Today's post is adapted from an email followup from a client, who wanted to report back to me her experience as a black female job candidate on a campus visit. In a webinar this client had asked whether or not it was a good idea to ask the search … [Read more...] about Asking to Speak to Other People of Color on a Campus Visit
Intersectional Analyses
Undone
This was my newsletter post* from a couple days ago; turns out this particular newsletter was met with a highly unusual number of unsubscribes. Is it the gun control stuff? The queer stuff? Or just being political at all? I have no way of … [Read more...] about Undone
“You’re so Lucky…” and the Job Market – An Anonymous Guest Post
An anonymous guest post. Read this in conjunction with the piece that just came out this week on Chronicle Vitae, "The 'Joy' of Pregnancy in Graduate School." I think it relates more broadly to the larger hostility to the idea of "wellness" also, … [Read more...] about “You’re so Lucky…” and the Job Market – An Anonymous Guest Post
Breast Cancer Pink: My Story of Dissertating, Chemotherapy and Healing With Digital Storytelling (A Guest Post)
More on the theme of bodies, wellness, and healing and our struggle in academia to find and connect with them... a guest post. by Chelsey Hauge and Kate Reid Chelsey is a media artist and writer, and is currently Visiting Assistant … [Read more...] about Breast Cancer Pink: My Story of Dissertating, Chemotherapy and Healing With Digital Storytelling (A Guest Post)
Self-Criticism and the Academy — Postac Post by Jessica Langer
by Post-ac Career Coach Jessica Langer Academia is a climate of constant and unrelenting criticism. This is obvious in a professional sense: our work is often called "criticism" as a catch-all, and in the process of building upon our … [Read more...] about Self-Criticism and the Academy — Postac Post by Jessica Langer
Work-Life Balance? Post 1 of Many
This was originally posted in 2011. As you can see from the title, at the time I expected to write a lot more posts about work-life balance. I'm just getting to that now, in 2016! Since opening The Professor Is In, the question I've been most … [Read more...] about Work-Life Balance? Post 1 of Many
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Interviewing at an HBCU: The Question is a Different Question (A Guest Post)
This post is in two parts. Part One is by Melissa Geil Melissa Geil is a freelance writer and English teacher. She worked for five years at a public HBCU in Tennessee, where she served on multiple job search committees. She kindly responded to my … [Read more...] about Interviewing at an HBCU: The Question is a Different Question (A Guest Post)
Rape Threats Revisited
Most folks active in the academic blogosphere are aware of the nightmarish situation that developed over the past week around Sarah Kendzior and rape threats she received, and the insanely escalating blizzard of abuse directed at her upon Jacobin … [Read more...] about Rape Threats Revisited
The Career Counselor Is In – Cardozo 3
Strong stuff: Cardozo writes, "For many if not most, being an adjunct is the professional equivalent of domestic abuse, PTSD and Stockholm syndrome rolled into a single despairing plight that has only one feasible resolution: as with any … [Read more...] about The Career Counselor Is In – Cardozo 3