Career Advice

The world has changed, and seeing it with new eyes, I have, too, Jeffrey Nesteruk writes.

Dian D. Squire, Bianca C. Williams and Frank Tuitt explore how some academic institutions use ideologies and strategies from the past to control, repress and surveil Black people.

Effective thesis chapters and publishable journal submissions have important differences, so it's a matter of adaptation and not simple extraction, advise Faye Halpern and James Phelan.

Amy E. Crook and Travis W. Crook outline strategies to promote meaningful engagement for online students while at the same time providing a rich face-to-face learning environment.

While it's uncharted teaching territory for most, if not all, of us, we can seek out experts and advice to help us, writes Jamie Landau.

Teaching has never been about personal comfort and safety, but rather about getting outside of comfort zones and safe positions, writes Wayne Stauffer.

Taking initiative about your future direction correlates with greater career success and satisfaction, and it's a skill that, with training, can be nurtured and strengthened, writes Diane A. Safer.

Dave Edyburn suggests some activities that postdocs can engage in during the start-up phase of their appointment that will build a healthy foundation for a successful career trajectory.