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[quote=Anonymous]I have a PhD in public policy and a good job.  I took a couple of years off when my kids were little.  I would recommend that you take the crappy, low paying adjunct job and teach online, doing the work at night when your kids are asleep.  THat's what I did.  See if you can get any of the DC area schools to let you teach in the public health field even though your degree is in genetics.  My sense is that you might be able to dispense with the extra MA in the policy part of your field if you can demonstrate that you have taught the courses that you would have taken.  You sound smart and you can make your way through a textbook and put together a syllabus for a course that's related to your field even if you never took it.  Also, try to write a couple of articles about public health issues while you're home with little ones.  THen you can apply for jobs with teaching experience and a couple of publications.  Also, try to publish your dissertation and any other conference papers that you never got around to publishing.[/quote]

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