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“Ask Academic Abby”<\/a> is a service of the American Academy of Religion, so it is slanted towards graduate students in religious studies, but a lot of the advice is applicable to academic generally. But it appears only in the online Religious Studies News.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Ask Academic Abby” is a service of the American Academy of Religion, so it is slanted towards graduate students in religious studies, but a lot of the advice is applicable to academic generally. 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