Katelyn Carr, an Assistant Professor at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, dives into her transition from doctoral student to tenure-track faculty. She candidly discusses the challenges of defining her academic mission and the struggle to publish her work. Through the Navigate program, she found community support that helped her tackle common academic hurdles like writing tasks and maintaining boundaries. Katelyn emphasizes the importance of collaboration and shared experiences in overcoming feelings of isolation in academia.
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Navigating Career Transition
Caitlin Carr transitioned from a long tenure as a graduate student and researcher into an assistant professor role at the same institution.
She used the Navigate program to establish her identity as an independent scholar apart from her PI.
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Common Problems Unite Scholars
Though everyone's background differs, the core problems faced in academic writing and career progression are universal.
Shared struggles foster community and alleviate isolation among professors.
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Plan Writing With Backward Scheduling
Reverse engineer your week by aligning writing time with publication goals and project demands.
Break down papers into smaller tasks to realistically schedule writing sessions and meet deadlines.
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Katelyn joined Navigate under unusual circumstances: she was trying to figure out the transition into her assistant professor role, after having been a doctoral student and a full-time researcher at the same institution. She wanted support figuring out her academic mission (especially how it would be different from her advisor’s and P.I.’s), and how she could publish her backlog of papers while carving out her own research area. Within the supportive Navigate group, she found that. Though her circumstances were different, her core problems were the same as the other in her cohort: clarity of mission, holding boundaries, and solving writing problems versus tasks.
More about Katelyn:
Katelyn Carr is an Assistant Professor at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo. She studies eating behaviors and motivation in parents and children.
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