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Claartje Van Sijl is doing what many people think is impossible — getting paid as a self-employed PhD. She does this by using Socratic questioning to help her clients — mostly early and mid career academics — answer questions of purpose, direction, balance and confidence in life and career. One such technique is rational emotive […] The post SPP 029 | The Philosopher Coach Claartje Van Sijl appeared first on The Scholarpreneur.

Shelley is first and foremost a scientist. She has a PhD and studied exercise science and cell biology; a path that was sparked by the desire to learn how the body responded to exercise at every level. But before that she was an artist. Shelley believed for years that artists couldn’t do anything but starve. […] The post SPP 028 | Shelley Sandiford on Leaving a Postdoc and Telling the Stories of Science with Animation and Videos appeared first on The Scholarpreneur.

For years, my YouTube audience asked me to tackle a very complex classic work in Philosophy – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. I gave a lot of thought to how I might best help my viewers and subscribers — and the wider general public – make their way through this very rich and […] The post SPP 027 | How to Be a Crowdfunded Scholar, with Greg Sadler appeared first on The Scholarpreneur.

Dr. Carol Moore has had quite a journey over her career. She spent five years teaching at a high school, taught at a community college, and earned a doctorate in marine biology. Then she jumped to administration and things really got interesting. In 1992, she became provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Mercy […] The post SPP 026 | Carol Moore’s Journey from Marine Biology Professor to University President appeared first on The Scholarpreneur.

Ryan Craig has a humble vision. He wants to disrupt higher education by promoting online degree programs that unbundle course offerings to offer a true bottom line return for the majority of students in terms of graduation, employment, and wages. He leads the investment firm University Ventures, the only such firm focused on higher education. In […] The post SPP 025 | How to Transform College By Unbundling Classes From Degree Programs, with Ryan Craig from University Ventures appeared first...

Margy Thomas Horton finished a PhD in English Literature at Baylor in 2012. Even though she was named one of Baylor’s 2011 Outstanding Professor of the Year and published peer-reviewed articles in major journals, she faced a bleak academic hiring market. Five weeks after her dissertation defense, in the middle of the academic job hunting […] The post SPP 024 | How Margy Thomas Horton Built a Thriving Consulting Business With Nothing But $97 appeared first on The Scholarpreneur.

Jennifer Polk operates “From PhD to Life,” a website and coaching service for graduate students, PhDs, and academics. She blogs for University Affairs and writes, tweets, and speaks publicly about graduate education and career outcomes for advanced degree holders. In this episode we talk all about how to take your academic skills and transfer them, […] The post SPP 023 | Jennifer Polk Explains How Ph.D.s Can Transfer Their Skills Outside a University appeared first on The Scholarpreneur.

Erin Lovell Ebanks is a communications instructor in Florida. At 23, Erin taught her first college course while in grad school, and never looked back. Along the way she made a startling discovery – it is possible to teach part time and earn a full time salary. Even more implausibly, Erin discovered it is actually […] The post SPP 022 | Working Part-Time but Earning a Full-Time Salary by Teaching Online, with Erin Lovell Ebanks appeared first on The Scholarpreneur.

This is a short “inbetween-isode,” where I will talk abou how to turn your academic knowledge into a profitable consulting business without any startup costs. In just 10 minutes, I will explain how you can begin a whole new career for yourself by doing the following three steps. Recognize the skills you have developed […] The post SPP 021 | How to Turn Your Academic Knowledge Into a Profitable Consulting Business Without Any Startup Costs appeared first on The Scholarpreneur.

Shannon Hernandez is a professor at Brooklyn College and author who worked for 15 years in public education. She helps academics, authors, and business professionals with their writing, messaging, and branding. She also writes and podcasts about reform in America’s secondary education system for such outlets as the Huffington Post and her own podcast […] The post SPP 020 | Being a Professor, Writing Consultant, and Paid Public Speaker, with Shannon Hernandez from The Writing Whisperer...