My book and workshops are designed to be a first step on your journey towards a healthy and empowered life in the Academy. All change takes time, so I've listed some resources below to help you continue to move forward!

START YOUR DAILY WRITING TODAY!

My Discussion Forum provides free online writing groups and a place to connect with a wonderful, generous, and supportive community of daily writers. Try joining the Monthly Writing Challenges as a way to jump-start your daily writing routine!

FAVORITE REFERRALS

My Favorite Community for Support and Accountability: okay, it's mine! The Faculty Success Program

My Favorite Online Writing Club: The Academic Ladder's Writing Club

My Favorite Writing Retreat: Sister's of the Academy Writing Retreat

My Favorite Professional Editors: Barbara Ray at The Hired Pen and Leeanne Silverman (aka "The Book Midwife" who will help you birth your first book manuscript)

My Favorite Faculty Coach: Tracey Laszloffy

My Favorite Productivity Coach: Meggin McIntosh

My Favorite Writing Coach: Sonja Foss

My Favorite Professional Nag (she will call you every day at the beginning of your writing time): Rachel Cornell

For those trying to establish a daily writing routine, try my favorite online timer to clock your 30-60 minutes: The Online Stopwatch

My Favorite Writing Metaphor: Michelle Boyd's Writing As Birthing

PLANNERS, CALENDARS, AND SAMPLE PLANS

My favorite paper planner: Quo Vadis Academic Minister

The free and basic alternative: Download My Basic Time Map

Here's a version that also has a task-list categorized by Research, Teaching, and Service

Some sample strategic plans:

Strategic Plan: Humanities faculty (Brenda from The Black Academic's Guide to Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul), identifying tenure-track goals and the tasks necessary to accomplish them.

Research Plan: Social Science faculty in her 4th year on the tenure track. Her plan focuses on outlining a timeline for her 2nd major project.

Research Plan: First-year faculty member in a professional school. His school mandates a one-page plan for the first three years that serves as a broad outline of research and funding goals. The planning document serves as a starting point for discussion with his appointed department mentor.

FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BOOKS:

ACADEMIC WRITING:

Becker, Howard. 1998. Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While You're Doing It. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Belcher, Wendy. 2009. Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success. Thousand Oaks, Sage.

Boice, Robert. 1990. Professors As Writers: A Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press.

Foss, Sonja and William Waters. 2007. Destination Dissertation. New York: Rowman and Littlefield.

Silvia, Paul. 2007. How to Write a Lot. American Psychological Association.

Zerubavel, Eviatar. 1999. The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

TEACHING:

Hooks, bell. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York: Routledge.

McGlynn, Angela. 2001. Successful Beginnings for College Teaching: Engaging Your Students from the First Day. Madison, WI: Atwood Publications.

McKeachie Wilbert and Marilla Svinicki. 2005. Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research And Theory for College And University Teachers (12th ed). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

BECOMING A PROFESSOR:

Boice, Robert, 2000. Advice for New Faculty Members. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Lucas, Christopher and John W. Murry, 2002. New Faculty: A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Schoenfeld, Clay and Robert Magnan. 2004. Mentor in a Manual: Climbing the Academic Ladder to Tenure (3rd edition). Madison, WI: Magna Publications, Inc.

RACE AND GENDER:

Coiner, Constance and Diana Hume George. 1998. The Family Track: Keeping Your Faculties while You Mentor, Nurture, Teach, and Serve. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Frankel, Lois. 2004. Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office 101: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make that Sabotage Their Careers. New York: Time Warner.

Rockquemore, Kerry Ann and Tracey Laszloffy, 2008. The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press.

Toth, Emily, 1997. Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia. State College, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.

MANAGING TIME AND SPACE:

Morgenstern, Julie. 2004. Organizing From the Inside Out. New York: Henry Holt.

Morgenstern, Julie. 2004. Time Management From the Inside Out. New York: Henry Holt.

HEALTHY CONFLICT:

Fisher, Roger and William Ury. 1991. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. New York: Penguin Press.

Mindell, Phyllis, 2001. How to Say It for Women: Communicating with Confidence and Power Using the Language of Success. New York: Prentice Hall.

Rosenberg, Marshall, 2003. Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life. Encinitas CA: Puddledancer Press.