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Finding Work/Life Balance in Academia

By Karen Kelsky | August 19, 2011

(Friday Post Category:  Yes You Can! Women and Academia) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our post today is a guest post by Rachel Connelly, Bion R. Cram Professor of Economics, and Chair of the Economics Department … [Read more...] about Finding Work/Life Balance in Academia

Filed Under: Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: having kids on the tenure track, women and tenure, work life balance with kids

Getting Schooled for My Sexism

By Karen Kelsky | July 15, 2011

(Friday Post Category: Yes, You Can: Women in the Academy) When I was a brand new assistant professor, the chair of my department put me in charge of the department's speaker series. This was actually a good thing.  Being in charge of … [Read more...] about Getting Schooled for My Sexism

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: female faculty advice, female professor advice, internalized sexism, sexism in the university, women and assertiveness, women and tenure, women professional success, women succeeding in graduate school, women workplace help, women's careers

What is Assertiveness, for Women?

By Karen Kelsky | July 8, 2011

(Friday Post Category: Yes, You Can: Women in Academia) I get so frustrated when I see the female students and colleagues I work with sabotage themselves and undermine their own authority and effectiveness because of an inability to be assertive. … [Read more...] about What is Assertiveness, for Women?

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Hooray for Elite White Men! External Reviewers for Tenure

By Karen Kelsky | July 7, 2011

(Thursday Post Category: How to Get Tenure) Today let's talk about your external reviewers for tenure. First, since this blog is new, my credentials. In my 15 years as a faculty member at two major research institutions, I worked on 6 tenure cases. … [Read more...] about Hooray for Elite White Men! External Reviewers for Tenure

Filed Under: How To Build Your Tenure File, How To Choose and Manage Recommenders, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia Tagged With: gender and tenure, getting help with tenure, how to choose external reviewers for tenure, how to get tenure, tenure is sexist, what are external review letters in tenure?, what is a strong tenure case?, what is an external reviewer?, women and tenure

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