Career Advice

Too many people in academe are institutionalizing their melancholy, writes Douglas Dowland. They complain about what a university should be rather than seeing what it makes possible.

While external peer reviews of scholarship provide the benefit of both expertise and objectivity, peer reviews of teaching often suffer from the lack of both, argues Pamela E. Barnett.

When you ask people you don’t know for career help, you may be surprised by how generous they can be, writes Victoria McGovern, who gives some suggestions on how best to reach out.

The commonplace theorizing black scholars engage in as racialized people may differ from white Western academic standards, but it is no less valid, argues Anthony James Williams.

Alicia Garcia and Magdalena L. Barrera explore the benefits of a relationship between a graduate student and professor that is professional yet deeply collegial.

Jennifer Moon shares her reflections on quit lit and the academic draft -- and how she has no regrets about leaving higher ed after gaining her Ph.D.

Beth L. Hewett gives advice for making the most of summer to write those scholarly articles, book chapters and books that you promised yourself you'd write.

James M. Van Wyck offers some specific advice on how they can help their Ph.D. mentees.