The Philosophers' Cocoon
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- Can authors prevent their writing from being fed into AI?
- Tips for moving to a new (type of) institution after tenure?
- Leaving an M.A. off your CV due to potential bias against the institution?
- An opinion on APA’s decision to terminate its 2+1 virtual pilot early – by Kino Zhao
- Tips for students and/or early career folk who face a mental block in writing papers?
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Category: Alt-Ac transition tips
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By Greg Stoutenburg I recently announced on Facebook that I left my NTT position for a non-academic one and offered to talk more about it. Marcus then asked if I might write something up for PC, which is something I am very happy to do! It is very easy to get a non-academic job. All…
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Madeline Martin-Seaver (postdoc, Auburn University) writes in: I am a philosophy post-doc at Auburn and a longtime appreciator of the work you and your teammates do at the Cocoon! You’ve definitely helped me with my jobs and teaching. I recently started an e-mail list compiling job USAJobs postings for which humanists might be good fits…The…
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I came across this very interesting interview yesterday with Aaron Kagan, who received his PhD in philosophy at Fordham and now works at Google. The interview not only covers his own path out of academia. Kagan also gives a ton of helpful tips on how to do so, including things to do during grad school,…
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I just came across this really interesting interview of Christopher Caterine, author of the new book, Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide (Princeton University Press). Here are a few choice bits of the interview focusing on networking: Q: Networking is a subject in your book. How is networking different for nonacademic careers than for academic careers? A: I was…