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A colleague at another library hinted that slaving away for years just to achieve tenure was not worth it to her. She said that at her age it wasn’t worth it at all. Her eyes were open to a bett… more →
Tenure + Librarian + Mom
RIEP7: Teaching Ethnography
iethnographer wrote 1 week ago: RIEP7: Teaching Ethnography … more →
Progress and Ceremony
doctorsara wrote 3 weeks ago: I wonder just how many contract faculty have compared themselves to Sisyphus? Probably a huge numbe … more →
Congratulations Dr. Louderback!
Tom Rink wrote 1 month ago: It’s official! Dr. Louderback has been promoted to Assistant Professor, AND has been transiti … more →
"How I spent my summer vacation.... and my semester without teaching."
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ratnagiri77 wrote 3 months ago: In my elementary school days, I often remember having to prepare the infamous ‘how I spent my … more →
Promotion Approved!
Tom Rink wrote 5 months ago: Our very own Dr. Pamela Louderback was notified this week that her application for promotion to the … more →
The Bureaucratization of the Imaginative
mlongfarfield wrote 5 months ago: Among the most pernicious paradoxes of academic scholarship in the humanities is that the demand for … more →
deconstructing the top ten: the final four
indie phd wrote 7 months ago: My last set of explanations regarding my top 10 reasons for not wanting to go on the tenure track. T … more →
deconstructing the top 10: reasons 5, 6, and 7
indie phd wrote 7 months ago: Continuing with the explanation of my top 10 reasons for not going on the tenure track: 7. I do not … more →
deconstructing the top 10: reasons 8, 9, and 10
indie phd wrote 7 months ago: Ok. After the brief pause for yesterday’s weirdness, I thought it would be good to start decon … more →
indie top 10: my reasons for not going on the tenure track
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indie phd wrote 7 months ago: After spilling my guts about my history in the last post, I think it would be useful to document wha … more →
Turning down a tenure track job
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John wrote 8 months ago: I know that in the current economic climate the title of this post seems ludicrous, but I did it. T … more →
Watersheds and Forks in the Road
mlongfarfield wrote 8 months ago: A few years ago, when John and I began our conversations, we found in one another the words for a co … more →
Permanent eye twitch.
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ratnagiri77 wrote 8 months ago: While I have returned to reading mode (I will finish reading a book today! Look at that!), I manage … more →
You're not the boss of me. Uh oh. I'm not the boss of me.
ratnagiri77 wrote 9 months ago: Professor Rottweiler is used to being ruled by the clock. This semester, however, I am not teaching … more →
The dust settles.
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ratnagiri77 wrote 10 months ago: Professor Rottweiler is painfully aware that much time has passed between her last posting and this … more →
It Can't Happen Here
toddfein wrote 11 months ago: We have a couple of tough, long years ahead of us economically. News from Harvard offers further con … more →
Funny email from a student.
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ratnagiri77 wrote 12 months ago: While at the anthropology meetings in San Francisco, I received this little missive: Dear Professor … more →
Get. Out. Now.
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ratnagiri77 wrote 1 year ago: My Facebook status currently reads, “Professor Rottweiler asked her students to leave if they … more →
Post-election reflections from the ivory tower
ratnagiri77 wrote 1 year ago: [Politics hijacks my blog.] I’ve been doing the psychological equivalent of holding my breath … more →
