Rebecca Schuman
Rebecca Schuman is an academic-productivity consultant and an adjunct faculty member who teaches courses in English, German, and journalism. Ask her a question on academic writing or productivity via Facebook or email.
Stories by this Author
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AdviceThe Disposable, Indispensable Faculty Member
If teaching is so easy, why do so many tenured professors take such great pains to avoid it? -
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‘How Do I Speed Up My Writing?’
Advice from a productivity expert for an academic who wants to pick up the pace and finish a manuscript. -
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‘It’s 300 Words — How Long Could It Take?’ and Other Writing Traps
Advice from a productivity expert on shortcuts for drafting conference papers and abstracts. -
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How to Have a Productive Yet Restorative Summer
Advice from a productivity expert on balancing work and play in the months before another academic year begins. -
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‘Help! My Dissertation Supervisor Is Smothering Me!’
Advice from an academic-productivity expert on how to cope with poor advising from your mentor. -
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‘Why Do I Set Writing Deadlines That I Can’t Keep?’
Advice from an academic-productivity expert on how to realistically assess how long a manuscript will take you to finish. -
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Beating Yourself Up Is Labor, but It’s Not Work
Advice from an academic-productivity expert on how to extinguish self-defeating talk about your research abilities. -
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3 Practical Approaches to Writing While Teaching
Here’s how to make time for your manuscript during the academic year. -
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How to Write Around the Haters in Your Head
An academic-productivity specialist tackles readers’ questions on coping with harsh criticism and other work conundrums. -
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A Realistic Work Strategy for the Long-Covid Crowd
An academic-writing coach answers readers’ questions on coping with deadlines amid lingering health issues.
