How to Build a Life in the Humanities

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.

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.

Foreword; Anthony Grafton Introduction; Greg Colón Semenza and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. PART I: PROFESSIONAL LIFE 1. Life in a Liberal Arts College; William Pannapacker 2. Life in a Community College; Rob Jenkins 3. Life in a Research University; Barry V. Qualls 4. Teaching; Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. 5. Grading; Karen J. Renner 6. Departmental and University Citizenship; Claire Bond Potter 7. Research and the Public; Brendan Kane PART II: PERSONAL LIFE 8. Imposter Phenomenon; Natalie M. Houston 9. Academic Guilt; Giuseppina Iacono Lobo 10. Depression; Greg Colón Semenza 11. Downtime; Christina M. Fitzgerald 12. Maternity; Kristen Ghodsee 13. Life with Children; Michael Bérubé 14. Life without Children; Sean Grass and Iris Rivero 15. Aging; Eric Lorentzen PART III: DIVERSE LIVES 16. Class; Simon Yarrow 17. Religion; Kristin Poole 18. Race/Ethnicity; Cathy Schlund-Vials 19. Gender; Claudia Calhoun 20. Disability; Brenda Brueggemann and Stephanie Kerschbaum 21. Sexual Orientation; Margaret Breen PART IV: LIFE OFF THE TENURE TRACK 22. Life as an Adjunct; Joe Fruscione 23. Life as a Graduate Student; Alex Galarza 24. Life after Retirement; Valerie Wayne and Linda Woodbridge 25. Life after Academe; Anne Trubek