William Pannapacker
William Pannapacker is a professor emeritus of English at Hope College. He can be reached via Twitter @pannapacker.
Stories by this Author
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AdviceLeaving Academe? You Need More Than ‘Transferable Skills.’
To be a viable candidate beyond the campus, you have to get over your academic self. -
Advice
Still Recovering From Academe, One Year Later
A professor walked away from academe and his tenured position in 2021. Here’s where he landed. -
Advice
Tenured, Trapped, and Miserable in the Humanities
Why are so many tenured professors unhappy with their jobs yet unable to change careers? -
Advice
On Why I’m Leaving Academe
Is higher education in for a new round of “quit lit” — this time from tenured professors? -
An Academic in America
Taking the Liberal Arts Online in the Summer
Online learning can be compatible with small-college values. Here’s how. -
An Academic in America
‘Tension City’ and the Campus Interview
What academic job searches have in common with presidential debates. -
An Academic in America
Where Have All the Ph.D.’s Gone?
Why the Council of Graduate Schools is taking on the challenge of studying job outcomes for doctoral students. -
An Academic in America
Shared Governance, Tenure, and Academic Freedom Are Worth the Trouble
Online learning doesn’t have to be a Faustian bargain. -
An Academic in America
No More Digitally Challenged Liberal-Arts Majors
How to give B.A.'s in arts and humanities more career options without abandoning the life of the mind. -
An Academic in America
On Graduate School and ‘Love’
Why do so many students decide to seek Ph.D.'s, even knowing what they know about the academic labor system?
