Absolute Beginner

First-Year Chaos

Getting Published

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

Teaching

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 Our Students So)

Working with TAs Effectively

How to Treat Student Athletes with the Respect They Deserve

The Minefield of Informality

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)

Fellowships and Grants

Sabbatical Grants

Multi-Year Grants

Conference Grants

"Mid-Career" Grants and Fellowships: When's the Earliest You Can Apply?

Residential Fellowships

Promoting Your Research (Sorry, But You Have To!)

Securing Blurbs

Advising Students

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

Reappointment

What is Reappointment Review

Getting (and Interpreting) Feedback

Preparing Your Reappointment File

Sabbatical

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

Work-Life Balance

How to Have a Social Life

How to Have a Secret Life

Leaves of Absence

Department Meetings

How to Navigate Them

When and How to Speak Up

Networking and Relationships

Self-Promotion: OK or Not?

Activism: On and Beyond Campus

Tenure

Preparing Your Tenure File

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

Should You Go Up Early for Tenure?

What If? 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 University?

Who Will Write Your "Outside Letters"

Why Tenure is Denied: 3 Scenarios

Applying for Jobs and Outside Offers

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)

Money

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

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

Conferences

How to Raise Money for Your Conference

Conference Organization 101

Climbing the Ladder

Treating Administrators and Office Staff with the Respect They Deserve

Should You Become Chair?

Should You Direct a Center?

Should You Become Director of Under/Graduate Studies?

Do Provosts and Deans Keep a "Blacklist"?

What Kind of Career Do You Want to Have?

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

Committee Assignments

Search Committees

The "Sophomore Album": How to Launch Your Second Book or Major Project

Finding Mentors as a Mid-Career Scholar

False Starts, Assumptions, and Dead Ends

Becoming a "Scholar without a Project"

Tenure.... Now What?

What Will You Do with Your Newfound Safety?

Mental Health

Where and When to Seek It Out

Leaves of Absence

What if a Press Rejects Your Book?