Trailblazers Beyond the Tenure Track: Graduate Alumni Stories & Profiles
About the Series
In the Trailblazers Beyond the Tenure Track series, current Princeton graduate students interview graduate alumni pursuing a range of careers beyond the tenure track. Collectively, these stories help graduate students develop a vision of the journey ahead by exploring the experiences of trailblazers who have gone before them.
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"I’m currently an Associate Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation and a Professor of Political Geography at Pardee RAND Graduate School. I...
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"I know that some people don’t like the term “networking” but, really, it’s just about talking to people and finding out what they do. As I found out...
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"Landing a job beyond the academy requires a whole skillset and you have to put in the work to get it. But it’s also very fulfilling - so think about...
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"I deeply believe in capacity building and coaching is central to everything I do, just like in academia. My role was always empowering others to...
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"One thing I would say is that informational interviews, talking to people whose jobs you think might be interesting, finding out more about what...
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" You can always pivot and look for ways to reinvigorate and reinvent your career. And I think that's been the biggest lesson I thought about post-...
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"I think that it can be really helpful to translate what you've done for lay audiences – and often that's as simple as making your resume legible....
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"My job is to take commercial problems and make decisions that turn them into something a creative person would find it interesting to work on. So, I...
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"The biggest advice I’d give is try not to put all your eggs in that one academic basket..."
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"...If you can finish your PhD at Princeton, you are more than capable of developing a new career trajectory even if it seems wildly different from...
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"...Have hope and drive. It can and will happen. I have seen many people make the transition from the academy to industry, and I know you can make it...
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"...it is important to establish an actual network of people outside of academia who can help you. This is key and something that graduate students...
