4 Transitioning to the Academic Tenure-Track at Mid-Career: Exploring Adaptive Responses Through the Lenses of Resilience, Grieving, and Institutional Logics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Section 1: The Review of Literature
6. Introduction 9
7. 1 Are We There Yet? Understanding the Meanings of Tenure 11
8. Section 2: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Individual and the Institutional
9. Introduction 31
10. 2 Of Joys and Sorrows: Lessons Learned in Applying for Tenure and Promotion 33
11. 3 Starting From Scratch After Tenure to Run a New Lab in France 45
12. 4 Transitioning to the Academic Tenure-Track at Mid-Career: Exploring Adaptive Responses Through the Lenses of Resilience, Grieving, and Institutional Logics 57
13. 5 Tenured Life: Rhythms, Time, and Energy 87
14. 6 Women Reflect on Remaining an Academic: Challenges and Supports 101
15. Section 3: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Systemic and Institutional
16. Introduction 121
17. 7 For Academy’s Sake: A Former Practitioner Settles in Academe 125
18. 8 Indigenous Scholarship: What Really Matters and to Whom? 137
19. 9 Establishing Balance to Define a New Normal 155
20. 10 The Mid-Career Indigenous Scholar: Navigating the Institutional Confluence of Indigeneity and Academia in Post-Tenure-Track 173
21. 11 An Incredible Journey: Passing Through the Gateway 185
22. 12 Potholes and Possibilities: Pursuing Academic Interests in the Era of the Corporate University 203
23. Section 4: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Personal and Individual
24. Introduction 225
25. 13 Finding Energy From “Productive Anguish”: Avoiding Descents into Tenure-Track Darkness 227
26. 14 Relationships, Associations, and Authority 249
27. 15 It’s Not Me, It’s the Process 261
28. 16 Jill Revisited—Still Struggling With Mental Illness Within Academia Post-Tenure 275
29. 17 In the Trenches 281
30. 18 Who Am I? Professional Identity on the Path to Tenure 293
31. Conclusion 307
32. Contributors 317
33. Index 324