Beyond the Academic Gateway : Looking Back on the Tenure-Track Journey /
edited by Timothy M. Sibbald and Victoria Handford.
- viii, 325 p. : cov. ill. ; 23 cm.
- Education .
- Education (University of Ottawa) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction Section 1: The Review of Literature 1. Are We There Yet? Understanding the Meanings of Tenure / Manu Sharma Section 2: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Individual and the Institutional 2. Of Joys and Sorrows: Lessons Learned in Applying for Tenure and Promotion / Carmen Rodriguez de France 3. Starting From Scratch After Tenure to Run a New Lab in France / Margarida Romero 4. Transitioning to the Academic Tenure-Track at Mid-Career: Exploring Adaptive Responses Through the Lenses of Resilience, Grieving, and Institutional Logics / Peter Milley 5. Tenured Life: Rhythms, Time, and Energy / Cecile Badenhorst 6. Women Reflect on Remaining an Academic: Challenges and Supports / Sharon Penney, Gabrielle Young, Cecile Badenhorst, Heather McLeod, Sylvia Moore, and Sarah Pickett Section 3: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Systemic and Institutional 7. For Academy’s Sake: A Former Practitioner Settles in Academe / Lloyd Kornelsen 8 Indigenous Scholarship: What Really Matters and to Whom? / Onowa McIvor and Trish Rosborough 9. Establishing Balance to Define a New Normal / Timothy M. Sibbald 10. The Mid-Career Indigenous Scholar: Navigating the Institutional Confluence of Indigeneity and Academia in Post-Tenure-Track / Frank Deer 11. An Incredible Journey: Passing Through the Gateway / Victoria (Tory) Handford 12. Potholes and Possibilities: Pursuing Academic Interests in the Era of the Corporate University / Greg Ogilvie Section 4: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Personal and Individual
13. Finding Energy From “Productive Anguish”: Avoiding Descents into Tenure-Track Darkness / Lyle Hamm 14. Relationships, Associations, and Authority / Lee Anne Block 15. It’s Not Me, It’s the Process / Kathy Snow 16. Jill Revisited — Still Struggling With Mental Illness Within Academia Post-Tenure / Joan M. Chambers 17. In the Trenches / Greg Rickwood 18. Who Am I? Professional Identity on the Path to Tenure / Cam Cobb Conclusion Contributors Index
«"In developing the theory, we sought to provide a conceptual framework for understanding the varied experiences in the tenure-track. Theoretically, we understood that some who move into the academy experience a major upheaval that affects many aspects of their lives." Does the tenure-track follow a specific model or is each path built on personal choices and self-determination? Beyond the Academic Gateway brings together lived experiences of academics around the time of the tenure decision. While the book is stand-alone, it regroups the same authors who wrote about their tenure-track experiences in the Academic Gateway, making the pair a remarkable longitudinal collection. The authors explore the complex relationship between academics, the academy as an ideal, and universities as an enactment of that ideal. Where tenure-track is a very personal journey, the period around tenure is necessarily a form of engagement with peers. Yet it has a challenges, particularly in a milieu where academic freedom is being nurtured. In this book, individual authors negotiate their choices between their personal objectives and institutional mandates and policies. Simultaneously, after years in the tenure-track, they continue to evolve as academics whether through personal growth or by seeking changes in the academy itself. »