Academic Woman Amplified

Dr. Jane Jones has had the “golden ticket” job, and she will be the first to tell you: it’s not for everyone. She may have landed a tenure track job her first year on the market, but after 3 years she knew it was not for her. Racial inequity, lack of creative freedom and the constraints of academia led her away from the professor life she had always wanted, and toward her own entrepreneurial venture.  As an editor and academic writing coach she is still in the world of academia, but is navigating it solely on her own terms. She exemplifies the truth that academic womxn don’t have to follow a “traditional” path, and is helping to break down barriers around what academics ‘should’ and ‘shouldn’t’ do.  Key points discussed: Jane’s “nerdy” childhood full of books and learning interests led to college and grad school to debate and talk about ideas [4:00] Getting a tenure track job immediately, and discovering it was not for her [10:00] Culture shock of leaving big city culture to teach at a small college that d