Year: 2017
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Webinar: Engaged Academics in the Age of Mass Distraction
It’s been a crappy last few weeks in the US, and the crappiness is certainly creeping past the border. A lot of us feel strongly that we should do something — but what? And how? And what about all the other work we have to do? It’s in this context that Maren Wood, my partner…
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Transition Q & A: Stacy Lockerbie
My latest blog post for University Affairs is an interview with anthropologist and research associate in family medicine Stacy Locerbie: I was tired and burnt out after graduate school; however, working in medicine has revived my passion for research. Although I am happy working outside of anthropology, I am grateful for the tool kit anthropology…
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Transition Q & A: Hillary Hutchinson
My newest blog post for University Affairs is an interview with career coach Hillary Hutchinson: What do you do now? I am a career coach specializing in helping people in academia either get their writing done in order to advance through the tenure process, or help them find an alternative career to academia if they decide to…
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How to prepare for a future job search
My newest blog post for University Affairs is about gearing up for a job search: [I]f you’re midway through your graduate degree — or working a multi-year contract and considering your options for afterward — what can you do before applying for jobs? A successful non-faculty job search comes down to three main things: skills,…
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Transition Update: Baker and Fruscione
Head over to my award-winning (*wink*) University Affairs blog to read a great update from freelancer PhDs who earlier contributed to the Transition Q & A series. Kelly J. Baker and Joseph Fruscione. The full post is here. Happy reading!
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Make 2017 the year of “What if I…?”
Happy New Year! My latest blog post looks at a tool a client of mine told me about, a way of switching up one’s thinking in a positive, more impactful way. A client shared this bit of wisdom with me a while back: Instead of admonishing herself with “I should…” she replaced it with “What…