Kevin Van Aelst for The Chronicle
Academic culture, departmental politics, novels about faculty life — all of those topics and more are featured in this long-standing advice column in The Chronicle.
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Ms. MentorMy Office Mate the Whiner
How best to deal with a colleague who spends too much time fuming. -
Ms. Mentor
The Dangers of Faculty Book Club
Warning: Reading books with your colleagues can make you mad. -
Advice
Is It OK to Teach Grown-Ups?
A youngish professor wonders if teaching ‘adult enrichment’ courses will damage her prospects. -
Ms. Mentor
Academic Novels for Real People
So much for the classics; time to break open the juicy academic novels. -
Ms. Mentor
Reading the Classics of Academic Literature
Five classic texts about professors and learning for your summer reading list. -
Faculty Harasser
The Lech Is in the Mail
What to do about the unwelcome amorous overtures of a senior colleague. -
Ms. Mentor
Should They Promote the Face of Gloom?
My colleague makes people miserable, and it’s holding her career back. -
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Ms. Mentor
The Editor Made Me Sound Inane
What to do when you loathe the changes made to your manuscript. -
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Ms. Mentor
Rude Young Nobodies Misbehave
How not to treat a senior eminence whose manuscript you’ve solicited. -
Advice
Ms. Mentor’s Annual Guide to Academic Novels
Spend at least part of your summer reading about fictional campus life. -
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Ms. Mentor
Writing Academic Novels for Fun and (Little) Profit
Spend at least part of your summer reading about fictional campus life. -
Ms. Mentor
Why Wasn’t I Invited?
A new program head frets about his exclusion from a department meeting. -
Ms. Mentor
Why Didn’t They Pick Me?
Sure, the reasons you didn’t get an interview could be personal. But they probably aren’t. -
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Ms. Mentor
They Say I’ll Never Get a Job
A master’s student who is thinking about seeking a doctorate asks, “Shouldn’t I do what I do best?”
