Career Advice

While a huge literature exists on first-generation undergraduates, there is only silence about what happens to those students when they go on to doctoral or faculty life. Herb Childress provides an insider’s description.

By Herb Childress

One need only consider the cultural impact of the recent film Hidden Figures to see the need to expand our cultural understanding of who can engage in mathematics, writes Sara N. Hottinger.

By Sara N. Hottinger

James Pfrehm describes how cage fighting has reinspired his inner academic. That's right -- cage fighting.

By James Pfrehm

Just as corporations try to establish a memorable brand, Ph.D. students and postdocs seeking new opportunities should work to create a lasting impression, writes Gaia Vasiliver-Shamis.

By Gaia Vasiliver-Shamis

The well-substantiated racial differences in research support are yet another hurdle that scholars of color face -- one that sets many of us behind, argues Victor Ray.

By Victor Ray

For academics wondering how to best approach the job market further along in their career, Jennifer Lundquist and Joya Misra offer some advice.

By Jennifer Lundquist and Joya Misra

Then you should tell someone -- and here’s how, writes Judith White.

By Judith S. White

The term carries a set of connotations that most college-level instructors would just as soon not have attributed to them, argues Alexander H. Bolyanatz.

By Alexander H. Bolyanatz