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Friday, October 21, 2016

Doing Service Work on Purpose as a Full Professor

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Everyone says that when you are promoted to Full Professor, the service burden increases dramatically. Having been promoted a few months ago...
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Friday, September 23, 2016

How to be a prolific academic writer

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I often hear academics worry they are not putting enough time into writing. But, how much is enough? For me, two hours of writing every week...
Thursday, September 1, 2016

How to Write an Effective Diversity Statement for a Faculty Job Application

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Faculty job postings are increasingly asking for diversity statements, in addition to research and teaching statements. According to the Uni...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

You and Your Chair: Buddying Up Or Staying Detached

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This is a guest post by Noelle Sterne. Dissertation coach, editor, scholarly and mainstream writing consultant, author, and spiritual coun...
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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Writing a Literature Review: Six Steps to Get You from Start to Finish

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As Get a Life, PhD is approaching two million (!!) page views, I am pulling out some of the "Greatest hits" from the archive. The...
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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Ten Suggestions to Help You Choose Your Perfect Dissertation Topic

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This is a guest post by Noelle Sterne . Dissertation coach, editor, scholarly and mainstream writing consultant, author, and spiritual cou...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

10 Vital Financial Tips for New Faculty

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This is a guest post by Inga Chira. Dr. Chira joined the faculty at California State University, Northridge in 2015 as an Assistant Profes...