Adam Sanford earned his PhD in sociology from the University of California, Riverside in 2012 and now works as an academic coach, writer, and adjunct instructor.
“One of the scariest things for me, when I realized that the tenure-track job market had dried up, was trying to figure out how my skill set could ever translate to the “real world.” I had trained to be a teacher – and I thought the only place I could do that effectively was inside an institutional classroom. I’ve read a lot of the alt-ac literature since then, and my view on this has changed. Now I know that the institutional classroom is only one of many places that effective teaching can happen.”
Read more of Adam’s story on University Affairs.