Nikki Usher, Ph.D.
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RESOURCES FOR FELLOW ACADEMICS AND STUDENTS (What's mine is yours!) 
note, the Google documents are created by me, but I also opened them up for editing - if you've got something to add, please do!

RESEARCH
F*ck Individual Resilience - this manifesto by academic caregivers in Communication is a call for the academy to set up structures and processes to move from  individual grin-and-bear-it to organizational and institutional resilience that helps buttress against crisis. 
Oxford University Press Journalism and Political Communication Unbound Series Call
Book proposal guidance for our series and generally, Journalism and Political Communication Unbound, but helpful generally (created with series co-editor Daniel Kreiss and Angela Chnapko of Oxford University Press)
Sample book proposal
Spreadsheet of mid-career communication-related fellowships 
Tip-list for academic book promotion
List of communication-related book prizes
15 things I wish I knew before turning in my tenure packet 
Does anyone care about journalism research, no really? 
Free dissertation ideas in Communication- dissertations I wish someone would please write!  

TEACHING
(this section is helpful for students, too!)
My guidance for students on how to read theory. 
Letters of Recommendation Guidance  - crediting and linking to Katy Pearce of the University of Washington for this guidance 
How to land (and succeed) at an Internship - Excellent series of articles by Chelsea Cirruzzo
What to do if you absolutely can't afford an internship (or don't get one!)
I am always happy to syllabus swap. 



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