Links to Academic Blogs

All of the Web logs listed here feature occasional discussions about academic life, careers, and the job market. If you'd like to add your blog to this list, please send an e-mail message to careers@chronicle.com.

A Frolic of My Own:
"Jazz, books, food, and life outside the academy."

ABDmom:
"The realities and insanities of life as a dissertatin' mama."

Academic Coach:
"Earnest exhortations and random tidbits for dissertating grad students, post-doctoral job hunters and tenure-track faculty."

Acephalous:
Scott Eric Kaufman, a doctoral student in English at the University of California at Irvine, writes about academic life, books, literature, and more.

ACTA Online:
Commentary on issues in higher education from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.

Aetiology:
An assistant professor of epidemiology writes about the "causes, origins, evolution, and implications of disease and other phenomena."

Amusicology:
Musicology in 1000 words or less.

11D:
An adjunct and mother of two comments on kids, work, and life.

Baraita:
"Blogging academic, religious, and pop-cultural esoterica since 2001. With citations."

Barely Tenured:
A faculty member at a liberal-arts institution in the Midwest writes about academe, getting pregnant, child rearing and family.

Beerkens' Blog:
"Higher education, science & innovation from a global perspective."

Bewildered Academic:
A doctoral student seeks "enlightenment in the academic wasteland."

Bitch Ph.D.:
An anonymous female academic writes about academe, current affairs, feminism, etc.

Blogenspiel:
A contingent faculty member comments on academic life and life in general.

BlogScholar:
A new site designed to serve as a community for academic bloggers. It currently includes news/newsfeeds about academic blogging and a directory of academic blogs.

Chris Brauer Media Project:
A doctoral student in sociology/computing at the University of London writes about pop culture, politics, technology, philosophy, business, media, sport, and life.

Brian's Study Breaks:
A Ph.D. candidate in Islamic history at the University of Wisconsin writes about the Middle East and, occasionally, academe.

Caveat Lector:
A Web log by two graduate students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

The Chutry Experiment:
A Web log by Chuck Tryon, an assistant professor of film and media studies at Fayetteville State University.

Cliopatria:
"A group blog" by historians.

Cold Spring Shops:
"Observations on economics, the academy, the wider world, and things that run on rails."

College Freedom:
"A blog about academic freedom and other issues in higher education, from www.collegefreedom.org."

Confessions of a Community College Dean:
"In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990's moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care."

The Cranky Professor:
An anonymous academic's reflections on academic life, current affairs, religion, politics, and anything else that comes to mind.

Critical Mass:
"Commentary on the state of American academe."

Culture Cat:
The personal/academic Web log of Clancy Ratliff, and assistant professor in the department of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Dial "M" for Musicology:
"Music, musicology, and related matters."

Easily Distracted:
"A jackdaw perspective on culture, politics, academia and other shiny objects."

Eszter's Blog:
"Comments about sociology, the Internet, academia, teaching, research, books and movies, current events, fun Web stuff, art, gadgets and just about anything else that comes to mind."

Et al.:
"Non-academic thoughts on life, literature, and academics," by Dorcasina, an academic at a pseudo-liberal college in the Pacific Northwest.

Frogs and Ravens:
Thoughts on academic life and other things from someone who's left the academy.

The Gringa in San Miguel:
An academic folklorist writes about her fieldwork in Mexico, doing fieldwork with her family, and her research on immigration/emigration.

Historianess:
"From the hallowed halls of academia, thoughts about history, etc."

Household Opera:
"A record of adventures inside and outside academia, with soundtrack by Handel and Mozart."

I Know What I Know
Observations about politics, teaching, television, and more by a full-time, non-tenure-track English instructor.

In the Shadow of Mt. Hollywood:
"John Bruce's observations on education, epistemology, writing, work, and religion."

Interorganisational - Supply Chain Management:
Arni Halldorsson, a senior lecturer at the University of Southampton's School of Management, and Gyšngyi Kov‡cs, an acting assistant professor at HANKEN (Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration), in Helsinki, Finland, write about the field of supply-chain management.

The Irascible Professor:
"Irreverent commentary on the state of education in America today."

Jerz's Literacy Weblog:
An associate professor of English at Seton Hill University comments on the humanities, cyberculture, writing, and journalism.

Tenured Life:
"With tenure comes the realization that there is more to life than tenure."

The Kept-Up Academic Librarian:
This Web log, by Steven J. Bell, director of Paul J. Gutman Library at Philadelphia University, was designed to help "academic librarians 'keep up' with news and developments in higher education."

Steven D. Krause's Official Blog:
"My life as an academic: scholarship, teaching, and work, not necessarily in that order."

La Lecturess:
"Recent Ph.D. now a lecturer at a large public university. Said job comes with a lot of grading, which this blog usually helps me to avoid."

The Leiter Reports:
Brian Leiter, a professor of philosophy and director of the law and philosophy program at the University of Texas at Austin, comments on current events, philosophy, academe, etc.

Liberal Arts Grad Blog:
A blog about the trials and tribulations of negotiating the job market with a liberal-arts degree.

The Life of a Wannabe Academic:
"Detail of the life a a soon-to-be academic. The progress from graduate training to professor. Includes reflections on the job hunting process, research in technology and education, and what it is like to be a new college professor."

The Little Professor:
"Things Victorian and academic."

Manic Ravings from Academe:
"The manic ravings of a college professor who has been pushed to the edge ... ."

Metamorphosis Complete:
"New job, new home, new part of the country. After seven long years of adjuncting, I'm finally an assistant professor of music, specializing in teaching ... the kazoo."

Ray Mikell:
A visiting instructor at Augusta State University writes about academia, public policy, political science, media studies, and culture.

Mark Morton's Blog:
A faculty developer's adventures in developing faculty.

Dr. Mon's So Called (...) Life:
"New Year. New Look. New Job. New Goals." Formerly Known as My So Called (ABD) PhD Life.

New Kid on the Hallway:
"Negotiating a new job and a long-distance marriage, while trying to avoid the bullies and hang out with the cool kids on the academic playground."

Nonlinear Life:
A Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering at the University of Windsor, in Ontario, Canada, reflects on the life of a graduate student.

Office Hours Cancelled:
"Reports from the Ivory Trenches."

One Foot In/One Foot Out
"Whenever you close a door, someone is sure to knock."

Orgtheory.net:
Two assistant professors at Brigham Young University write about organizational theory, "strategy, management, design, economics, academia, public policy, human resources, ethics, etc."

Pedablogue:
"A personal inquiry into the scholarship of teaching by Michael Arnzen."

Pharyngula:
Paul Z. Myers, an associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota at Morris, writes about science, academe, teaching, and his research.

PhDinHistory:
"Data and discussion of the discipline's doctorates."

Piled Higher and Deeper:
"A grad student comic strip."

Planned Obsolescence:
A blog by Kathleen Fitzpatrick, an associate professor of English and Media Studies at Pomona College, in Claremont, California.

Pretty Hard, Dammit:
"A daily account of one ABD's epic struggle to complete her dissertation."

Professing Mama:
"Professions on all things academic, maternal, and beyond."

Professorial Confessions:
"A RECENTLY TENURED look at the world of academia, politics, married life, and Other Very Important Things."

Rate Your Students:
"A public forum where faculty and students can work out the tricky dynamic of the modern classroom. Students can tell us why they won't take the iPod out during a lecture, and professors can tell us why their clothes are so frumpy."

Reassigned Time:
A blog by the former author of The Chronicles of Dr. Crazy.

Rrresearch:
A life scientist at the University of British Columbia thinks out loud about her research.

Sample Reality:
A junior professor at a large state university ponders literature, new media, popular culture, and politics.

SCSU Scholars
Thoughts on the world of academe from members of the St. Cloud chapter of the Minnesota Association of Scholars.

See Jane in the Academy
An assistant professor in the social sciences writes about life at an urban research university university in the East and life in general.

Sharp Sand:
A professor of humanities at Clarkson University writes about poetry, teaching, life and more.

Sivacracy.net:
A project of the Institute for the Future of the Book.

Slaves of Academe:
"Academia, labour, society, and culture from a tenure-track perch in a cold place."

smARThistory:
"Audioguides (for a museum visit or just to listen online), vodcasts & general musings about using technology to teach with images by two art historians."

SoulSurfing:
A "mystical celibration of music and popular culture," by Donna Gaines, a sociologist, journalist, author, and occassional professor.

In the Shadow of Mount Hollywood:
"John Bruce's Observations on Education, Epistemology, Writing, Work, and Religion."

Thinkery:
A doctoral student in rhetoric blogs about academe, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind.

Thoughts, Arguments and Rants:
A blog on all things philosophical, including the state of the academic job market in philosophy.

Tightly Wound:
"Making fun of academics, 'cause it's easy!"

Tomorrow's Professor Blog:
"Discussion about articles from the Tomorrow's Professor mailing list and about general issues concerning higher education."

Too Many Topics, Too Little Time:
Jeremy Hunsinger, a political science instructor and manager of the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Tech, writes about his dissertation, teaching, work, etc.

The Torch:
A blog by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

Uncertain Principles:
"Physics, politics, pop culture."

University Diaries:
An English professor at a university on the East Coast "describes American university life. Aim: to change things."

Unlocked Wordhoard:
Richard Scott Nokes, a professor of medieval literature at Troy University, writes about literature, medievalism, and the academic life.

The Valve:
A literary Web log sponsored by the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics.

Kevin Walzer's Blog:
"Meditations on poetry, publishing, business, and other creative pursuits."

What Now?:
"Reflections on life, academia, faith, and day-to-day happenings."

Women in Science:
A blog "dedicated to the women in science and engineering, past and present."

Woodland Shoppers Paradise:
"A mini-mall of media, critique, and commentary."

Wormtalk and Slugspeak:
"An English professor, medievalist, Anglo-Saxonist and J.R.R. Tolkien scholar natters on about various things."

Young Female Scientist:
A postdoc in the biomedical sciences blogs about science, academe, etc.