College: The Secret Syllabus

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Happiness

First-Year Chaos

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Publishing 101: How the Process Works, Start to Finish

How and Where to Meet Editors and Publishers

“Simultaneous Submission”: What Is It, How to Do It, and Why It Matters

How to Write an Author Response Letter

Negotiating Better Book Contracts

What if a Press Rejects Your Book?

Edited Volumes and “Special Issues”

Revise and Resubmit (is a Good Sign)

How to Interpret and Respond to Criticism

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Don’t Launch that Shiny New Course!

Your Slides Suck: What Profs Can Learn from Graphic Designers

The Secret to Better Evaluations

How to Run Office Hours (Hint: Stop Calling Them “Office Hours”)

Course Evaluations are Biased (and We Should Tell Our Students So)

Working with TAs Effectively

How to Treat Student Athletes with the Respect They Deserve

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Mailroom Conversations

Hallway Conversations

Lunches and Dinners

First-Name Basis or “Dr. So-and-So”?

Dress Code Stress Load

Mind Jobs and Tailspins: When a Passing Comment from a Senior Colleague Ruins Your Week (or Month)

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Sabbatical Grants

Multi-Year Grants

Conference Grants

Small Grants

“Mid-Career” Grants and Fellowships: When’s the Earliest You Can Apply?

Residential Fellowships

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Book Awards

Securing Blurbs

Social Media

Self-Promotion: OK or Not?

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Young Professor, Older Graduate Student: The Complex Dynamics of PhD Advising

Don’t Give No Advice: The Basics of Good Mentorship

Mentoring Students is the Hardest Job You’ll Ever Have

Welcome to “Letter of Recommendation Hell”

How to Help Your Students Find Their Thesis and Dissertation Questions

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Honoraria: How Much to Expect for Giving an Invited Talk

Reviewing Articles and Manuscripts: How Much Will You Get Paid

Other Ways to Make Money on Campus

Writing for Magazines and Newspapers

Keynotes: How Much (More) Do You Make for “Prestigious” Speaking Engagements?

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How to Raise Money for Your Conference

Conference Organization 101

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What is Reappointment Review?

Preparing Your Reappointment File

Getting (and Interpreting) Feedback

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What Should Your Sabbatical Goals Be?

Where to Find Funding for Your Sabbatical?

Should You Do a Residential Fellowship?

Protecting Time and Getting S*** Done

Set Up an Effective “Sabbatical Out-of-Office” Email Autoresponder

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Childcare

Dating

How to Have a Secret Life

Parental LeaveLeaves of Absence

Covid

Activism: On and Beyond Campus

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How to Navigate Them

When and How to Speak Up

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Should You Apply for an Outside Offer

When to Tell Colleagues (and Students) that You’ve Applied for Another Job

Retention Offers and How to Negotiate Them

How to Negotiate Contracts (without Losing Your Soul)

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How to Launch Your Second Book or Major Project

False Starts, Assumptions, and Dead Ends

Becoming a “Scholar without a Project”

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Preparing Your Tenure File

Who Will You Be Compared To (the “Comparison Set”)?

Should You Go Up Early for Tenure?

What Happens If You’re Denied Tenure?

What Have You Done for Us Lately?: How Will Your Institution Count Work You Completed at Your Previous Institution?

Who Will Write Your “Outside Letters”

Why Tenure is Denied: 3 Scenarios

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Should You Become Chair?

Should You Direct a Center?

Should You Become Director of Under/Graduate Studies?

Do Provosts and Deans Keep a “Blacklist”?

Should You Become a Journal Editor?

Should You Help Govern an Academic Society?

Unfair Burdens: How Women and Scholars of Color End Up Carrying More Weight

Finding Mentors as a Mid-Career Scholar

Treating Administrators and Office Staff with the Respect They Deserve

Unfair Burdens: How Women and Scholars of Color End Up Carrying More Weight