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Intersectional Analyses

Losing and Finding a Sense of Belonging in Academia – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | April 19, 2019

I am delighted to offer another guest post in my series of contributed posts by black women and other women of color. If you’d like to submit a post or an idea for a post for consideration, email me at gettenure@gmail.com. I pay $150 for accepted … [Read more...] about Losing and Finding a Sense of Belonging in Academia – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Intersectional Analyses, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia

Leaving the Academy: The Painting

By Karen Kelsky | February 6, 2019

Kellee is recently obsessed with the painter, Remedios Varo (1908-1963), who was born in Spain but spent most of her artistic life in Mexico. Like most women painters, she is vastly underrecognized, even though she made a major feminist intervention … [Read more...] about Leaving the Academy: The Painting

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Quitting--An Excellent Option

#MakeupMonday: Thick

By Karen Kelsky | January 30, 2019

TPII Editor Maggie Levantovskaya kindly gifted me a copy of Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom's book Thick last week. (I took a selfie with the book to send Maggie as part of my thank yous, and we had a moment of appreciation for the way my lipcolor … [Read more...] about #MakeupMonday: Thick

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia

The Power of Privilege: a Mexican Ecologist in Academia in the USA? – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | December 14, 2018

I am delighted to offer another guest post in my series of contributed posts by black women and other women of color. If you’d like to submit a post or an idea for a post for consideration, email me at gettenure@gmail.com. I pay $150 for accepted … [Read more...] about The Power of Privilege: a Mexican Ecologist in Academia in the USA? – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: International Perspectives, Intersectional Analyses, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

An Open Letter to the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | November 2, 2018

I am delighted to offer another guest post in my series of contributed posts by black women and other women of color. If you’d like to submit a post or an idea for a post for consideration, email me at gettenure@gmail.com. I pay $150 for accepted … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: #MeTooPhD, Alt-University Critique, Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Racism in the Academy, Women of Color in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Beyond Angry – Guest Post by Dr. Terri Givens – WOC Guest Post

By Guest Author | September 29, 2018

By Dr. Terri Givens Dr. Givens previously contributed a three-part series about leaving a Provost position to go post-ac. George F. Will wrote several hit pieces about Anita Hill in his Newsweek columns in 1991-92. I responded to one in which he … [Read more...] about Beyond Angry – Guest Post by Dr. Terri Givens – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Women of Color in Academia

Banish These Words: Sexism and Binarism Edition – Guest Post by Maggie Levantovskaya

By Karen Kelsky | September 21, 2018

By Dr. Maggie Levantovskaya Maggie Levantovskaya is one of our TPII editors, and a writer and adjunct professor based in the Bay Area. Let’s talk about sexist language in job application materials. I read countless cover letters, teaching … [Read more...] about Banish These Words: Sexism and Binarism Edition – Guest Post by Maggie Levantovskaya

Filed Under: Advising Advice, International Perspectives, Intersectional Analyses, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Marginalized Voices, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing

Encountering Racism in the Faculty Lounge – WOC Guest Post

By Guest Author | August 30, 2018

I am delighted to offer another guest post contributed in response to my recent call for contributions to the blog by black women and other women of color. If you’d like to submit a post or an idea for a post for consideration, email me at … [Read more...] about Encountering Racism in the Faculty Lounge – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia

Tales of a Tenured Woman of Color in the Deep South – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | August 17, 2018

I am delighted to offer another guest post contributed in response to my recent call for contributions to the blog by black women and other women of color. If you’d like to submit a post or an idea for a post for consideration, email me at … [Read more...] about Tales of a Tenured Woman of Color in the Deep South – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Racism in the Academy, Women of Color in Academia

Always Have a Side Hustle, and Other Lessons I Learned from Academia – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | August 12, 2018

I am delighted to offer another guest post contributed in response to my recent call for contributions to the blog by black women and other women of color. Dr. Nneka D. Dennie is a Consortium for Faculty Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting … [Read more...] about Always Have a Side Hustle, and Other Lessons I Learned from Academia – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Intersectional Analyses, Promote Yourself!, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia

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