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A Guide to Department Chair Merit Badges
What if, Hollis Robbins asks, chairs could earn ceremonial merit badges for accomplishing feats that only those in academia could truly appreciate?
Students and Research Mentors Can Navigate Career Conversations Together
Raquel Y. Salinas offers advice for graduate students and research mentors on how to have better conversations about career planning.
A Path to Wellness for Women of Color Academics
Kenyatta Y. Dawson writes of the power of slowing down.
AI’s Not a Genie in a Lamp: It’s a Space to Think
One small change in our approach to teaching about AI makes a big difference, Josh Thorpe writes.
Let My Students Have Vocabulary Quizzes
Low-stakes pop vocabulary quizzes promote better reading and comprehension, Elizabeth Stice writes.
Collaboration Is Key
Marieke Van Puymbroeck and Jenny Presgraves offer advice for building participation in a professional development program for graduate students and postdocs.
The Hypocrisy of Community-Engaged Research
Evelyn Vázquez writes that white saviorism often drives community-engaged research in the neoliberal university—and offers suggestions for how to change this.
A Holiday Message for the Downsized
Alfred G. Mueller II offers good tidings to all those navigating a difficult academic job market this season.