Call for a more humane profession: Melissa Valiska Gregory, “VLC: Provocations,” October 23, 2018.
Article about how grad school stress particularly affects people with disabilities. David M. Perry, “How to Make Grad School More Humane,” Pacific Standard, Feb 5, 2019
Article about academics’ anxiety regarding writing, and how to improve. Gina Hiatt “Why Writing Productively is so Difficult, and What You Can Do about It,” PMLA 133.1 (2018), 179-185. pmla.2018.133.1.179
In 2013, the MLA issued a set of guidelines for professors writing recommendations for job seekers. An explanation of it can be found here:
https://executivecouncil.mla.hcommons.org/2013/07/17/draft-statement-on-letters-of-recommendation/
Here is a twitter thread I wrote on writing external letters for tenure and promotion.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1100723239037345792.html
Great crowd-sourced list of working conditions at various libraries and archives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Jeb1W-VZuuCSWpRd0tBragq0er57V7DAJg_D3ajwrmo/htmlview#gid=0
Beautiful piece by Andrea Kaston Tange about mentoring: https://andreakastontange.com/uncategorized/being-a-thoughtful-academic-is-more-work-than-just-being-an-academic/?fbclid=IwAR3nyyJLOlRDcgYp2RxRdfV3wL8WJURrZz50aLhQhYxnGZQWSi1UObGWe0M
What do people think about Patrick Fessenbecker’s proposal for shifting grad school education to an extended MA involving some vocational skills? See https://academeblog.org/2019/05/31/a-simple-proposal-for-ending-the-jobs-crisis/
Good reminder about considering access when cleaning up after a conference panel, by Jonathan Beecher Field: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/12/06/advice-proper-speaker-etiquette-conferences-opinion?fbclid=IwAR0cX13Rh_37Yav1XCSSUNB4TCvFjr0LW0z5dySHseZelorfA0o3XneENNk