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How to deal with professors

The 5 Top Traits of the Worst Advisors

By Karen Kelsky | February 23, 2014

On Twitter today I got pinged on a discussion among @ArchaeologyLisa, @DrIsis,  @LexMcBride about how much publishing is necessary for the tenure track job market. The discussion was prompted by today's post on the Isis the Scientist blog, Writing At … [Read more...] about The 5 Top Traits of the Worst Advisors

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Graduate Student Concerns, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: dealing with graduate school advisor, dealing with your advisor, How to deal with professors, the best advisors, the worst advisors, worst graduate school advisor

The Six Ways You’re Acting Like a Grad Student (And how that’s killing you on the job market)

By Karen Kelsky | May 10, 2013

For the next few months I will be posting the "best of the best" Professor is in blog posts on the job market, for the benefit of all those girding their loins for the 2013-2014 … [Read more...] about The Six Ways You’re Acting Like a Grad Student (And how that’s killing you on the job market)

Filed Under: How To Do Conferences, How to Interview, How To Write Academic Job Cover Letters, Landing Your Tenure Track Job, Major Job Market Mistakes, Stop.Acting.Like.A.Grad.Student, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: academic job market help, assertiveness training exercise, body language of women, getting a tenure track job, How to deal with professors, How to shake hands, women professional success, women succeeding in graduate school

How To Ask A (Famous) Professor to be Your Dissertation Chair

By Karen Kelsky | August 29, 2011

Today is a Special Request post for Meagan, who wishes to know how to approach a famous and influential scholar in her department to be the chair of her dissertation committee. Ideally, you will have arranged to work with your famous dissertation … [Read more...] about How To Ask A (Famous) Professor to be Your Dissertation Chair

Filed Under: Bad Advisors and Good Mentors, Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: dealing with your advisor, graduate school in the humanities, how to assemble a committee, How to deal with professors, replacing dissertation committee members, the best advisors, women succeeding in graduate school

It’s Your Fault. Or, Who Gets Turned Down for Tenure?

By Karen Kelsky | July 14, 2011

(Thursday Post Category:  Here's How You Get Tenure) For this week's "Tenure" post, I was planning to write a post called "Playing the Percentages," about knowing your department's  expectations for your time and effort breakdown as an assistant … [Read more...] about It’s Your Fault. Or, Who Gets Turned Down for Tenure?

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Your Second and Third Jobs Tagged With: assistant professor advice, department politics, getting help with tenure, How to deal with professors, how to get tenure, junior faculty advice, tenure track help, what is a strong tenure case?

How Do You Write an Email or Letter to a Professor?

By Karen Kelsky | June 30, 2011

***Please note that I no longer respond to comments/questions to this post!  For additional help, see a list of individualized services to help you in your path to graduate school, and the Guidance Package, both offered below the post*** One of the … [Read more...] about How Do You Write an Email or Letter to a Professor?

Filed Under: Advising Advice, Graduate Student Concerns, Strategizing Your Success in Academia Tagged With: How to deal with professors, How to get into graduate school, How to write a letter to a professor, How to write an email to a professor

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