Allison Harbin

Allison Harbin, PhD is writer, researcher, and editor in Chicago, IL. In addition to helping clients write and edit for publication, Dr. Harbin is the author of the newsletter NSFS (Not Safe for School) and the blog Post-PhD.

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Why I left Academia: Part I

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Two months before defending my dissertation, I found out that a professor had published my own work ahead of me. My story caught the attention of academics all over the world, going viral in 2017. This post is about why I left academia, and what I discovered when Post-PhD the blog went viral: that I