Career Advice
A path to progress, or a parliament of chores?
Expert advice on how to work toward your best TA’ship
From dramaturge to life coach
This is a useful book for anyone in the academic world and more so for those in the early stages of a scholarly career. Now expanded and updated for its third edition, The Academic’s Handbook began as a colloquium at Duke University some 20 years ago. The editors of the current edition are A. Leigh […]
Marketing your transferable skills for employment beyond academia
For junior professors, finding a mentor means not being afraid to ask
Expert advice on how to work toward your best TA’ship
All about the granting program that most scholarly presses can’t publish your book without
Two authors of a recent Canadian volume on scholarly writing offer solid advice on building a solid academic bibliography
From would-be linguist to TV producer
How to document your pedagogical profile
How to wrestle your dissertation to the mat
Help in a hurry for your grant proposals
Academic networking for the neophyte
How to manage faculty burnout
The pros and cons of projects beyond the professoriate
Having good mentors can make a huge impact on what happens in your academic career, particularly your progress through graduate school
Time management tips on the tenure track
How to find your first postdoctoral fellowship
Strategies for success in your postdoc