Month: September 2013
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Transition Q & A: Jared Wesley
Today’s post comes via “pracademic” Jared Wesley, a political science PhD, former tenure-track professor, and current director-level provincial public servant. Here’s a taste: What was your first post-PhD job? In this environment, I was extremely fortunate to earn a tenure-track position as an assistant professor of political studies at the University of Manitoba. At the…
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Academia’s many worlds
My latest reflection is now live on my University Affairs blog. In it, I ponder the many possibilities within academia: Take a handful of tenured professors, even in the same or closely-allied disciplines, and you’ll find a handful of worlds represented. One may use her position to create community between scholars across departments, universities and…
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Transition Q & A: Maria Irchenhauser
The newest Q & A is up over at my University Affairs blog site. It’s a good one, with German studies PhD Maria Irchenhauser. Here’s an excerpt: What most surprises you about your job? What most surprises me is how much I have learned about business administration “on the job” in the past 18 months…
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Moving!
From now on, new From PhD to Life posts will appear over at University Affairs. This means a potentially larger readership and a few bucks for me. For you, it means that I’ll keep posting on this blog, but only to link to new UA pieces. Check out my first post here. It begins: I’ve just…