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Dear Reader,
There’s nothing like the start of a new season—it now feels like summer where I live—to inspire action.
One thing that’s meant for me is making sure all the resources available to my program members are easy to find and use.
Not because I think more resources are automatically better.
Goodness, no.
If anything, too many resource...
Dear Reader,
When folks first learn about the PhD Career Clarity Program, I think some imagine it’s a course they’ll log into, work through alone, and it will be boring and maybe useful.
That’s hardly a ringing endorsement, eh!
Well, good thing that’s not...
Dear Reader,
Earlier this week, I wrote about people who don’t hate academia but still want something else.
That distinction matters.
Because if you’re not in crisis, it can be easy to tell yourself you should wait.
Wait until you feel more certain. Wait until the semester is fully wrapped up. Wait until you have a clearer idea of what’s possible. Wa...Dear Reader,
“I turned 40 last year and I feel very satisfied with my academic career. I just really have nothing else I want to do.”
One of my program members said this during a group discussion.
She’s tenured. She likes her colleagues. She genuinely has no major complaints about her institution or her work.
And I know other professors who feel si...
Dear Reader,
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I have two reflections for you this morning, both about what gets misunderstood in career change.
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