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Follow Up on Academic Nonteaching Jobs
Last week, I posted about humanities graduate education and academic nonteaching jobs. That discussion is apparently something of a hot topic these days and I received a lot of great links via Twitter...
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#reverb11: Alignment
For me, 2011 began in Los Angeles, at the Modern Language Association convention. As has been the case for the last Pool at the Hotel Figueroa in LA -- my MLA Vacation few years, I attended simply as a...
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MLA 2012: A Nonteaching Academic Job Search Resources
Defining #alt-ac and General Advice #alt-ac: alternate academic careers for humanities scholars « Bethany Nowviskie Tags: #alt-ac, collaboration, digital-humanities [Update! The #Alt-Academy project...
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Tomorrow is my 5th anniversary as the Director of the UMKC Women’s Center (hard to believe it’s been that long — talk about a blur!). Combine that with an upcoming MLA session on the Nonteaching...
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Germanists, Stop Rearranging the Deck Chairs
Last week I attended the Modern Language Association’s Annual Convention in Seattle. As in previous years, there were many sessions and much talk about the dismal state of the job market for language...
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I have to agree with the poster on Twitter who said that this video is harmed by its ranty style. Still, all good points concerning the #alt-ac debate and the culture of many humanities Ph.D. programs....
View ArticleDay of Higher Ed: One Day in the Life of a Women’s Center Director
As pretty much everyone in higher education knows by now, the Washington Post published a terrible (as in full of nonsense and lies) op-ed piece a week or so ago about how “lazy” university faculty are...
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So Far, I Like 2013
A belated welcome to 2013! 2012 ended like this: So you can see that it was not a bad year. But, while 2013 is 16 days old, it’s already kicking 2012′s butt. Here’s why: MLA 2013: I’ve written before...
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