My approach to academic publishing is focused on its importance for communicating what you have learned from your research with others. I also argue that writing (and publishing) for scholarly audiences is important and is often quite different than what you would write for practitioners, activists, policymakers, or other wider audiences (see What is the point […]
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What is the point of publishing peer-reviewed articles if you care about changing things out there in the world?
Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Peer-reviewed articles and changing things out there in the world I want to write more about some of the practical applications of the general point I made in Communication vs Validation: Why are you publishing?. In particular, I want to connect my approach to writing and publishing with the […]
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Being an academic in dystopian times: Making time for activism
Whether current events have prompted you to become more politically active for the first time, or increase the time and effort you put into your activism, you must account for that in your plans. Neither your activism nor your health and work will benefit from you burning out. These will be difficult choices even if the need for being more involved is incontrovertible. Whatever form your activism takes, take the time to decide what is not going to happen, or be done to a lower standard, to make space for it.
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