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Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Negotiating Your Tenure-Track Offer(s)

By Karen Kelsky | August 10, 2011

(Wednesday Post Category:  Getting Your Tenure-Track Job) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Today's post is an excerpt from "Taming The Academic Job Market: The Professor's Guide."  The Guide is on sale in The Prof … [Read more...] about Negotiating Your Tenure-Track Offer(s)

Filed Under: Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Negotiating Offers, Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: academic job offer, getting a tenure track job, How to land a tenure track job, negotiating the tenure track job, tenure track job offer, the best academic jobs

Challenges for Graduate Students of Color in the Academy

By Karen Kelsky | August 9, 2011

You're probably looking at the title, and then at my photo, and thinking, “Isn't she white?” Yes. Yes, I am white. I was never a graduate student of color in the academy. So, my insights are limited, and I don't present myself as an expert on this … [Read more...] about Challenges for Graduate Students of Color in the Academy

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It Tagged With: challenges by people of color to the academy, graduate students of color, race in the academy, racial conflict in departments

How To Fire a Professor

By Karen Kelsky | August 8, 2011

Today's post is a Special Request post. This one is for Jenn, who asks, “how do you replace one professor with another on your committee?” This is a delicate matter, as I'm sure Jenn is aware. There are all kinds of reasons that committee members … [Read more...] about How To Fire a Professor

Filed Under: Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Humanities Graduate School: Go? Don’t Go? What’s a Would-Be Ph.D. To Do?

By Karen Kelsky | August 1, 2011

William Pannapacker has published, over the last several years, a number of widely influential pieces in the Chronicle of Higher Education and, this past week, in Slate, criticizing the ethics and economics of graduate programs in the humanities. His … [Read more...] about Humanities Graduate School: Go? Don’t Go? What’s a Would-Be Ph.D. To Do?

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: A response to pannapacker, graduate school in the humanities, Is graduate school a good choice, Jsench response, Just don't go, William Pannapacker

How to Tell Your Department About a Family Crisis–A Special Request Post

By Karen Kelsky | July 29, 2011

Today's post is requested by Shane.  Shane wishes to know about the etiquette for academic workers in vulnerable positions--particularly adjuncts--to inform their departments about family crises that might impact their work.  For example, if a parent … [Read more...] about How to Tell Your Department About a Family Crisis–A Special Request Post

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood

What Not to Wear, Assistant Professor Edition: Fashion for the Academic Set

By Karen Kelsky | July 28, 2011

(Thursday Post Category--Here's How You Get Tenure) Egged on by the redoubtable Martina of TheLifeAcademic, I have agreed to do a series of posts on What Not To Wear (Campus Edition).  She is on a mission to de-depress academic fashion, and this is … [Read more...] about What Not to Wear, Assistant Professor Edition: Fashion for the Academic Set

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, What Not To Wear, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: fashion advice for new faculty, fashion advice for new professor, fashion for assistant professor, how should I dress for work, what do I wear to teach

Using Rage to Stay Motivated, Part Two

By Karen Kelsky | July 26, 2011

(Tuesday Post Category--Strategizing Your Success in Academia) Last Tuesday I wrote Part 1 of "Using Rage to Stay Motivated," a Special Request post for Allen.  He asked how to stay motivated while writing his thesis.  Staying motivated through the … [Read more...] about Using Rage to Stay Motivated, Part Two

Filed Under: Book Proposals and Contracts, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Tagged With: dissertation advice, dissertation writing tips, how to stay motivated in graduate school, how to write a thesis, how to write your dissertation, thesis writing tips

How to Write an Email to a Potential Ph.D. Advisor/Professor

By Karen Kelsky | July 25, 2011

Please note that I no longer respond to comments/questions to this post!  Grad School Application Guidance Package and other help listed below the post. One of the most common points of confusion among undergraduates and new graduate … [Read more...] about How to Write an Email to a Potential Ph.D. Advisor/Professor

Filed Under: Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing Tagged With: Contacting a professor, How do I find an advisor?, How to contact an advisor, How to write an email to a professor, How to write to a professor, Writing an email to a professor

Using Rage to Stay Motivated, Part 1–A Special Request Post

By Karen Kelsky | July 19, 2011

This is a post originally published in July 2011. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [This post, parts one and two, is for Allen.  Allen asks for advice on staying motivated as he completes his thesis. I have been thinking about … [Read more...] about Using Rage to Stay Motivated, Part 1–A Special Request Post

Filed Under: Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: help with writing motivation, how to stay motivated while writing dissertation, how to stay motivated while writing thesis, staying motivated, tips for motivation

It’s Your Fault. Or, Who Gets Turned Down for Tenure?

By Karen Kelsky | July 14, 2011

(Thursday Post Category:  Here's How You Get Tenure) For this week's "Tenure" post, I was planning to write a post called "Playing the Percentages," about knowing your department's  expectations for your time and effort breakdown as an assistant … [Read more...] about It’s Your Fault. Or, Who Gets Turned Down for Tenure?

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Your Second and Third Jobs Tagged With: assistant professor advice, department politics, getting help with tenure, How to deal with professors, how to get tenure, junior faculty advice, tenure track help, what is a strong tenure case?

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