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Academics Anonymous: Hi, My Name is ____ and I'm an Academic

February 06, 2019 by Allison Harbin in How to Leave Academia

In this post: It's been eighteen months since I left academia, here's what I learned in my recovery.

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How to Leave Academia

A Field in Which the Old Devours the Young is a Field that is Dying

August 01, 2017 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: If academia is a place where professors can take, without consequences, the work of graduate students to claim as their own, what does this say about the future of academia?

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Why I left Academia: Part Two

July 29, 2017 by Allison Harbin in Why I Left Academia

In this post: Part two of Why I Left Academia. About my attempts to follow procedure and how institutional procedure protects aggressors instead of students.

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Why I Left Academia

On Leaving the Academic Pyramid Scheme›

June 05, 2017 by Allison Harbin in How to Leave Academia

In this post: I discuss the difficulty of leaving academia and the importance of strategic thinking and embracing the unknown when it comes to the next step in career moves.

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