Karen Kelsky

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By:  M. Brielle Harbin, Ph.D.Brielle Harbin, PhD, is a tenured faculty member, an award-winning educator, and the founder of Your Cooperative Colleague LLC, a consulting practice that supports purpose-driven educators through inclusive pedagogy, sustainable scholarship, and values-aligned career paths. She also leads Faculty Writing Rituals Unlocked, a transformative course for academics who seek to write with greater clarity, care, and community.

1 month ago | theprofessorisin.com | Karen Kelsky

Post 1 of 4 by M. Brielle Harbin, Ph.D.Brielle Harbin, PhD, is a tenured faculty member, an award-winning educator, and the founder of Your Cooperative Colleague LLC, a consulting practice that supports purpose-driven educators through inclusive pedagogy, sustainable scholarship, and values-aligned career paths. She also leads Faculty Writing Rituals Unlocked, a transformative course for academics who seek to write with greater clarity, care, and community.

1 month ago | theprofessorisin.com | Karen Kelsky

This quick blog post is drawn from advice given by a knowledgable colleague to someone consider a job offer. I asked if I could share the advice anonymously as a post, because I think few academics know to consult Moody’s and other financial ratings. But in this era where institutions are closing at approximately 1 per week, this step has become essential. Moody’s recently downgraded its financial outlook for higher education institutions from stable to negative.

2 months ago | theprofessorisin.com | Karen Kelsky

I’ve been doing loads of Interview Interventions these days (there are still some open searches going on!) and over the past few weeks I’ve come upon an insight that I really want to share. While I’ve been coaching PhDs for academic interviews for 15 years (!), and always noted and flagged versions of this issue, I’d never found a way to precisely identify it until now. The insight is this: untrained interviewees tend to fall into two categories of error.

2 months ago | theprofessorisin.com | Karen Kelsky

The second edition of the book is in press!  Should be out this October or November. I can’t wait! I have wanted to update my advice for many years. This spring and summer, I’ll be blogging some excerpts of the new edition. Let me know your thoughts!KarenExcerpt from the New Preface:A lot has changed since 2015. And a lot hasn’t. Competitive productivity remains the gold standard of academic career success.