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The Professor Is In

The Professor Is In answers all your questions about the academic career. Dr. Karen Kelsky and productivity coach Kel Weinhold, with their trademark combination of candor, humor, and compassion (and a... Read more

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3.29: How to Keep Going When You Don't Feel Like It

3.29: How to Keep Going When You Don't Feel Like It

We continue with vintage – yet evergreen – recordings. It seems like everyone struggles with the desire to quit at times... Read more

9 Aug 2022

37mins

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Ep 3:27 #LeavingAcademia: The Great Quitting

Ep 3:27 #LeavingAcademia: The Great Quitting

Academics are bailing in unprecedented numbers, and academia has finally started to notice. Karen was interviewed twice ... Read more

20 Jun 2022

34mins

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Ep 3:26 Overcoming Perfectionism

Ep 3:26 Overcoming Perfectionism

Perfection is the enemy of productivity, but almost all academics struggle with perfectionism. How to resist its siren s... Read more

13 Jun 2022

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Episode 3:25 Burnout Part II - Academia Has It Bad

Episode 3:25 Burnout Part II - Academia Has It Bad

One episode wasn’t enough to talk about burnout in the academy. Juxtaposing the WHO definition of burnout with a definit... Read more

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Ep 3:24 Academic Burnout: What It Is, Where It Comes From

Ep 3:24 Academic Burnout: What It Is, Where It Comes From

Burnout is on everyone’s mind right now. It’s the end of the academic year, and what an academic year it was.  Profs and... Read more

12 May 2022

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Ep 3:23 Prepping for Next Year's Job Market

Ep 3:23 Prepping for Next Year's Job Market

You didn’t get the job this year; what to do?  Kel and I talk through what makes a competitive record and competitive pr... Read more

6 May 2022

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Ep 2:22 The Violence of Professionalism

Ep 2:22 The Violence of Professionalism

We dig into the definition of  “professionalism,” a term thrown around as an arbiter of correct and incorrect behavior i... Read more

27 Apr 2022

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Ep 3:21 Surviving Your New Academic Thing

Ep 3:21 Surviving Your New Academic Thing

We did a survey recently and the message loud and clear was: please give us more advice about just… surviving in academi... Read more

22 Apr 2022

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Ep 3:20 What Even Is Sick Leave For an Academic?

Ep 3:20 What Even Is Sick Leave For an Academic?

[Note: Karen and Kel were on vacation in NYC and recording from a hotel room! Please excuse the tinny sound today and ne... Read more

10 Apr 2022

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Ep 3:19 Academic Labor Is Labor

Ep 3:19 Academic Labor Is Labor

We talk about the “capitalist gaze” and how it impacts the creativity of academics. Casting our research outcomes as “pr... Read more

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