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Beyond the Professoriate was a success!
Thank you to all who attended or spoke at the conference! It was a great event. More of my thoughts in my latest blog post for University Affairs.
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Beyond the Professoriate conference preview
Beyond the Professoriate is coming up soon! Maren and I are very excited and thrilled with the group we’ve gathered. Read the full preview here. An excerpt: My conference is coming up fast! Beyond the Professoriate will bring together 25 PhDs from a wide variety of disciplines – engineering to ethnomusicology, genetics to German – who…
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CFP: Beyond the Professoriate, 2 & 9 May 2015
Were you at Beyond the Professoriate last year? No? Well, you can come this year! The Call for Panellists and Presenters is now out. We’d love to hear from you if you’d like to talk about your career trajectory (be a panellist on 2 May) or deliver a presentation to help PhDs in career transition…
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Recognizing your own good work is hard!
My latest blog post for University Affairs is a reflection on success, achievement, and our human tendency to focus on the negative. Here’s how the post begins: “How’s business?” I was asked this by a fellow panelist at an event I recently participated in. “Good!” I responded, and then added my usual caveat: “I’m not…
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Call for Papers: Beyond the Professoriate
[If you’re reading this after May 2014, know that the conference will happen again in May 2015! Check the Conference page for more info and join the Beyond the Professoriate mailing list for updates.] In my latest post for University Affairs, I gush about being part of the wonderful community of PhDs helping out other…
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Write more in 2014
Happy New Year! After a nice long holiday break, I’m back to work this week. This morning my latest post appeared on my University Affairs blog. Here’s an excerpt: I want to write every day, and produce more blog posts and pieces for publication elsewhere. Since mid-November I’ve been published by the Globe & Mail,…
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Breaking bad habits, building better ones
In my latest post for University Affairs, I fess up: I’ve got some bad habits! It’s time to break those, and build better ones. Read the rest here. What good habits or practices did you once have that have since fallen away? Maybe it’s time to bring them back? Good luck to us!
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Certainty and time
Today’s post is a reflection on my troubles imagining a non-academic future for myself given the pervasiveness of the ready-made academic dream. But over time I realized what I truly wanted. I never went on the academic job market. I thought about it, looked at job listings, read the wikis, and pondered what I might…
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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 launching my first From PhD to Life weekly coaching/support group for recent PhDs, soon-to-be PhDs, and ABDs leaving the academy. Together, we’ll support and encourage each other as we take…