Filter & Sort
Recruiting Diverse and Excellent New Faculty
Abigail J. Stewart and Virginia Valian provide recommendations for how deans, department chairs and their search committees can optimize their chances.
Taking Criticism While Privileged
We must learn how to respond constructively when less privileged and powerful people on the campus say we've hurt them, writes Pamela Oliver.
On Being Both a Hard and Heartful Teacher
Strong professors believe it is worth holding their students to high standards, argues Deborah J. Cohan, and that they can, in fact, be tough as well as supportive in the classroom.
Building an Endpoint to Your Faculty Job Search
How long should you spend on the faculty job market? Derek Attig offers some concrete advice.
Teaching as a Minority: Trump and Trauma
The new political setting, in addition to removing a burden of proof from my shoulders as a professor from the Middle East, has urged my students to ask questions and seek answers, writes Hadi Khoshneviss.
The Collaboration Imperative
For our institutions to be innovative, faculty and administrators must work together, writes Terri E. Givens, but they often confront outside obstacles.
It’s July. Have You Started Writing Yet?
Christine Tulley proposes a strategy to get moving finally: take a week to develop a master scholarship plan and figure out where you are.
On the Move
Switching positions in your first years as a junior faculty member is both stressful and energizing, writes Christopher Garland, who provides some pointers on how to make the transition.