Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate

196 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h27min.
Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate is one of the first collections to explore PhD career versatility within higher education. The twenty-three contributors represent diverse disciplines, institution types, professional roles, and intersectional identities. Each thoughtful and personal essay explores firsthand what it means to remain in higher education, yet not in the traditional role of a professor. Topics include establishing new career paradigms, well-being and work-life balance, blended roles and identities, and professional work around advocacy and inclusion. Unifying the essays is the idea that career diversity is intertwined with other diversity discourse, yielding a broad-based but critical examination of careers in higher education administration.Though the doctoral landscape continues to change, a self-determined, values-driven attitude remains essential. This book offers powerful insight into cultural and structural barriers that inhibit institutional transformation and obscure the real range of PhD futures. Frank about both challenges and opportunities, these essays reveal how letting go of “track” thinking opens a constellation of possibilities and many paths to meaningful work and a fulfilling life.Foreword, by Natalie Lundsteen Introduction: Navigating Disruption, Redefining Success, by Karen Cardozo, Katherine Kearns, and Shannan Palma PART 1: CREATING, FINDING, AND OPENING CAREER DOORS 1 Let’s Stop Saying “Career Path”: Meandering Through a Career in Academia, by David A. McDonald 2 “This Isn’t What I Thought It Would Be”: Building New Identities and Skills in the Academy, by Heather Dwyer and Katharine P. Walsh 3 Getting from Here to There: Navigating Career Crossroads as a Black Woman Scientist, by Diedra M. Wrighting 4 Contingencies and Possibilities, by Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli PART 2: INTER/DISCIPLINARY TRANSFER 5 Applied Humanities at Work in STEM Graduate Education, by Jessica A. Hutchins 6 From Humanities Tenure Track to Medical School Communications, by Leigh Tillman Partington 7 PhDs Going Rogue: From the Bench to the Library and Beyond, by Stacey E. Wahl and Carrie L. Iwema 8 Finding Neverland: From Chimpanzee Research to Career Services, by Sarah K. Barks PART 3: CRAFTING BLENDED POSITIONS AND IDENTITIES 9 Embracing Both/And: Reflections from a Boundary-Spanning Pracademic, by Barbara Jacoby 10 On Our Own Terms: Becoming an Independent Researcher and Writer, by Lee Skallerup Bessette 11 Ambivalent in a Good Way: On Both Staying In and Leaving Academia, by Clare Forstie 12 From Stuck to Satisfied: Creating a Joyful, Balanced Life, by Kristine Lodge PART 4: CENTERING PERSONAL VALUES, CULTIVATING WORK–LIFE FULFILLMENT 13 Finding Your Place, Finding Your Voice, by Alexis Boyer 14 Well-Being as a Guiding Light Toward a Fulfilling Career, by Kristine M. Sikora 15 Embracing Uncertainty: Following My Values Toward a Career in Faculty Development, by Ryan Rideau PART 5: NAVIGATING INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND CULTURES 16 Horizontal Mentoring: The Positive Impact of a Diverse Graduate Student Professional Development Community, by Marisella Rodriguez and Sarah Silverman 17 When One Door Closes, Another Door . . . Also Closes: The Rewards and Challenges of Work in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, by Jacob McWilliams 18 Cultivating Community as an Administrator, by Sarah Chobot Hokanson 19 Queering Careers: LGBTQ+ Advocacy on Campus and Beyond, by Kimberly Creasap and Dorian Rhea Debussy Afterword: Fostering Career Versatility in PhD Education, by Trevor M. Verrot Appendix A. PhD Characteristics of Essay Contributors Appendix B. Current Employment Characteristics of Essay Contributors Appendix C. Personal Identities of Essay Contributors Annotated Bibliography About the Contributors Index