Career Advice

David Mulry reflects on what he wishes he’d known early in his academic career about effective research and writing habits.

Beyond providing writing support, they can help you develop a peer network with colleagues and hone important transferable skills, writes Katie Homar, who advises how to maximize their benefits.

Many people in higher education would benefit substantially if they learned to become better colleagues, writes Michael S. Weisbach, but what exactly does it mean to be one?

Dissertation chairs should create sustainable relationships with students, tailoring their mentoring approaches to meet each person’s individual needs, writes Tom Butkiewicz.

Faculty members can make them even more effective, Marion Menzin and Zachary Nowak advise, by increasing the involvement of the other professional teachers in the classroom: the teaching assistants.

The Ph.D. co-op model can offer graduate students skills growth, financial stability and a broader range of career options after they finish their degree, writes Henry John.

Social comparison can make an already stressful situation much worse, writes Irina Filonova, who offers some strategies for how to deal with it.

While such methods are often considered value-free and unbiased, we must recognize how our classroom practices can reinforce oppressive ideologies and narratives, writes Kamden K. Strunk.