Mid-Career Faculty Workshop (Division J) Assuming Agency: Taking Ownership of the Mid-Career Stage

Session Type: Pre-Conference Mentoring Session

Abstract

Many faculty in their mid-career years 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. Topics include: · SWOT Analysis · Controlling Your Narrative · Mapping your Mentoring Network · Job Crafting · Developing your Voice as Faculty and Campus Leader.

Faculty who are post-tenure and/or are 12 plus years from retirement interested in participating as well as administrators charged with supporting mid-career faculty should:

Sign up for the pre-conference when you register for AERA 2024

Contact Dr. Vicki L Baker, MCF Session Chair, with questions (vbaker@albion.edu)

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education

Chair

• Vicki L. Baker, Albion College