Mid-Career Fellowships with the British Academy

The Mid-Career Fellowship aims to support outstanding individual researchers, who are within 15 years since the award of their doctorate, to bring to completion a major piece of research. We hope you find this information helpful!

Mentoring Café: Academic Writing Tips from Renée Landell

As mentioned previously, academics are primarily assessed based on three aspects of their careers: grant capture, teaching and publications. Today's blog focuses on the third piece - writing. Many good writers struggle when expanding to include a new genre of writing to their skill set. Academic writing is, indeed, a very different type of writing. …

Dean Yolonda Pierce Heading to Vanderbilt University

https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/dean-yolanda-pierce-named-next-dean-vanderbilt-divinity-school ““There are no voiceless people. There are no voiceless communities. There is simply an unwillingness to allow others to speak. There is simply an unwillingness to hear the pain and the critique of those who have been marginalized and silenced. In keeping with the best of womanist practices, how can you be a megaphone …

Publication Advice by Prof. Mitzi Smith

Please see the following interview of the phenomenal Prof. Mitzi J. Smith as she shares her insights on publishing. Primarily, academics are assessed based on their: teaching, writing and research, and their grant capture. Many people are "stuck" regarding their publishing. In the UK, there is a system (REF) which frustrates the goals of secure …