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Ph.D. Poverty

The Career Counselor Is In – Cardozo 3

By Karen Kelsky | March 18, 2014

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

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

Freeing the Academic Elephant – Cardozo 2

By Karen Kelsky | February 18, 2014

Dr. Karen Cardozo

What do Foucault, Martha Beck, George Mallory, and Death Cab for Cutie have in common?  An ambivalent relation to the discipline required and imposed in the pursuit of a single-minded goal.  In your case: the academic career, and the ways that you've … [Read more...] about Freeing the Academic Elephant – Cardozo 2

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

For Adjunct Professors, Winter is Break-ing (A re-post on Ph.D. poverty)

By Karen Kelsky | January 30, 2014

I encountered this story by Caprice Lawless through A New Faculty Majority Facebook page, and was so struck by it, that I contacted her to ask permission to put on the TPII blog.  She graciously agreed.  It is an account of adjunct poverty that is … [Read more...] about For Adjunct Professors, Winter is Break-ing (A re-post on Ph.D. poverty)

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Graduate Student Concerns, Mental Health and Academia, Ph.D. Poverty, Shame

Graduate Student Shrimps on the Doctoral Barbie: The View from Tenure (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | January 24, 2014

Kathleen Lowrey, a recently tenured prof at the University of Alberta, got in touch with thoughts on the contradictions of the tenured subject position, inspired by my post on Tenured Privilege.  I asked her to consider contributing a guest post, and … [Read more...] about Graduate Student Shrimps on the Doctoral Barbie: The View from Tenure (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Graduate Student Concerns, Ph.D. Poverty, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

The Shame of Ph.D. Debt

By Karen Kelsky | January 22, 2014

Last week, in response to a skeptical comment about levels of Ph.D. debt on an earlier post, I created The Ph.D. Debt Survey, an open-source Googledoc spreadsheet. It has now passed 1700 entries.  The original spreadsheet is here.  I’m still … [Read more...] about The Shame of Ph.D. Debt

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Graduate Student Concerns, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood

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

Chronic Illness, Disability and Heternormativity on the Tenure Track (A Follow-Up Guest Post)

By Guest Author | April 19, 2013

This post is a follow-up to the guest post earlier this week, "The Real Life of a Tenure Track Faculty Person."  That post generated an enormous amount of reaction and comment that is still going on.  One of the commenters asked to know a bit more … [Read more...] about Chronic Illness, Disability and Heternormativity on the Tenure Track (A Follow-Up Guest Post)

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Graduate Student Concerns, Mental Health and Academia, Ph.D. Poverty, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia

The Real Life of a Tenure Track Faculty Person (A Guest Post)

By Guest Author | April 16, 2013

This guest post came out of a conversation that's been percolating among readers on the blog, facebook page, and over email, about the actual financial risks and repercussions of doing a Ph.D..  Indeed, last week's blog post, Should You Go To … [Read more...] about The Real Life of a Tenure Track Faculty Person (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Graduate Student Concerns, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia

If You’re Considering Graduate School in Germany

By Karen Kelsky | February 11, 2013

A reader doing her graduate work in Germany sent me this information and asked me to share it on the website, for the benefit of others considering doing the same.  Apparently there are a lot of challenges.  Proceed at your own risk!  Thank you, … [Read more...] about If You’re Considering Graduate School in Germany

Filed Under: International Perspectives, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Ph.D. Poverty, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

What Is a “Toxic” Campus? A Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | October 19, 2012

I have been asked by readers to describe the qualities of a "toxic" campus or job. I have thoughts on this, and someday plan to write a post about it. But for now, I offer this anonymous guest post by a client, which she titles, "The Bad and the Ugly … [Read more...] about What Is a “Toxic” Campus? A Guest Post

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Ph.D. Poverty, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia

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