I am delighted to announce the the revised 2025 edition of The Professor Is In is OUT, in audiobook form, narrated by ME! Find THE 2025 PROFESSOR IS IN AUDIOBOOK here on Amazon. Find THE 2025 PROFESSOR IS IN AUDIOBOOK on other platforms by … [Read more...] about The Updated 2025 Professor Is In Audiobook is Here! Plus a Special Offer
Teaching and Research Statements
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”
Professor Is In Book 2.0 Is Coming!
Hi all, Karen here. I’m excited to share some BIG NEWS (which I hope will bring joy to you as much as me)! I’m happy to announce that after months of planning and discussion with my editor, I have finalized plans with Random House for an … [Read more...] about Professor Is In Book 2.0 Is Coming!
Ableism and the “Post-Pandemic” Rollback of Extensions
by Holly Genovese Holly Genovese is a Ph.D. student in American Studies at UT Austin, with graduate portfolios in both Black Studies and Women's and Gender Studies. Her work focuses on African American aesthetic resistance to incarceration in the … [Read more...] about Ableism and the “Post-Pandemic” Rollback of Extensions
#Dispatches: Your Teaching Hacks
#Dispatches From the Frontlines series crowdsources questions to get a broad indication of how our readers are coping with various challenges. The question this week: Send us your pandemic teaching hacks. This question did not get nearly the … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: Your Teaching Hacks
How to Turn Your Teaching Duds into Memorable Statements
Sharing another post in our new semi-regular series, "Missives from the Editing Trenches" written by long-time TPII editors. They are the real MVPs, working in the trenches to catch you in all your job document pitfalls -- from the self-deprecating … [Read more...] about How to Turn Your Teaching Duds into Memorable Statements
Another Teaching Statement Cliché: The Messiah- Narrative
Today we are launching a new semi-regular series, "Missives from the Editing Trenches" written by long-time TPII editors. They are the real MVPs, working in the trenches to catch you in all your job document pitfalls -- from the self-deprecating to … [Read more...] about Another Teaching Statement Cliché: The Messiah- Narrative
The Job Search is Not a Striptease
One of my pet peeves in job documents is when the job candidate coyly gestures toward a research conclusion, without actually coming out and saying what the conclusion is. I have no idea why so many job seekers are so invested in this coyness. The … [Read more...] about The Job Search is Not a Striptease
Dr. Karen’s Rules of the Research Statement
We've looked at the Cover Letter and the CV and the Teaching Statement. Today we look at the Research Statement. An expanded and updated version of this post can now be found in Chapter 27 of my book, The Professor Is In: The … [Read more...] about Dr. Karen’s Rules of the Research Statement
The Dreaded Teaching Statement: Eight Pitfalls
We've looked at the Cover Letter and the CV; today we look at the Teaching Statement. An expanded and updated version of this post can now be found in Chapter 25 of my book, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into … [Read more...] about The Dreaded Teaching Statement: Eight Pitfalls