Career Advice

The separation from campus -- the drawing back caused by the coronavirus -- has sharpened the edge of my retirement by removing the physicality of it, writes Patrick Scanlon.

Frances B. Henderson offers some final advice for BIPOC faculty who are preparing to teach during the upcoming spring semester.

Michael Stepniak and Brian Pertl urge deans and directors to take a risk during these tumultuous times and hire faculty and staff members who have a natural impulse to nudge against tradition.

David Galef advises how not to conduct your first class.

Zahir I. Latheef offers lessons for any class you teach, whether online or in person, requiring group work among students.

Jude Mikal offers 10 tips for crafting responsive revisions while remaining true to your basic intent in the face of self-doubt, structural changes and biased review comments.

Austin Sarat describes why he’s decided to skip the jargon and write for general audiences as if the survival of truth depends on it.

To succeed, all grad students must develop a sense of how to manage the big, relatively unconstrained nature of their work and how to reach imprecise goals, writes Victoria McGovern.