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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

Why Review?

We review because it’s what we do, and it’s who we are.

By Douglas Dowland

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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

How I Turned My Academic Monograph Into a Crossover Book

These six shifts helped me remake my book for a broader audience.

By Darla Schumm

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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

Make Faculty Writing Support Easier to Find

Let’s lower the barriers to finding and navigating faculty writing support.

By Jennifer Ahern-Dodson and Christine Tulley

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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

Advice to a Younger Scientist

Cultivate discipline and resilience in the face of uncertainty.

By Samar Sayedyahossein

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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

Anatomy of the Research Statement

When it comes to promotion and tenure, don’t just describe your research—explain and quantify its impact.

By Letitia Henville

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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

The Best Time to Organize Your Research? Now

Don’t put research on the back burner: A good project management system can help you work consistently throughout the academic year, Shiri Noy writes.

By Shiri Noy

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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

12 Steps for Responding to a Tenure Denial

Have hope—but also know the odds are stacked against you, John M. LaVelle writes.

By John M. LaVelle

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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

The Service Decision Tree

Ryan Michael Murphy explains how creating a system for evaluating service opportunities helped him stop overcommitting.

By Ryan Michael Murphy