What is a “fully funded” doctoral program?I hear people use the term “fully funded” in relation to doctoral programs. As in, “I was accepted into a PhD program with full funding!”…Oct 23, 2021Oct 23, 2021
13 things I wish someone had told me when I was an early career scholar(1) 9 times out of 10 a journal rejection is not about you or your research but about journal fit — resubmit somewhere else!;Oct 23, 2021Oct 23, 2021
Can We Reverse the Adjunctification Trend?In the U.S. higher education arena, we have now reached a point where over half of faculty appointments are part-time, and 70% are…Dec 27, 2020Dec 27, 2020
Is Administrative Burden Killing the Art of Teaching?In January 2000, I taught my first course as a university faculty member. This was a milestone for me, and I spent weeks crafting my…Dec 27, 2020Dec 27, 2020
On Academic Bullying“WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?” he yelled at me over the phone. I was standing in an airport with a luggage bag weighing down my…Dec 27, 2020Dec 27, 2020
Revisiting the Lost OpportunityI remember the first time I submitted a research paper to a peer-reviewed journal. It was in 1998, at the tail end of my doctoral studies…Dec 27, 2020Dec 27, 2020
Metricize Me!Academia is in the middle of a quantification revolution. If you are a professor or academic researcher, you have, by now, undoubtedly…Jul 15, 2020Jul 15, 2020