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Ph.D. Poverty

Starving the Beast

By Karen Kelsky | April 8, 2016

"I'm glad it's sunny out today.  Because it sure is dark in here." So said a grad student during the Q and A following my talk last week at the University of Oregon. The talk, "Hacking the Academic Job Market," is a talk that I've given at almost 50 … [Read more...] about Starving the Beast

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

Ph.D. Debt Survey Revisited

By Karen Kelsky | November 21, 2015

Remember my Ph.D. Debt Survey (who could forget it?) -- my crowdsourced google spreadsheet from 2014, of volunteered reader debt information from their undergraduate and graduate studies?  (It's still open--feel free to add your own info using the … [Read more...] about Ph.D. Debt Survey Revisited

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Graduate Student Concerns, Ph.D. Poverty, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

The “Tenuous Track” (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | June 26, 2015

by Anonymous, Ph.D. Given that the vast majority of faculty members now teach off the tenure track, landing one of these coveted positions feels like winning the academic lottery. Before accepting my current tenure track position, I was actually … [Read more...] about The “Tenuous Track” (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Major Job Market Mistakes, Ph.D. Poverty, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Shame, Surviving Assistant Professorhood

On Foregone Earnings, or the Economics of Adjunct Life (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | June 8, 2015

by Russ Burgos In August 1994, at age 31, I started graduate school in the hope (widely shared) of becoming One Who Professes. In May 2015, at age 52 and stuck in the adjunct life like a bug on flypaper, I rather wish I hadn’t. It’s the money, you … [Read more...] about On Foregone Earnings, or the Economics of Adjunct Life (A Guest Post)

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

Update on My Book: Blurbs, Reviews, and a Promotion

By Karen Kelsky | May 23, 2015

The book inches closer to actually existing in the material world (August 4)!  It has gotten some lovely blurbs by amazing people, like this one by the inimitable Rebecca Schuman: “If you would like your academic career to begin in delusion and end … [Read more...] about Update on My Book: Blurbs, Reviews, and a Promotion

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Graduate Student Concerns, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, How To Do Conferences, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Negotiating Offers, Ph.D. Poverty, Post-Ac Job Search, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Teaching and Research Statements, Teaching Portfolios, The Campus Visit, What Not To Wear

My Graduate School Debt and Post-Ac Life (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | April 26, 2015

This post is by Honey Smith (pseudonym), a staff writer for the personal finance blog Get Rich Slowly. By the time I finished my PhD program in rhetoric and composition, I was geographically bound by my partner’s job -- as an attorney, he made … [Read more...] about My Graduate School Debt and Post-Ac Life (A Guest Post)

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

VAPS and Why They Suck – A Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | April 24, 2015

This guest post is co-written by two veterans of the VAP-front who know whereof they speak.  All too painfully. A followup from one of them:  "One of these co-authors is taking another VAP because she hates herself." This piece was originally … [Read more...] about VAPS and Why They Suck – A Guest Post

Filed Under: Graduate Student Concerns, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Buy My Book!

By Karen Kelsky | April 10, 2015

Love the blog? Now get it in handy book form--only $11.40!  Available for pre-order now--comes out August 4! Buy it at all these places! It also makes a great gift for all those struggling grad students in your life! For bulk orders for use … [Read more...] about Buy My Book!

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Book Proposals and Contracts, Graduate Student Concerns, How To Build Your Tenure File, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, How To Do Conferences, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, International Perspectives, Intersectional Analyses, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Mental Health and Academia, Negotiating Offers, Ph.D. Poverty, Post-Ac Job Search, Postdoc Issues, Promote Yourself!, Publishing Issues, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Resumes & Postac Docs, Shame, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Teaching and Research Statements, Teaching Portfolios, Tenure--How To Get It, The Campus Visit, What Not To Wear, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia, Your Second and Third Jobs

An Inconvenient Truth (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | November 4, 2014

A reader got in touch to tell me about an infuriating experience at a recent conference. I asked her to write it up as a guest post, and here it is. Professors: stop the madness. Tell graduate students the goddamned truth. Dear Karen, I just … [Read more...] about An Inconvenient Truth (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Major Job Market Mistakes, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Shame, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Revenue Generating Activities, or, Time IS Money and Don’t Be Afraid to Think of It That Way

By Karen Kelsky | October 20, 2014

By Sarita Jackson As a former tenure track professor, I was often inundated by numerous service requests and invitations to participate in various activities just within the first year alone. However, I realized that I had the power to … [Read more...] about Revenue Generating Activities, or, Time IS Money and Don’t Be Afraid to Think of It That Way

Filed Under: Ph.D. Poverty, Post-Ac Job Search, Resumes & Postac Docs, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

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