Practical advice for every step of an academic career, from preparing lectures and networking to tenure, promotion and post-tenure review.
You remember doing the work. Finding the evidence is another matter. The invitation is in an old email thread, the final report is saved under a vague filename, and the note explaining your role never got written. The handbook…
Read articleYou've been busy for months, but the visible results haven't arrived together. One article is under review, a course revision is still being tested, and a service project is waiting on another office. It's easy to look at that…
Read articleBy Friday, your to-do list is in three places, an important request is buried in email, and the task you meant to finish on Tuesday has somehow become next week's problem. You don't need a more elaborate planning system. You need…
Read articleYou'd like a mentor, but asking someone to 'mentor me' can feel like asking for an undefined commitment. How often would you meet? What would they need to do? And what if they're already stretched? The handbook recommends seeking…
Read articleYou spend an afternoon trying to solve a research or teaching problem, then discover there's an office on campus that helps with exactly that task. It's a familiar kind of relief, with a little frustration mixed in. If only you'd…
Read articleYou've read the tenure criteria, but a few phrases still feel like they were written for people who already know the answer. You need a conversation that makes the expectations clearer, without turning department folklore into a…
Read articleA colleague says you need more publications. Another says journal quality matters more. An online guide gives a third answer. Before you change your plans, ask a quieter question: which rules actually apply to your case? The…
Read articleTenure still feels far away, so it's tempting to postpone preparation until the work becomes more substantial. But the useful early habits are small. They're ways to keep ordinary decisions and records from becoming a future…
Read articleYou earned the appointment, moved into the office, and still catch yourself thinking that everyone else knows how to do this better. Then you spend an hour polishing a routine email because you don't want to get something wrong…
Read articleThe course needs preparation, a manuscript needs revision, and another committee invitation has arrived. All three sound important. The problem is deciding what deserves time when they can't all be first. The handbook's…
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