Rebecca Schuman is a career instructor of English at the University of Oregon and an academic-productivity consultant. Her previous columns are on scholarly writing and work habits.
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If teaching is so easy, why do so many tenured professors take such great pains to avoid it?
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Advice from a productivity expert for an academic who wants to pick up the pace and finish a manuscript.
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Advice from a productivity expert on shortcuts for drafting conference papers and abstracts.
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Advice from a productivity expert on balancing work and play in the months before another academic year begins.
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Advice from an academic-productivity expert on how to cope with poor advising from your mentor.
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Advice from an academic-productivity expert on how to realistically assess how long a manuscript will take you to finish.
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Advice from an academic-productivity expert on how to extinguish self-defeating talk about your research abilities.
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Here’s how to make time for your manuscript during the academic year.
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An academic-productivity specialist tackles readers’ questions on coping with harsh criticism and other work conundrums.