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Emotions in Academia: Sadness

By Karen Kelsky | March 5, 2021

Emotions in Academia 4: Sadness Re-blogging (with permission) part of Prof. Andrew Timming’s series on “Emotions in Academia” from his blog, Dire Ed. I'm incredibly grateful to Dr. Timming for openly discussing issues of emotions and mental health … [Read more...] about Emotions in Academia: Sadness

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Mental Illness and Academia, Shame

Emotions in Academia: Anger

By Karen Kelsky | February 22, 2021

https://dire-ed.com/2021/02/03/emotions-in-academia-part-3-anger/ Re-blogging (with permission) part of Prof. Andrew Timming's series on "Emotions in Academia" from his blog, Dire Ed. Dr. Andrew Timming is Professor of Human Resource Management … [Read more...] about Emotions in Academia: Anger

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Mental Illness and Academia, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

We Are All in This Together: Exposing the myth of the meritocracy – Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | February 18, 2021

by Dr. Tyia Grange Isaacson Dr. Grange Isaacson is a training and supervising analyst with a private practice in Berkeley, California and via telehealth.  She has a subspecialty providing both psychotherapy and coaching services to graduate … [Read more...] about We Are All in This Together: Exposing the myth of the meritocracy – Guest Post

Filed Under: Adapting, Alt-University Critique, COVID19, Mental Illness and Academia, Shame

You Belong

By Kel Weinhold | January 5, 2021

If growing up gender queer and working class in a small town taught me anything, it was how much “no” can shape your understanding of the world and your relationship to it.. “No, you can’t wear that.” “No, you can’t play football.” “No, you can’t … [Read more...] about You Belong

Filed Under: Productivity, Shame, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Say ‘Yes’ to the Mess

By Kel Weinhold | December 30, 2020

Last week, I was coaching a group of people in Unstuck about the challenge of dealing with where we are right now <waves vaguely>. I was explaining how by ignoring just how deep down in the well we feel about the multiple global threats and … [Read more...] about Say ‘Yes’ to the Mess

Filed Under: Productivity, Shame, Work/Life Balance 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

What Black Girls Do When Impostor Syndrome Peeks Through – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | May 22, 2020

This post was contributed as part of our long-standing WOC Wednesday series. That series pre-dated our more recent #BLM Guest Post series. I continue to solicit guest posts for both series; payment is $150. Poetry/art and profanity is welcome. Due … [Read more...] about What Black Girls Do When Impostor Syndrome Peeks Through – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Black Lives Matter, Intersectional Analyses, Racism in the Academy, Shame, Women of Color in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Productivity: Find Your Joy. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

By Kel Weinhold | January 30, 2020

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ” —Aristotle Welcome back to our four-part discussion of creating a Productivity Pyramid. If this is your first engagement with this idea, please be sure to read last … [Read more...] about Productivity: Find Your Joy. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Shame, Work/Life Balance in Academia

The Academy Is a Cult: Podcast Episode One Has Launched

By Karen Kelsky | January 7, 2020

Kel and I are delighted to announce the launch of our Professor Is In podcast! The first episode dropped today, and it is called: The Academy Is Cult. Kel and I discuss the 7 ways that the academy resembles a cult in its policing of … [Read more...] about The Academy Is a Cult: Podcast Episode One Has Launched

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Podcast, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

“Bad” TT vs. “Good” NTT: A Conversation (Part I)

By Karen Kelsky | August 2, 2019

This is the first in a series of posts submitted by readers on the fraught question: should you choose a "good" NTT position over a "bad" TT position? I use "good" and "bad" advisedly just as a shorthand, because of course these judgments will vary … [Read more...] about “Bad” TT vs. “Good” NTT: A Conversation (Part I)

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Major Job Market Mistakes, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

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