Overdoing
Friday, January 22nd, 2010No doubt one of the best articles on academic job applications. Dr. Youm
Overdoing It in the Hiring Process By David D. Perlmutter
The CV Doctor Is Back
Thursday, December 17th, 2009The CHE article of December 16, 2009, “The CV Doctor Is Back,” might be useful to KACA friends.
Enjoy the holidays. Dr. Kyu Ho Youm
Scientist’s Guide to Academic Etiquette
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Dr. Kyu Ho Youm wants to share this CHE article Scientist’s Guide to Academic Etiquette with KACA members.
– During your campus interview, don’t give different, completely inconsistent answers to different people depending on your perception of their position in the department or university hierarchy.
– For applicants: If someone writes a letter of reference for you, let them know the outcome of your applications, or at least ask if they want to be informed.- For authors: Before submitting anything for review, notify all of the co-authors and give them a chance to comment on the manuscript that bears their names. This is an ethics issue, not an etiquette matter.
– For everyone: Thank people who help you, even if it is their job to do so, or you think it is their job to do so. There is a chance that you may be misinformed.
– For everyone who attends conferences: If you see someone you want to talk to at a conference and that person is already in a conversation, try to join in, or ask politely if you can interrupt. Do not simply start talking as if the other person doesn’t exist
Older but Wiser: Stay the Course
Monday, September 21st, 2009Each job search rejection is a singular, temporary event, and does not mean that you will never find the right position. Do not dredge up all past failures to create a disastrous pattern in your mind. [Older but Wiser: Stay the Course]
How to be happy in academe
Monday, August 31st, 2009To be happy as a professor, you don’t need to teach in buildings that win architectural awards. You don’t need a two-course-a-semester load to publish (I published during my first years in Birmingham, despite teaching nine or 10 courses a year). You don’t need your university to give you a dedicated blog site or IT personnel to support your home computer. You need a tenure-track job, and then you need to work hard at the three things we are expected to do: teach students who want to learn, publish about things you care about, and be a good academic citizen through service to your institution and field. [How to Be Happy in Academe]
Thank Dr. Youm for sharing this article.
[Stata Building at MIT has won an architectural award.]
Conference Rookies
Thursday, August 13th, 2009How to Get a Teaching Job at a Liberal-Arts College
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Dr. Youm at Oregon wants to share this article with KACA members:
“How to Get a Teaching Job at a Liberal-Arts College,” Chronicle of Higher Education,” Aug. 10, 2009,
Understanding How Tenure Decisions Are Made
Friday, July 10th, 2009Understanding How Tenure Decisions Are Made by MICHAEL BUGEJA
[... ] even failed grant applications are considered plusses at promotion time, and candidates list them in comprehensive dossiers alongside the usual fare of peer-reviewed publications. [Read more]
Minimizing the possibility that your blog or Facebook page might hurt your career
Monday, July 6th, 2009“Facebooking Your Way Out of Tenure”
Here are some ways that you can minimize the possibility that your blog or Facebook page might hurt your career track.
Consider your “final” audience for promotion and tenure. Some senior professors, however, possess stronger prejudices on that front. [...] the 65-year-old head of the tenure committee may not take it as a sign of your maturity as a scholar. [Read More]
Dr. Jin wins Presidential Teaching Award
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Dear Friends:
What makes my heart throb as a (senior) Korean-American college professor? Gratifying news about my junior Korean-American friends.
Dr. Hyun Seung “H.S.” Jin has received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at Kansas State University.
The award is the most prestigious teaching award at Kansas State.
Dr. Jin, who has extensively published in top research journals since he received his Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill, is an an associate professor. He is currently serving as the Associate Director for Graduate Studies and Research at the KSU A.Q. Miller School of Journalism & Mass Communications.
I hope you’ll join me in sending him a note of congratulations for his extraordinary achievement as a first-rate teacher-scholar.
Stay well and in touch.
All the best,
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Kyu Ho Youm
Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair
School of Journalism and Communication
University of Oregon
1275 University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403-1275
Tel. (541) 346-2178
FAX: (541) 346-0682
