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On Leaving the Cult (A Letter From a Client)

By Karen Kelsky | August 5, 2013

I get a pretty regular stream of fan mail from clients and readers, and I read all of it, respond to all of it, and deeply appreciate all of it.  When I get a letter from someone telling me how the reading the blog and/or working with me changed … [Read more...] about On Leaving the Cult (A Letter From a Client)

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Intersectional Analyses, Mental Health and Academia, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

How To Identify Yourself as a Diversity Hire

By Karen Kelsky | May 3, 2013

One of the most important things a job document can do is communicate an applicant's status with regard to diversity hiring. If you qualify as a diversity hire, you must make sure the committee knows it. But how does one do that? In my work with … [Read more...] about How To Identify Yourself as a Diversity Hire

Filed Under: How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Intersectional Analyses, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Promote Yourself!, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

How Women Can Speak Better in Public: Stop Apologizing and Get a Career

By Karen Kelsky | July 10, 2012

Dr. Karen is on vacation in Italy July 2012.  During that time she is re-posting older blog posts on her regular Tuesday and Thursday posting days.  She'll recommence new postings some time in … [Read more...] about How Women Can Speak Better in Public: Stop Apologizing and Get a Career

Filed Under: How to Interview, Intersectional Analyses, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Promote Yourself!, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: assertiveness training exercise, effective public speaking for women, fear of speaking in public, female self assertiveness, how to speak in public for women, overcoming fear of speaking, successful presenting for women

Death of a Soul (on Campus)

By Karen Kelsky | July 3, 2012

~~~~This post was an invited Guest Post on the former blog Worst Professor Ever. (originally published July 2011).  Worst Professor Ever was the brainchild of Amanda N. Krauss. She left a tenure-track position to have a life. ~~~~ This past … [Read more...] about Death of a Soul (on Campus)

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Intersectional Analyses, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Work/Life Balance in Academia Tagged With: ex-academic, giving up tenure, leaving tenure, leaving the university, why I gave up tenure, why I left academia

Ageism and the Academy: My Thoughts and a Request for Yours

By Karen Kelsky | April 24, 2012

Regular followers of my Facebook page know that for a number of months now I’ve been soliciting a post on aging and age discrimination in academia. I’ve been seeking such a post because of the constant stream of requests I receive from readers to … [Read more...] about Ageism and the Academy: My Thoughts and a Request for Yours

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Intersectional Analyses, Major Job Market Mistakes, Ph.D. Poverty, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Pregnant on Your Campus Visit–A Crowdsource Project

By Karen Kelsky | February 16, 2012

Today's post is a Special Request post for a reader who wishes to know how to handle pregnancy and the job search, particularly the campus visit. This is a subject about which I'm not really qualified to write. I was never pregnant while on the job … [Read more...] about Pregnant on Your Campus Visit–A Crowdsource Project

Filed Under: How to Interview, Intersectional Analyses, Major Job Market Mistakes, The Campus Visit, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: pregnant academic job search, Pregnant Campus Visit

How To Dress for an Interview as a Butch Dyke

By Karen Kelsky | November 7, 2011

[Updated Sept 2021] Today’s post is a Special Request post for Digger, who asks, “how is a butch dyke to dress for a conference or campus interview?”  She goes on, “I recently tried to girl-up my wardrobe, and it was pretty much a disaster … [Read more...] about How To Dress for an Interview as a Butch Dyke

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, Intersectional Analyses, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, The Campus Visit, What Not To Wear, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Getting Schooled for My Sexism

By Karen Kelsky | July 15, 2011

(Friday Post Category: Yes, You Can: Women in the Academy) When I was a brand new assistant professor, the chair of my department put me in charge of the department's speaker series. This was actually a good thing.  Being in charge of … [Read more...] about Getting Schooled for My Sexism

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: female faculty advice, female professor advice, internalized sexism, sexism in the university, women and assertiveness, women and tenure, women professional success, women succeeding in graduate school, women workplace help, women's careers

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