The Professor Is In

Guidance for all things PhD: Graduate School, Job Market and Careers

Teaching and Research Statements

#Dispatches: Your Teaching Hacks

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#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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Update on My Book: Blurbs, Reviews, and a Promotion

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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!

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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!

Dr. Karen’s (Partial) Rules for the Artist’s Statement

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It may surprise you to hear that I edit Artist Statements, but I do.  Not a ton, but enough that this post has become necessary.  I want to urge everyone to read this excellent post on the subject by Ben Davis, which targets the kind of overblown, … [Read more...] about Dr. Karen’s (Partial) Rules for the Artist’s Statement