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Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate
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Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate is one of the first collections to explore PhD career versatility within higher education. The twenty-three contributors represent diverse disciplines, institution types, professional roles, and intersectional identities. Each thoughtful and personal essay explores firsthand what it means to remain in higher education, yet not in the traditional role of a professor. Topics include establishing new career paradigms, well-being and work-life balance, blended roles and identities, and professional work around advocacy and inclusion. Unifying the essays is the idea that career diversity is intertwined with other diversity discourse, yielding a broad-based but critical examination of careers in higher education administration. Though the doctoral landscape continues to change, a self-determined, values-driven attitude remains essential. This book offers powerful insight into cultural and structural barriers that inhibit institutional transformation and obscure the real range of PhD futures. Frank about both challenges and opportunities, these essays reveal how letting go of “track” thinking opens a constellation of possibilities and many paths to meaningful work and a fulfilling life.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. iii-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vii
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  1. Foreword
  2. Natalie Lundsteen
  3. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. Introduction: Navigating Disruption, Redefining Success
  2. Karen Cardozo, Katherine Kearns, Shannan Palma
  3. pp. 1-12
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  1. Part 1: Creating, Finding, and Opening Career Doors
  2. pp. 13-15
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  1. 1 Let’s Stop Saying “Career Path”: Meandering Through a Career in Academia
  2. David A. McDonald
  3. pp. 17-30
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  1. 2 “This Isn’t What I Thought It Would Be”: Building New Identities and Skills in the Academy
  2. Heather Dwyer, Katharine P. Walsh
  3. pp. 31-47
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  1. 3 Getting from Here to There: Navigating Career Crossroads as a Black Woman Scientist
  2. Diedra M. Wrighting
  3. pp. 49-65
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  1. 4 Contingencies and Possibilities
  2. Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli
  3. pp. 67-80
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  1. Part 2: Inter/Disciplinary Transfer
  2. pp. 81-83
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  1. 5 Applied Humanities at Work in STEM Graduate Education
  2. Jessica A. Hutchins
  3. pp. 85-99
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  1. 6 From Humanities Tenure Track to Medical School Communications
  2. Leigh Tillman Partington
  3. pp. 101-114
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  1. 7 PhDs Going Rogue: From the Bench to the Library and Beyond
  2. Stacey E. Wahl, Carrie L. Iwema
  3. pp. 115-130
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  1. 8 Finding Neverland: From Chimpanzee Research to Career Services
  2. Sarah K. Barks
  3. pp. 131-138
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  1. Part 3: Crafting Blended Positions and Identities
  2. pp. 139-141
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  1. 9 Embracing Both/And: Reflections from a Boundary-Spanning Pracademic
  2. Barbara Jacoby
  3. pp. 143-157
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  1. 10 On Our Own Terms: Becoming an Independent Researcher and Writer
  2. Lee Skallerup Bessette
  3. pp. 159-170
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  1. 11 Ambivalent in a Good Way: On Both Staying In and Leaving Academia
  2. Clare Forstie
  3. pp. 171-188
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  1. 12 From Stuck to Satisfied: Creating a Joyful, Balanced Life
  2. Kristine Lodge
  3. pp. 189-204
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  1. Part 4: Centering Personal Values, Cultivating Work-Life Fulfillment
  2. pp. 205-207
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  1. 13 Finding Your Place, Finding Your Voice
  2. Alexis Boyer
  3. pp. 209-217
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  1. 14 Well-Being as a Guiding Light Toward a Fulfilling Career
  2. Kristine M. Sikora
  3. pp. 219-232
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  1. 15 Embracing Uncertainty: Following My Values Toward a Career in Faculty Development
  2. Ryan Rideau
  3. pp. 233-243
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  1. Part 5: Navigating Institutional Structures and Cultures
  2. pp. 245-247
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  1. 16 Horizontal Mentoring: The Positive Impact of a Diverse Graduate Student Professional Development Community
  2. Marisella Rodriguez, Sarah Silverman
  3. pp. 249-259
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  1. 17 When One Door Closes, Another Door … Also Closes: The Rewards and Challenges of Work in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  2. Jacob McWilliams
  3. pp. 261-275
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  1. 18 Cultivating Community as an Administrator
  2. Sarah Chobot Hokanson
  3. pp. 277-291
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  1. 19 Queering Careers: LGBTQ+ Advocacy on Campus and Beyond
  2. Kimberly Creasap, Dorian Rhea Debussy
  3. pp. 293-303
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  1. Afterword: Fostering Career Versatility in PhD Education
  2. Trevor M. Verrot
  3. pp. 305-318
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  1. Appendix A. PhD Characteristics of Essay Contributors
  2. p. 319
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  1. Appendix B. Current Employment Characteristics of Essay Contributors
  2. pp. 320-321
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  1. Appendix C. Personal Identities of Essay Contributors
  2. pp. 322-323
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  1. Annotated Bibliography
  2. pp. 325-327
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  1. About the Contributors
  2. pp. 329-338
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 339-353
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