Manya Whitaker
Manya Whitaker is an executive vice president and chief of staff at Colorado College and an associate professor of education. She writes for The Chronicle about academic-career issues. Read her previous columns here.
Stories by this Author
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AdviceThe Year of Running Nonstop Job Searches
An administrator’s front-row view of the competition for hiring senior staffers. -
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What I Gained From a Year of Professional Coaching
You can’t see the entire field while you’re playing the game. -
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Before You Move Into Senior Administration
A new vice president shares five factors to keep in mind as you weigh leaving faculty life. -
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5 Ways to Be Strategic About Service
How to select committee work that brings you some measure of satisfaction. -
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I Went to a Boot Camp for Department Chairs. Was It Worth It?
A professor in her first year as department head shares what she learned in a leadership-training workshop. -
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How to Find a Writing Routine That Works
Even well into your career, you may still be figuring out a productive writing practice. -
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5 Don’ts in Writing Your DEI Statement
Search committees routinely ask candidates to submit a statement on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Here’s what not to write. -
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How to Be a Trauma-Informed Department Chair Amid Covid-19
The fall semester promises to be as stressful as the spring. What can you do as a department chair to lead in a compassionate way? -
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What an Ed-Tech Skeptic Learned About Her Own Teaching in the Covid-19 Crisis
Academe’s emergency shift to remote instruction has been toughest on faculty members who tended to resist digital tools. Here’s how one such “resister” coped. -
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How Do I Map a Path to ‘Full’ Professor?
A newly tenured faculty member decides it’s not too early to start planning for her next promotion.
