A few days ago I posted my job diary submission to the Chronicle for Higher Education on this blog. The column was about my experience as an academic with ADD (duh), particularly as I prepare for the academic job market. It’s now been removed…because they’ve accepted it for publication! The Editor thought the topic would be good one for the site, and invited me to submit a follow-up column next spring on the outcome of my job search.
It’s going to be published as a regular “first person” column, not as a “job diary.” This is fine with me, as the point of the column doesn’t change regardless of the “place” it’s published in the Chronicle. I still get to reach a lot more people than I could possibly reach with just my blog, and get paid $500 to boot. It’s going to be published under a pseudonym, of course… a different one than I use here!
I also had an article accepted yesterday… an article that’s been under review for 2 years. I don’t get paid for this one, alas, but it’s a publication all the same!
It’s interesting that the “Chronicle” would pick up that piece on A.D.D. and academia. My guess is that you struck a nerve with someone.
And congrats too on your other publication. You already know you need as many of these under your belt as you can get.
Congrats on your publications!! It’s good to see that the hard work you talk about is paying off in that regard.
Thanks
It’s certainly nice to feel rewarded instead of punished!
I agree, Jeff, that I must have struck a nerve somewhere. I’m a little nervous about what the reader response will be like. I “lurk” on their message boards and it seems like there are many skeptics about ADD among the posters (and consequently, in academia as a whole).