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The more of my own story I shared, the more I connected with my readers and academic communities from New Zealand, Berlin, Canada and more. This section also includes interviews with alt-academics, current professors, and authors.
In this post: Author and activist Jessie Daniels joins us to talk about dismantling white supremacy, leaving academia, and more.
What does it mean to unite praxis with practice when you are a radical academic? Shuttleworth fellow Chris Hartgerink's plan to Liberate Science through organic networks of exchange and a bottoms-up approach to research challenges the status quo of the scientific publishing oligarchy. In line with Open Access proponents, Hartgerink seeks to go even further.
In this post: I review former academic turned novelist Amy Gentry's latest thriller "Bad Habits" and its reminder of the crucial role of imagination.
In this week's post, Jillian and I's interview turns to talk about applying for jobs post-academia, the struggles of being a PhD in the business space, as well as the invaluable insights a mind trained by a PhD rigor offers.
I love this post because Jillian makes no apologies for her desire to make a comfortable living (and, gasp, even a 401k!) despite her hatred of capitalism. Yeah, they're conflicting objectives, but life itself cannot be reduced to simplistic binaries of either/or. Similarly, the life Jillian has constructed for herself appears to be an "and, and" situation, where she pursues social issues that matter to her-- such as her forthcoming book about adjuncting and her social engagement class that she teaches, alongside a burgeoning career as a consultant in market research.
In this post: Dr. Jillian Powers provides us with invaluable insights a mind trained by a Ph.D. rigor offers.
In this post: Theorist of race and gender Kevin Allred shares his story of how a classroom exercise about free speech got him arrested.
In this post: Dr. Tashima Thomas gives Unsolicited Academic Advice on trusting yourself, your methodology, and finding your tribe.