21 May 2014
by R. William Ayres
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In my previous post I talked about the reasons why faculty might want to go into academic administration (chair, dean, director, provost, etc.) Some of those reasons are good ones and some are not – the kind of administrator you … Continue reading
20 May 2014
by Brandon Valeriano
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It should go without saying that blogging is an important and beneficial part of the academic landscape. The problem is that we still need to have these conversations. Some don’t see the benefits of blogging (the whole ISA debacle reinforces … Continue reading
19 May 2014
by R. William Ayres
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Where is my career going? Am I building the academic career path I really want? And would I ever really want to be … department chair? Dean? Am I tempted to Join the Dark Side? Academics face a series of … Continue reading
14 May 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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Wouldn’t it be great if this post were anonymous, and I could say everything that I think about anonymity in the review process? Maybe I will anyway. Here’s the caveat that I think makes me have something to offer here. I’ve published … Continue reading
7 May 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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o, while I am not the foremost authority on this subject, I do have a fair amount of experience. In this post, I hope to give some advice both on revising and re-sending out an article that has been rejected, … Continue reading
5 May 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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I am afraid the article has little to recommend. It is is general a very poor and incomplete overview of what is actually a very rich body of gender scholarship, given in weak scholarship, with low theoretical imagination, this is … Continue reading
25 Apr 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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So the follow-up to my advice of “write stuff down and send stuff out” is that the “send stuff out” part is neither random or straightforward. So “send stuff out” should really read “send stuff out well” – and this … Continue reading
21 Apr 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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This is a post by Andy Osiwak. Security issues at RelationsInternational mean that the byline is incorrect. Sorry for the inconvenience. Part of “writing stuff down and sending stuff out” (see Post #1 here) is developing good writing habits. … Continue reading
16 Apr 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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This post is the first in a series of professional development posts on RelationsInternational. I will write most of them, but accept guest posts and contributions from other members of RelationsInternational. This series of posts was inspired by some people in a … Continue reading
9 Apr 2014
by Laura Sjoberg
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I have had the privilege to spend today at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. I was invited by Phil Steinberg on behalf of the journal Political Geography to comment on a … Continue reading