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How I Quit My PhD (When Nobody Believed Me): Confessions of a PhDidn’t

By Guest Author | August 18, 2022

Bio: Erica Davis is a freelance editor and writer actively working on a practical nonfiction guide called The PhDidn't Handbook. In 2013, she quit her doctoral program in English Education to assist adult learners through the academic writing … [Read more...] about How I Quit My PhD (When Nobody Believed Me): Confessions of a PhDidn’t

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

Leveling the Academic Playing Field: Our Mission

By Karen Kelsky | August 15, 2022

I periodically publish a Careers Digest on Facebook, and here is the one for August 2022. We'll start a whole new one for the '22-23 academic year from this point on. Our individual goal is to help you advance in your career; our overarching … [Read more...] about Leveling the Academic Playing Field: Our Mission

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, How To Write CVs, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes

Just One Thing: Managing your Momentum Pyramid

By Kel Weinhold | August 3, 2022

  Other Ways to Support Your Writing A Bit of Motivation and WRITING Every M, W, TH A reboot of Writing in the Pandemic (Newly named A Bit of Motivation and Writing.) A 60-minute session combining coaching and writing. Here is the link to … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Managing your Momentum Pyramid

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Writing

Introducing How To…

By Kel Weinhold | July 15, 2022

I made an incorrect assumption. I am a former journalism professor. Every term of my academic career, I spent hours and hours teaching students and scholars how to think about, conceptualize and produce written projects, including how to edit … [Read more...] about Introducing How To…

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Writing

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

Plan Now. Build Later

By Kel Weinhold | July 7, 2022

Join Me for a New -- and Free! -- Five Day Workshop:  Blueprint Bootcamp ?   Working on an academic project can feel like being asked to build a three-story house without a blueprint. How am I supposed to know what goes where and how … [Read more...] about Plan Now. Build Later

Filed Under: Strategizing Your Success in Academia

From Science Researcher to Academic Writing Coach  – Guest Post

By Guest Author | June 22, 2022

Dr Anna Clemens is an academic writing coach helping researchers write scientific papers faster and actually get them published in their target journals. She has a PhD in Chemistry and is the creator of the Researchers’ Writing … [Read more...] about From Science Researcher to Academic Writing Coach  – Guest Post

Filed Under: Mental Health and Academia, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

Just One Thing: Rewrite for Accuracy

By Kel Weinhold | June 21, 2022

Continuing to talk about distorted thinking. Last week I wrote about beginning to challenge distorted thinking by asking simple questions. If you missed it, you can read it here. This week’s Just One Thing takes us one step further with replacing … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Rewrite for Accuracy

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Writing

Q&A on Leaving Academia: Where Do I Start?

By Karen Kelsky | June 20, 2022

We're starting a new Q and A series on leaving academia.  Please send your questions to postaccareers@gmail.com! For more concrete help, join the Professor Is Out private FB group, and consider signing up for our new Art of Leaving self-directed … [Read more...] about Q&A on Leaving Academia: Where Do I Start?

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Rearview Mirror

Just One Thing: Investigate your thoughts!

By Kel Weinhold | June 7, 2022

Welcome again to my weekly series Just One Thing. Each week, I offer you just one thing you can practice each day that will improve your creative output. The topic I want to deal with in the next few posts is what American psychologist Albert Ellis … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Investigate your thoughts!

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Writing

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