The Empowered Professor: Breaking the Unspoken Codes of Inequity in Academia

ISBN-13: 9780807766309 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021

Dana Mitra

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• Contents
• Acknowledgments xi
• 1. Introducing a Coaching Approach to Faculty Development 1
• Faculty Can Find Agency and Purpose 2
• Universities Can Bolster Faculty Development 2
• Framework: The Intersection of Structure and Agency as a Pathway to Fulfillment 3
• Part I: Breaking the Institutional Code 4
• Part II: Strengthening Academic Identity 5
• PART I: BREAKING THE INSTITUTIONAL CODE
• 2. Unspoken Structures in the Academic Code 11
• Identifying Codified Structures 12
• Normative Processes—The Culture 13
• Cognitive Processes: Hidden Beliefs and Structures 15
• Implicit Bias and Privilege as Cognitive Structures 15
• Creating an Inclusive and Welcoming Climate 17
• Addressing Grievances 19
• The Institution of Tenure 20
• Recommendations for Universities 23
• 3. The Inner Critic 24
• Shame Triggers With the Inner Critic 25
• Finding the Inner Critic in the Body 26
• Stepping Away From the Inner Critic 27
• Rumination: The Inner Critic on Repeat 28
• Inner Critics and Stress Response 30
• Getting Unstuck From Writer's Block 31
• The Critic in Academia: Peer Review 32
• Speak Your Truth 34
• Recommendations for Universities 35
• PART II: STRENGTHENING ACADEMIC IDENTITY
• 4. Agency 39
• Tapping Into a Deeper Purpose 39
• Charge Batteries; Don't Drain Them 40
• Learning What Purpose Feels Like 41
• Identifying Core Values 42
• Purpose as Career-Long Trajectory 42
• Finding Leaders and Mentors Within 44
• Recommendations for Universities 48
• 5. Research 49
• Building a Scholarly Identity 49
• Maximizing Publishing While Protecting Purpose 51
• When Purpose Questions Dominant Paradigms 53
• Recommendations for Universities 55
• 6. Belonging 56
• Connecting to Others 57
• Intellectual Spaces: Finding Collaborators 58
• Multiple Sources of Support 59
• Building a Community 60
• Collaborations Gone Awry 61
• Strategic Conferencing 62
• Network Everywhere 65
• Identifying Cultural Biases Related to Communication 66
• Support Spaces: How to Find Mentors 68
• Outside Letter Writers 70
• Finding Belonging Within and Beyond Academia 71
• Recommendations for Universities 72
• 7. Service 73
• Chosen Service—"Want-to-Do" Work 73
• Required Service—"Must-Do" Work 75
• Service That Can Be Avoided—The Art of Saying No 77
• Mid-Career Academics: Creatively Broadening Contribution 79
• Recommendations for Universities 81
• 8. Competencies 82
• Goal-Setting 83
• Time Management: "Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan" 86
• Identifying Self-Care 88
• Delete, Delay, Delegate, Diminish 90
• Productivity 92
• Recommendations for Universities 96
• 9. Teaching 97
• Getting Rid of Inner Critics in the Classroom 97
• Improved Confidence in the Classroom 97
• Overcoming Imposter Syndrome 98
• Competencies of Teaching 99
• Competencies of Online Teaching 101
• Competencies of Simplified Grading 102
• Addressing Structures That Replicate Bias and Discrimination 103
• Empowering Students by Creating Equitable Classroom Spaces 105
• Recommendations for Universities 108
• 10. Conclusion 109
• Appendix A: List of Core Values 111
• Appendix B: My Strategic Plan, 2017–2018 115
• Appendix C: Sample Paper Rubric 119
• References 121
• Index 135
• About the Author 145