Thoughtful, practical career advice from Sharon Marcus, Columbia
“Scenes From the Life of a Graduate Adviser”: This recent Chronicle Vitae piece by Sharon Marcus, Professor of English and Dean of Humanities at Columbia University, should be required reading for graduate students—and for their professors and advisers. I especially like her first three takeaways: Lesson No. 1: Encourage all of your doctoral students to think about careers outside the professoriate. Lesson No. 2: Encourage them to aim as high in
