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Building an Academic Wardrobe Secondhand

By Guest Author | May 27, 2022

By Rebecca Rice Bio: Dr. Rebecca Rice is an assistant professor who blogs over at PhD in Clothes, where she discusses professional clothing, thrifting, and academic productivity. You can also find her outfits on Instagram. … [Read more...] about Building an Academic Wardrobe Secondhand

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, Adjunct Issues, Makeup, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, What Not To Wear, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

I Help With Custody Cases for Academics

By Karen Kelsky | April 22, 2022

Over the past decade I have served as expert witness in custody and removal cases, in which (so far) the mother has received a secure (tenure track/tenured) academic job offer, and the father has tried to prevent her move, with the children, to take … [Read more...] about I Help With Custody Cases for Academics

Filed Under: Mental Health and Academia, Women of Color in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

On the Verge of Burnout: COVID19 Impact on Faculty Well Being and Careers

By Karen Kelsky | May 1, 2021

This post was delayed by my.... uh... burnout.  So this report is no longer recent. But it's still vital info. I am sharing this important report, On the Verge of Burn Out: COVID19's Impact on Faculty Well Being and Career Plans, generated by the … [Read more...] about On the Verge of Burnout: COVID19 Impact on Faculty Well Being and Careers

Filed Under: COVID19, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

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

By Guest Author | May 22, 2020

This post was contributed as part of our long-standing WOC Wednesday series. [We continue to solicit guest posts from scholars of color, especially Black and Indigenous She/They/Femme. We pay $150 for accepted posts. 1000 words ballpark. Please … [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: Work less. Listen More.

By Kel Weinhold | May 21, 2020

Let me start by saying this will take a bit to unpack. It took a week’s worth of writing sessions (three times a day, so 15 sessions!) to sort it out. Where to start? My thinking… Last week, I was discussing healthy eating habits with … [Read more...] about Productivity: Work less. Listen More.

Filed Under: Productivity, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Work Will Not Save You – COVID19 Guest Post

By Guest Author | April 3, 2020

Katherine Pickering Antonova is an associate professor of history at Queens College, City University of New York. She is author of The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays (Oxford, 2020), The Consumer’s Guide to Information: How to Avoid Losing … [Read more...] about Work Will Not Save You – COVID19 Guest Post

Filed Under: COVID19, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

“I Ran and Hid From My Computer” – Women and Negotiating Redux

By Karen Kelsky | February 21, 2020

Yet another woman client (this time a senior, tenured scholar) with a tenured offer from a famously wealthy and elite institution, was told by all of her mentors that she was "crazy" for wanting to negotiate the offer, and would risk "alienating … [Read more...] about “I Ran and Hid From My Computer” – Women and Negotiating Redux

Filed Under: Negotiating Offers, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia, Your Second and Third Jobs

Women Are Punished For Negotiating?

By Karen Kelsky | January 31, 2020

Last week I put this article from the UK-based Independent on The Professor Is In FB page: "Four in Five Women Could Be Missing Out on Wages by Not Negotiating Pay When Applying for Jobs." Sure enough, the VERY first comment is from a (white) … [Read more...] about Women Are Punished For Negotiating?

Filed Under: Negotiating Offers, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Six Ways To Create Sister Circles In Academe – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | January 22, 2020

Roxanne A. Donovan, PhD, is co-founder of WellAcademic, an organization that provides scholars, particularly women of color, with resources that enhance health, productivity, and connection. She is also Professor of Psychology and … [Read more...] about Six Ways To Create Sister Circles In Academe – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Black Lives Matter, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Sexual Harassment in the Academy: What I Tell Reporters

By Karen Kelsky | January 10, 2020

In today's post I talk about sexual harassment in the academy, the #MeTooPhD hashtag I created, and the Sexual Harassment in the Academy Crowdsource Survey that I launched two years ago that has 2500 entries. This post is prompted by my conversation … [Read more...] about Sexual Harassment in the Academy: What I Tell Reporters

Filed Under: #MeTooPhD, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

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