As a newly tenured professor, you should consider the question as an indicator of the best direction for your energy, gifts and talents moving forward, advises Kerry Ann Rockquemore. More...
Opportunity or Trap?
The question came up during a career planning conversation at a HERS Institute this summer. I couldn’t resist thinking, “What institution isn’t?” But I could see from the face of the questioner that her concerns were more serious. More...
Recognizing Emotional Labor in Academe
As institutions fail to meet the needs of minoritized and traumatized students, the faculty members who work to fill the gaps should be acknowledged, argues Julie Shayne. More...
How to Discuss Work-Life Balance
Before approaching the subject with your future or current supervisor, you should consider their interests, advises Stephanie K. Eberle. More...
4 Questions to Ask Before You Co-Teach
Co-teaching isn’t exactly a marriage, but doing it effectively does require addressing some key issues up front, write Claudia Holguín Mendoza and Julie M. Weise. More...
Who Do You Think You Are?
Once you gain tenure, you can be a leader on your campus in ways you might not have considered, no matter your title, role or position, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore. More...
Ad Interim: Performance
Serving as an acting director, chair or dean? Elizabeth H. Simmons suggests how to approach issues of symbolism and presentation as you go about your work. More...
How to Cultivate Greater Linguistic Diversity
A. W. Strouse, whose students represent a planet’s worth of distinct backgrounds, offers guidance on how to encourage them to speak up in their own way. More...
Making Leadership and Service Count in the Job Search
Graduate students need to recognize the marketability and value of their unpaid work and anticipate how it could be attractive to a future employer, writes Amanda Cornwall. More...
Supporting LGBTQI Survivors on Campus -- II
In a previous essay, I discussed sexual assault and relationship violence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) campus communities -- specifically, how faculty and staff members could support such students systemically. In this article, I will provide suggestions on how to interpersonally support LGBTQI students who disclose experiences of sexual or intimate partner violence to faculty and staff members. More...