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
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World’s Finest Education? – Professor Is /Out/ Guest Post
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
Departing Academia: Are Your Values Aligned or Disconnected?
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?
Between Grief and Freedom: What My Dear Friend Taught Me About Getting to the Other Side of Academia
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
Cool Professor Is /Out/ Events Coming Up in Feb-March
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
Introducing The Professor Is /Out/ Admin Team
The Professor Is Out private FB group is closing in on 20K members as it nears the end of its first year. Leaving academia is so painful, and so scary (especially now in the covid collapse), and the need for concrete advice and resources is so … [Read more...] about Introducing The Professor Is /Out/ Admin Team
Just When You Thought Harvard Could Not Get Any Worse…
They publish this: Harvard University disputes the allegations of the lawsuit brought by Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP, which are in no way a fair or accurate representation of the thoughtful steps taken by the University in response to concerns … [Read more...] about Just When You Thought Harvard Could Not Get Any Worse…
Everyone Needs Play!
Those who follow me on social media know I've suddenly started painting a Disaffected Academic Bunnies(TM) series. I've never painted before, and cannot tell you why I have started now. I just encountered the artist Natalya Shaloshvili on IG randomly … [Read more...] about Everyone Needs Play!
Introducing Our New Professor Is In Staff!
I am delighted to announce our four new staff members at The Professor Is In! Please join me in welcoming them! Vadricka Etienne (she/her) [Interview Coaching] is an assistant professor of African American and Black Diaspora Studies at the … [Read more...] about Introducing Our New Professor Is In Staff!
Trauma on the Tenure Track – A Guest Post
by Twyla Meding, PhD. Twyla Meding is a recently retired associate professor at a large state university, with a specialty in early modern French studies. She earned her Ph.D. in 1992 from one of the top five programs in her field. My story … [Read more...] about Trauma on the Tenure Track – A Guest Post