Millennial Professor

Millennial Professor:
Acting Like an Expert (Still Figuring It Out)

  • Graduate School Is a Career Choice, Not an Achievement

    For many students, graduate school feels like the next obvious step. You did well in college. People told you you’re “good at school.” You’re not quite sure what you want to do next—but graduate school sounds productive, respectable, and safe. That’s exactly why this needs to be said clearly: Graduate school is not an achievement.…

  • Faculty Zoom Interview: Tips and Know-Hows – Part 2

    Here are more Zoom interview tips following the previous post. This time, more on techniques and setup that you can improve easily. Your Zoom Interview Setup Is Part of the Evaluation (Whether You Like It or Not) This is not about aesthetics. It’s about friction. Even though it is not part of the rubric, committees…

  • Faculty Zoom Interview: Tips and Know-Hows (That Actually Matter)

    A faculty Zoom interview may feel lower-stakes because you’re at home. It is not. In some ways, it’s harder because small signals get amplified. Here’s what candidates should realistically prepare for. Get to the Point Quickly and Clearly In interviews, especially on Zoom interviews, many candidates make the same mistake: they gradually build up to…

  • Academic Publishing Profits from Free Labor…and We Call It Productivity

    This post examines how the academic publishing business model relies on unpaid academic labor, public funding, and prestige-based incentives, and how common productivity metrics in academia quietly reinforce that system. Researchers write the articles.Academics review the articles.Academics edit the journals.Universities pay the salaries.Libraries pay the subscriptions. Yet academic publishers continue to generate billions in profit.…

  • Why We’re Exhausted Despite Flexible Schedules

    It’s Monday. Specifically, the Monday between Christmas and New Year’s—the liminal space of the calendar where time is fake, inboxes are quiet(-ish), and everyone is technically “working” while hoping no one notices they are not. You are free to work today.You are also free not to.Both options feel vaguely wrong. Welcome to the promise of…

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