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Work/Life Balance in Academia

Covid & Conferences: What’s Left to Blog About?

By Guest Author | July 15, 2022

Natasha Casey holds a Ph.D. in communication studies from McGill University. She is professor of communication at Lincoln Land Community College (Springfield, Illinois) and affiliated faculty at the Media Education Lab (University of Rhode Island). … [Read more...] about Covid & Conferences: What’s Left to Blog About?

Filed Under: COVID19, How To Do Conferences, Work/Life Balance 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

Picket Lines – The Professor is Zen Guest Post III

By Guest Author | October 8, 2021

  by Esther Freinkel Tishman, PhD, BCC (she/her) Esther Freinkel Tishman, Ph.D, BCC is an ordained Zen teacher, a full-time interfaith chaplain, a scholar of archetypes and religion, and a certified mindfulness instructor. She is also a … [Read more...] about Picket Lines – The Professor is Zen Guest Post III

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, COVID19, Mental Health and Academia, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia

On Navigating Graduate School with a Disability – WOC Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | March 31, 2021

  Karen Tang is a Killam Scholar and PhD Student in Clinical Psychology at Dalhousie University (Canada). Her research examines addictive disorders (e.g., video gaming) and mental health correlates. When she is not being a busy … [Read more...] about On Navigating Graduate School with a Disability – WOC Guest Post

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Women of Color in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia

You Belong

By Kel Weinhold | January 5, 2021

If growing up gender queer and working class in a small town taught me anything, it was how much “no” can shape your understanding of the world and your relationship to it.. “No, you can’t wear that.” “No, you can’t play football.” “No, you can’t … [Read more...] about You Belong

Filed Under: Productivity, Shame, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Say ‘Yes’ to the Mess

By Kel Weinhold | December 30, 2020

Last week, I was coaching a group of people in Unstuck about the challenge of dealing with where we are right now <waves vaguely>. I was explaining how by ignoring just how deep down in the well we feel about the multiple global threats and … [Read more...] about Say ‘Yes’ to the Mess

Filed Under: Productivity, Shame, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Self-Care: Paint By Numbers Edition

By Karen Kelsky | November 27, 2020

`It's a hard time in the US right now (and in many other regions that have not dealt well with COVID). Add to that the continuing Trumpist pandemonium and right wing assault on all that is good and rational, and the exhaustion of trying to do higher … [Read more...] about Self-Care: Paint By Numbers Edition

Filed Under: COVID19, Mental Health and Academia, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Productivity: Work less. Listen More.

By Kel Weinhold | May 21, 2020

Let me start by saying this will take a bit to unpack. It took a week’s worth of writing sessions (three times a day, so 15 sessions!) to sort it out. Where to start? My thinking… Last week, I was discussing healthy eating habits with … [Read more...] about Productivity: Work less. Listen More.

Filed Under: Productivity, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

Things That Make Quarantine Life Bearable

By Karen Kelsky | May 15, 2020

Color Street Nails and Paint-by-Numbers. And my online dance classes (and yoga) - links below. And skincare. And bunnies. The video talks about the first two. Then I remembered the other three so those are in photos below. That's it! That's the … [Read more...] about Things That Make Quarantine Life Bearable

Filed Under: COVID19, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Ivory Towers in the Rearview Mirror: Allison Yakel

By Kel Weinhold | May 5, 2020

We continue with our new column, featuring interviews with PhDs who have charted a course unrelated to the tenure track, putting academia squarely in the rearview mirror. Our hope is that seeing and hearing from a wide range of PhDs who are … [Read more...] about Ivory Towers in the Rearview Mirror: Allison Yakel

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Rearview Mirror, Work/Life Balance in Academia

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