How to Build a Life in the Humanities: Meditations on the Academic Work-Life Balance

248 Pages·2015·2.03 MB·English

by  Greg Colón Semenza

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How to Build a Life

in the Humanities
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How to Build a Life in the

Humanities
Meditations on the Academic
Work–Life Balance
Edited by
Greg Colón Semenza
and
Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr.
how to build a life in the humanities
Copyright © Greg Colón Semenza and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. 2015.
All rights reserved.
First published in 2015 by
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This book is dedicated to Marti Semenza and
Garry and Lorry Sullivan
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Contents

Foreword xi
Tony Grafton
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
Greg Colón Semenza and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr.
Part I Professional Life
1 Life in a Liberal Arts College 9
William Pannapacker
2 Life in a Community College 17
Rob Jenkins
3 Life in a Research University 25
Barry V. Qualls
4 Teaching 33
Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr.
5 Grading 41
Karen J. Renner
6 Departmental and University Citizenship 51
Claire Bond Potter
7 Research and the Public 61
Brendan Kane
Part II Personal Life
8 Imposter Phenomenon 73
Natalie M. Houston
9 Academic Guilt 83
Giuseppina Iacono Lobo
viii Contents
10 Depression 91
Greg Colón Semenza
11 Downtime 101
Christina M. Fitzgerald
12 Maternity 109
Kristen Ghodsee
13 Life with Children 117
Michael Bérubé
14 Life without Children 125
Sean Grass and Iris V. Rivero
15 Aging 133
Eric Lorentzen
Part III Diverse Lives
16 Class 145
Simon Yarrow
17 Religion 155
Kristen Poole
18 Race/Ethnicity 165
Cathy J. Schlund-Vials
19 Gender 175
Claudia Calhoun
20 Disability 183
Brenda Jo Brueggemann and Stephanie Kerschbaum
21 Sexual Orientation 193
Margaret Sönser Breen
Part IV Life Off the Tenure Track
22 Life as an Adjunct 203
Joseph Fruscione
23 Life as a Graduate Student 213
Alex Galarza
24 Life after Retirement 223
Valerie Wayne and Linda Woodbridge
Contents ix
25 Life after Academe 231
Anne Trubek
Notes on Contributors 239