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How to Build a Life in the Humanities Meditations on the Academic Work-Life Balance
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A follow-up to the popular Graduate Study for the 21st Century , this book seeks to expand professional development to include the personal aspects of daily lives in the humanities. How to Build a ...
A follow-up to the popular Graduate Study for the 21st Century , this book seeks to expand professional development to include the personal aspects of daily lives in the humanities. How to Build a Life in the Humanities delves into pressing work-life issues such as post-tenure depression, academic life with children, aging, and adjuncting.
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- Creator
- by Anthony Grafton, Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr ; edited by G. Semenza, G. Sullivan, Jr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed. 2015
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 245 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781137428882, 1137428880, 1137511524, 1137428899
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Foreword / Anthony Grafton -- Introduction / Greg Colón Semenza and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. -- Life in a liberal arts college / William Pannapacker -- Life in a community college / Rob Jenkins -- Life in a research university / Barry V. Qualls -- Teaching / Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. -- Grading / Karen J. Renner -- Departmental and university citizenship / Claire Bond Potter -- Research and the public / Brendan Kane -- Imposter phenomenon / Natalie M. Houston -- Academic guilt / Giuseppina Iacono Lobo -- Depression / Greg Colón Semenza -- Downtime / Cristina M. Fitzgerald -- Maternity / Kristen Ghodsee -- Life with children / Michael Bérubé -- Life without children / Sean Grass and Iris V. Rivero -- Aging / Eric Lorentzen -- Class / Simon Yarrow -- Religion / Kristin Poole -- Race/ethnicity / Cathy J. Schlund-Vials -- Gender / Claudia Calhoun -- Disability / Brenda Jo Brueggemann and Stephanie Kerschbaum -- Sexual orientation / Margaret Breen -- Life as an adjunct / Joe Fruscione -- Life as a graduate student / Alex Galarza --. Life after retirement / Valerie Wayne and Linda Woodbridge -- Life after academe / Anne Trubek