The semester is about to start (sorry!), which means you might be doing the very, very big things that happen in academia: transitioning from a grad student into a postdoc, instructor, or assistant professor. As I enter my 6th year as a professor (seriously WHAT) here are some things I wish I had known that first year <3
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Do you field multiple texts a week from coworkers asking you for basic information? Do you dig things out of your inbox that most assuredly landed in theirs just to forward them info they missed? Do you find yourself linking the company website, tech tutorials, and other Google-able information to people who won’t go get it themselves? Fellow female faculty members, you know what I’m talking about. I used to do this, too. Before I made a decision…
Continue reading “Career Talk: How I stopped being the office helpline”This month some friends have asked “how was your first semester as a professor?” It’s a funny question to ask someone who is neck-deep in grading papers, writing annual review documents, and random tidbits of service. But I keep coming back to the question (anything to avoid grading!) so here are some of my very-rough-draft reflections on semester one as an assistant professor.
