Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Asynchronous teaching and setting boundaries I've noticed in various conversations on Twitter that there are some issues with setting boundaries in the context of pandemic teaching conditions. In this post I address a particular issue with asynchronous … [Read more...] about Asynchronous teaching and setting boundaries
Not contributing to other people’s email overwhelm
As a companion piece to Managing email when you’ve rapidly switched to remote working, I thought I'd also share some tips to make email more effective as a means of communication. Modelling good email practices does create change. If other people find your email easy to triage and deal with, they … [Read more...] about Not contributing to other people’s email overwhelm
Managing email when you’ve rapidly switched to remote working
You probably have a hard enough time keeping on top of your email at the best of times. The changes you have had to make to respond to the pandemic are likely to make things worse. It is possible you will discover how many meetings could have been emails, but that still means more email. You will … [Read more...] about Managing email when you’ve rapidly switched to remote working
The role of journal editors in long review times
The scenario You (or someone like you) submitted your journal manuscript. Polite enquiry or a well designed journal website has provided information about how long they expect the review process to take. That time has passed. You’ve allowed some extra, possibly a couple of months of extra. What the … [Read more...] about The role of journal editors in long review times
Attending to correspondence
I love serendipity. Shortly after I talked to a client about email in her relationship with research collaborators, this appeared in my TweetStream from a Romantic literature scholar I follow: "Attending to correspondence" sounds so much more pleasant than "answering e-mails," so that's what I'm … [Read more...] about Attending to correspondence
