As a young-ish new assistant prof, I keep getting asked if I'm a new grad student. I don't think I should care. But maybe I should spend more time on my hair and wear power suits instead of the usual professor-casual like everyone else? Maybe wear badges on my brownie sash that indicate "I have a PhD" and "I am an Assistant Professor ( Read more... )

I've been making a living writing essays for undergrads who couldn't write their own essays. They couldn't write them for one of three basic reasons, as far as I have been able to tell ( Read more... )