Finding new paths in academia and outside the ivory walls. Awkward encounters in the halls of the ivory tower are certainly not unusual. But then one day I was the perpetrator of an awkward encounter with a prospective PhD student visiting campus.

A blog about education, higher ed, teaching, and starting my own education business. Sunday, October 30, 2011. College Ready Writing Has Moved. Welcome to College Ready Writing, Version 1. I am no longer updating this space regularly, but please head over to Inside Higher Ed for Version 2. Thanks for clicking, reading, responding. Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhD. Tuesday, October 25, 2011. CRW is Moving Up! Over the past two years. It is because of you that I am able to.

Thoughts on life after the PhD. I really slacked on the movie-watching this year in 2016 I managed to watch 73 movies, but in 2017 I only made it to 47.

Life is just a series of experiences. Blame it on the rap music. Posted by kymberlimay under absurdity. Later, another student called me his lover. My job is so weird. Posted by kymberlimay under absurdity.

A blog for indecisive academics who are on the market, or currently employed in academe, but considering non-academic job options. Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Why should it matter to me? US Students Remain Poor at History, Tests Show.

The PhD and Everything After. Your Dissertation Lit Review was a Waste of Time, and Other Lessons from the Service Economy. The last few posts have described my latest post-academic gig at a tech firm where I am paid hourly to do administrative work. The firm may be temporary too. Who can tell? Did it result in more business for the firm? That there won.

Where too much tech meets too much education. 8220;What makes a Muppet, a Muppet? 8221; wondered our designer.

I took this selfie after writing this piece. This was written at the end of an intense affair with an otherwise-engaged man in 2007. We used to have a joke about me being poisonous.