Career Advice

The pandemic has amplified pre-existing inequities among faculty members, creating distinct challenges for differently situated ones, write Ethel L. Mickey, Dessie Clark and Joya Misra.

Academics should continue mobilizing against the pervasive racist, anti-Black and patriarchal doctrines that permeate American society, writes Davíd G. Martínez.

Kindness will be a game changer as health, productivity and collegiality hang in the balance on campuses this fall, writes Maria Shine Stewart, who offers suggestions for how to cultivate it.

Professors, think again before having students simply make rules on the first day of class, and instead create ways to truly engage them, Andrew Joseph Pegoda urges.

Mallory Smith, Laura Pineault, Marcus Dickson and Krystal Tosch give advice on why and how to make online teaching accessible, even during a pandemic.

Elisa Modolo offers some help if you need additional encouragement to write your dissertation in these trying times.

As a Ph.D. or postdoc, separating your degree from a singular career path allows you to highlight the skills and experiences you've gained in a more flexible and adaptive way, advises Joseph Barber.

Dian D. Squire, Bianca C. Williams and Frank Tuitt explore how some academic institutions use ideologies and strategies from the past to control, repress and surveil Black people.