Career Advice

Jason H. Moore describes his experience serving on more than 40 dissertation committees and the one thing he asks all students that they often to struggle to answer.

By Jason H. Moore

Sarah E. DeCapua writes of how she finds herself no longer caring as much about the various irritations that she used to spend mental time and energy on.

By Sarah E. DeCapua

COVID has created a dearth of social experiences, but classes can be a venue for meeting new friends and making learning an enjoyable experience, write Sharon Lauricella and T. Keith Edmunds.

By Sharon Lauricella and T. Keith Edmunds

We need to talk about why women, usually more than men, feel hesitant to build networks overtly -- and how we must remedy that, writes Karlyn Crowley.

By Karlyn Crowley

Patrick Brandt explores some of the ways you can take advantage of the positive changes that have occurred in graduate career training and development in the past decade.

By Patrick Brandt

Aomawa Shields describes how she found her voice to speak the truth about systemic exclusionary and racist attitudes -- and the importance of other professors doing so, as well.

By Aomawa Shields

Jonathan Graham describes how he's tried to heal and offers some advice to others in the same situation -- or who fear they might be.

By Jonathan Graham

Requiring students to let you inside their homes and private spaces can be culturally insensitive and ultimately racist, sexist, gendered and classist, write Margaret Finders and Joaquin Muñoz.

By Margaret Finders and Joaquin Muñoz