In defense of the admission scammers... they weren't doing anything new.
In this post: I talk about the hilarity of this week's admissions scam and how it sheds light on the concept of educational privilege and its abuses.
Read MoreAcademic Relapse, Part 3: Total Recall
In this post: I talk about the consequences of my academic relapse and how academia shapes us.
Read MoreAcademic Relapse, Part 2: The Return
In this post: I talk about professor salaries and the declining availability of tenue positions within the university in relation to money allocation.
Read MoreAcademic Relapse, Part 1: Time Travel
In this post: I talk about my role as a polarizing figure in academia, and the story of the day I decided not to remove my posts.
Read MoreAcademics Anonymous: Hi, My Name is ____ and I'm an Academic
In this post: It's been eighteen months since I left academia, here's what I learned in my recovery.
Read MoreNot "either/or" but "and & and": On Being a Scholar and Hustling
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.
Academic Fugitives: An Interview with Dr. Jillian Powers
In this post: Dr. Jillian Powers provides us with invaluable insights a mind trained by a Ph.D. rigor offers.
Read MoreNo Money, Mo Problems: An American Reality
In this post: A retelling of my day in court and what I learned.
Read MoreSearching for humanity/the humanities: Why I pursued a Ph.D.
In this post: I talk about the emotional toll all of this has had on my mentality and life in general, and how despite all of that I'd do it all over again.
Read MoreWhen PhDs tackle the Business World
In this post: I talk about my dissociation from the legal drama I was put through, and what it teaches me when it rears its ugly head.
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