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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

Do Less

By Karen Kelsky | December 27, 2019

Second installment in the new video blog post series! Please, please forgive me for the leaf blower in the background! I thought using earbuds would prevent it being heard, but... no. I even went peak #Karen before starting and asked them if they … [Read more...] about Do Less

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Don’t Be the Good Little Girl – Women and Service [New Video Post Series]

By Karen Kelsky | December 22, 2019

I'm starting a new series of video posts this week! I hope you enjoy. I'm actively soliciting topics to address so please put them here in comments, or email me at gettenure@gmail.com     Here is the blog post I mention: A Good … [Read more...] about Don’t Be the Good Little Girl – Women and Service [New Video Post Series]

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Major Job Market Mistakes, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

“Yes, We Will Revise that R&R”: Birthing and Writing in the “Publish-or-Perish” Paradigm – Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | September 23, 2019

I am pleased to host this guest post by Professor Margaret M. Quinlan and Bethany L. Johnson, authors of a new book, You're Doing It Wrong! Mothering, Media, and Medical Expertise (Rutgers U Press, 2019). See below for additional info and links … [Read more...] about “Yes, We Will Revise that R&R”: Birthing and Writing in the “Publish-or-Perish” Paradigm – Guest Post

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Enough Really is Enough

By Kel Weinhold | July 25, 2019

Let’s talk about scarcity. In particular, scarcity that is fed by shame and and comparison and results in disengagement — specifically not submitting work. Today’s post draws from the work of Brené Brown. Quick aside: If you have not read Dr. … [Read more...] about Enough Really is Enough

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Productivity, Shame, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

“You Don’t Belong” and Other Myths WOC Ph.Ds Believe – WOC Guest Post

By Guest Author | May 24, 2019

[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 send a draft or query/pitch to Karen at gettenure@gmail.com] More … [Read more...] about “You Don’t Belong” and Other Myths WOC Ph.Ds Believe – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Intersectional Analyses, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

How To Get Your Department to Pay for Productivity Support

By Karen Kelsky | May 14, 2019

This is part of a previous post on how to get your department to fund your participation in Unstuck: The Art of Productivity and The Art of the Academic Article, but you can use it to ask for any kind of professional development or program … [Read more...] about How To Get Your Department to Pay for Productivity Support

Filed Under: Productivity, Promote Yourself!, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

The Power of Writing Groups for Women of Color – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | May 3, 2019

~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 … [Read more...] about The Power of Writing Groups for Women of Color – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Marginalized Voices, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Trailer Park Professor: On R1 Success and Learning to Value Yourself (A Guest Post)

By Karen Kelsky | March 30, 2019

I got the chance to meet a client-turned-R1 assistant professor at the AAA meetings, and I asked her what she found most helpful about the work with me.  She took the time to write it out. This is what she wrote. I finished my PhD in Anthropology … [Read more...] about Trailer Park Professor: On R1 Success and Learning to Value Yourself (A Guest Post)

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Graduate Student Concerns, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Mental Health and Academia, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

The Power of Privilege: a Mexican Ecologist in Academia in the USA? – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | December 14, 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 The Power of Privilege: a Mexican Ecologist in Academia in the USA? – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: International Perspectives, Intersectional Analyses, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

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