• 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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  • My manuscript

    I recently wrote about embracing the word “scholar.” In that post, I told you that my dissertation manuscript is in a pile on my floor.…

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  • Transition Q & A: Dawn Nickel

    Dawn Nickel earned her PhD in the history of health care policy from the University of Alberta. She’s currently working as an independent research consultant and…

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  • You’re invited: New group!

    After hosting a few group discussions and participating in lots of conversations with PhDs, I’m ready to take my next step: group coaching! So… I’m…

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  • Scholar

    Several weeks (months?) ago, Brandy Schillace asked me to contribute to her Rogue Scholar Salon. I haven’t yet. I started but then got stuck. Where?…

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  • Confidence

    Last week I was interviewed by David Austin Walsh from the History News Network; you can read the transcript of that here. David titled the…

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  • Money

    My friend Liana Silva-Ford posted what she called a “rant” on Twitter this morning about blogging and earning money. “Folks gotta eat, yo.” Indeed, they…

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