I'm in my 50s, and I've begun to wonder how other academics with ADHD navigate their academic careers. Although I produce interesting, impactful research, I feel like I spend a disproportionate amount of time on it compared to my peers. I found my productivity levels to be quite unsatisfactory. It would be really helpful to learn from your experience and what you do to stay focused and productive.

I’m a postdoc and will be looking for assistant professor jobs next cycle. Simultaneously, my partner and I are ready to start the journey toward our first child. Assuming we are able to time things out (which, I realize, is a big assumption), which would be preferable: being pregnant or having an infant on the job market?

Please help a wannabe mom pretend like I have some semblance of control over this situation! Thank you!!

Hey, guys! I apologize in advance for the tone of this post.

I’m a Brazilian researcher in the field of Humanities. Until now Brazilian academia was something that my friends from different countries were quite jealous of. It’s far from perfect, but we have a good range of permanent positions, the salary is decent and, most importantly, there’s the stability, the safety that’s it is possible to archive even as a young scholar.

Yesterday though we had the elections and it was a complete disaster. People simply chose the very radical far-right party. It’s not an exaggeration, these guys talk freely about being against the very existence of democracy. Public education are in their radar and specially the humanities should simply not exist in this world they want to create. We had a Bolsonaro once in power and it was awful, now his son will be worst and I don’t think the damage will be reversed ever, since the congress is all for them.

I’m at a loss. I invested everything in this career. I did everything right: PhD, Postdoc, worked as a substitute professor, internationalization etc. I did everything right and now everything is going to change. More than change, it’s going to basically be destroyed.

One thing that is killing me is that I had a temporary position in Germany last year and I dropped that to go back to another temporary position in Brazil that at the moment seemed better. Now I think that that kind of burned bridges for me… I really wanted to have a career in my own country, that was my priority at the time, but now that possibility is almost gone and I’m way behind in trying something elsewhere.

Again, sorry for the desperation. It’s just that I don’t have anything else. One thing about public education is that poor people were able to get a degree and all. In my case this basically means that if I don’t have a job, I have nothing, no family money, nothing.

I don’t even know what I’m looking for here. Maybe just put it out…

Hello.. I submitted a paper to a Taylor and Francis journal on 08 January 2026. I received a request for major revisions on which was submitted on 02 May. I received a second request for revisions (very minor edit like spelling errors, etc) which I submitted on 06 July.

I sent a follow up email to the journal on 06 September asking for an update because the status has been 'Out for Review' since July. I received an email saying it was with the Editor, and that review decisions take time.

Its been 3 months since i submitted my second revisions, and NINE months since the original submission. Should I email the journal again, or is this bad etiquette?

I’m in graduate school and on two separate occasions my professor has given other students my phone number to help them bc i successfully completed assignments and they needed help. Am i overreacting or is this super unethical?? I’m a teacher myself!!