Bedtime Stories for Academics
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-7102-3 (ISBN)
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Welcome to Typical University, where Cinderella is an adjunct, the Tortoise and the Hare share a tenure line, Bacchus runs the study abroad office, and everyone is as exhausted and beleaguered as the typical college employee. At Typical, Rumpelstiltskin will not be helpful with the tenure review process. Robin Hood may be breaking rules in the dorms, but that doesn’t mean his resident director wants to be known as the Sheriff of Nottingham Hall. Snow White has her hands full with seven unruly advisees. And that guy at the conference with more of a comment than a question? It might be Narcissus.
In Bedtime Stories for Academics, beloved stories from folklore, mythology, and literature are transformed into clever, irreverent satire of university staff and faculty’s everyday challenges. With an arch tone and a biting comedic lens, this collection explores experiences and concerns, such as labour, hierarchy, and identity, shared across the entire population of higher education workers: graduate students confronted with the realities of their new academic career path; postdocs and new instructors grasping for a decent position as their non-academic friends thrive; seasoned professors who’ve seen it all; and the college staff who keep the university running.
For current and former students, the stories offer a glimpse at the strife behind the scenes at every institution. For faculty and staff, the tales offer commiseration and hope: if Little Bo Peep, Prometheus, Huckleberry Finn, Pinocchio, Midas, and Ebenezer Scrooge can survive academia, maybe we can too.
Talia Argondezzi is the director of the writing and speaking program at Ursinus College. She frequently contributes satire and humour to The New Yorker and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Her book of humorous advice is called Lean the F*ck Out.
Preface: A Note from the Author on Sources. Also, Several Half-Hearted, Pre-Emptive Apologies. Essentially, a Meditation on the Futility of Issuing Disclaimers about Satire
Part 1: Tenure, or the Lack Thereof
1. The Odyssey; Or, the Professor’s Quest to Find a Job Near His Hometown
2. Rumpelstiltskin, Chair of the Promotion and Tenure Board
3. A Powerful Genie Attempts to Secure Aladdin a Tenure-Track Position
4. The Associate Professor of the Practice Who Flew Too Close to the Sun
5. Sleeping Beauty Is Nearly Denied Tenure
6. Cinderadjunct
Part 2: Research
7. Narcissus and Echo Attend a Conference
8. Lily “Red” Ridenhood Meets Her Dissertation Supervisor
9. The Tortoise and the Hare Execute Their Research Agendas
10. Goldilocks and the Three Reviewers
11. Huck Finn Fakes His Own Death to Avoid Writing One More Grant Proposal
12. The Researcher Who Cried “WOLF!” (Well, Only a Little Fraud)
13. Peter Piper Planned a Peck of Perfect Projects
Part 3: Teaching
14. The Art Building Is Falling Down
Hansel and Gretel Defeat the Evil Witch (Their Professor)
15. Jack and Beanstalk, the University’s New Learning Management System
16. Hester Prynne Demands Her Scarlet “A” Be Changed to an “A ”
17. The Princess, the Pea, and the Difficulties of Remaining Sensitive
18. Professor Rip Van Winkle Awakens to Find the Culture Has Changed
19. A Finals Week Christmas Carol
Part 4: Service, Advising, and “Other Duties as Assigned”
20. The Big Bad Dean and the Three Little Profs
21. Jo White and the Seven First-Year Advisees
22. The College Resolves Pinocchio’s Mental Health Concerns
23. The Search Committee Attempts to Find Little Bo Peep’s Lost Sheep
24. Shirley Holmes, Faculty Meeting Parliamentarian
25. Professor Prometheus Chairs the Assessment, Research, and Outcomes Committee
26. Professor Sisyphus
Part 5: More Stars of Myth and Fairy Tale Join the Staff
27. The Pied Piper, College Admissions Recruiter
28. A Message from Bacchus, the New Director of the Study Abroad Office
29. Chicken Little’s Administrative Assistant Determines Whether the Sky Is Falling
30. Residence Life Busts Robin Hood for Selling Drugs in Nottingham Hall
31. A Letter of Resignation from King Midas, Director of the Career Office
32. Cassandra’s Prophecies about the College’s Financial Situation
Part 6: What Happens, in the End, to Typical University
33. The Board of Trustees’ New DEI Initiatives
Book Club Discussion Questions
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.8.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-7102-X / 148757102X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-7102-3 / 9781487571023 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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