K. Linder et al., "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers" (Stylus Publishing, 2020)
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Hello everybody, this is Marshall Poe. I'm the editor of the New Books Network, and as you may know, we have a channel on the network called the New Books Network Seminar. On this channel, we put books that we think will be of interest to a goodly portion of NBN listeners. Today I'd like to present you with just such a book. It's called Going Alt ACK: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers. I know that many of the people that listen to the NBN are graduate. students or recently minted PhDs, and I also know that they are probably looking for jobs. There are a lot of jobs out there. It's just that not many of them are tenured track professorships. The authors of this book tell you how to look for jobs both in the university environment that is in academia and also outside academia.
They offer little tips and tricks that you can use to land in just the right spot. This is very valuable Valuable advice and I encourage you to take a look at the book if you are looking for an alt act position. I hope you enjoyed the interview.
Hello and welcome back to New Books in Education, a channel of the New Books Network. I'm your host, Zeb Larson, and I'm here today with Kevin Kelly, Thomas Tobin, and Katie Linder to discuss their new book, Going All Tech, a guide to alternative academic careers. This book provides a detailed guide on how the nitty gritty steps of building a career outside of academia for those with doctorates or terminal degrees. Welcome, Kevin, Thomas and Key. Uh Kevin, uh you first. Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I've been working in higher education for about 20 years now and have been working in alt ac roles pretty much that entire time, first through side gigs and now as a full-time higher ed consultant, uh specializing in different areas, including distance education, academic technology, strategic planning, professional development, and a lot more.
What is “Going Alt‑Ac” and why is it needed for PhD holders?
Um, but I still continue to teach. This is year twenty of teaching at San Francisco State University as a part time lecturer and um Currently involved in a number of research interests related to student success, retention, reducing equity gaps in online courses, and fostering metacognition.
Okay. Tom, how about you?
Hello, Zeb, and good to talk with you. I'm Tom Tobin. I'm the Program Area Director for Distance Teaching and Learning on the Learning Design Development and Innovation Team at the University of Wisconsin Madison, where I help to run an annual conference and I oversee our professional development operations. My background in Al Dac is uh I've been a writer, author, and speaker for many years in areas They tend to scare the heck out of faculty members, things like copyright. uh quality and technology enhanced education, academic integrity, and those kinds of things. And one of the reasons that I really enjoyed writing this book was that there really wasn't a collection of advice that got down to the here are the steps you actually need to take kind of stuff.
So I'm glad to be talking with you today.
Thank you so much. And Katie. Talks a little bit about yourself.
Thanks, Seb. So um I'm Katie Linder. I am the executive director as of about a week ago. I'm the executive director for program development with Kansas State Global Campus. And my administrative career has skipped around a little bit, mostly in faculty or educational development work. I directed a center for teaching and learning. I also directed a research unit with Oregon State University eCampus, which is my most recent role. And um like Tom and Kevin, I'm an author, a speaker, I do some podcasting and um have been in this alternative academic role basically since I got out of grad school.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:27
2
What is “Going Alt‑Ac” and why is it needed for PhD holders?
2:27–9:57
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How do the authors define an Alternative Academic (Alt‑Ac) career?
9:57–15:38
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Why is a practical guide to Alt‑Ac careers essential right now?
15:38–20:56
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How can graduate students start planning their move into Alt‑Ac work?
20:56–25:43
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What are the main categories of Alt‑Ac job titles and career ladders?
25:43–34:00
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How can PhDs translate their research skills into non‑tenure‑track roles?
34:00–38:57
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What networking strategies work best for introverted scholars?
38:57–39:01
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