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Ph.D. Poverty

Paying The Price: The Costs of Academia for First-Gen BIPOC Scholars

By Guest Author | April 8, 2022

By Cecilia Caballero. Bio: Based in LA, Cecilia Caballero is a single mother, creative nonfiction writer, poet, teaching artist, and lecturer of Ethnic Studies. As a teaching artist, Cecilia facilitates generative poetry workshops for BIPOC … [Read more...] about Paying The Price: The Costs of Academia for First-Gen BIPOC Scholars

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Graduate Student Concerns, Marginalized Voices, Mental Health and Academia, Negotiating Offers, Ph.D. Poverty, Women of Color in Academia

Nihilism Was Inevitable

By Karen Kelsky | December 12, 2021

A genre of tweet has been gaining steam the last couple weeks, about the complete meaninglessness of academic job application documents or processes. It's all a crap shoot, argues this line of thought. Further, the collapse in hiring has only exposed … [Read more...] about Nihilism Was Inevitable

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, Major Job Market Mistakes, Mental Health and Academia, Ph.D. Poverty, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Toxic Hope

By Karen Kelsky | December 10, 2021

This story was shared by a reader recently. They have given me permission to share it here anonymously. Rarely have I seen the sickness of the PhD apparatus so clearly articulated. "Toxic hope" is another way of saying Berlant's "cruel optimism" … [Read more...] about Toxic Hope

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Mental Health and Academia, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option

Academia Is a Cult: Story of a TEDx Talk

By Karen Kelsky | March 26, 2021

About six months ago I was invited to do a TEDx talk, which I called Academia Is a Cult, by Prof. Adam Key of University of Arkansas at Monticello. I don't watch TED talks, and mostly dislike the whole idea of them. So I ignored the invitation for a … [Read more...] about Academia Is a Cult: Story of a TEDx Talk

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, COVID19, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option

Someone Who Speaks My Language–#BLM Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | March 12, 2021

By  W. D. Herstun.    W. D. Herstun is a graduate student in Writing & Digital Communication with a background in research and history. She reads everything and studies anything but is currently fascinated by surrealism’s various manifestations. … [Read more...] about Someone Who Speaks My Language–#BLM Guest Post

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Black Lives Matter, Marginalized Voices, Ph.D. Poverty, Racism in the Academy

Academia Wasn’t Meant For Me – #Postac Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | February 5, 2021

Shared with permission. Hi there,I recognize that you probably receive many, many messages. I'm sure a lot of them come from trolls. I don't really expect a reply. I mostly just wanted to send this someplace safe. I'm not currently in a … [Read more...] about Academia Wasn’t Meant For Me – #Postac Guest Post

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Marginalized Voices, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option

Boston U Dean to Struggling Grad Students: Go To the Food Pantry – Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | December 11, 2019

This post shared by a reader. ~~~~~~~~~~~ An intercepted email from a dean at Boston University to faculty and staff reveals that the administration is responding to poverty-like conditions among its grad students by sending out links to food … [Read more...] about Boston U Dean to Struggling Grad Students: Go To the Food Pantry – Guest Post

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option

Call it Real-Ac

By Karen Kelsky | December 30, 2018

At the start of every talk that I give on the academic and post-academic job market, I state that in a decades long reality in which only 5-35% of PhDs (depending on field) will get tenure track jobs, the so-called "non-academic" job should NOT be … [Read more...] about Call it Real-Ac

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Ph.D. Poverty, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

How (Not) to Negotiate a Tenure Track Salary

By Karen Kelsky | February 24, 2017

It's offer season, and negotiations are underway. I have written a lot about negotiating tenure track offers; here are some links: Part VII of my book, on Negotiating OK, Let's Talk About Negotiating Salary Will My Offer Be Rescinded If I … [Read more...] about How (Not) to Negotiate a Tenure Track Salary

Filed Under: Major Job Market Mistakes, Negotiating Offers, Ph.D. Poverty, Your Second and Third Jobs

Chasing Rainbows – An Adjunct Farewell

By Karen Kelsky | April 25, 2016

An email I received earlier this year.  If you are confronting a similar situation, remember that my post-ac team can help, and the initial consult is completely free. At this point, I am giving up. This interview was my last real shot at … [Read more...] about Chasing Rainbows – An Adjunct Farewell

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Ph.D. Poverty, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option

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