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Paige Zalman, Ph.D.
@paigezalman.bsky.social
Higher education scholar-practitioner & musicologist | Associate director at Carnegie Mellon | Adjunct prof at Duquesne | She/her
A year & many revisions later, I finally squeezed out an article from my dissertation on music major mental health & persistence. Huge thanks to Erin McHenry-Sorber & to the incredible music majors who shared their stories, photos, & resilience with me. ❤️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
October 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Fellow higher ed practitioners might be interested the new Journal of College Student Development issue, where a CMU colleague and I published an article making the case for the competitive fellowship application process as a high-impact practice: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
August 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Grateful to have contributed to the latest Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR) issue with colleagues from WVU! Our article documents the impacts of undergrad research on first gen, low income, and racially minoritized students in all disciplines in West Virginia.
April 7, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Official celebration of life information and obituary for Travis Stimeling. It was an honor to be their mentee, colleague, and friend. Sending hugs to all who knew and loved Travis.
November 21, 2023 at 10:03 PM
Excited to share my latest publication exploring the experiences of trans students in the creative arts! So grateful to my friends and their friends for sharing and for trusting me to do their experiences justice in this article 🏳️‍⚧️💕
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October 19, 2023 at 11:26 PM
Reposted by Paige Zalman, Ph.D.
(Free) Registration - in-person & virtual - now open for the LGBTQIA2S+ Higher Ed Research Symposium hosted at @michiganstateu October 14, 2023. Information, schedule, & reg link ow.ly/3qMO50PJveH
September 24, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve had:

- Associate director of an undergraduate research & inter/national fellowships office (current)
- Program coordinator of an undergraduate research office
- GA for library research
- Freelance percussionist & instructor
- Barista
- Retail associate
Introduce yourself with some jobs you've had

Academic jobs: Post-doc, PhD researcher, research assistant

Non-/pre-academic jobs: Video rental clerk, mini donut maker, receptionist, temp, camp counsellor, charity fundraiser, museum gift shop employee, christmas elf (fired), grocery checkout girl.
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve had

- Navy officer
- Student Union department head
- Deputy spokesperson in a government ministry
- Researcher / research assistant
- Post-doc

(The interesting stuff I've done has been, sadly, mostly unpaid)
September 25, 2023 at 11:56 AM