In this 90-minute Interactive Workshop I walk you through the biggest challenges of the first year on the tenure track — especially in this time of unprecedented turmoil due to COVID19. This webinar draws from my years as Department Head when I held regular mentoring appointments for new hires. It complements the blog post, Advice For Your First Year on the Tenure Track, and focuses on learning when and how to say no, making choices about time management, laying the groundwork for your tenure case, and staying centered and physically and mentally sound. Topics we cover include:
Disruptions due to COVID19 and how to manage them
Online realities
Dealing with new colleagues
Handling department politics
Finding mentors
Establishing a classroom persona
Handling online teaching
Learning to say no to service
Establishing a conference schedule
Protecting your writing time (and mental health)
Tenure and extended tenure clocks due to COVID19
Pitfalls for white women and BIPOC scholars
Most importantly, I walk you through the planning that you need to do, from year one, to situate yourself for your eventual tenure case.
All of this will be framed in the context of the impact of COVID19 and economic contraction on college and university campuses and the institution of tenure, as best as it can be guessed at this time.
This is a live interactive workshop and includes abundant time for Q and A with Dr. Karen. Bring your questions!
$50.00 per session$50.00
This workshop has finished and is no longer accepting new participants.
Congratulations–you got a tenure track job! I hope you took a moment (or day/week/month) to celebrate! Now it’s time to think about what you’ve just taken on. Because it’s big, and it’s scary. The first year is like drinking out of a firehose. It’s All The Things, all at once, with no time, under stress. With enormous stakes. And virtually no guidance.
I am a former tenured prof and department head, and in this 90-minute Interactive Workshop I walk you through the biggest challenges of the first year on the tenure track — especially in this time of unprecedented turmoil due to COVID19.
425 Session Participants for
13 Workshop Reviews :Stars5.0 out of 5 overall
Knowledge of Subject Material: 5 out of 5
Engagement in Live Sessions: 4 out of 5
Materials Provided Pre or Post Workshop: 4 out of 5
Overall Knowledge Gained by Enrolling: 4 out of 5
Reem Jaafar
for Leaving Academia: A Summer Coaching Program for PhDs
Rating: 5 out of 5
The workshop provides the space, the community, and the initial information needed to assist participants in examining and pursuing alternative opportunities.
Plus: a bonus guest speaker.
Kathryn Mockler
for Advice for the Pre-Tenure Years
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent advice for pre-tenure professors.
Arianne Boileau
for Surviving Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Rating: 5 out of 5
Straightforward, useful information about what to expect from the first year on the tenure track.
Elena Cohen
for Surviving Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Rating: 5 out of 5
Great experience. Very knowledgeable & prepared, answered many questions.
Yen-Fang Su
for Surviving Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Rating: 5 out of 5
Very informative speech and eased my nervousness about entering my first academic job.
Yuting Zhao
for Surviving Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Rating: 5 out of 5
It was super helpful! I've already read a bunch of stuff online and still I learned new things from the workshop.
Paco Chen-Lopez
for Surviving Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Rating: 5 out of 5
Terri Russ
for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5
This was an awesome experience!
Evelin Barbosa de Melo
for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent workshop! Dr. Karen Kelsky is very knowledgeable and goes straight to the point. Everyone in the audience had a chance to speak up and share their stories (if they chose to do so). Karen also created a very safe and compassionate environment where we felt heard and seen. In addition, we got a lot of practical advice on what to do moving forward.
I'd love to participate in a follow-up session with similar format or we could create a meet-up/ support group so we can continue to meet, share experiences and learn more from each other.
Thanks Karen (and all fellows that joined) for all the encouragement!
Rima Franklin
for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent session! Karen has so much experience and wisdom to share, and she does it with humor and compassion. This session was a great balance of information delivery interwoven with discussion questions. I loved connecting with colleagues experiencing similar challenges and hearing their stories.
In the future, it could be beneficial to have sessions targeted toward specific groups (e.g., early vs. mid-career) or disciplines (e.g., STEM vs. social sciences). I don’t think having everyone mixed was a problem for this session, but I can see some separation might be useful for more advanced topics.
Lydia Roll
for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5
I really enjoyed being in a small group setting with other academics who understand the desire to leave academia. The ideas shared were incredibly helpful.
Sharon Chan
for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5
Dr Kelsky is a very experienced speaker inviting and facilitating participants to share their own stories, which is one of the most beautiful parts in this workshop. Thank you for the amazing workshop, which had greatly helped me look at my own situation in academic using a wider angle. I am glad that I, as well as other scholars joining this workshop, am not alone. I look forward to more workshops like this. Thanks again!
Cookie Woolner
for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5
Dr. Karen Kelsky has a wealth of knowledge about life inside of academia and how to strategically pivot out of it. She offered lots of helpful tips on how to begin to envision and make a life outside of academia while acknowledging the emotional trauma and burnout many of us shoulder in this process. The chat and Q&A during the workshop made it feel like a really supportive community and I would love to continue to connect with everyone here via Zoom (maybe doing peer support with feedback in small breakout rooms?), LinkedIn, or other opportunities.
Hi, I am Dr. Karen Kelsky and I am the Founder and CEO of The Professor Is In, and more recently, The Professor Is Out. Since 2011 The Professor Is In has provided a full-service individual and institutional consultancy on the academic job search and all elements of the academic career. I am building The Professor Is Out initiative to focus more resources on assisting academics in the often painful and challenging process of transitioning out … read more
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The workshop provides the space, the community, and the initial information needed to assist participants in examining and pursuing alternative opportunities.
Plus: a bonus guest speaker.