Episode 2 - What is it you say you do here?: Tenure-Track Faculty Life

Guess what? Another state is coming for tenure. Drs. Dorimé-Williams and Williams get into their unique perspectives on life as tenure-track professors. Dr. Dorimé-Williams also starts her new segment. Iowa, we love you. #Bars

Our Attempt at Minute Markers:

Introduction | What do you say you do here - Tenure & Higher Education | 1:00
Faculty Work-Life Balance | 12:45
Iowa | 27:00
Faculty Time | 36:00

Scholar Shouts:

Eboni Zamani-Gallagher | https://education.illinois.edu/faculty/eboni-zamanigallaher
Sharon Fries-Britt | https://education.umd.edu/directory/sharon-fries-britt
Terrell Strayhorn | https://www.vuu.edu/center-for-study-of-hbcus/dr-terrell-strayhorn

Optional Additional Reading:

Kansas's state governing board makes it easier to suspend or terminate even tenured faculty members | https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/01/22/firing-professors-kansas-just-got-lot-easier
Ban tenure at public universities? | https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/11/legislature-measures-ban-tenure-public-university-iowa-state-isu-uni/6719768002/
Financial exigency | https://www.aaup.org/report/financial-exigency-academic-governance-and-related-matters
What do faculty do? | https://www.aaup.org/issues/faculty-work-workload/what-do-faculty-do
Professions with the Highest Rates of Alcohol Abuse | https://www.alcohol.org/professions/
Correction: As of 2019, Iowa’s Black population was 4.1% of the overall state population of approximately 3.1 million people | Iowa Census Information | https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/IA
Four Disciplines of Execution | https://www.franklincovey.com/the-4-disciplines/