Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes Hello! The inquiry into the job market continues with this the fifth episode of On the Job w/ the Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. This time, hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores interview Dr. Antonio Byrd, an assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at University of Missouri-Kansas City. Antonio talks about the social aspect of the job market, reviewing his experiences with moving to another city, and he discusses setting boundaries—and sometimes failing—for work and home life. Antonio also talks about the need to listen to the body,…
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 Welcome to the fourth episode of the On the Job w/ The Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative podcast! Hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores continue the interview series by speaking with Dr. Sara Doan, assistant professor of technical communication at Kennesaw State University. In this interview, Sara talks about her experiences working the first year as a tenure-track faculty member in an R2 university, and what research and teaching looks like in this setting. Sara also discusses her approach to working smarter and not harder and how to maximize the productive interplay…
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes Welcome to the third episode of the On the Job w/ The Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative podcast! In this interview, hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores continue the conversation about the job market with guest Dr. Jason Tham, who is an assistant professor of technical communication and rhetoric at Texas Tech University. In this interview, Jason talks about switching up workflows when transitioning to a tenure-track faculty position, setting clear expectations when entering into the market, and remembering that the process will take time. Jason also chats a bit about approaches…
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes Welcome to the second episode of On the Job w/ The Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. In this interview, hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores talk with Dr. Jack Labriola, Assistant Professor of Technical Communication in the Technical Communication & Interactive Design Department at Kennesaw State University, about his recent experiences on the job market and what came after. Jack also talks about the value of setting a work schedule and dealing with workloads, the balancing act of the first year as a tenure-track professor, and the ins and outs of social media…