This list is curated for postdoctoral fellows in the Center for Humanities & Information; other resources are circulated via #psuchipd.
For Postdocs
Making the Most of Your Postdoc by Victoria Reyes for Inside Higher Ed
How to Make the Most of a Prestigious Postdoc by Karen Kelsky for The Chronicle
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at Penn State (including their Postdoctoral Professional Development Calendar of events)
Penn State Postdoctoral Society
On Research, Writing & Publication
Becoming a Productive Faculty Writer — A Summary of Best Practices from the U of Oregon’s Division of Equity & Inclusion (with a long list of links to still other resources)
On Writing the Book Proposal: An Interview with Dawn Durante by Keisha N. Blain for the African American Intellectual History Society
From Dissertation to Book by William Germano
Where’s the Love? How to Handle Manuscript Rejections by Michelle Boyd
Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books by William Germano
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing by Paul J. Silvia
The Elements of Academic Style: Writing for the Humanities by Eric Hayot
On Job Searches
The Professor Is In blog by Karen Kelsky
Surviving Your Academic Job Hunt: Advice for Humanities PhDs by Kathryn Hume
Connected Academics: Preparing Doctoral Students of Language and Literature for a Variety of Careers from the Modern Language Association
General Career Guidance
The Academic Self: An Owner’s Manual by Donald Hall
Conditionally Accepted blog by Eric Anthony Grollman for Inside Higher Ed
Professor Mommy: Finding Work-Family Balance in Academia by Rachel Connelly & Kristen Ghodsee
The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure — Without Losing Your Soul by Kerry Ann Rockquemore & Tracey Laszloffy
“Making It” in the Academy through Horizontal Mentoring by Pamela VanHaitsma & Steph Ceraso
Why Mentor Matches Fail by Kerry Ann Rockquemore for Inside Higher Ed
For Instructors & Students at Penn State
Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (list of upcoming workshops & training here)
Canvas LMS (series of trainings for Penn State faculty & instructors)
Office of Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship (also offers Canvas trainings, along with a variety of others)
LGBTQA Student Resource Center (also offers resources for faculty & staff)
EPPIC, the English for Professional Purposes Intercultural Center (offers training for faculty & staff on working with international students)
Penn State Learning (offers tutoring in writing)
Undergraduate Speaking Center (offers tutoring for speaking)
Pasquerilla Center for Spiritual and Ethical Development
Also at Penn State
Find Funding resources, including SciVal database, from the office of Vice President for Research
Career & Professional Development from the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (geared to the sciences, but some general resources as well)
