In my previous posts, I discussed my exit from the academy and questions to better understand a pivot to a non-academic career. In this third post, I discuss practical strategies as you navigate new job application processes. When I started applying for non-academic jobs, I felt directionless and did not know how to start. Providentially, I stumbled upon the simple realization that I can leverage skills and expertise gained in graduate experience to navigate these new unknowns. By adopting familiar practices of … [Read more...] about Leaving Academia, Part 3
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Leaving Academia, Part 2
In my last post, I shared about my unexpected and abrupt exit from an academic career. In this post, I discuss how my examination of two questions helped me pivot to life outside the academy and become thankful for my graduate experience. Now what? As it became clear that I would not have an academic job, I felt lost and overwhelmed. Having given no serious thought to a non-academic career, I wondered if my academic apprenticeship had any value in preparing me for life outside the academy. And I did not know … [Read more...] about Leaving Academia, Part 2
Leaving Academia, Part 1
Leaving academia is hard and difficult. In this new short series on “Leaving the Academy”, I hope my experiences will encourage you as you explore and wrestle with God's calling for your life as you transition to a perhaps unplanned non-academic career. Editor's note: For more of Josh Wu's work for ESN, see this link. For the better part of a decade, my life ambition was to become a professor. I was confident that hard work and a few providential breaks would land me a tenure-track political science professor … [Read more...] about Leaving Academia, Part 1
Pray for Tom’s Sabbatical
Help Tom finish his dissertation and be entered to win a free book! Take a survey on how/what you've learned about calling. As of yesterday, Tom Grosh IV is officially on a well-earned sabbatical to finish his own dissertation; he's excited to return to the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) in June. Tom is looking forward to coming back to ESN in June 2017 with even more knowledge about calling and vocation and how people learn about it through campus ministry settings and other resources. That's the focus of … [Read more...] about Pray for Tom’s Sabbatical
Help Tom Finish His Dissertation and You Could Win a Free Book
Take a short survey on how / what you've learned about "calling" by December 22, and be entered to win a free book. It's not just every day you get a chance to help Tom Grosh IV finish his dissertation*, give valuable input that will shape the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN)'s future work, and be entered into a drawing for a free book. But you can do all those things just by filling out this brief survey. Tom's dissertation will center on understanding what theologies of "calling" students bring with them when … [Read more...] about Help Tom Finish His Dissertation and You Could Win a Free Book