This pie chart adapted from the work of Zoe Sadokierski, PhD:
http://zoesadokierski.blogspot.com/ (I don’t poach pears).
Inspired by the red stuff – hic! … #redwine #wine #phd
cartoon
So you want “…a career of the mind…”
A bright motivated undergrad decides to ask her professor for a recommendation to graduate school.
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7451115/
PROF: “What field do you intend to specialize in?”
BRILLIANT STUDENT: “All of it… I am going to be a college professor… I am going to write smart things about death in literature…I like Robin Williams in Dead Poet’s Society…I want a career of the mind…”
PROF: “Do you know how many admission committees are going to laugh at your application? You can’t specialize in broad themes.”
BRILLIANT STUDENT: “I got an “A” in my Emerson paper. I will write about him in my dissertation… and death.”
BRILLIANT STUDENT: “Money is not important to me.”
PROF: “Oh my God, who let you into this school? I am tempted to throw you out of my office…that I share with four other people.”
Self-study… I was inspired when I stepped on the scale this morning…
Evolution of an academic: an ethnographic study
The complexities of the academic career trajectory…
… is it really THAT bad to have a PhD and NOT secure a tenured faculty position? I had to chart the pros and cons…
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