Professional Advice Category
Books and Podcasts on ‘How to Deal’
Posted on May 7, 2024 Leave a Comment
Over the last year I’ve found myself in conversations with graduate students and junior academics on how to navigate the job market and how to find ‘work-life balance.’ From the outside it may look like I have it figured out, while in reality I have and continue to struggle with juggling the various roles and […]
Public/Applied/ ‘Non-Academic’ (Ethno-)Musicology
Over the course of my career as a music scholar I’ve engaged with work that could fall under the categories of public/applied/’non-academic’ musicology. I use scare quotes around the term ‘non-academic’ because it implies that “academic” is the main career path, and the “non” implies some kind of shortcoming, but the term is so pervasive […]
Some Advice on Applying to Graduate Programs in Musicology/Ethnomusicology
Posted on May 26, 2023 Leave a Comment
Before you embark on this process, ask yourself if this is what you really want to pursue, and not just a delay tactic for avoiding “the real world” after graduating or because you don’t know what you want to do with your life ‘so might as well try out graduate school.’ I recommend you read […]
Marysol Quevedo 