Beyond the academic gateway : looking back on the tenure-track journey / edited by Timothy M. Sibbald, Victoria Handford.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Tenure is a pivotal decision for the academy. If it is earned it provides security and permanence, creating further academic freedom to pursue research and interests important to the institution and to society. If it is not earned then the peer review process provides clarification for why it has not being earned. This book brings together lived experiences of academics around the time of the tenure decision. While the book is stand-alone, it has the same collection of authors who wrote about their tenure-track experiences in The Academic Gateway, making the pair of books a remarkable longitudinal collection. The authors in this book explore the complex relationship between academics, the academy as an ideal, and universities as an enactment of that ideal. Personal growth is evident and shows diversity of experience, as the maturing relationships with the role and workplace unfurl. Where tenure-track is a very personal journey, the period around tenure is necessarily a form of engagement with peers. Yet it has challenges, particularly in a milieu where academic freedom is being nurtured. Individual authors negotiate their choices between their personal objectives and institutional mandates and policies. Simultaneously, after years in the tenure-track, they continue to be evolving as academics, whether through personal growth or by seeking changes in the academy itself."-- Provided by publisher.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section 1: The Review of Literature -- 1 Are We There Yet? Understanding the Meanings of Tenure -- 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 -- 3 Starting From Scratch After Tenure to Run a New Lab in France

4 Transitioning to the Academic Tenure-Track at Mid-Career: Exploring Adaptive Responses Through the Lenses of Resilience, Grieving, and Institutional Logics -- 5 Tenured Life: Rhythms, Time, and Energy -- 6 Women Reflect on Remaining an Academic: Challenges and Supports -- Section 3: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Systemic and Institutional -- 7 For Academy's Sake: A Former Practitioner Settles in Academe -- 8 Indigenous Scholarship: What Really Matters and to Whom? -- 9 Establishing Balance to Define a New Normal

10 The Mid-Career Indigenous Scholar: Navigating the Institutional Confluence of Indigeneity and Academia in Post-Tenure-Track -- 11 An Incredible Journey: Passing Through the Gateway -- 12 Potholes and Possibilities: Pursuing Academic Interests in the Era of the Corporate University -- Section 4: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Personal and Individual -- 13 Finding Energy From "Productive Anguish": Avoiding Descents into Tenure-Track Darkness -- 14 Relationships, Associations, and Authority -- 15 It's Not Me, It's the Process

16 Jill Revisited-Still Struggling With Mental Illness Within Academia Post-Tenure -- 17 In the Trenches -- 18 Who Am I? Professional Identity on the Path to Tenure -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index -- Backcover

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