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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

Call for Support: Keep Post-Ph.D. The Blog Up

October 23, 2017 by Allison Harbin in Why I Left Academia

In this post: I talk about being served with a lawsuit by my former advisor, alleging conspiracy and defamation in response to my Why I Left Academia blog posts.

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Why I Left Academia
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'No One's Interested in Backstories'

October 02, 2017 by Allison Harbin in Why I Left Academia

In this post: I talk about my former department's response to my blog and what it has shown me about the toxicity of academic culture.

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Why I Left Academia
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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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Systemic Problems In Ed
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Why I Left Academia: Part Three

July 31, 2017 by Allison Harbin in Why I Left Academia

In this post: Part three of Why I Left Academia. About what happens in the aftermath of intellectual trauma.

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Why I Left Academia

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

Why I Left Academia: Part One

July 27, 2017 by Allison Harbin in Why I Left Academia

In this post: I talk about the moment I knew I was done with academia and the events before defending my dissertation.

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July 27, 2017 /Allison Harbin
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Why I Left Academia