by Cassia Roth [KK: please take action by contacting the people below. Stand up for the victims of this serial sexual harasser who is being protected and enabled by his institution. Letter texts below] As readers of the TPII Blog know, I recently … [Read more...] about UCLA Makes Excuses About Sexual Harassment – Guest Post Part II
Yes, You Can: Women in Academia
How To Negotiate Your Tenure Track Offer
Negotiating season is in full swing! I'm working with a whole crew of clients on negotiating their offers, and I've got plenty of room in my schedule for more. Please consider getting in touch; clients routinely increase their offers by … [Read more...] about How To Negotiate Your Tenure Track Offer
Work-Life Balance? Post 1 of Many
This was originally posted in 2011. As you can see from the title, at the time I expected to write a lot more posts about work-life balance. I'm just getting to that now, in 2016! Since opening The Professor Is In, the question I've been most … [Read more...] about Work-Life Balance? Post 1 of Many
The Genuine Job Search (Out-Ac post by Karen Cardozo)
by Karen Cardozo If you’ve been following my posts, you know that I am a major proponent of a both/and approach. This proclivity emerges in my bio as an interdisciplinary or, more precisely, an undisciplined scholar: through years of academic … [Read more...] about The Genuine Job Search (Out-Ac post by Karen Cardozo)
Go Ahead, Lose Your Balance
I have been reading a lot of things by life coach Martha Beck lately, and I found this blog post of hers from a few years ago - Balancing Act: The Dance of an Unbalanced Life - deeply illuminating. She basically comes out and says what very few … [Read more...] about Go Ahead, Lose Your Balance
Heroic Mother Teaches Class With Sick Child – Guest Post
(This is not a post-ac post, as I normally put up on Mondays. But it's a great guest post and I wanted to share it right away.) It's by Stephanie Brown. Stephanie is cultural anthropologist and adjunct instructor in the Department of Human … [Read more...] about Heroic Mother Teaches Class With Sick Child – Guest Post
Advice for Your First Year on the Tenure Track
This is a repost. Update 8/22/15: Dialogue on my FB page made me realize that I need to provide fuller context for this post. This dates from early years on the blog when I used to do special request posts to respond to reader questions. "Tricia" … [Read more...] about Advice for Your First Year on the Tenure Track
“I’m Sorry I Wasn’t More Clear”: Gendered Pitfalls in Presentations–A Guest Post
The writer is a regular reader of TPII. I'm a young, female, non-tenure-track faculty member and longtime reader of this blog. A few of its posts, specifically “The Top 5 Mistakes Women Make in Academic Settings,” “Stop Negotiating Like a Girl” … [Read more...] about “I’m Sorry I Wasn’t More Clear”: Gendered Pitfalls in Presentations–A Guest Post
What Not To Do at Your Campus Visit
Today I share some remarks by a tenured client, who just completed a search at her department, and wrote to tell me about it: "We just finished doing a job search here and an offer has been made. I wanted to share with you something the last … [Read more...] about What Not To Do at Your Campus Visit
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