Departments, universities and advisors are massively failing the current moment of national crisis around Black Lives and police brutality. Too many remain silent, or issue vague, pitiful milquetoast messages repeating tired claims of support for “diversity and inclusion.” In this episode, Kel and Karen talk about the damage this silence and gaslighting does to Black students, faculty, and staff, and how both white institutions and individuals can overcome fear of doing things wrong, try and rise to the occasion, and learn to apologize effectively and non-defensively on the inevitable occasions when we screw up. We also promote the #Strike4BlackLives called by Black scholars in Physics and Astonomy for Wednesday June 10, and the hashtag #BlackInTheIvory, created by Joy Melody Woods and Dr. Sharde Davis, that has released an explosion of voices sharing experiences anti-Black racism in the academy. White folks: we need to read, to listen, to speak up in non-intrusive ways, and #DoBetter ...
Suddenly your entire professional life (and tbh most of your personal life) is online. When career stakes are high, like in an online campus visit or job talk, how do you ensure you’re making the best possible impression on an online platform? Karen and Kel have spent the last decade working almost entirely on digital platforms, so in this episode they share all the tricks and tactics they’ll learned over the years, about things like background, lighting, managing eye contact, body language, and more. ...
Adjuncts have almost entirely replaced full time faculty positions in the contemporary university system, and most adjunct positions are exploitative. Karen and Kel talk about why adjuncting keeps PhDs locked in a toxic relationship with the university, and how to break free. ...
