Kerry Ann Rockquemore introduces a new series of articles on how to transition successfully and enjoyably into a new status on your campus. More...
A Junior Faculty Member's Journey to Tenure
Emily Allen Williams offers advice that she wishes people had given her to avoid self-sabotage in her early years on the tenure track. More...
What Faculty Bring to Move-In Day
By getting involved, faculty members directly work toward institutional goals like creating a positive learning environment and improving retention rates, arguesKirstin Kelley. More...
How We Fixed Our Dual-Career Problem
Brady Smith and Chandani Patel, both Ph.D.s, were in the same field, shared the same dissertation committee and wound up applying to most of the same jobs. They share their advice for how they have made their dual careers work. More...
No Erotics of Professing for Me
How we as teachers look and comport ourselves can impact the learning experience, and as an adjunct, I do not feel safe bringing my sexuality into the classroom, writes Jeana Jorgensen. More...
Blue-Collar Ph.D.
Over coffee last month, a friend described a difference in his reception on the academic job market after he secured an Ivy League postdoc. More...
Truths to Be Told: Leaving Grad School and Getting a Job
Terri E. Givens looks back on how she made the move to her first academic job after graduate school. More...
Sorting Out Career Assessments
A multitude of career assessments is available today. Some assess your abilities, some test your personality, others evaluate your interests and another set helps gauge your workplace values. More...
Don’t Let Your Dissertation Run Your Life
If you allow it to take over, you will be missing crucial aspects of the world outside your office, lab or library, warns David A. McDonald. More...
When Bad Things Happen, What Do You Tell Your Team?
Whether you manage one person or several hundred, you’ll be confronted with the issue of what to tell employees when things go awry, writes Ellen de Graffenreid. More...