Keep Calm and Carry On: Finding and Building PhD Career Paths

At the end of March this year, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Purdue University and talk about alternate careers for people pursuing the PhD. Throughout the day I enjoyed a number of interesting discussions with graduate students and faculty. It’s amazing to see how far we’ve come in the last 5 or 6 … Continue reading Keep Calm and Carry On: Finding and Building PhD Career Paths

The Future is Now: (Re)Training for an Alt-Ac Future

Brian Croxall speaks at the CALS symposium

Two weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of visiting Penn State University for the first time. I was one of several invited speakers for the Center for American Literary Studies (CALS) Symposium on #Alt-Ac. Sean Goudie, Director of the Center, was our kind host and the MC for the day’s discussions. The day-long event … Continue reading The Future is Now: (Re)Training for an Alt-Ac Future

Announcing “Looking for Signposts” at #Alt-Academy

Herewith, the second quick update post. A New Cluster at #Alt-Academy A few weeks ago, on 27 January 2014, I was pleased to join Katina Rogers in announcing a new phase of #Alt-Academy. The open-access collection edited by Bethany Nowviskie first went live in the summer of 2011 and included essays that sought to define “alt-ac” … Continue reading Announcing “Looking for Signposts” at #Alt-Academy