Division J Mid-Career Workshop. Assuming Agency: Taking Ownership of the Mid-Career Stage (by Invitation Only)

Session Type: Pre-Conference Mentoring Session

Abstract

Many associate professors feel “stuck in the middle” -plagued with growing service expectations (particularly for women and other underrepresented faculty members), misalignment between workload and reward systems, vague and unclear criteria for advancement to full professorship, increased responsibilities, varying expectations, and multiplying demands on their time.
This AERA pre-conference session will provide mid-career faculty strategies to assert themselves and find support in challenging contexts while assuming personal agency over their careers.

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education

Chairs

• Vicki L Baker, Albion College

• Jaime R. Lester, Johns Hopkins University