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Research on the Margins
J. Sumerau provides advice to researchers who find themselves studying groups or phenomena missing -- mostly or entirely -- from the current scientific literature.
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5 Myths About Nice Academics
Being perceived as nice has perks, writes Melissa Nicolas, but it can create troubling misconceptions about who we are and how we should act.
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Creating a Campus Mentoring Program
Kerry Ann Rockquemore suggests six questions to ask yourself in order to create a lean and workable program.
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Writing After War
A veteran struggling to resume civilian life in a classroom filled mostly with last spring's high school graduates can teach us all a lot, writes Alice Montclair.
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Tailgating as Networking
Katharyn L. Stober describes how and why you should use tailgating and football lingo in your job search.
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Ain't No Stopping (Me) Now
Shawn Anthony Robinson, a black man with dyslexia, describes through poetry his successful journey through academe.
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A Queer Confession
A.W. Strouse tells a cautionary tale about how academe turned him into a gay conservative.
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Why You? Why Us? Why Now?
Elaine P. Maimon explains why effectively interviewing for a job is often like speed dating.