Art historian who wrote about leaving academia and starting a business
Bryna R. Campbell
Bryna R. Campbell co-founded Smart Women Write. She holds a PhD in Art History and Archaeology from Washington University in St. Louis and, when the blog started, taught art history and gender studies at a university in Portland, Oregon.
Her posts follow the move from adjunct teaching to a career outside academia: the writing buddy system, journaling and the morning pages, activist art, a post-ac reading list, and a farewell post in January 2018 as her own small business took off.
22 posts, 2016–2018
Every post by Bryna
- Jan 23, 2018A Final Post: Reflections and Thanks to Smart Women WriteThe Writer's Life
- Dec 19, 2017The Rearview Mirror and the Road Ahead, One year After my DissertationPhD & Post-Ac
- Nov 27, 2017A Post-Ac Parent’s Reflections on Traveling AbroadLife & Self-Care
- Nov 1, 2017Balance vs WholenessLife & Self-Care
- Oct 10, 2017TiredLife & Self-Care
- Sep 12, 2017Revisiting those New Year’s ResolutionsThe Writer's Life
- Jul 18, 2017Lost and Found: A Post-ac’s Book ListPhD & Post-Ac
- Jun 27, 2017Reading and Re-Reading Harry PotterBooks, Film & Reading
- Jun 5, 2017Nature as Self-CareLife & Self-Care
- May 16, 2017Thoughts on Being a “Mama PhD”Life & Self-Care
- Apr 24, 2017There’s No Wrong Way to Do the Morning PagesThe Writer's Life
- Apr 4, 2017Emotional Juggling ActPhD & Post-Ac
- Mar 13, 2017The #5womenartists Campaign for Women’s History MonthArt & Public History
- Feb 20, 2017From PhD to Here: Towards a Life outside of AcademiaPhD & Post-Ac
- Jan 30, 2017Some thoughts on Joy, Resilience, and Practicing GratitudeLife & Self-Care
- Dec 12, 2016Smart Women Make Art: Five Urgent Works for a New YearArt & Public History
- Nov 21, 2016Finding Guidance in Activist Art HistoryArt & Public History
- Oct 31, 2016Journaling and the Morning PagesThe Writer's Life
- Oct 10, 2016Journaling and My DissertationThe Writer's Life
- Sep 19, 2016Course Planning with ScrivenerTeaching
- Aug 29, 2016The Writing Buddy SystemThe Writer's Life
- Aug 18, 2016The ExplorerThe Writer's Life