Career Advice

A. W. Strouse reflects on the joys and trials of working out in the undergrad gym.

Kerry Ann Rockquemore suggests three ways of determining what to pursue.

Dysfunctional departments don’t serve students, faculty members or the institution well, writes Ellen de Graffenreid, who gives some pointers on how to make sure yours isn’t one of them.

Various career paths will require more specific skills and job search techniques, but Jessica A. Hutchins provides some brief general guidelines.

If no one ever teaches women of color how to talk about sexual violence, how will we ever cultivate our voices, Manya Whitaker asks -- whether as survivors, bystanders, friends or advocates?

We must stop holding unrealistic standards of beauty, writes Jeannine A. Gailey, and work to reduce the harm and discrimination experienced by women of size.

Justus H. Hunter provides tips for successfully surviving the dissertation process.

As a newly tenured professor, you should talk with people who are doing the work you dream about to discover what it’s really like on a daily basis -- and how they got where they are today, advises Kerry Ann Rockquemore.