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What It Is
Ex-Academics: A TPIO Support Community (affectionately knows as ExAcs) is a private, sliding scale, membership-only team-led online support group for any academic considering leaving academia, at any level and any stage of that process. All are welcome, no matter where you are in your journey, from initial contemplation stage to actually applying and interviewing for non-academic jobs.
An offshoot of the Professor Is Out private Facebook group, this support community is led by a team of coaches who have all made the transition out of academia ourselves, and who are dedicated to trauma-informed principles in offering support and resources for this difficult process.
What You Get
Access to a private membership page [hosted on the Honeycommb platform] for sharing thoughts, feelings, anxieties, resources, support and advice.
Access, on the membership page, to regular contributions of advice, techniques, resources and more from the team of facilitators.
Access to 2 live events a month, led by a facilitator or guest speaker, on topics such as goal setting, discerning priorities and values, recognizing and coping with academia trauma, setting boundaries with nay-sayers, and dealing with fear and anxiety. Some of the live events will be open Q&A with Dr. Karen Kelsky.
An exclusive 30% discount code to the new Leaving Academia Speaker Series that will run concurrently Sept-May.
What It Costs
The support group is sliding scale, recognizing that for many this time of transition is also a time of great financial stress. All of the facilitator team are paid – nobody associated with The Professor Is In/Out is ever expected to work for free as that expectation is the very core of the toxicity of academia. Your membership fees make the group sustainable.
$20/month – “I’m Done” Level membership
- Access to page and all live events
- 30% discount code for 2022-23 Prof Is Out Speaker Series webinars
$40/month – “See Ya” Level membership
- Access to page and all live events
- 30% discount code for 2022-23 Prof Is Out Speaker Series webinars
- Free access to our Art of Leaving program, a $45 value
$60/month – “Outta Here “Level membership
- Access to page and all live events
- 30% discount code for 2022-23 Prof Is Out Speaker Series webinars
- Free access to our Art of Leaving program, a $45 value
- 20% discount on membership in the small size-capped Leaving Academia Coaching Group (space-available)
Who Is On The Team
Dr. Karen Kelsky
Dr. Karen Kelsky is the founder and CEO of The Professor Is In, and the founder of the private Facebook group, The Professor Is Out. She has been writing, speaking and coaching on leaving academia since her own traumatic transition out of the academy in 2010. Since that time she has observed the trickle of academics transitioning out turn into a tidal wave. And yet the journey remains a lonely and isolated one for most, fraught with judgment from advisors and peers, and lack of support. That led her to create the Facebook group, which in turn showed the vast unmet need for not just logistical advice, but also emotional support that recognizes the trauma of the transition. While individual coaching is always available, Karen realized that a low-cost, accessible option is urgently needed; this new support group seeks to fill that gap.
Dr. Karina Batistelli

Dr. Sumi Raghavan
