What to Expect and How to Respond (eBook)

Distress and Success in Academia

Thomas C. Calhoun, Earl Wright II (Herausgeber)

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2016
194 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-2746-0 (ISBN)

Infos

What to Expect and How to Respond offers a solutions oriented glimpse into life in academia from the vantage point of groups including students, faculty and administrators. This interdisciplinary anthology provides insight into the profession for graduate students planning on becoming academics; brings to the attention of junior faculty potential tenure and promotion pitfalls as well as strategies to successfully overcome potential obstacles; offers senior faculty strategies to improve collegiality and the workplace environment; and provides administrators with tools to proactively and effectively contend with sensitive managerial matters. This interdisciplinary anthology is useful for undergraduate and graduate students of any discipline designed to prepare them for a career in academia whether as staff, faculty or an administrator. Moreover, this volume is a fine resource for those already in academia who may be experiencing any one or number of specific challenges highlighted from which useful survival strategies could be garnered.

Autor

Earl Wright II is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati and the author of groundbreaking works on the contributions of W. E. B. Du Bois and the Atlanta Sociological Laboratory to American sociology. He is also the past president of the Association of Black Sociologists and Mid-South Sociological Association.Thomas C. Calhoun is Associate Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor of Sociology at Jackson State University and he has published extensively in the area of deviance. He is the recipient of the Aida Tomeh Outstanding Teaching Award and J. Milton Yinger Distinguished Career Award from the North Central Sociological Association; the A. Wade Smith Outstanding Teaching Award and the James E. Blackwell Distinguished Career Award from the Association of Black Sociologists; and is past president of the Association of Black Sociologists, Mid-South Sociological Association and North Central Sociological Association.

Inhalt

Part One: Navigating the Academic Pipeline Cuentos and Testimonios: Professional Socialization into AcademiaAlma L. Zaragoza-PettyCristina S. Stephens and Elena GheorghiuThomas HochschildPart Two: Now That You Have the JobDeborah L. Smith and Brian J. SmithBreanne FahsPart Three: Challenges in AcademiaJoseph MichalskiHamon Ha-am and MalintzinShanette M. Harris and Donald CunnigenPart Four: Survival Techniques in AcademiaBobbi A. KnappClaire H. Procopio, Helen Tate, Kristina Horn Sheeler, Krista Hoffmann-Longtin, Sarah Feldner, and Karrin Vasby AndersonLin Huff-Corzine and Melvin RogersAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.9.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: academia • Administration • Administrator • adminstrator • faculty • higher education • Problem-Solving • Student
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-2746-6 / 1475827466
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-2746-0 / 9781475827460