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Advice From an Outlaw Writer
You don't have to follow the traditional advice to improve and enjoy your writing, says Jane Ward.
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Respect the People, Respect the Place
Can a new institutional leader succeed after making damaging remarks that are informally shared? Barbara McFadden Allen, Ruth Watkins and Robin Kaler investigate.
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Mentoring Underrepresented Senior Faculty
Underrepresented faculty members face many challenges that differ from those majority faculty experience -- challenges that are escalated, not alleviated, after winning tenure, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.
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Collaborate: An Imperative for Graduate Students
To prepare for a rapidly evolving job market, Ph.D. students must gain experience working as part of a team, argues James M. Van Wyck.
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On Being Peter Pan
A gender studies scholar at a public university describes why he has not come out as transgender to his students.
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Peridoctoral Stress Syndrome
The shift from a subordinate learner as a grad student to a would-be peer on the job market is one of the most predictable traumas in an academic's life, inducing professional and emotional distress in almost everyone who encounters it, writes Tim Cassedy.
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Interview Success Through Better Listening
A job interview is a conversation, writes Jake Livengood, and to engage in it effectively, you must be a good listener.
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Speaking With, Not For
If our research never gets out of the ivory tower, then who is it helping, asks Jackson Wright Shultz.