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
Work/Life Balance in Academia
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
Recovering My Creativity Through Unstuck – Guest Post by Dr. Verena Hutter
TPII Editor Extraordinaire Dr. Verena Hutter shares her wonderful experience recovering a part of herself she thought was lost, through our Unstuck Productivity Program. In honor of Verena and her pens, we are extending the sign up for the new … [Read more...] about Recovering My Creativity Through Unstuck – Guest Post by Dr. Verena Hutter
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
Productivity Tuesday: Why Would You Trust a Liar?
By Kel Weinhold, TPII Productivity Coach Welcome to the Productivity Post! Each(ish) Tuesday, I share some of the ideas and strategies that inform my coaching in UNSTUCK: The Art of Productivity. Sometimes, I even record a coaching session! (This … [Read more...] about Productivity Tuesday: Why Would You Trust a Liar?
Careering Toward Authenticity – #Postac Post by Karen Cardozo
by Karen Cardozo Here is a sentence I never thought I’d say: I was tenured and promoted (in April 2017, to Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts). Now, here is another I never … [Read more...] about Careering Toward Authenticity – #Postac Post by Karen Cardozo
I Want to Talk To You About Protesting
[This is an update that I posted on my personal Facebook page on July 25, slightly edited.] I want to talk to you all about protesting. I want you to understand how powerful it is to stand on the sidewalk every week on Resist Trump Tuesday (so far, … [Read more...] about I Want to Talk To You About Protesting
Productivity: Not So Happy Feelings
By Kel Weinhold, TPII Productivity Coach Welcome to the Productivity Post and Podcast! Each Tuesday, I post a short blog post and recorded coaching session. This week’s post is courtesy of a current UNSTUCK: The Art of Productivity participant, who … [Read more...] about Productivity: Not So Happy Feelings
Academia as Identity – a UK/US Comparison
Kellee and I have done speaking tours in the UK for two years now, and the time we spent there has been immensely valuable for us, in learning what parts of the academic experience are shared between the UK and the US, and what parts diverge. There … [Read more...] about Academia as Identity – a UK/US Comparison
Rethinking Rejection – by Karen Cardozo
By Karen Cardozo A recent Chronicle article on how to survive rejection linked to a blog post urging writers to aim for 100 rejections a year. How (existentially) low can you go?! This method of throwing literary spaghetti at the wall … [Read more...] about Rethinking Rejection – by Karen Cardozo