Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes The final episode of On the Job has finally arrived! In this last episode, hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores speak with Dr. Allison Hutchison, Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Communications Program at Cornell University. In this episode, Allison speaks about tailoring job searches, knowing what you’re capable of and qualified for, using LaTeX and Overleaf for job materials, and making a website in GitHub. Allison also talks about transferring dissertation research into the work she does as Senior Lecturer, offering ways such work can take place in a job talk. Feel free…
Author: Lauran Kerr
Nupoor Ranade, Wilfredo Flores
Lauran Kerr-Heraly is a professor of history at Houston Community College. She earned her Ph.D. in History and Gender Studies at the University of Houston. Her research focuses on black women physicians in 20th century America. She is passionate about active learning, digital innovation, and collaborative instruction.
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes The penultimate episode of On the Job has arrived! Hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores are joined this time by Dr. Ashanka Kumari, an Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Literature and Languages at Texas A&M University-Commerce. In this interview, Ashanka talks about working with graduate students by drawing on her own experiences as a grad student, using multiple job offers (if you have them) as leverage for the job you want, and taking the time to take care of herself. Ashanka also talks about the importance of student…
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes A new On the Job episode is ready for you, and this time, hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores speak with Dr. Sweta Baniya, an incoming Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Professional & Technical Writing at Virginia Tech University. This episode was recorded before Sweta defended her dissertation (a week, in fact!), and so she offers invaluable advice about document management for the job market, including making cover letters, retooling CVs, and preparing other documents. Sweta also talks about handling dissertation work during the fall semester during which the job market takes…
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes On the Job is back again with another excellent inquiry into the job market. In the sixth episode, hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores interview Dr. Adam Strantz, an assistant professor in the departments of English and Emerging Technology in Business and Design at Miami University. In this interview, Adam talks about being adaptable on the market and looking for jobs from a variety of disciplines and their intersections. As he says in this episode, we in rhet-comp and technical professional writing are primed for these positions, and Adam talks about…