Career Advice

Doing so leads to successful transitions throughout their career, as well as helps them cope more effectively with life in general, writes Rhonda Sutton.

Mark S. James describes how when marginalized faculty are not deemed or treated as worthy, they can feel like ghosts, even when tenured.

Andrew Pegoda describes the advantages of bringing together students and the authors they are reading for class and other experts.

Karla Erickson describes how to write about others in ways that honor their significance without being engulfed by the increasing demands.

After more than two decades on the job, Jim Hunt offers his thoughts on those challenges and suggests questions other provosts should consider.

Adriana Bankston provides advice for how to turn setbacks into opportunities and other guidelines for approaching your career like a champion.

Academics internalize that we must “publish or perish,” but that message creates fear, loathing and pressure, write Deborah J. Cohan and Barbara J. Risman.

After Letitia Henville heard many grad students say they didn’t apply for positions she knew they qualified for, she took a new approach to the hiring process.