Posts Tagged ‘academic advice’

Why I Left Academia; or, To Publish … and Therefore Perish

A few weeks back, I wrote a Historista post about adjusting to a life untethered (or mostly untethered) from academia. In response to that post, readers wondered, Why did you leave academia in the first place? How are you able to support yourself? I’m going to answer question #2 in an upcoming . . .

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Mr. Wolf, Academic Fixer

Well, hello there. I’m Mr. Wolf. I solve academic problems. Sometimes colleagues, advisers, administrators, or students send you egregious emails or behave in an outrageous manner — yet, you don’t want to ruffle feathers. Mr. Wolf is here to help. I’ll say what you want to say but can’t. I’m not here . . .

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