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Also blogging at University Affairs Careers Café- The past and the future in the hiring process January 30, 2012 Jo VanEvery
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Category Archives: Academic Culture
Being the scholar you want to be
Following a link from Twitter the other day (sorry, I forget who sent me here) I found this fantastic blog post on the Scientific American Site: The three things I learned at the Purdue Conference for Pre-Tenure Women: on being … Continue reading
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An example of an academic career
It’s easy to imagine that an academic career is simple. You get a tenure-track position in a department. You teach. You do research. You sit on some committees. You get promoted. It is also easy to get discouraged at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Sévigny, Communications, interdisciplinary, McMaster University, role models, Terry Flynn
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Prove Them Right
This post by Charlie Gilkey applies to a lot of academics. Prove Them Right. What about all the people who said you could do it? The people who always saw more in you than you ever saw in yourself. The … Continue reading
Self-organizing is possible at any conference (reprise)
Back in … I wrote a blog post about unconferences. As the formal conference season approaches (in UK and Canada at least), I wanted to bring back some of that post to encourage you to take control of your conference … Continue reading
Validation, communication, & academic blogging: some links
A linky post for those who are interested. There are some interesting things to be found on this topic. Michael Cholbi at In Socrates Wake drew my attention to a few in his post inviting thoughts on whether humanists are … Continue reading