Ph.D. Employability: Struggles and Solutions
What happens when jobs in academia are scarce, and few of the descriptions of jobs outside academia seem like a fit? How can graduates find the right job for them, whether it’s inside academia or far ...
27 Apr 202348min
Contracts, Agents, and Editors, Oh My! Demystifying the Path to Publication
What is an advance contract? Do you need an agent? How do you know which editor to approach with your manuscript? Successfully following the path to academic publishing can be daunting for first-time ...
20 Apr 20231h 1min
What Do Bees, Ants, and Dragonflies Get up to All Day?
Bugs are everywhere: in every corner of the world, even the Artic. But of the estimated 10 million species of bugs worldwide, only a million have been studied or described. Given the increasing rate o...
13 Apr 202351min
Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities
Today’s book is: Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities (UNC Press, 2018), by Jonathan Coley. Although the LGBT movement has made rapid gains in the U...
6 Apr 20231h 4min
The Connected PhD, Part Three
How can a PhD program pivot from a professoriate-apprenticeship system, to one that is mindful of students’ post-grad career goals? This episode completes our three-part series on The Connected PhD, a...
4 Apr 202353min
The Good Enough Life
Today’s book is: The Good-Enough Life (Princeton UP, 2022) by Avram Alpert. We live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and ...
30 Mars 20231h 9min
The Top Ten Struggles in Writing A Book Manuscript (and What to Do About It)
Is writing a nonfiction book harder than you thought it would be? This episode explores: What your reader needs from you, and why. Which writing struggles are the most common, and how to fix them. ...
23 Mars 202355min
Overcoming the Anxiety of Giving a Presentation
Why is giving a presentation so stressful? Is your heart supposed to race? And how do you gain more confidence? This episode explores: How to feel more connected to your audience. Why feeling some “...
16 Mars 202355min
