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Jesse Leaves Wisconsin

Posted onSeptember 23, 2015February 7, 2019 By David Perry

(Reposted from 9/9/15)  Jesse Stommel is leaving a tenure-track job at Wisconsin to go take a job as a faculty development director at the University of Mary Washingon. He wrote a powerful blog post about the descision, which you should read. I want to highlight just one point, out of the many, skipping the issue … Continue ReadingJesse Leaves Wisconsin

Tenure and Activism

Posted onSeptember 23, 2015February 7, 2019 By David Perry

Here’s a great piece from Conditionally Accepted about the way being on the tenure-track makes us conservative. It’s wide-ranging and important, thinking about identity and many related issues. Read it all. Here’s the bit that especially dovetails with my interests on public writing, activism, and the academy [my emphasis]: More generally, I bear the burden … Continue ReadingTenure and Activism

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