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Welcome to The Academic Pub!

May 31, 2018 Megan Kate Nelson 1 Comment

WELCOME TO THE ACADEMIC PUB! Where everybody cites your name (but still has to look at your conference badge)  …

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academia, academic job market, academic journals, burgers, conferences

Too Many PhDs, Too Few Jobs: Proposals for Fixing a Broken System

December 21, 2017 Megan Kate Nelson 13 Comments

This week, graduate students across the country are sighing with relief – in the final version of their rushed, written-in-secret,…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academic job market, funding graduate students, graduate student tuition waivers, PhD programs

Campus Visit Horror Stories — And Why We Love Them

January 28, 2016 Megan Kate Nelson 3 Comments

This is one of the most trying times in the academic year. Job candidates are feverishly monitoring the Academic Jobs…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academic job market, academic storytelling, campus visit

Why I Left Academia; or, To Publish … and Therefore Perish

August 19, 2015 Megan Kate Nelson 62 Comments

A few weeks back, I wrote a Historista post about adjusting to a life untethered (or mostly untethered) from academia.…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academic advice, academic hiring, academic job market, academic publishing, adjuncting

Top Ten Looks for your AHA Interview

December 29, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 11 Comments

Every year between Christmas and New Year’s, many young historians (and some older ones) undergo a ritual of sorts. It…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academic fashion, academic job market, American Historical Association, historians, job interviews
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