Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes The penultimate episode of On the Job has arrived! Hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores are joined this time by Dr. Ashanka Kumari, an Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Literature and Languages at Texas A&M University-Commerce. In this interview, Ashanka talks about working with graduate students by drawing on her own experiences as a grad student, using multiple job offers (if you have them) as leverage for the job you want, and taking the time to take care of herself. Ashanka also talks about the importance of student…
Author: Wilfredo Flores
Nupoor Ranade, Wilfredo Flores
Wilfredo Flores is a fourth-year PhD candidate at Michigan State University in the Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures Department. His research interests include digital material rhetorics, online queer and trans communities, sexual health communication, digital research methods, and cultural rhetorics.
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes A new On the Job episode is ready for you, and this time, hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores speak with Dr. Sweta Baniya, an incoming Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Professional & Technical Writing at Virginia Tech University. This episode was recorded before Sweta defended her dissertation (a week, in fact!), and so she offers invaluable advice about document management for the job market, including making cover letters, retooling CVs, and preparing other documents. Sweta also talks about handling dissertation work during the fall semester during which the job market takes…
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes On the Job is back again with another excellent inquiry into the job market. In the sixth episode, hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores interview Dr. Adam Strantz, an assistant professor in the departments of English and Emerging Technology in Business and Design at Miami University. In this interview, Adam talks about being adaptable on the market and looking for jobs from a variety of disciplines and their intersections. As he says in this episode, we in rhet-comp and technical professional writing are primed for these positions, and Adam talks about…
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Show Notes Hello! The inquiry into the job market continues with this the fifth episode of On the Job w/ the Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. This time, hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores interview Dr. Antonio Byrd, an assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at University of Missouri-Kansas City. Antonio talks about the social aspect of the job market, reviewing his experiences with moving to another city, and he discusses setting boundaries—and sometimes failing—for work and home life. Antonio also talks about the need to listen to the body,…