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How To Do Conferences

Working the Conference: A Letter from a Client

By Karen Kelsky | January 8, 2013

I have a series of blog posts called How To Work the Conference Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.  Here is a story from last week that shows why you should do what they say. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Karen, I just attended the annual … [Read more...] about Working the Conference: A Letter from a Client

Filed Under: Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Graduate Student Concerns, How To Do Conferences, Promote Yourself!, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, What Not To Wear

What To Do Now in Grad School (Special Request Post)

By Karen Kelsky | March 2, 2012

Apologies for missing Tuesday's post and then delaying on Thursday's post. I had a family health crisis (thankfully, fully resolved) that kept me away from the computer this week. Today's post is a Special Request post for K, who asks, what can a … [Read more...] about What To Do Now in Grad School (Special Request Post)

Filed Under: Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Graduate Student Concerns, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, How To Do Conferences, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: Grad school strategies for success, Graduate student rules, Graduate student strategies

Be Professorial

By Karen Kelsky | February 21, 2012

If you had asked me, prior to my opening of The Professor Is In, what I imagined would be the biggest communicative challenge of young job candidates, I would have said, “being excessively pompous and pretentious.” And I would have been … [Read more...] about Be Professorial

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Dealing With the Informal Conference “Chat”

By Karen Kelsky | November 9, 2011

Today's post is a Special Request Post for Cynthia, who wishes to know how she should deal with an invitation from a search committee member to meet and “chat” informally at an upcoming conference. These invitations are evil. Search committees … [Read more...] about Dealing With the Informal Conference “Chat”

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

How To Dress for an Interview as a Butch Dyke

By Karen Kelsky | November 7, 2011

[Updated Sept 2021] Today’s post is a Special Request post for Digger, who asks, “how is a butch dyke to dress for a conference or campus interview?”  She goes on, “I recently tried to girl-up my wardrobe, and it was pretty much a disaster … [Read more...] about How To Dress for an Interview as a Butch Dyke

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, Intersectional Analyses, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, The Campus Visit, What Not To Wear, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

On To The Conference Interview!

By Karen Kelsky | November 2, 2011

(This post is an update of an earlier post, "How Not To Fuck Up Your Conference Interview."  ) You have submitted your cover letter, your c.v., and your recommendations. And lo! You've been long short-listed, and invited for a conference interview! … [Read more...] about On To The Conference Interview!

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, What Not To Wear Tagged With: first round academic interview, the academic job search, the conference interview

How to Work the Conference (Part Three of Three)

By Karen Kelsky | September 2, 2011

This is Part Three of our three-part series, "How to Work the Conference." Today's column discusses mealtimes and the book exhibit. In last week's post I quoted extensively from The Tenured Radical's column on conferences.  One of her best lines in … [Read more...] about How to Work the Conference (Part Three of Three)

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Promote Yourself!, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

How to Work the Conference (Part Two of Three)

By Karen Kelsky | August 26, 2011

Today we continue with Part Two of the "How to Work the Conference" series (see Part One here).  Today's post deals with how to behave during the conference--that is to say, how to look like you're very busy and in-demand.  Because conferences are … [Read more...] about How to Work the Conference (Part Two of Three)

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, What Not To Wear, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

How To Work the Conference, Part One of Three

By Karen Kelsky | August 17, 2011

(Wednesday Post Category:  Landing Your Tenure Track Job) [This is the first in a two-part series on Working the National Conference. Part One, today, explains the importance of the conference in an academic career. Part Two, next week, focuses on … [Read more...] about How To Work the Conference, Part One of Three

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Promote Yourself!, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

What Not to Wear, Assistant Professor Edition: Fashion for the Academic Set

By Karen Kelsky | July 28, 2011

(Thursday Post Category--Here's How You Get Tenure) Egged on by the redoubtable Martina of TheLifeAcademic, I have agreed to do a series of posts on What Not To Wear (Campus Edition).  She is on a mission to de-depress academic fashion, and this is … [Read more...] about What Not to Wear, Assistant Professor Edition: Fashion for the Academic Set

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, What Not To Wear, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: fashion advice for new faculty, fashion advice for new professor, fashion for assistant professor, how should I dress for work, what do I wear to teach

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