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MLA Interview: The Big Picture

Cheryl Ball and Katherine Ellison walk you through what to expect in the hotel room meeting with a search committee.
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Walking Away From Acceptance

When Eliza Woolf gave up on finding a good academic job, she landed one.
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Don’t Smile Until December?

As the semester concludes, your battery may be running low. Reflect on the potential energy of humor to help you recharge, Maria Shine Stewart suggests.
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Do You Measure Up?

Concluding a series, Kerry Ann Rockquemore suggests three ways to move forward.
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How to Handle 'In Process' Work

When your work is under review (but not published or maybe even accepted), can you include it on a C.V.? To do so, you must be honest and consistent, writes Nate Kreuter.
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The Greatest Course You’ll Ever Teach

Why become an academic leader? Elizabeth Simmons argues that it offers a unique opportunity to extend a love of teaching into novel realms.
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Are You Over-Functioning?

The tasks you are doing well may be holding you back from excelling in the tasks at which you need to do well, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.
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Dating and Job-Hunting

Lori A. Flores writes that both activities are bound to produce some heartbreak along the way.