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Navigating Academic Culture

"I'm So Busy": Unpacking the Rhetoric of Overwhelm in Academia
Can you be a successful academic while not being overly busy?
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
Rethinking Academic "Rigor" in Graduate Education
When graduate school is hard simply for the sake of being hard
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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You are not the imposter problem
Recognizing imposterism in academia
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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Rewind: On Rejection, the Myth of Meritocracy, and Baseball Bats
Musings and Strategies for Coping
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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Advice on choosing a dissertation advisor
Responding to a question from Office Hours
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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The shame and burden of student loan debt
Reflections from the other side of loan forgiveness
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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Integrating Coaching Techniques into Academic Mentoring
Ask questions first to help junior scholars chart their own paths.
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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Academia has no tolerance for disability, even as academia is disabling in and of itself
A guest post by Holly Genovese
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Holly Genovese
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How coaching mindsets can help you be a better mentor
And why the apprenticeship model of training junior scholars is limiting
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
Why I just quit my dream job
Buckle up, folks; this is a long one.
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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Etiquette for Invited Talks
A question from a reader in Office Hours
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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Lost sight of yourself in this career?
Here's a workbook that might help
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Jenn McClearen, PhD
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