How to build a project management system that fits your real, messy, and embodied life—including how to stop doing what isn’t working.
Graduate School Resources
How to Design Better Office Hours
How faculty can reframe office hours to ensure a transformative effect on students, faculty, and the culture of academia more broadly.
Things to Consider When Starting a Writing Group
From choosing a meeting frequency to figuring what kind of feedback members would benefit most from, here’s what to consider when starting a writing group.
New Year Resolutions for Writers
How to set holistic, compassionate, and social justice-oriented new year resolutions for writers that help you get your projects done.
Managing the End-of-Term Crunch with Energy to Spare
Learn strategies to manage the end-of-term crunch with energy to spare, avoid burnout, and lay the groundwork for a relaxing and productive winter break.
How to Say No and Yes to Academic Service Requests
Learn how to articulate academic service priorities to yourself and colleagues and say no and yes in ways that align with your values and support your career.
How to Clean and Organize Your Computer Desktop
Tips on how to organize your computer desktop, including building a file system that works for you, and utilizing your task bar and trash folder.
Practical Strategies for Taking Notes
Practical techniques for taking notes that ensure you can find, understand, expand, and use them later in your various projects.
Fostering Intellectual Community at Your Academic Workplace
Learn how to foster intellectual community in academic workplaces using reading and writing groups, engaging mentorship, and other strategies.
Jumpstarting an Interdisciplinary Oral History Project
How to get started with interdisciplinary oral history, including researching formats, finding training, and critically reflecting on power dynamics.
How to Move to a New City (Again) and Settle In
Learn how to move to a new city, settle in, and make any place feel like home—no matter how contingent the position or temporary the stay.
Mental Health in Academia: How Departments Can Support Faculty, Staff, and Students
Strategies and tactics for improving mental health in academia by providing resources to students, faculty, and staff and prioritizing wellness.