The Academic's Handbook

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In recent years, the academy has undergone significant changes: a more competitive and volatile job market has led to widespread precarity, teaching and service loads have become more burdensome, and higher education is becoming increasingly corporatized. In this revised and expanded edition of The Academic's Handbook, more than fifty contributors from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds offer practical advice for academics at every career stage, whether they are first entering the job market or negotiating the post-tenure challenges of leadership and administrative roles. Contributors affirm what is exciting and fulfilling about academic work while advising readers about how to set and protect boundaries around their energy and labor. In addition, the contributors tackle topics such as debates regarding technology, social media, and free speech on campus; publishing and grant writing; attending to the many kinds of diversity among students, staff, and faculty; and how to balance work and personal responsibilities. A passionate and compassionate volume, The Academic's Handbook is an essential guide to navigating life in the academy. Contributors. Luis Alvarez, Steven Alvarez, Eladio Bobadilla, Genevieve Carpio, Marcia Chatelain, Ernesto Chávez, Miroslava Chávez-García, Nathan D. B. Connolly, Jeremy V. Cruz, Cathy N. Davidson, Sarah Deutsch, Brenda Elsey, Sylvanna M. Falcón, Michelle Falkoff, Kelly Fayard, Matthew W. Finkin, Lori A. Flores, Kathryn J. Fox, Frederico Freitas, Neil Garg, Nanibaa’ A. Garrison, Joy Gaston Gayles, Tiffany Jasmin González, Cynthia R. Greenlee, Romeo Guzmán, Lauren Hall-Lew, David Hansen, Heidi Harley, Laura M. Harrison, Sonia Hernández, Sharon P. Holland, Elizabeth Q. Hutchison, Deborah Jakubs, Bridget Turner Kelly, Karen Kelsky, Stephen Kuusisto, Magdalena Maczynska, Sheila McManus, Cary Nelson, Jocelyn H. Olcott, Rosanna Olsen, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Charles Piot, Bryan Pitts, Sarah Portnoy, Laura Portwood-Stacer, Yuridia Ramirez, Meghan K. Roberts, John Elder Robison, David Schultz, Lynn Stephen, James E. Sutton, Antar A. Tichavakunda, Keri Watson, Ken Wissoker, Karin Wulf Frontmatter Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I | Your Career Arc from Grad School to Retirement Ch. 1: The Tenure-Track Job Search, Start to Finish - Karen Kelsky Ch. 2: Developing an Academic Identity: Lead with You - Yuridia Ramirez Ch. 3: How to Negotiate for a Higher Salary - Lori Flores and Jocelyn Olcott Ch. 4: Scholarship and Life off the Tenure Track - Bryan Pitts Ch. 5: The Dangers of Doing Other Things: Why Im a Scholar but Not an Academic - Cynthia R. Greenlee Ch. 6: From Contract to Tenure - Sylvanna M. Falcon Ch. 7: A Few Rules of Thumb about Conference Presentations and Invited Talks - Lori Flores and Jocelyn Olcott Ch. 8: Finding My Way in Academia: My Non-Tenure-Track Path to Success in Food Studies - Sarah Portnoy Ch. 9: Surviving the Dream - Sarah Deutsch Part II | The Trinity of Academic Life: Research, Teaching, and Service Ch. 10: Applying Successfully for Grants and Fellowships - Miroslava Chavez-Garcia, Luis Alvarez, and Ernesto Chavez Ch. 11: The Modern Research Library - David Hansen and Deborah Jakubs Ch. 12: Suggestions for Alleviating IRB Angst - James E. Sutton Ch. 13: Informed Consent and the Ethics of IRB Research: A Case Study of the Havasupai Tribes Lawsuit against Genetic Researchers - Nanibaa A. Garrison Ch. 14: Publishing Your Research - Rosanna Kathleen Olsen Ch. 15: Academic Book Publishing - Cathy N. Davidson and Ken Wissoker Ch. 16: Holding the Space: Reflections on Small-Class Teaching and Learning - Magdalena Maczynska Ch. 17: Teaching the Large Lecture - Genevieve Carpio and Neil K. Garg Ch. 18: Lessons from the #FergusonSyllabus - Marcia Chatelain Ch. 19: Creative Approaches to Student Assessment Ch. 20: Technology in Teaching - Laura M. Harrison Ch. 21: Neurodiversity in the Classroom - John Elder Robison and Karin Wulf Ch. 22: Typical Dreamer: Some Reflections on Teaching, Advising, and Advocating for Undocumented, Veteran, and Nontraditional Students - Eladio Bobadilla Ch. 23: Understanding Microagressions - Antar Tichavakunda Ch. 24: Shifting Borders: Collaborative Teaching and Researching with Students on Latinx Roots in Oregon - Lynn Stephen Ch. 25: The Florida Prison Education Project - Keri Watson Ch. 26: So, You Want to Start a College-in-Prison Program? - Kathryn J. Fox Ch. 27: Service Learning: Doing Development in West Africa - Charles Piot Ch. 28: Mentoring for Success across the Academic Spectrum - Joy Gaston Gayles and Bridget Turner Kelly Ch. 29: Anonymous: Making the Best of a Peer Review - Sharon P. Holland Ch. 30: Questions to Ask Yourself about Requests for Service - Lori Florse and Jocelyn Olcott Part III | Issues in Todays Academy Ch. 31: Navigating Social Media as an Academic - Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Ch. 32: My Social Media Philosophy in (Roughly) One Thousand Words - N.D.B. Connoly Ch. 33: Moving beyond Student Teaching Evaluations - Michelle Falkoff Ch. 34: Work-Family Balance in Academia - Lauren Hall-Lew and Heidi Harley Ch. 35: Ableism in the Academy: Its Whats for Breakfast - Stephen Kuusisto Ch. 36: Free Speech and Academic Freedom - Matthew W. Finkin Ch. 37: Contingency - Cary Nelson Ch. 38: The Corporate University in the Age of Trump - David Schultz Ch. 39: Making Campus Safer: Academics Fighting Sexual Violence and Sexual Harrassment - Elizabeth Quay Hutchison Ch. 40: Decolonizing and Building Community - Kelly Fayard Contributors Index