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Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Productivity Tuesday: It’s Not About Being a “Better” Worker

By Karen Kelsky | November 24, 2018

Testimonials from Unstuck participants: It is no exaggeration to state that Unstuck has changed my academic life. I was ready to leave academia as toxic working practices were taking over, and I had imported self-doubt and anxiety into my writing … [Read more...] about Productivity Tuesday: It’s Not About Being a “Better” Worker

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Productivity, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

An Open Letter to the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | November 2, 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 An Open Letter to the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: #MeTooPhD, Alt-University Critique, Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Racism in the Academy, Women of Color in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Knowing When to Leave: Lessons from an Academically Unaffiliated Life – WOC Guest Post

By Guest Author | September 7, 2018

I am delighted to offer another guest post contributed in response to my recent call for contributions to the blog 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 … [Read more...] about Knowing When to Leave: Lessons from an Academically Unaffiliated Life – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Promote Yourself!, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Always Have a Side Hustle, and Other Lessons I Learned from Academia (Part 2) – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | August 25, 2018

I am delighted to offer this guest post contributed in response to my recent call for contributions to the blog by black women and other women of color. I am still enthusiastically welcoming draft posts and ideas/pitches - send them to me at … [Read more...] about Always Have a Side Hustle, and Other Lessons I Learned from Academia (Part 2) – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Women of Color in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

The Violence of Academia’s “White Voice” – WOC Guest Post

By Guest Author | August 4, 2018

I am delighted to offer the first guest post contributed in response to my call this past week for contributions to the blog by black women and other women of color. The author, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a doctoral candidate whose research … [Read more...] about The Violence of Academia’s “White Voice” – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Intersectional Analyses, Women of Color in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

A Provost Leaves Academia, Part IV – The Transition

By Karen Kelsky | August 1, 2018

This is the fourth and final installment in the #Postac series, "A Provost Leaves Academia," by Dr. Terri Givens. Dr. Terri Givens is a consultant in higher ed, and soon to be former provost at Menlo College. She has been a professor at the … [Read more...] about A Provost Leaves Academia, Part IV – The Transition

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Intersectional Analyses, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Motherhood in Academe (A Provost Leaves Academia, Part III) – A #Postac Guest Post Series

By Karen Kelsky | July 1, 2018

This is number three in the #Postac series, A Provost Leaves Academia," by Dr. Terri Givens. Dr. Terri Givens is a consultant in higher ed, and soon to be former provost at Menlo College. She has been a professor at the University of Washington and … [Read more...] about Motherhood in Academe (A Provost Leaves Academia, Part III) – A #Postac Guest Post Series

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

A TPII Alum Gives a Commencement Address!

By Karen Kelsky | June 21, 2018

I am so pleased to share this Commencement Address given this year at the Ellis School, by one of the earliest TPII clients: Dr. Jessica Hammer. To see someone I worked with go from applying for her first job to delivering a commencement address... … [Read more...] about A TPII Alum Gives a Commencement Address!

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Distortions, Dramas, and Myths: Or, How to Tell The Truth About Your Writing

By Kel Weinhold | March 30, 2018

Consider this… The things you tell yourself about your writing are not truth. They are stories. And the wonderful thing about stories, is that you can rewrite them. The entire reason I started Professor Is In in 2011 was to demystify the academy … [Read more...] about Distortions, Dramas, and Myths: Or, How to Tell The Truth About Your Writing

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Productivity, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

How Karen Helped Me Land My Dream Job [A Very Nice Guest Post]

By Karen Kelsky | January 12, 2018

Note from Karen:  I am traveling this week on a family matter so will post about the Wall Street Journal coverage of the #MeTooPhD Sexual Harassment in the Academy Survey next week. Today I'm pleased to share this generous guest post by Professor … [Read more...] about How Karen Helped Me Land My Dream Job [A Very Nice Guest Post]

Filed Under: Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

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