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Coping With Postdefense Depression
No one ever warns you that, once you come down from your champagne-soaked high, the fact that it's actually all over will hit you like a ton of bricks, warns Angel M. Jones.
In-Class Career Discernment
Alison Clark Efford describes the value of setting aside time in each class with her graduate students to discuss the humanities, careers and the good life.
When Is Criticism Bullying?
David Mihalyfy offers four general pointers for thinking through when disagreeable comments might signal something more serious.
Lessons From the Trenches of Motherhood and Academe
Academic parents and caregivers find efficiency a necessity, writes Rebekah Layton, who offers tips for how to manage your time and energy.
The Somewhat Surprising Benefits of Book Groups
More than a year into pandemic teaching, faculty members have become experts at building an online community for our students, writes A.J. Sell, but have we done the same for ourselves?
The Dilemma of In-Between Time
For academic parents and other busy faculty members, Julie Mujic shares some productive ways to spend those precious free moments.
Writing the Research Paper Slowly
Instead of just assigning a paper, teach the research process, JT Torres advises.
Rethinking the Race
Equity, well-being and learning all compel a re-examination of qualifying exams and the transition to Ph.D. candidacy, write Julie Posselt, Román Liera, Aireale J. Rodgers and Lauren N. Irwin.