Category: Professional struggles

  • In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: [C]an we have a thread of resources for new assistant professors? I've spent so many years on the job market that I feel pretty unprepared to think about the next step. This is a great idea. Please do feel free to share tips…

  • In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader writes: I have a question concerning problematic supervisors at the non-TT faculty level: I've been non-TT faculty with a 4/4 load at an R1 with a good PhD program for three years now. The person who makes the teaching schedule (who is not the…

  • Last week, we had an eye-opening discussion of loneliness in academic life. For many of us, whether it is moving many times to different jobs in different cities or countries, working in a small department with high teaching and service loads, significant age or interest differences between faculty, etc., a career in academia has turned…

  • In our September "how can we help you?" thread, Struggling Dissenter writes: I am a junior faculty member. Concerning departmental affairs (or any affairs) I tend to have a different opinion than many others. I also tend to get misunderstood. I wonder if there are advice and experience on how to survive departmental meetings and…