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Women of Color 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

Paying The Price: The Costs of Academia for First-Gen BIPOC Scholars

By Karen Kelsky | April 8, 2022

By Cecilia Caballero. Bio: Based in LA, Cecilia Caballero is a single mother, creative nonfiction writer, poet, teaching artist, and lecturer of Ethnic Studies. As a teaching artist, Cecilia facilitates generative poetry workshops for BIPOC … [Read more...] about Paying The Price: The Costs of Academia for First-Gen BIPOC Scholars

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Graduate Student Concerns, Major Job Market Mistakes, Marginalized Voices, Mental Health and Academia, Negotiating Offers, Ph.D. Poverty, Women of Color in Academia

Romancing the Academy for Fun and Profit, Part II – Novelist Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | November 18, 2021

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By Verity Lowell. Verity Lowell is a professor and occasional curator. She likes imagining and describing a world where art, ambition, and history provide the background for diverse and steamy love stories, mostly about women falling hard for … [Read more...] about Romancing the Academy for Fun and Profit, Part II – Novelist Guest Post

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia

Cultural Inclusivity for Whom? – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | June 29, 2021

Dr. Shah is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. Her aims understand the ways in which correctional systems are socially and legally constructed. Her first book, The Meaning of Rehabilitation and its Impact on Parole: … [Read more...] about Cultural Inclusivity for Whom? – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Marginalized Voices, Racism in the Academy, Women of Color in Academia

A Black Woman’s Story from Despair to Joy (Part I) – #BLM Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | May 25, 2021

By Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Ph.D. Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Ph.D. is a scholar of Africana religions, a hypnobirthing coach, and a full-spectrum doula. After several years in the academy as a post-doctoral fellow at Hobart and William Smith Colleges … [Read more...] about A Black Woman’s Story from Despair to Joy (Part I) – #BLM Guest Post

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Black Lives Matter, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Marginalized Voices, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia

The Professor Is In Top 12 Books About Academia

By Karen Kelsky | May 18, 2021

A podcast listener wrote today to ask if I have a list of favorite books about academia. The query made me realize: I DO have a list of books to which I return over and over for advice and insight, but I've never written about it. So without further … [Read more...] about The Professor Is In Top 12 Books About Academia

Filed Under: #Resistance, Academic Job Search, Alt-University Critique, Black Lives Matter, Graduate Student Concerns, Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Women of Color in Academia

Dear White Scholar – A BIPOC Scholar Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | May 5, 2021

[We continue to welcome #BLM and BIPOC scholar guest posts. We pay $150 for accepted posts. 1000 words ballpark; profanity welcome. Art/poetry also welcome. Please send a draft or query/pitch to Karen at gettenure@gmail.com] Angie Mejia, Ph.D., is … [Read more...] about Dear White Scholar – A BIPOC Scholar Guest Post

Filed Under: Marginalized Voices, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia

Diversity in the Time of Covid: Thoughts From an Academic WOC in Confinement – BIPOC Scholar Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | April 21, 2021

[We continue to welcome #BLM and BIPOC guest posts. We pay $150 for accepted posts. 1000 words ballpark; profanity welcome. Art/poetry also welcome. Please send a draft or query/pitch to Karen at gettenure@gmail.com]. This guest post was … [Read more...] about Diversity in the Time of Covid: Thoughts From an Academic WOC in Confinement – BIPOC Scholar Guest Post

Filed Under: Adapting, COVID19, Marginalized Voices, Racism in the Academy, Women of Color in Academia

Vigilance as an Asian American During the Pandemic – BIPOC Scholar Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | April 19, 2021

[We continue to welcome #BLM and BIPOC scholar guest posts. We pay $150 for accepted posts. 1000 words ballpark; profanity welcome. Art/poetry also welcome. Please send a draft or query/pitch to Karen at gettenure@gmail.com] This post was … [Read more...] about Vigilance as an Asian American During the Pandemic – BIPOC Scholar Guest Post

Filed Under: COVID19, Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Women of Color in Academia

Business as Usual: Shady Practices in the Recruitment of Black Women in Higher Education – #BLM Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | April 1, 2021

Karen Flynn is an Associate professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and the Department of African American Studies Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include migration and travel, Black … [Read more...] about Business as Usual: Shady Practices in the Recruitment of Black Women in Higher Education – #BLM Guest Post

Filed Under: Black Lives Matter, Racism in the Academy, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia

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