Erin Bartram
Erin Bartram is a historian of religion and gender in 19th-century America and editor of Contingent Magazine.
Stories by this Author
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AdviceWhen Leaving Academe, Which Research Projects Do You Leave Unfinished?
For Ph.D.s who opt to pursue nonacademic careers, disentangling from scholarly commitments can seem more difficult than completing them. -
Advice
How Ph.D.s Romanticize the ‘Regular’ Job Market
Be skeptical of any grass-is-greener hype about your nonacademic career options. -
Advice
Before You Write a Cover Letter for a Nonfaculty Job, Try This Exercise
For Ph.D.s, figuring out how to describe your “transferable skills” is a lot harder than it looks. -
From the Archives
What It’s Like to Search for Jobs Outside Academe
Nonacademic hiring is very different from what a Ph.D. is used to, and there’s no shame in recognizing that you find it challenging and even infuriating. -
Advice
You’re Not Just Leaving Academe, You’re Leaving Your Students
The permanent departure of a faculty member, contingent or otherwise, has real implications for undergraduates. -
Advice
Why Your Advice for Ph.D.s Leaving Academe Might Be Making Things Worse
Tips for the advice-givers on how to be helpful when your protégé leaves academe to pursue a nonfaculty career. -
The Review
Why Everybody Loses When Someone Leaves Academe
We cope with it in ways that largely erase the people we lose, ignore their pain and grief, and suppress our own.
