[Should I Quit Academia Series] Why Changing Universities Isn’t The Answer To Your Publishing Problems (Re-Release EP 163)

I’ve worked with professors from various institutions who have held every type of position. I’ve seen first-hand that the real key to unlocking your writing success is not in your external circumstances but in how you approach your writing practice and time management. Lessening your teaching load or switching to a more research-focused position isn’t going to help you publish more. If you don’t address your writing practice, your issues will follow you no matter what job you take. 

If you’re tired of struggling with a clogged pipeline and are ready to regain control of your academic writing, this episode is for you. Learn how building a sustainable writing practice and focusing on professional development will make it easier to get your voice out into the world so you can influence your field.

It’s Not About Your University

Changing institutions will not clear up your publication backlog. In reality, the issue isn’t about your university’s policies or your teaching load— it’s about how you manage your writing, time, and mindset. The solution to your publication struggles is internal, not external. You need to shift your approach and develop sustainable writing practices that work for your unique situation, no matter the type of institution you’re at.

Mastering Your Publication Pipeline With Navigate

My Navigate program works with scholars from all types of academic positions—whether you’re at a teaching-focused school or a research-heavy institution. The program isn’t about changing your external circumstances; it’s about learning how to manage your writing pipeline, prioritize your time, and take control of your academic journey. By mastering these processes, you will be able to clear your publication backlog and create lasting writing habits that lead to success.

“Everybody who comes through our program actually has the same general set of problems. It’s not easier for people who have a “low teaching load” or not too much of a service load. It is the same process. So if you have been putting off clearing your publication pipeline because you think you can’t do that at this university or you can’t maintain your research program because of the university or the type of position you are in, you are assuming the wrong solution to your problem.”

“If you keep blaming your university for your lack of time, you are just delaying getting your beautiful voice out into the world and influencing your field. Because unless you learn the fundamental things like publication pipeline management and project management, those problems are going to follow you no matter what your academic position is.”

We’ve opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program details and get on the waitlist here.

CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION:

1. Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Get on the waitlist here!
2. Cathy’s book, Making Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and Take Control of Your Academic Career Through Writing is available in print! Learn how to build your career around your writing practice while shattering the myths of writing every day, accountability, and motivation, doing mindset work that’s going to reshape your writing,and changing academic culture one womxn and nonbinary professor at a time. Get your print copy today or order it for a friend here!
3. If you would like to hear more from Cathy for free, please subscribe to the weekly newsletter, In the Pipeline, at scholarsvoice.org. It’s a newsletter that she personally writes that goes out once a week with writing and publication tips, strategies, inspiration, book reviews and more.

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