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'Doing It My Way'
Arica Lubin interviews Jean-luc Doumont about his unconventional career for an applied physics Ph.D.
Being Foreign on the U.S. Academic Market
International graduate students are faced with an added challenge on the U.S. job market -- get a job or go home -- but it's possible to turn their foreignness to their advantage, Christopher Garland writes.
Dealing With the Press
Rob Weir offers some suggestions for professors on what to do when reporters call.
Meritocracy, Lottery, Game
Gerry Canavan questions the metaphor commonly used to describe the academic job market.
Surviving Blackademia
KC Williams and Shannon Gibney offer advice on navigating the often-hostile work environment for women of color in the academy.
Don't React Personally
Nate Kreuter considers the realities of rejection -- and dealing with rejection -- in academic careers.
Making a Difference in Academe
Eric Anthony Grollman offers 101 suggestions.
Tracking Ph.D. Career Paths
Melanie Sinche writes that there may finally be momentum for gathering data crucial to helping doctoral students understand their opportunities.