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
Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
Knowing When to Leave: Lessons from an Academically Unaffiliated Life – WOC Guest Post
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
Always Have a Side Hustle, and Other Lessons I Learned from Academia (Part 2) – WOC Guest Post
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
The Violence of Academia’s “White Voice” – WOC Guest Post
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
A Provost Leaves Academia, Part IV – The Transition
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
Motherhood in Academe (A Provost Leaves Academia, Part III) – A #Postac Guest Post Series
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
A TPII Alum Gives a Commencement Address!
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!
Distortions, Dramas, and Myths: Or, How to Tell The Truth About Your Writing
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
How Karen Helped Me Land My Dream Job [A Very Nice Guest Post]
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]
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