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Organizer: Jason Kanov, Western Washington U.
Speaker: J B Arbaugh, U. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Speaker: David S. Bright, Wright State U.
Speaker: Charles J. Fornaciari, La Salle U.
Speaker: Kathy Lund Dean, Gustavus Adolphus College
Speaker: Jennifer Lynn Schultz, Metropolitan State U.
Speaker: Sarah Louise Wright, U. of Canterbury
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| The session’s purpose is to deepen participants’ understanding of various types of fulfilling academic career paths available to them. Working at a top-tier research institution and publishing frequent A- level publications is only one type, yet it seems to receive a disproportionate amount of attention within the Academy. The particular aims of the session are twofold: 1) provide participants with in-depth and balanced (i.e., consideration of the upsides and downsides) insight into what successful academic careers NOT dominated by the metric of frequent publication of discipline-based scholarship in top-tier journals look like; and 2) help participants understand what to expect of faculty life in these contexts in light of the significant changes presently unfolding within higher education. This session is targeted at doctoral students as well as current faculty who are curious about such “alternative” academic careers, the pursuit of which has brought great meaning and happiness to many members of the Academy. The session will be highly interactive to ensure that participants’ idiosyncratic needs and questions are addressed. |
| Pre-registration is required for this workshop. To register online, please visit https://secure.aom.org/PDWReg. The deadline to register online is August 06, 2016. |
| Search Terms: Academic career options | Changes in Higher Education | Faculty work and life balance |
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