Academic blogging
I’ve been reading a few blogs in recent days, written by people who are either ABD or recent Ph.D.s. All are anonymous, and are sometimes surprisingly frank, to the point that at times I feel like a voyeur just reading them. However, I’ve been attracted by their discussions about academic life as graduate school ends, especially in the social sciences. I now have tenure, but I can still relate to many of the same issues they raise, and perhaps reading them provides a good reminder of what recent Ph.D.s have to deal with. In short, academia is a pretty weird profession.
ABDmom is, as her name suggests, ABD at a large university, with an Assistant Professor job lined up in the fall.
Professor Me is revising her dissertation and has a job lined up.
BrightStar is an Assistant Professor in the social sciences.
ArticulateDad finished his Ph.D. in 2005 and is looking for a position.
1 comments:
That is true--another theme coming out of the blogs is that people outside academia cannot figure it out. Why can't you just finish the Ph.D. quickly? Why can't you get a job in the exact city you want? Don't you just sit around and relax when you don't have class? How could such a cushy profession ever be stressful?
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