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Preparing a New Course Without Imposter Syndrome
Eric Anthony Grollman writes that self-doubt can be defeated.
Race, Gender and Academic Jobs
While searching for a new job, a white academic is stunned by the way a department interviewing her treated and talked about a black female academic.
Push Back (A Little)
Sometimes, graduate students looking for their first jobs need to ignore what their faculty advisers think is best, writes Eric Joy Denise.
Networks and the STEM Gender Gap
Colleges and universities can't leave it to chance -- they must deliberately change a culture that often encourages female researchers to become isolated in their jobs, write Santa Ono and Valerie Gray Hardcastle.
Maximize Your Summer
Grad students need to plan now to make the most out of a few months away from the regular routine, writes Eric Anthony Grollman.
Queer Peer Review
Eric V. Patridge considers the issues facing a gay scientist starting a career in academe.
Hate Isn't a University Value
How should a queer junior professor react when a prominent trustee and donor makes jokes about gay people? Eric Joy Denise reflects.
The Final Semester
Eric Anthony Grollman offers advice on the last push by a graduate student to finish a dissertation -- and to move on.