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...
Getting Up to Speed on Diversity
Employers are increasingly requiring job applicants to demonstrate both commitment and contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion, writes Deborah S. Willis, who gives advice to graduate students on how to do so. More...
Making the Most of Collaborative Projects
Keisha N. Blain, who has experienced both rewarding and frustrating aspects of scholarly collaboration, offers advice. 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...
3 Teaching Tips for Marginalized Faculty Members
As a faculty development coach, I get to meet and talk with professors across the United States. More...
Why We Need Greater Linguistic Diversity
As academics, in privileging certain forms of speech over others, we denigrate the possibility of thinking outside our own norms, argues A. W. Strouse. More...
Crafting a Research Practice After the Ph.D.
If you’re contemplating a nonfaculty career, the idea of giving up your research might be keeping you from going forward, writes Melissa Dalgleish. But such a move doesn't mean you have to relinquish your passion. More...
Why Faculty Members Should Not Help With Move-In Day
How did we get to the point in higher education, asks Deborah J. Cohan, where we’re being asked to participate in so many customer-oriented gimmicks. More...