Thriving in an Academic Career -

Thriving in an Academic Career

An International and Interdisciplinary Guide for Early Career Faculty
Buch | Softcover
368 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-37995-1 (ISBN)
46,10 inkl. MwSt
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 both 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, work and home life, and professional relationships with students, colleagues, and in their discipline are more likely to succeed in all aspects of their career, while strengthening the quality and climate of their programs and campuses. The book’s chapters accordingly feature case studies and examples that dig deeper into strategies and principles of holistic and balanced career practice and planning. The book assists readers in understanding the relationships between their individual talents as teachers and scholars with those of other colleagues; 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 the 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. The book will be of particular interest to graduate students and early career faculty in geography and nearby social, environmental, and natural sciences.

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 Social Studies Education at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.

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 Á. Hernández 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 Solís

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.12.2024
Zusatzinfo 10 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Halftones, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10 1-032-37995-2 / 1032379952
ISBN-13 978-1-032-37995-1 / 9781032379951
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