Friends, you have successfully bought 1000 of the 2000 "extra" copies of the original The Professor Is In old version that are languishing on Amazon and blocking the new updated version from coming out! THANK YOU!!! (The excess copies were due to a … [Read more...] about BOOK 2ND ED UPDATE, AND EARNEST REQUEST!
How to Get Grants and Fellowships
We Do Not “Skim”
I just wrote something to a postdoc client that I want to share because I think it clarifies what The Professor Is In does, and how we do it. And also what we don't do. People who have never worked with us are often skeptical. A tenured reader … [Read more...] about We Do Not “Skim”
Leveling the Academic Playing Field: Our Mission
I periodically publish a Careers Digest on Facebook, and here is the one for August 2022. We'll start a whole new one for the '22-23 academic year from this point on. Our individual goal is to help you advance in your career; our overarching … [Read more...] about Leveling the Academic Playing Field: Our Mission
Spring 2022 Career Outcomes Digest
I just gathered up a new Spring 2022 Career Outcomes Digest, with updates from both clients and readers. Lots of great updates on interviews, job offers, negotiations, and grants, plus one successful client tenure case! The negotiators make me … [Read more...] about Spring 2022 Career Outcomes Digest
Update on My Book: Blurbs, Reviews, and a Promotion
The book inches closer to actually existing in the material world (August 4)! It has gotten some lovely blurbs by amazing people, like this one by the inimitable Rebecca Schuman: “If you would like your academic career to begin in delusion and end … [Read more...] about Update on My Book: Blurbs, Reviews, and a Promotion
Buy My Book!
Love the blog? Now get it in handy book form--only $11.40! Available for pre-order now--comes out August 4! Buy it at all these places! It also makes a great gift for all those struggling grad students in your life! For bulk orders for use … [Read more...] about Buy My Book!
Grad Student Grandiosity
Grad students tend to veer between two extremes: I know nothing and I know everything. The latter position is an over-compensatory response to fear of the former. As you gain experience you find a middle ground of calm confidence. However, at the … [Read more...] about Grad Student Grandiosity
The European Project-Based Postdoc
I've worked with a handful of clients applying to project-based postdocs in Europe. We've had some bumps in the road, as I had to learn the expectations of these postdocs. A successful reader recently gave me a few pointers, which are below. The … [Read more...] about The European Project-Based Postdoc
Two Pet Peeves From the World of Grants
Two pet peeves from the world of grants: A grant proposal must not contain the phrase “I need to,” as in “for my revisions of the manuscript I need to pay closer attention to feminist critiques and read more deeply in the women’s studies … [Read more...] about Two Pet Peeves From the World of Grants
The Big Issue In Your Grant Proposal
In the Foolproof Grant Template I ask for an opening sentence or two that quickly engages the reader on the "big topic" of the research. My clients have a terrible time grasping what that opening should look like. They've been so disciplined through … [Read more...] about The Big Issue In Your Grant Proposal