For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to write a book. In fact, some of my most vivid memories are attached to writing experiences, including: If you’re curious, to rectify the latter I managed to rejig, cut a chapter, and submit it elsewhere as a journal article… all fiiiiiiine in the end. Anyway…Continue reading “Getting a Book Contract: Lessons and Takeaways”
Category Archives: Academic careers
“If I leave academia, can I come back?” Perspectives on a persistent question
‘The most compelling common denominator among people who have adopted the “alt-academic” moniker is that they tend to […] incorporate scholarly methods into the way that work is done. They engage in work with the same intellectual curiosity that fuelled the desire to go to graduate school in the first place.” – Katina L. Rogers,Continue reading ““If I leave academia, can I come back?” Perspectives on a persistent question”
A Document with Intention: 5 top tips for your academic CV
“CVs are not just passive records of things that you happen to do. […] The [academic] CV is a document that you grow with intention and deliberate effort” – Karen Kelsky: The Professor Is In (2016), p.94 This post originally appeared on ‘The PhD Place’ (17th June 2023). Over the past 6 years in myContinue reading “A Document with Intention: 5 top tips for your academic CV”
Keeping it Simple: Preparing a ‘mock teaching session’ for interviews
– “Wait… I just have to pretend that these senior academics interviewing me are… a bunch of undergrads…?!“ – Almost every person ever who’s asked to do ‘mock teaching’ in an academic interview When I started working in post-PhD careers, one of the most common distress calls quickly became: ‘HELP! I’ve been asked to planContinue reading “Keeping it Simple: Preparing a ‘mock teaching session’ for interviews”
‘“Expecting” an academic career’: things to consider if that sounds like you
Last month, I found one of my New Favourite Things On The Internet… An ‘expectations vs. reality’ meme generator. Apart from being yet another distraction when I should be doing productive things like taking out the recycling, this procrastination wormhole struck a chord over something I’ve thought a lot about recently. Over the past 18Continue reading “‘“Expecting” an academic career’: things to consider if that sounds like you”