I am delighted to offer the first guest post contributed in response to my call this past week for contributions to the blog by black women and other women of color. The author, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a doctoral candidate whose research … [Read more...] about The Violence of Academia’s “White Voice” – WOC Guest Post
Intersectional Analyses
A Provost Leaves Academia, Part IV – The Transition
This is the fourth and final installment in the #Postac series, "A Provost Leaves Academia," by Dr. Terri Givens. Dr. Terri Givens is a consultant in higher ed, and soon to be former provost at Menlo College. She has been a professor at the … [Read more...] about A Provost Leaves Academia, Part IV – The Transition
Motherhood in Academe (A Provost Leaves Academia, Part III) – A #Postac Guest Post Series
This is number three in the #Postac series, A Provost Leaves Academia," by Dr. Terri Givens. Dr. Terri Givens is a consultant in higher ed, and soon to be former provost at Menlo College. She has been a professor at the University of Washington and … [Read more...] about Motherhood in Academe (A Provost Leaves Academia, Part III) – A #Postac Guest Post Series
A Provost Leaves Academia: A #Postac Post
Dr. Terri Givens is a consultant in higher ed, and soon to be former provost at Menlo College. She has been a professor at the University of Washington and University of Texas at Austin, and is the proud mother of two teenage boys. KK: I … [Read more...] about A Provost Leaves Academia: A #Postac Post
The Path and Timeline of Your Tenure Application
Part 2 of my series on Tenure Every institution has its own conventions, expectations and practices for tenure, and the single most important thing you must do, if you are on the tenure track, is bring your research A-game to the task of figuring … [Read more...] about The Path and Timeline of Your Tenure Application
Negotiating As Therapy
Negotiating Assistance is some of my favorite work. I love it when clients prevail and get jobs, but mostly what I love is to help them over that final hump of asking for what they deserve, and putting a monetary price tag on their own value. This … [Read more...] about Negotiating As Therapy
Why Makeup, Why Now?
I'm starting Makeup Monday with some background story. While reactions to the Makeup series here and on social media have been uniformly positive, there has definitely been some surprise also. The Professor Is In is doing makeup now?? What?? And … [Read more...] about Why Makeup, Why Now?
Careering Toward Authenticity – #Postac Post by Karen Cardozo
by Karen Cardozo Here is a sentence I never thought I’d say: I was tenured and promoted (in April 2017, to Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts). Now, here is another I never … [Read more...] about Careering Toward Authenticity – #Postac Post by Karen Cardozo
Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure – Guest Post
By Patricia Matthew Patricia Matthew is an associate professor of English at Montclair State University. She is writing a book about representations of the body and the discourse of disease and illness in Romantic-era fiction. She is the co-editor … [Read more...] about Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure – Guest Post
What Now?
A reader wrote to ask for my views on what the Trump win means for academia, academic hiring in particular. I'll be honest. I'm so shattered by this win (I was all-in for Hillary and as many of you know used my Professor Is In platform to fight for … [Read more...] about What Now?