Career Advice

Given academe will probably change fundamentally in the future, academic advising should clearly reconsider and define its role, writes Eric R. White.

The skills you’ve learned are vital, but so is the actual subject-matter expertise you’ve gained, argues Dan Moseson.

What has not been acknowledged is the world of terror enveloping many black academics that has changed feeling tired to absolute exhaustion, Henrika McCoy writes.

Academe forces black scholars to choose between fully processing our emotions during moments of racial injustice and producing enough research to succeed professionally, writes Clifton Boyd.

Faculty members and students have had better experiences in online classes that shared six factors, writes Regan A. R. Gurung.

White allies should speak out on behalf of unheard black people and communities, writes Jourdan Hilaire, who offers suggestions for how to do so beyond simply posting on Facebook.

It can be an especially difficult time for grad students, as many have less structure in their days and now they're in the middle of a pandemic, writes Leslie Ellen Blood.

If you're feeling stuck in your own career exploration, networking or job search, look around and find people who may be similarly stuck, advises Joseph Barber.