The Shift: Networking as an Introverted Academic
Connected Academics proseminar fellow Kesi Augustine offers some advice to introverted academics (and those suffering from imposter syndrome).
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Functional Networks and Expectations: Networking in and out of Academia
Connected Academics Proseminar Fellow Benjamin VanWagoner suggests that academics begin to think of their networks as functional, rather than simply relational.
Information Exchange: Thinking of Networking as Learning
Maria Seger, another of our Connected Academics proseminar fellows, continues the discussion of networking and suggests that students think of it as a symbiotic process—a mutually beneficial exchange of information— rather than an exercise in nepotism.
Instead of “Networking,” the Art of Asking
By Molly Mann
When you ask a roomful of humanities scholars what they think about networking, the tension is palpable. Sure, much of the work of our profession is contingent upon relationship building—it’s how we develop publishing contacts and find collaborators, and why we travel around the country on shoestring budgets to attend conferences—but there’s something about the word “networking,” with its connotations of boardrooms and power suits, that is both mysterious and repellent to us.
Where is My Warrior-Goddess?: The Search for a Mentor in Graduate School
Proseminar fellow Nicole Gervasio discusses the need for graduate students to have a “career design team”––and to overcome personal hesitations to reframe relationships they already have.
Five Tips for Live-Tweeting a Conference
By Carolyn Ureña In January 2017 I had a great time live-tweeting the Connected Academics sessions at the 2017 MLA Annual Convention. Not only…
On Expressing Gratitude in Professional Relationships
The Monday after the 2017 MLA convention in Philadelphia, I sat down on my sofa and composed twenty-five individual thank-you e-mails. I sent one…
Having “The Conversation”: Telling Your Advisor You Don’t Want to Be a Professor
By Stacy Hartman and Chris M. Golde How do you tell your advisor that you don’t want to pursue the faculty path? Or, at…
Doctoral Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the MLA Convention
By Sara Wilson On the Wednesday night before this year’s MLA Annual Convention in Philadelphia, I realized that my husband was laughing at me….
What I Learned as Arizona State University’s 2015–16 Connected Academics Fellow
Over the course of a year as a Connected Academics fellow, says Shannon Lujan, “I came to realize that all my work during graduate school was just another “alternative” track in my more traditional teaching, research, and service history. Connected Academics taught me that I have transferable skills in both academic and nonacademic markets.”