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Maternity leave & your publication record

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

Note: The information in this post is relevant to those evaluating the scholarship of others (for hiring, promotion, funding, etc) as well as to those having their scholarship evaluated. It also applies to other kinds of leave in which you would not reasonably be expected to keep publishing including longer sick leaves, disability leave, and […]

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A close-up photo of a person seated in a row of people writing in a paper notebook on their crossed knees. The rest of the row of people are blurred in the background with high focus in the foreground. The scene suggests taking notes in a conference or lecture with smart casual attire. No faces are visible.

Do Conference Papers Count?

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Jo VanEvery 1 Comment

This is a question I get asked a lot. Whether it is for hiring, tenure, or a research grant, researchers seem unsure of the value of conference papers. It’s all about impact. Conference presentations feel like they have more impact than other forms of dissemination. There are real people in the room listening. They ask […]

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Impact, Interdisicplinarity, and Publication Strategies

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

In May 2009 I did a talk in the Career Corner at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The nice people from University Affairs videoed it and have now posted the video, nicely edited into short chunks, on their website. I thought you might like to see me in action. This section is […]

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How Professors Think

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

I have been awaiting Michèle Lamont’s book, How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment, for a long time. Her study of peer review in multi-disciplinary humanities and social science grant competitions in the US first came to my attention via the co-authored article “What is Originality in the Social Sciences and the […]

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