Thriving in an Academic Career An International and Interdisciplinary Guide for Early Career Faculty

About this book

This book provides an invaluable guide on how to achieve a successful and fulfilling academic career. Academics must balance multiple roles and responsibilities between teaching, research, and offering services to the department, university, and broader community. This book provides practical, research-based guidance on how to adopt a healthy and balanced perspective that accounts for these interconnections.

Research shows that faculty who achieve early balance in their academic responsibilities and home life are more likely to succeed in all aspects of their career, while strengthening the quality and climate of their programs and campuses. This book's chapters accordingly feature case studies and examples that dig deeper into strategies and principles of holistic and balanced career practice and planning. This book assists readers in understanding the relationships between their individual talents as teachers and scholars; the obligations of their department as a community nested with others contributing to the university mission; and the role and responsibility of their university and discipline in the wider society. The themes of balance and harmony underpin this book's approach to faculty development.

Thriving in an Academic Career is for anyone beginning their academic career in geography and related social and environmental sciences, at all types of higher education institutions. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students and early career faculty in geography and nearby social, environmental, and natural sciences.

Contents

Introduction to Section I
Chapter 1 - Getting started in academic life: Advice for new hires / Francis T. Koti and Herbert Q. Hambati
Chapter 2 - Building momentum: Developing research and teaching trajectories / Daniel Sui and Dafna Fisher-Gewirtzman
Chapter 3 - Aligning personal aspirations and professional goals: Finding the 'sweet spot.' / Juliana Mansvelt
Chapter 4 - Navigating non-tenure career tracks / Emily Murai
Chapter 5 - Time management / Patricia Price
Chapter 6 - Creating communities of care and caring for community: Building community through work-life integration / Dan and Dydia
Chapter 7 - Slowing down and saving our humanity / Shannon O'Lear and Ken Foote

Introduction to Section II
Chapter 8 - Aligning objectives, activities, and assessments: Essentials of course planning / Eric Fournier and Meg Gregory
Chapter 9 - Getting started in the classroom: First steps toward active, engaged pedagogy / Andrew Jolly-Ballantine and Ken Foote
Chapter 10 - Decolonizing the curriculum / Zuhri James and Sarah A Radcliffe
Chapter 11 - Creating a socially just classroom / Miguel A. Hernandez and LaToya E. Eaves
Chapter 12 - Teaching in the field / Douglas W. Gamble, Peter J. Haproff and Chen Wu
Chapter 13 - Integrating web mapping and geospatial technologies / Joseph J. Kerski
Chapter 14 - Using technology to promote critical thinking / Ken Foote and Chris McMorran
Chapter 15 - Teaching online: Strategies to promote engagement and learning / Brandi Gaertner, Adrienne Goldsberry, Beth Fletcher King
Chapter 16 - Internationalizing the curriculum / Gil Latz, Keiko Ikeda and Robin Matross Helms

Introduction to Section III
Chapter 17 - Planning a research career / Antoinette M.G.A. WinklerPrins
Chapter 18 - The Coherence Framework: Ten actions for crafting competitive research grant proposals / Patricia Solis
Chapter 19 - The publishing process and getting your work into print / Lynn M. Resler, May Yuan and Joshua Inwood
Chapter 20 - Promoting your work: A professional responsibility / Derek H. Alderman

Introduction to Section IV
Chapter 21 - Cultivating a collegial workplace / Shannon O'Lear, Ken Foote and Dagmar Budikova
Chapter 22 - Valuing Mentoring, or How to Think Usefully About Mentoring / Hilda E. Kurtz
Chapter 23 - Serving with a purpose: thinking strategically about service / Michael E Meadows
Chapter 24 - Moving toward promotion and beyond: Understanding and connecting institutional needs and personal aspirations / Deborah G. Martin
Chapter 25 - It's OK not being OK: Coping with adversity / Jennifer Ho

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Biography

Michael Solem is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State University. Kenneth Foote is a Professor of Geography, Sustainability, Community and Urban Studies at the University of Connecticut. Shannon O'Lear is a Professor of Geography at the University of Kansas. LaToya E. Eaves is an Associate Professor of Geography and Sustainability at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Jongwon Lee is a Professor of Social Studies Education at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.