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Family-Friendly Conferences
Few institutions and associations have considered the particular hurdles conference participation presents for women scholars with children, argue Angela L. Bos, Jennie Sweet-Cushman and Monica Schneider.
Let’s Stop Normalizing Student Debt
Why do academics accept and perpetuate the idea, asks Jessica Estep, that financial ruin should be the norm for humanities Ph.D.s?
Best Practices for Professional Email
Natalie Lundsteen offers some basic tips to help you have clear and confident electronic communication.
My Journey With Department Service
A Ph.D. candidate describes the costs of doing service as a graduate student of color.
Midlife Ph.D. Programs and Minority Students
How do students evaluate the return on investment of pursuing a doctoral degree later in life? Gary A. Berg provides some answers.
Student (In)Civility in the Age of Trump
Pam Whitfield offers suggestions for faculty members about how to manage student behavior and keep students safe at a time of growing contention.
Helping Students See the Connections
We should help students make sense of not only the subject matter of our particular class but also how all their curricular and co-curricular activities fit together, writes Laura L. Behling.
Designing Principles for Exploring Your Career
Laura N. Schram shares three valuable ways of thinking about how to thrive beyond the Ph.D.