Karen Kelsky, an academic-career adviser, is founder and president of The Professor Is In, which offers advice and consulting services on the academic job search. She is a former tenured professor at two universities. Browse an archive of her previous Chronicle column here.
Stories by This Author
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What to expect if you’re fortunate enough to get a faculty job offer this spring.
Advice
How should candidates prepare for a faculty-job market that looks to be even more contracted than usual?
Advice
A look at what the Covid-19 crisis might mean for untenured faculty members on and off the tenure track, and for new and returning doctoral students.
Advice
A common question from job candidates is how to cope with a major disconnect between the place where they earned a Ph.D. and the campuses that are hiring.
Advice
In applying to small liberal-arts colleges, your local ties may be worth bringing up in your application.
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With the cold and flu season comes the pressure on faculty members, especially the many untenured ones, to teach through an illness because canceling class would “look bad.”
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You may lose a year or two in moving to a new doctoral program, but sometimes that is the best call.
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Few benchmarks for tenure are more important than getting that first book contract if you are in a book field at a research-focused institution.
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Sometimes the financial health of your institution can matter more than whether your position allows you to seek tenure.
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What to say (and not say) when asked about your professional plans during a job interview at a teaching-focused college.
