Beyond the Academic Gateway: Looking back on the Tenure-Track Journey(Education)

Tenure is a pivotal decision for the academy. If it is earned it provides security and permanence, creating further academic freedom to pursue research and interests important to the institution and to society. If it is not earned then the peer review process provides clarification for why it has not being earned. Beyond the Academic Gateway: Looking back on the Tenure-Track Journey brings together lived experiences of academics around the time of the tenure decision. The authors in this book explore the complex relationship between academics, the academy as an ideal, and universities as an enactment of that ideal. Personal growth is evident and shows diversity of experience, as the maturing relationships with the role and workplace unfurl. Where tenure-track is a very personal journey, the period around tenure is necessarily a form of engagement with peers. Yet it has challenges, particularly in a milieu where academic freedom is being nurtured. Individual authors negotiate their choices between their personal objectives and institutional mandates and policies. Simultaneously, after years in the tenure-track, they continue to be evolving as academics, whether through personal growth or by seeking changes in the academy itself. While the book is stand-alone, it was written by the same scholars who wrote about their tenure-track experiences in The Academic Gateway, making the pair of books a remarkable longitudinal collection. Part of the Lives in the Canadian Academic Landscape series.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction   Section 1: The Review of Literature  1. Are We There Yet? Understanding the Meanings of Tenure Manu Sharma   Section 2: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Individual and the Institutional   2. Of Joys and Sorrows: Lessons Learned in Applying for Tenure and Promotion Carmen Rodriguez de France   3. Starting From Scratch After Tenure to Run a New Lab in France Margarida Romero   4. Transitioning to the Academic Tenure-Track at Mid-Career: Exploring Adaptive Responses Through the Lenses of Resilience, Grieving, and Institutional Logics Peter Milley   5. Tenured Life: Rhythms, Time, and Energy Cecile Badenhorst   6. Women Reflect on Remaining an Academic: Challenges and Supports S. Penney, G. Young, C. Badenhorst, H. McLeod, S. Moore, and S. Pickett   Section 3: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Systemic and Institutional   7. For Academy’s Sake: A Former Practitioner Settles in Academe Lloyd Kornelsen   8 Indigenous Scholarship: What Really Matters and to Whom?  Onowa McIvor and Trish Rosborough   9. Establishing Balance to Define a New Normal  Timothy M. Sibbald   10. The Mid-Career Indigenous Scholar: Navigating the Institutional Confluence of Indigeneity and Academia in Post-Tenure-Track  Frank Deer   11. An Incredible Journey: Passing Through the Gateway  Victoria (Tory) Handford   12. Potholes and Possibilities: Pursuing Academic Interests in the Era of the Corporate University  Greg Ogilvie   Section 4: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Personal and Individual    13. Finding Energy From “Productive Anguish”: Avoiding Descents into Tenure-Track Darkness  Lyle Hamm   14. Relationships, Associations, and Authority  Lee Anne Block   15. It’s Not Me, It’s the Process  Kathy Snow   16. Jill Revisited—Still Struggling With Mental Illness Within Academia Post-Tenure  Joan M. Chambers   17. In the Trenches  Greg Rickwood   18. Who Am I? Professional Identity on the Path to Tenure  Cam Cobb   Conclusion Contributors Index

About the Author :
Cecile Badenhorst (Contributor) Cecile Badenhorst is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education in the Adult/Post-Secondary programs at Memorial University. She teaches courses on academic literacies and adult teaching. She has published three books in this area: Research Writing (2007), Dissertation Writing (2008), and Productive Writing (2010). Lee Anne Block (Contributor) Lee Anne Block is a teacher educator at the University of Winnipeg. Her research and teaching are focused on how we name and engage with difference in educational locations and on cultural sustainability. She recently completed Gandhi, Globalization and Earth Democracy, a course on sustainability with Vandana Shiva, in residence at Navdanya, India. For twenty years, she was a classroom teacher in Winnipeg. Joan Chambers (Contributor) Joan Chambers is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University. Cam Cobb (Contributor) Cam Cobb teaches in the Faculty of Education and Academic Development at the University of Windsor. His research focuses on such topics as social-justice issues in special education, co-teaching in adult-learning contexts, and narrative pedagogy in the arts. Frank Deer (Contributor) Frank Deer is an Assistant Professor and current Director of Indigenous Initiatives in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba. Frank holds an earned PhD in Educational Administration from the University of Saskatchewan and is published in the area of Indigenous education. Frank has been awarded funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for his work in ancestral languages. He is the current President of the Canadian Association for the Study of Indigenous Education. Timothy Sibbald (Editor) Timothy Sibbald is Associate Professor in the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University. His primary focus is on mathematics education. He is also Editor of The Gazette, a publication for teachers produced by the Ontario Association of Mathematics Educators. Victoria Handford (Editor) Victoria (Tory) Handford is a professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers University and is currently the chair of the School of Education. Prior to moving to TRU, Tory held multiple positions in JK12 education as a teacher, vice-principal, and principal. She has been an education officer (Leadership) for the Ontario Ministry of Education and program officer (Standards of Practice and Accreditation) for the Ontario College of Teachers. Her recent publications include a three-book series that addresses experiences of faculty in Canadian universities. Tory has also published multiple articles and chapters addressing components of school and district leadership.

Review :
Beyond the Academic Gateway: Looking Back on the Tenure-Track Journey is a follow-up to Sibbald and Hanford's 2017 edited volume: The Academic Gateway: Understanding the Journey to Tenure. Beyond the Academic Gateway, as a sequel, stands as a follow-up to the original book and shares updates from the original authors on their successful or ongoing work towards gaining tenure. As I have found the primary strength of this book to be how it shares personal and individual perspectives of academics, I have divided the chapters into groups based on the types of experiences they show: (...) stress, tension, and mental health, (...) growing comfort, and (...) community. Those finding the trek towards tenure to be difficult may feel a sense of camaraderie when reading about the authors' difficulties. - Summer Cowley, Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 196, 128-130. https: //journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjeap/article/view/71464 --Summer Cowley "Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 196, 128-130"