Tag Archives: tenure

How to transform research in your field – does Rockefeller University have the answer?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by

Imagine you have a decade or so to transform research in your field. What would you do? Would you stop doing whatever you are doing to do things differently? What is a transformation anyway? I am thinking about this because … Continue reading →

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Is tenure failure a social failure, not an individual failure?

Posted on March 16, 2014 by

A great piece by Cin-Ty Lee in his blog, Down to earth questions, makes the wise point that tenure denied is a problem from many levels other than the individual. It could be a hiring problem, a mentoring problem, an … Continue reading →

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Guest post on the tenure talk by Liz Haswell

Posted on January 13, 2014 by

The Unique Nature of the Tenure Talk Here is Liz Haswell‘s take on talking for tenure. The Tenure Talk. If your department has these, you’ve known it’s on the horizon for years—but it can be terrifying once you actually start … Continue reading →

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Why you shouldn’t hire your colleague’s child, or be asked to do so

Posted on June 28, 2013 by

The whole reason we do experiments blind, have rules against nepotism, and worry about inadvertent bias is that we are humans and these things go with the species, no matter how fair we try to be. Even though there has … Continue reading →

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Attributes that make getting tenure easy: curiosity, effectiveness, and conscientiousness.

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

  Curiosity may be the most important characteristic of a successful academic. It is something that motivates us a lot in our earliest days, but sadly, many get over it. Nurture your curiosity for a successful academic career in both … Continue reading →

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How to get tenure – choosing research questions

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

This should be easy, right? After all, you are a professor because you love research. For your Ph.D., you discovered something new, then found the time to write it up into a coherent dissertation. You nestled your new research in … Continue reading →

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