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.”
Connected Academics proseminar fellow Catherine Burton posits that strategic optimism about the experience of graduate school will bring both personal and professional rewards.
Connected Academics proseminar fellow Kesi Augustine offers some advice to introverted academics (and those suffering from imposter syndrome).
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.
Erin M. Kingsley on the unexpected sorrows of starting a tenure-track position far from family and friends.
By Stacy Hartman In 2013, in the third year of my German studies PhD program at Stanford, I started telling people I didn’t want…