The academic career has changed dramatically over the last two decades. Some would even argue that things started to change long before the twenty-first century and for various reasons. However, it is now indisputable that junior colleagues and graduate students feel deep anxieties and pressure about their futures in the university. Finding a tenure-track job […]
Mujeres Talk: Before You Go: Tips for the MALCS 2013 Summer Institute at OSU
Last year around this time, I blogged some tips for how to make the most of the MALCS Summer Institute. The Institute is a special time for students, junior colleagues and senior scholars in our fields because we come together to support each other, make new friends, and hear new critical engagements within our scholarly […]
Mujeres Talk: DICHOS: Tips for MALCSistas Seeking Tenure (Part One)
Recently, the Mujeres Talk Collective asked successful women to share tips and advice on the tenure process. Below are two insightful contributions from Dras. Catherine Ramírez and Karen Mary Davalos: Catherine S. Ramírez Know your institution. Familiarize yourself with its policies, procedures, and expectations. Ask colleagues who’ve recently been promoted to tenure for their CVs. (Increasingly, CVs […]
Mujeres Talk: New Editorial Guidelines
Regular readers of Mujeres Talk will know that we have evolved from a site that sporadically posted research and commentary to a regular weekly schedule of publication. While I developed and ran the site in its first year (2011), in its second year I recruited a team of MALCS members with editorial experience and records of contribution […]
Mujeres Talk: My Experience with Institutional Violence
When I applied for admission to the doctoral program of the Department of Drama at Stanford University ten years ago, I included a clearly written statement about my politics as a self-identified working class Xicana lesbian theatre artist. (I also had stated as much in my application to the UCLA MFA in Directing. I cite […]
Mujeres Talk: Domestic Workers, Dignity and a Daughter’s Story
Last November in Oakland, at the meetings of the National Women’s Studies Association, I attended a session entitled “Imagining New Solutions for Old Problems: Domestic Workers Create Networks – Transforming the Struggle for Social and Economic Justice”. The panel offered academic, activist, and worker voices reflecting on the current state of labor activism in a field comprised largely of […]
Mujeres Talk: Dichos: Motivation for MALCSista Grad Students
Today, the Mujeres Talk Collective brings together a series of dichos for graduate students as we kick off the year 2013, the winter quarter, and the spring semester. Because many of us do not have frequent access to Chicana camaraderie and mentorship and more of us cannot wait until the Summer Institute to solicit advice, […]
