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Network Your Way Into the New Year
Networking is simply an authentic conversation about a topic of mutual interest, writes Rebekah Layton, who challenges readers to build their network using informational interviews this holiday season.
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What Black Faculty Need From Our White and Asian Allies
Nina T. Harawa provides eight recommendations for how to promote justice, inclusivity and diversity within your institution.
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The Shame of Changing Your Name
The academy holds a narrow view of acceptable conditions for a scholar to do so, and marriage is not one of them, writes Emily Peterson.
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Needed: A Real Conversation About Academic Hours Worked
That busyness and overwork have become status symbols is probably not a surprise, write Carolyn Dever and George Justice, but what interests do they serve?
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When Less Is More in the Classroom
Elizabeth Stice describes how she took a gamble and assigned only one book for the entire semester.
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The Stress of Interviewing and Negotiating
Joseph Barber offers some suggestions to help you harness the excitement of these experiences to achieve career and professional success.
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Networking Strategies for Academics Who Are Bad at It
Bedelia Nicola Richards describes how, by redefining networking, she's been able to move away from her negative disposition toward it and cultivate genuine connections with colleagues.
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How to Write a Lot on a Heavy Teaching Load
Deborah J. Cohan shares lessons she's learned that have helped her write more regularly and publish more often.