All Careers Advice

A closer look into how mental health should be addressed in the workplace.

We put together a list of tips for preparing for an academic job interview. Check it out!

What is stereotype threat? The feeling that you don’t belong.

Diversity varies drastically depending on your discipline. How does your field measure up?

Infographic with tips on using social media to advance your academic career.

“No, No, No. There’s no one that looks like me,” Twanna Futrell, a senior at CUNY Baruch College states when asked whether her professors reflect her ethnic group. As a black woman, Futrell is sensitive to the lack of diverse faculty within her campus...

Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen recently shared her experience with the challenges facing faculty and students of color, and the many initiatives at UNC-Chapel Hill that strive to achieve diversity. 

Asmeret Berhe has read hundreds of letters of recommendation for researchers in her group at University of California Merced. While reading one particular letter, she was struck by the letter’s underlying tone of racial bias. It was clear that the person writing the letter thought that the studen...

A recent article in Family Relations offers practical tips for teaching about LGBTQ+ identities in the classroom. Check out the infographic to learn more!

A research article published in The Career Development Quarterly examined career calling in women of color and asked whether it is influenced by family and critical consciousness. See the infographic to learn more!

We recently caught up with Dr. Lee Badgett, the economist who first published an article on the LGBTQ wage gap, to get her perspective on the value of bringing queer voices to academia.

   In a country that is rapidly diversifying, it’s clear that students need a more diverse faculty to prepare them for careers in STEM fields. To address this issue, Stanford University’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has launched the Stanford Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative in Sciences and ...

Binary systems are a sticky subject for Dr. JJ Eldridge, a theoretical astrophysicist based in Auckland, New Zealand. “I joke that I study exploding binary stars while exploding the myth of a gender binary,” they say...

Can you put micro-learning to good use in your classroom?

Curiosity and conscientiousness have as much influence on your academic success as traditional measures of intelligence.

Are you an early career researcher? Are you looking for ways to advance your career, but you're facing roadblocks?

What impact do teams have on your organization's culture?

Dr. Jen Jack Gieseking, a scholar of queer geographies, on the importance of mentorship for trans faculty and students.

According to Archer, Dewitt, and Osborne’s 2015 article Is Science for Us? Black Students’ and Parents’ Views of Science and Science Careers, Black students are underrepresented in STEM careers. While governments have been focused on increasing STEM participation broadly, in order to ensure that ...