Comments on: #alt-ac: alternate academic careers for humanities scholars

By: two & a half cheers for the Lunaticks « Bethany Nowviskie

two & a half cheers for the Lunaticks « Bethany Nowviskie — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:21:08 +0000

[...] of professional societies – all of which certainly felt to me like academic employment. So, a couple of years ago, I began to see a clear need for a banner (a temporary one, I’ll emphasize) under which to [...]

By: MLA 2012: A Nonteaching Academic Job Search Resources » Defiant Musings

MLA 2012: A Nonteaching Academic Job Search Resources » Defiant Musings — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:39:46 +0000

[...] #alt-ac: alternate academic careers for humanities scholars « Bethany Nowviskie Tags: #alt-ac, collaboration, digital-humanities [Update! The #Alt-Academy project that had its seed in this post is now available from M… Nowviskie [...]

By: Humanities Graduate Education and “Nonacademic” Careers » Defiant Musings

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:03:22 +0000

[...] as academic (e.g. faculty) vs. nonacademic (e.g. outside the academy). There is some discussion of “alt-ac” careers, but with an almost exclusive focus on postions in digital humanities or libraries. This [...]

By: Tinker Toy Story II - Posted on November 21st, 2011 by Barbara Fister

Tinker Toy Story II - Posted on November 21st, 2011 by Barbara Fister — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:47:48 +0000

[...] conflict has been introduced as PhDs are hired to do professional work in libraries. Before we had a hashtag for this kind of #alt-ac worker, James Neal called them “feral librarians.” More recently, Jeff [...]

By: On Autoethnography and Acafandom « Revenge of the Fans

On Autoethnography and Acafandom « Revenge of the Fans — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:27:01 +0000

[...] and Participatory Culture at Occidental College, and generally getting settled in my new corner of #alt-ac in the Center for Digital Learning + Research. I’ve returned with some interesting tales [...]

By: ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education

ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:02:36 +0000

[...] these questions were wide and varying. Campers had different opinions about the efficacy of using #alt-ac positions to leverage digital technology in classrooms and Universities. We learned that many [...]

By: Wasted opportunity by the AMS in Career Guide « Academic Ronin

Wasted opportunity by the AMS in Career Guide « Academic Ronin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:50:18 +0000

[...] the way, Bethany Nowviskie lists a few alt careers for humanities MA/MM/PhDs: “administrators with varied levels of responsibility for supporting the academic [...]

By: Working Classes | jsench

Working Classes | jsench — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:22:55 +0000

[...] And faculty who advise graduate students, please don’t be afraid to ask a student how they feel they are developing professionally. I think we also need to have very frank conversations when it becomes apparent that a graduate student ought to think about something beside an academic career. If you’re advising a student who you really feel does not have what it takes, and you’ve tried putting them on the right track to no avail, then say so early enough in their program that they can move along without drifting any longer. I mean this only for those rare cases where it is clear that the person is not cut out for any form of teaching or research based position. Also, inform yourself about “alternate academic careers,” or jobs in academia that use many of the research and teaching and writing skills your Ph.D. student has developed, but which are not on the faculty formally or are not on the tenure track. Follow Bethany Nowviske’s work for more. [...]

By: why, oh why, CC-BY? « Bethany Nowviskie

why, oh why, CC-BY? « Bethany Nowviskie — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:00:11 +0000

[...] thing I write and work on, for the paths and audiences I imagine for that work, and for the kind of #alt-ac scholar I want personally to be — read like progressive degrees of arrogance. This goes [...]

By: Reporting from the Digital Humanities 2010 Conference - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:22:32 +0000

[...] a wide range of countries, institutions, and positions—the tenured and tenure-track, the #alt-ac, grad students, extra-academic professionals, and more [...]

By: #alt-ac Support Group » THATCamp CHNM 2011

#alt-ac Support Group » THATCamp CHNM 2011 — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:58:40 +0000

[...] that can have a great impact on the course of study for students and research for faculty. In a great blog post, Bethany Nowviskie talks about the challenges, but also value, of this #alt-ac lifestyle and the [...]

By: Readings on “The Future of Librarianship: IT and DH PhDs” » THATCamp CHNM 2011

Thu, 19 May 2011 21:03:12 +0000

[...] from the perspective of digital humanities, lauding the multi-skilled, scholar-technologist in an alt-ac professional track, this seems to be far from inflammatory. In fact, this seems like something the [...]

By: Day of Stewart Varner » Coffee Break!

Day of Stewart Varner » Coffee Break! — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:02:29 +0000

[...] my work world, there are librarians, technologists, professors, graduate students and so called #altacs such as myself. Whenever we are able to get together and talk about ideas I invariably walk away [...]

By: Day of Bethany Nowviskie » Hello, world — and good night.

Day of Bethany Nowviskie » Hello, world — and good night. — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:10:18 +0000

[...] our grad students at UVa, and to graduate methodological training in general, in the context of #alt-ac — that is, the promising role of “alternative academic” or hybrid careers for [...]

By: A Conversation with Shana Kimball | FSU Digital Scholars

A Conversation with Shana Kimball | FSU Digital Scholars — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:53:40 +0000

[...] humanities and scholarly communication fields. Bethany Nowviskie has dubbed this #alt-ac; see http://nowviskie.org/2010/alt-ac/. GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...]

By: Wendy Hsu | beingwendyhsu.info » Shivers. Glows. Bows.: Reflexive Performance as Public Scholarship

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:57:52 +0000

[...] of Ethnomusicology) annual meeting in November 2011. I see this paper as the beginning of my #alt-ac or #indie-ac career as a scholar-performer and performer-scholar. Feedback is [...]

By: Weaving Knowledge | Carlingfordleap

Weaving Knowledge | Carlingfordleap — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:48:15 +0000

[...] #alt-ac (alternative academic careers) http://nowviskie.org/2010/alt-ac/ [...]

By: Gabriel Hankins

Gabriel Hankins — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:51:47 +0000

This is really great, Bethany, I’ll forward to my library and editing friends as well. Look forward to reading it.

By: HackLibSchool and My Future. « The Infornado

HackLibSchool and My Future. « The Infornado — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:10:20 +0000

[...] education, and building foundations for change in our profession. I was incredibly inspired by the Alt-Ac folks, Profhacker and Hacking The Academy, and figured if they could do it, we should [...]

By: What I Do All Day | Academitron

What I Do All Day | Academitron — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:05:46 +0000

[...] of my family and friends, as well as for other grad students and academics who might be considering alternate academic careers, I thought I’d talk a little about what it’s like to be doing what I [...]