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How To Get Into A History PhD Program

Current and former Baylor History and Religion Graduate Students (and two Baylor History faculty) It is the most nerve-wracking time of the year. PhD hopefuls have uploaded finely-honed applications to their top choice doctoral programs and clicked submit. Now the waiting game begins. By mid-January…

Beth Allison BarrNovember 28, 2018

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Surviving the Academic Job Market Part 2: Interviewing Well

I have served on academic faculty since 2003. I have participated in a LOT of job searches–believe you me. I have watched candidates perform exceptionally well during interviews, and I have watched candidates fall flat on their faces. For example, the teaching demonstration that included…

Beth Allison BarrSeptember 18, 2018

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Surviving the Academic Job Market: Two Baylor History Success Stories

It is difficult to achieve a full-time faculty appointment in History. A 2017 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education ran with the straightforward title: History Jobs Flat: Teaching jobs for historians are down, but data suggest their opportunities outside the professoriate are on the…

Beth Allison BarrSeptember 5, 2018

Academia Higher Education

There And Back Again: Advice For History PhD Students

Panorama of Lost Lake I am afraid of heights. I first realized it when I was 16. I had hiked with my sister and father to the top of Lone Mountain near Big Sky, Montana. It was a 9 mile hike from the base, and…

Beth Allison BarrAugust 22, 2018

Academia Featured Higher Education Professional Development

Top Ten DON’TS for Conference Presentations

I both love and hate conferences. I love them because of the free-flowing ideas and high energy. I love them because of the networking opportunities. I love them because they force me to finish critical pieces of my own research projects. Conferences are exciting, intellectually…

Beth Allison BarrNovember 1, 2017

Academia Featured Higher Education

The Value of Failure in Graduate School

This is from my Anxious Bench archives. I currently am teaching in London and gathering more material for future posts! You can look forward to a guest blogger (I think you will love his forthcoming book) on July 26, and I will return to my…

Beth Allison BarrJuly 12, 2017

Academia Contemporary Connections Higher Education

The Value of Failure in Graduate School

This is from my Anxious Bench archives. I currently am leaving for a research trip in England (until end of July) and am gathering more material for future posts! In the meantime, this post continues to resonate with so many, so I thought it could…

Beth Allison BarrJuly 12, 2017

Academia Articles & Essays Featured Higher Education Professional Development

Handling Personal Crises in Academic Life

On September 19, 2016, I received news so shocking that the world stopped. I was walking across campus when the text came through. For a few seconds I am not sure what happened. I remember the sky flashing blue above me; I remember the sound…

Beth Allison BarrJune 14, 2017

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Are Women Human in Christian Academia?

Recently, Karen Swallow Prior spoke out against the “Billy Graham rule”–married men distancing themselves from women to avoid temptation and the appearance of evil. For those of you who missed Prior’s article, she eloquently argued that good moral character is better than rigid behavioral rules.…

Beth Allison BarrApril 19, 2017

Academia Featured Higher Education Professional Development

For Graduate Students Wanting Excellent Job Recommendations (and because I am trying to not think about the election…)

I submitted eight letters of recommendation this morning. I submitted three over the weekend, and have about eight more to submit by November 15.Writing student recommendations for graduate school, for grants and fellowships, and for jobs is part of my job as a tenured professor.…

Beth Allison BarrNovember 2, 2016

Academia

How To Get Into A History PhD Program

Surviving the Academic Job Market Part 2: Interviewing Well

Surviving the Academic Job Market: Two Baylor History Success Stories

There And Back Again: Advice For History PhD Students

Top Ten DON’TS for Conference Presentations

The Value of Failure in Graduate School

The Value of Failure in Graduate School

Handling Personal Crises in Academic Life

Are Women Human in Christian Academia?

For Graduate Students Wanting Excellent Job Recommendations (and because I am trying to not think about the election…)

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