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The Road to Tenure: Interviews, Rejections, and Other Humorous Experiences - Softcover

 
9781475807981: The Road to Tenure: Interviews, Rejections, and Other Humorous Experiences
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1475807988 ISBN 13: 9781475807981
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

The Road to Tenure offers humorous recollections of the messiness and confusion that fill the days of a pre-tenure academic—from graduate school through the postdoc and into the assistant professor days. The book’s three sections roughly map onto the chronology of academic life, beginning with graduate school and the job search experience; followed by teaching, research, and service; and finally the challenges of family and academic identity.

The book is not a how-to, nor does it emphasize “lessons learned” on the way to tenure. Instead, the collection earnestly, and with good humor, captures a significant and meaningful slice of the experience of pursuing academia in contemporary colleges and universities. For the doctoral student or newly hired faculty member, these essays will provide some comfort with their implicit suggestion that, while it’s certainly hard work, you are not alone.

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About the Author

Ian Parker Renga is Assistant Professor of Education in the Education Department at Western State Colorado University. His research examines the intersection of practice, identity, and culture in teaching and teacher education.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1475807988
ISBN 13 
9781475807981
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
152
Editor
Furtak Erin Marie