in your life. (For bulk orders for use in classes, seminars, and workshops, please call Crown Publishing /Random House Customer Service at … [Read more...] about Pearls of Wisdom–The Blog

Filed Under: Graduate Student Concerns, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Surviving Your First Conference: Tips for Anxious Newbies

By Karen Kelsky | January 9, 2020

I get a lot of questions about the Academic Conference from junior academics. Conferences are daunting! Even for more senior people. But they are an essential part of your academic career, so the sooner you get comfortable, the better - and honestly … [Read more...] about Surviving Your First Conference: Tips for Anxious Newbies

Filed Under: Graduate Student Concerns, How To Do Conferences, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student

Interview with Karen Kaplan, Senior Careers Editor at Nature

By Karen Kelsky | September 6, 2019

Karen Kaplan reached out to share thoughts on the academic job market. We had a great conversation and I learned a lot about STEM career paths which I am already bringing to clients and audiences. Then, she kindly allowed me to persuade her to do … [Read more...] about Interview with Karen Kaplan, Senior Careers Editor at Nature

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-Ac Job Search, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Postdoc Issues, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

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