Full Description
Higher education continues to evolve and transform, with faculty being an essential component of this establishment. Mentoring is vital to the success of faculty, which can result in positive benefits in the development and eventual success of new faculty members. This mentoring traditionally assists them in acclimatizing to the university and academic environments. However, the ultimate goal should be to assist early career faculty with reaching success beyond their graduate school preparation. Thus, the foundation of effective mentoring should include a network of support, which should include advising, guides, and resources for faculty success, but these components are not always present.
Faculty Success in the Academy: Tips, Tools, and Resources for Success fills a need within higher education faculty development, mentoring, and support. It accomplishes this by serving as a guide for new faculty, a rejuvenator for existing faculty needing a boost, and an opportunity for all faculty to identify opportunities that will help them to assimilate as valued members of the academy. Higher education is often a space for transition, conflict, and unanswered questions without a safe space to explore these concerns. This book highlights various faculty voices across the spectrum of higher education who openly share their knowledge to support other colleagues within this unique space. Readers can use this book as a window, mirror, or sliding glass door to help jumpstart or restart their success in the journey of higher education.
Faculty Success in the Academy helps readers enhance their knowledge, skills, and dispositions to further their career in higher education. Each chapter extends knowledge beyond what might be present within the readers' own university, bringing to light resources and opportunities that might not otherwise be openly shared but can be beneficial to the success of all faculty.
Contents
Section 1: It's not just what you know, but who you know and are connected to
Chapter 1. The Architect and the Motherscholar: Lessons in the Elusive Art of Networking in the Academy; Tierney B. Hinman
Chapter 2. Building Intentional Community & Support; Kimberly M. Baker
Chapter 3. Faculty Success: A Path Worth Travelling; Mary. E. Robinson
Chapter 4. This What Got Me Thru": Black Mothering, Othermothering, and Furthermothering in Academia; Amir Asim Gilmore
Chapter 5. At Your Service: Building Community and Professional Identity Through Service; Anne K. Weed
Section 2: I can't do this on my own, you can't either
Chapter 6. Experiences and Mentoring needs of a New International Counselor Educator in the U.S; Suelle Micallef Marmara
Chapter 7. A Bit of Advice for Early Career Faculty; Karen R. Tellez-Chaires
Chapter 8. Bridging the Gap in Higher Education: Inspiring Journeys of Women of Color in Early Childhood Education; Sabrina F. Hinton, Saleena Frazier, and Raleta Dawkins
Chapter 9. Successful Teaching in Higher Education: How experience as a Public-school Teacher, Outdoor Educator, and School Counselor helped set the stage for Teaching Success; Mark C. Gillen
Section 3: Learn the system, beat the system
Chapter 10. Success in Higher Education: Practical Tips from a Long-Time Professor; Stephan E. Sargent
Chapter 11. The Intersection of Finesse and Strategy: Navigating the Academy as a Faculty of Color; Kevin L. Wright
Chapter 12. My Journey From "nothing" to Receiving an Outstanding Faculty Award in a Dozen Years; David L. Largent
Chapter 13. Metamorphosis of Young Faculty: Navigating Academic Selfhood in Higher Education; Christopher A. Hinton
Chapter 14. The Illusive Rank and Promotion Journey; Latonia V. Moss
