by Cathy Mazak | Apr 5, 2018 | academic project management, academic writing, time management
Most academic women I work with in my courses, writing retreats, and one-on-one writing strategy sessions cite time as their biggest obstacle to writing and publishing more. We are just too over-burdened with the sheer number of seemingly incongruous tasks that make...
by Cathy Mazak | Mar 22, 2018 | academic project management, academic writing, time management
Without a system for academic project management, you feel overwhelmed and exhausted all the time, no matter how much progress you’re actually making. Though you can create a system on paper, or even with G Suite or Dropbox, it may be helpful to use a project...
by Cathy Mazak | Mar 15, 2018 | academic project management, academic writing, publishing, time management
Academia is maybe the only career where you study for years and years, but your studies only partially prepare you for your actual job. Becoming an expert in your field does not necessarily mean that you are prepared for the day-to-day tasks of academia. For that, we...
by Cathy Mazak | Feb 22, 2018 | academic writing, time management
The two obstacles to writing more that I often hear in the I Should Be Writing Facebook group are: “I don’t know how to start” And, ironically: “I have a bunch of projects lying around that I can’t get finished.” Starting and finishing. The good news is, these are two...
by Cathy Mazak | Feb 1, 2018 | academic writing, time management
I just read an excellent article in Inside Higher Ed about a panel at the Association of American Colleges and Universities discussing changes that university administrators were implementing in order to reduce faculty workload. The idea (which is a very good one) is...
by Cathy Mazak | Dec 7, 2017 | academic writing, mindset, publishing, time management
During academic year 2015-2016, I had the longest and most amazing maternity leave with my third (and last!) baby. When I came back to work in Fall 2017, my two edited volumes and an article in Anthropology and Education Quarterly were published. Now, because my...
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