How To Navigate Passion versus Hireability: Dr. Siân Echard talks Advice for Arts Students, Life as a Medievalist and Work-Life Balance as One of the First Women in her Department to take Mat Leave

"Study what you are passionate about. There's nothing wrong with being passionate about something that has a very obvious and straightforward line from undergraduate education to employment. But if you take something only because you think it's going to get you a job, that's not a recipe for lifelong success or happiness."

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Keep Knocking on Doors (Literally): Dr. David J. Hardisty talks Rejection in Academia, Why Pre-Med Wasn't a Fit, Navigating Family Expectations and more

“Rejection happens all the time. Studies don’t work out, most of the papers you submit to journals get rejected. I still get rejected all the time, and it hurts every time, but it hurts a bit less if you know that it’s normal…Now I’m Division Chair - and like i said, I’ve been rejected multiple times from multiple programs. That’s a totally normal experience and path.”

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