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Upcoming Coaching Events for Scholars in Crisis

By Karen Kelsky | March 22, 2022

Emotional, physical, spiritual exhaustion. Cynicism and snark as far as the eye can see. Job conditions getting worse by the minute. How do we get our energy back? The answer is: we can’t. We won’t. Not by working the same old jobs in the same old … [Read more...] about Upcoming Coaching Events for Scholars in Crisis

Filed Under: Advising Advice, COVID19, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option

Letting Myself Leave Academia as an Act of Self-Love – Prof Is /Out/ Guest Post

By Guest Author | March 18, 2022

This guest post comes from a post on the Professor Is /Out/ private FB group; the author kindly agreed to share here. BIO: The author most recently served as a Lecturer of Software Engineering at an R2, teaching introductory computing principles … [Read more...] about Letting Myself Leave Academia as an Act of Self-Love – Prof Is /Out/ Guest Post

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Cool Professor Is /Out/ Events Coming Up in Feb-March

By Karen Kelsky | February 16, 2022

I'm excited to share three new events coming up under the auspices of The Professor Is Out---our work supporting people leaving the academy. On Feb. 24, Dr. Helana Darwin is leading an event on breaking into User Experience (UX) research, a very … [Read more...] about Cool Professor Is /Out/ Events Coming Up in Feb-March

Filed Under: Strategizing Your Success in Academia

How I Left Academia – Guest Post

By Guest Author | January 5, 2022

By Anonymous.   I taught at five different universities over a ten year period, across five different countries. I never had tenure, just a bunch of shorter-term positions. I loved the travel of my job, and often visited remote locations … [Read more...] about How I Left Academia – Guest Post

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

A Year of “Reckoning”: On Geographers (Not) Doing Abolition – Guest Post

By Guest Author | November 30, 2021

By: The Graduate Geographers’ Collective (1)   Introduction Amidst the COVID19 pandemic, the New York Times declared that the national protests against police brutality, and specifically against Derek Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd, … [Read more...] about A Year of “Reckoning”: On Geographers (Not) Doing Abolition – Guest Post

Filed Under: Alt-University Critique, Black Lives Matter, Intersectional Analyses, Marginalized Voices, Racism in the Academy

The Professor Gets On LinkedIn

By Karen Kelsky | September 13, 2021

Are you looking at the shitshow that is the '21-'22 academic year and saying, no more?  Are you just... done?  If so, you're in good company. Our relatively new, private FB Mutual Support Group, The Professor Is Out, has been around for less than a … [Read more...] about The Professor Gets On LinkedIn

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Job Search, Promote Yourself!, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Resumes & Postac Docs, Strategizing Your Success 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: 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

From English to International Development – My Story (Part III of III)

By Karen Kelsky | March 10, 2021

By Dr. Jenn Williamson Jenn Williamson, PhD, is Vice President of Gender and Social Inclusion at ACDI/VOCA, an international development non-profit. She develops and oversees global gender equality, female empowerment, and social inclusion … [Read more...] about From English to International Development – My Story (Part III of III)

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

#Dispatches: How Has COVID Impacted Your Career Planning, Part III

By Karen Kelsky | December 22, 2020

#Dispatches From the Frontlines series crowdsources questions to get a broad survey of how the academic community is coping with various challenges. This week’s question is the same as the past two week’s: How has COVID impacted your career … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: How Has COVID Impacted Your Career Planning, Part III

Filed Under: COVID19, Dispatches, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

New Book on Leaving the Academy

By Karen Kelsky | October 29, 2020

This is short and sweet because the election has destroyed my focus. Here is a new book about leaving the academy. It's by Christopher Caterine and it's called Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide. It's really good.  Don't be put off by the fact … [Read more...] about New Book on Leaving the Academy

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

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