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Career Outcomes Digest, Spring 2022

By Karen Kelsky | March 16, 2022

I'm happy to share another digest.  Stories of leaving academia have migrated over to the Professor Is Out FB group so I don't get them in my inbox much anymore... But suffice to say, there are PLENTY of those too! Negotiating Client: Karen– … [Read more...] about Career Outcomes Digest, Spring 2022

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Negotiating Offers, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Why I Left Higher Ed, and How I Started My Own Business Abroad – Guest Post

By Guest Author | March 15, 2022

Dr. Yvette Martínez-Vu is a Chicana mother-scholar who works as an academic coach and consultant. She has a Ph.D. in Theater and Performance Studies from UCLA. She is the producer and host of the Grad School Femtoring podcast and founder of Grad … [Read more...] about Why I Left Higher Ed, and How I Started My Own Business Abroad – Guest Post

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

The Unnecessary Shame of Leaving Academia – a Professor Is /Out/ Guest Post

By Guest Author | March 11, 2022

The author earned a PhD in public health and is a research scientist working in a patient-focused biotechnology organization. She transitioned to industry after leaving a full-time faculty position in a large research university. A couple of … [Read more...] about The Unnecessary Shame of Leaving Academia – a Professor Is /Out/ Guest Post

Filed Under: COVID19, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Quitting--An Excellent Option

The Road to Disaster is Paved with “Is this good?” 

By Kel Weinhold | March 8, 2022

By Kel Weinhold Finishing a research project is a big deal. (Hell, finishing a section of a research project is a big deal!) If you are coming up on finishing something, I hope that you’re letting the excitement of finishing in. I I encourage … [Read more...] about The Road to Disaster is Paved with “Is this good?” 

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Writing

March Madness on The Prof Is In Newsletter

By Karen Kelsky | March 1, 2022

We're doing something new this Spring!   We're calling it March Madness and it's 4 straight weeks of FREE daily advice videos from me (Karen Kelsky), Kel Weinhold, and Dr. Jane Jones.  Starts March 7. Each day you get a short video delivered to your … [Read more...] about March Madness on The Prof Is In Newsletter

Filed Under: Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Spring 2022 Career Outcomes Digest

By Karen Kelsky | February 24, 2022

I just gathered up a new Spring 2022 Career Outcomes Digest, with updates from both clients and readers. Lots of great updates on interviews, job offers, negotiations, and grants, plus one successful client tenure case! The negotiators make me … [Read more...] about Spring 2022 Career Outcomes Digest

Filed Under: Academic Job Search, Advising Advice, How to Get Grants and Fellowships, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

World’s Finest Education? – Professor Is /Out/ Guest Post

By Guest Author | February 23, 2022

The author is an award winning science educator and his research has been featured online at Forbes and Discover Magazine. He is currently a laboratory director for one of the largest clinical laboratory companies in the United … [Read more...] about World’s Finest Education? – Professor Is /Out/ Guest Post

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

Departing Academia: Are Your Values Aligned or Disconnected?

By Karen Kelsky | February 21, 2022

By Tamara Yakaboski, PhD. Tamara is a recovering academic who coaches and mentors folks through radical paradigm shifts so they can live an unapologetic life in soul alignment with self, nature, and community. Her vision is to create … [Read more...] about Departing Academia: Are Your Values Aligned or Disconnected?

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option

Between Grief and Freedom: What My Dear Friend Taught Me About Getting to the Other Side of Academia

By Guest Author | February 17, 2022

by Dr. Elana Jefferson-Tatum Dr. Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Ph.D. is hypnobirthing coach, full-spectrum doula, and practitioner-scholar of Africana religions. After several years in the academy teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and then Tufts … [Read more...] about Between Grief and Freedom: What My Dear Friend Taught Me About Getting to the Other Side of Academia

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Alt-University Critique, Black Lives Matter, Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, 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

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