Career Advice

Saundra Loffredo offers a four-step process to help you answer those challenging interview questions that require you to draw on previous experiences.

Claiming that “mesearch” is a particular issue for scholars of color demonstrates a profound lack of self-awareness on the part of researchers in the social sciences and humanities, argues Victor Ray.

As high-achieving women in academe, we are not impostors, writes Claudine Keenan, but have earned our way -- regardless of the pathways we have followed.

Patrick Iber provides guidance on how to make Twitter work for academic purposes.

Jennifer Lundquist and Joya Misra provide suggestions for how faculty members can best connect with students in class.

As many grad students approach the end of their academic programs, they realize they’ve forgotten how to talk about their strengths and skills to different types of employers. Joseph Barber provides advice.

J. Sumerau provides advice to researchers who find themselves studying groups or phenomena missing -- mostly or entirely -- from the current scientific literature.

Being perceived as nice has perks, writes Melissa Nicolas, but it can create troubling misconceptions about who we are and how we should act.