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A Year of “Reckoning”: On Geographers (Not) Doing Abolition – Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | November 30, 2021

By: The Graduate Geographers’ Collective (1)   Introduction Amidst the COVID19 pandemic, the New York Times declared that the national protests against police brutality, and specifically against Derek Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd, … [Read more...] about A Year of “Reckoning”: On Geographers (Not) Doing Abolition – Guest Post

Filed Under: #Resistance, Alt-University Critique, Black Lives Matter, Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Racism in the Academy

The Professor Is In Top 12 Books About Academia

By Karen Kelsky | May 18, 2021

A podcast listener wrote today to ask if I have a list of favorite books about academia. The query made me realize: I DO have a list of books to which I return over and over for advice and insight, but I've never written about it. So without further … [Read more...] about The Professor Is In Top 12 Books About Academia

Filed Under: #Resistance, Academic Job Search, Alt-University Critique, Black Lives Matter, Graduate Student Concerns, Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Women of Color in Academia

#Dispatches: Why The F**k Don’t We Revolt??

By Karen Kelsky | September 14, 2020

#Dispatches From the Frontlines Monday series crowdsources questions to get a broad indication of how our readers are coping with various challenges.The question right now:  Why the f**k don't we revolt???  (contributed by Kel, lol).  New #Dispatches … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: Why The F**k Don’t We Revolt??

Filed Under: #Resistance, Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, COVID19, Dispatches, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

The Academy Is The Grift

By Karen Kelsky | September 14, 2020

Last week in my Starting a Small Business webinar Q&A, somebody asked me, what was your biggest surprise in starting a business beyond what you have shared in the webinar? I was startled by the question, and struggled to answer it for a … [Read more...] about The Academy Is The Grift

Filed Under: #Resistance, Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Careers Outside, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Job Search, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

How Sociology (Re)Produces Racist Policing – #BLM Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | June 8, 2020

[We continue to solicit #BLM guest posts. We pay $150 for accepted posts. 1000 words ballpark; profanity welcome. Please send a draft or query/pitch to Karen at gettenure@gmail.com] By Amber Hamilton. Amber M. Hamilton is a PhD Candidate in the … [Read more...] about How Sociology (Re)Produces Racist Policing – #BLM Guest Post

Filed Under: #Resistance, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Black Lives Matter, Racism in the Academy, Women of Color in Academia

From Russia with Anxiety: An Accidental Alt-Ac Story (#Postac Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | July 17, 2019

I'm pleased to host this guest post by the indomitable Chrissy Stroop. Chrissy is one of my post-ac heroes, for her courage and commitment to exposing the Evangelical cult through her #EmptyThePews and related online community building and writing. … [Read more...] about From Russia with Anxiety: An Accidental Alt-Ac Story (#Postac Guest Post)

Filed Under: #Resistance, Adjunct Issues, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Esteemed Gentlemen of the Internet:

By Karen Kelsky | July 10, 2019

July 4, 2019 Esteemed Gentlemen of the Internet: I want to thank you for your generous and enthusiastic participation in the public scholarship project, “I’ve Heard Enough From Old White Men.” Your energetic contributions to several related … [Read more...] about Esteemed Gentlemen of the Internet:

Filed Under: #Resistance, Intersectional Analyses

Don’t Adjunct at Wright State University – It is Scab Labor

By Karen Kelsky | February 5, 2019

Real-time Alert: Wright State University faculty have been on strike for over two weeks. This week Wright State University admin has sent out a call for adjuncts to fill in the positions of the striking faculty members. They are offering on-campus … [Read more...] about Don’t Adjunct at Wright State University – It is Scab Labor

Filed Under: #Resistance, Adjunct Issues, Alt-University Critique, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

A Tale of Two Conferences

By Karen Kelsky | November 24, 2018

I am just back from a back-to-back conference trip, first to the American Anthropological Association conference in San Jose, and then on to Denver for the American Academy of Religion. At each conference I spoke on the postacademic transition. I … [Read more...] about A Tale of Two Conferences

Filed Under: #Resistance, Adjunct Issues, Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, How To Do Conferences, Marginalized Voices, Post-Ac Job Search

An Open Letter to the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | November 2, 2018

I am delighted to offer another guest post in my series of contributed posts by black women and other women of color. If you’d like to submit a post or an idea for a post for consideration, email me at gettenure@gmail.com. I pay $150 for accepted … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: #MeTooPhD, #Resistance, Alt-University Critique, Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Racism in the Academy, Women of Color in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

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