Career Advice

Career development is a lifelong do-it-yourself project that, like home maintenance, can be a chore or a pleasure, depending on how you approach it, writes Victoria McGovern.

By Victoria McGovern

As professional educators, doing so provides opportunities not only to increase our knowledge but also to improve our judgment, writes Robert DiYanni.

By Robert DiYanni

Frances Altvater shares what she’s learned as an academic administrator and how it has uncovered new skills of empathy, adaptability and resilience.

By Frances Altvater

Jessie B. Ramey shares four specific strategies she’s found quite successful and plans to continue this coming fall when classes are face-to-face.

By Jessie B. Ramey

After three years as co-teachers, Ellen Song and Mark John Sanchez offer lessons for other academics currently engaged in, or hoping to begin, collaborative instruction.

By Ellen Song and Mark John Sanchez

To head off common problems, Margaret Schedel and Heather Lynch recommend three questions you should always ask when developing your academic prenup.

By Margaret Schedel and Heather Lynch

Success in grad school hinges on planning ahead, seeking mentors and articulating your skills, write students Lydia Gandy-Fastovich and Kirby Livingston, along with their supervisors, Alissa Ewer and Eileen Callahan.

By Lydia Gandy-Fastovich et al.

Increasing the number of Black women with Ph.D.s does nothing to address the structural barriers they face throughout the process of seeking tenured positions, writes Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana.

By Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana