Negotiating Assistance is some of my favorite work. I love it when clients prevail and get jobs, but mostly what I love is to help them over that final hump of asking for what they deserve, and putting a monetary price tag on their own value. This … [Read more...] about Negotiating As Therapy
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“Perhaps Even a Crisis”: How to Sully the Purity of a Vocation
There is a new piece from Cultural Anthropology, "Academic Precarity in American Anthropology," -- co-written by a Full Prof at Duke and her new Ph.D. son who has "chosen" non-academic work -- that literally defies description in its elitism, … [Read more...] about “Perhaps Even a Crisis”: How to Sully the Purity of a Vocation
A Crowdsourced Survey of Sexual Harassment in the Academy
Sexual harassment is rampant in the academy as it is in every other industry. The entrenched hierarchies of the academic world, the small size of most scholarly fields, the male dominance of virtually every field other than women's studies, the … [Read more...] about A Crowdsourced Survey of Sexual Harassment in the Academy
Productivity: Perfect Does Not Exist. Stop Trying.
By Kel Weinhold, TPII Productivity Coach Ideas and strategies that inform my coaching in UNSTUCK: The Art of Productivity*. Perfect is not required. Published is. For many writers, the path to getting their work submitted disappears … [Read more...] about Productivity: Perfect Does Not Exist. Stop Trying.
Productivity Tuesday: Why Would You Trust a Liar?
By Kel Weinhold, TPII Productivity Coach Welcome to the Productivity Post! Each(ish) Tuesday, I share some of the ideas and strategies that inform my coaching in UNSTUCK: The Art of Productivity. Sometimes, I even record a coaching session! (This … [Read more...] about Productivity Tuesday: Why Would You Trust a Liar?
Leaving Academia: The Trauma of Identity Loss – A #Postac Guest Post
by Lisa Munro, PhD Lisa's Bio: I graduated from the University of Arizona in 2015 with a PhD in Latin American history. I’ve got a long list of non-academic jobs, including being a Peace Corps volunteer (Guatemala, 2004-2006), a … [Read more...] about Leaving Academia: The Trauma of Identity Loss – A #Postac Guest Post
Productivity Tuesday: You are NOT your Sh*tty Skills
By Kel Weinhold, TPII Productivity Coach Welcome to the Productivity Post and Podcast! Each Tuesday, I post a short blog post and (sometimes) a recorded coaching session. For earlier posts see the "Productivity" category (right hand … [Read more...] about Productivity Tuesday: You are NOT your Sh*tty Skills
Productivity Tuesday: Never finished. Never happy. Never mind.
By Kel Weinhold, TPII Productivity Coach Welcome to the Productivity Post and Podcast! Each Tuesday, I post a short blog post and recorded coaching session. One of the unifying characteristics of the writers I work with is their general … [Read more...] about Productivity Tuesday: Never finished. Never happy. Never mind.
Laid Off From the Tenure Track – a Guest Post
Stephanie Hinnershitz is currently an assistant professor in the Department of History at Cleveland State University in Ohio where she specializes in U.S. immigration history. Her first book, Race, Religion, and Civil Rights, was published by Rutgers … [Read more...] about Laid Off From the Tenure Track – a Guest Post
Rethinking Rejection – by Karen Cardozo
By Karen Cardozo A recent Chronicle article on how to survive rejection linked to a blog post urging writers to aim for 100 rejections a year. How (existentially) low can you go?! This method of throwing literary spaghetti at the wall … [Read more...] about Rethinking Rejection – by Karen Cardozo