What to Expect and How to Respond offers a solutions oriented glimpse into life in academia from the vantage point of groups including students, faculty and administrators. This interdisciplinary anthology provides insight into the profession for graduate students planning on becoming academics; brings to the attention of junior faculty potential tenure and promotion pitfalls as well as strategies to successfully overcome potential obstacles; offers senior faculty strategies to improve collegiality and the workplace environment; and provides administrators with tools to proactively and effectively contend with sensitive managerial matters. This interdisciplinary anthology is useful for undergraduate and graduate students of any discipline designed to prepare them for a career in academia whether as staff, faculty or an administrator. Moreover, this volume is a fine resource for those already in academia who may be experiencing any one or number of specific challenges highlighted from which useful survival strategies could be garnered.

Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart One: Navigating the Academic PipelineChapter 1: Cuentos and Testimonios: Professional Socialization into AcademiaAlma L. Zaragoza-PettyChapter 2: Hanging by a Thread: International Students Reaching for the American DreamCristina S. Stephens and Elena GheorghiuChapter 3: Gritty Tales of Tenure Track Job Seekers in Higher EducationThomas HochschildPart Two: Now That You Have the JobChapter 4: Paperwork, Meetings, and Program Review: The Challenges of University Teaching in the 21st CenturyDeborah L. Smith and Brian J. SmithChapter 5: Honeymooning Alone: On the Challenges of Dual-Career Long-Distance Academic CouplesBreanne FahsChapter 6: Who Publishes in Leading Sociology Journals (1965-2010)?Robert Perrucci, Mangala Subramaniam and Carolyn C. PerrucciPart Three: Challenges in AcademiaChapter 7: The Tyranny of the Majority: A Case Study of Intellectual Exclusion in SociologyJoseph MichalskiChapter 8: Two Professors and Their Stories from a Tiny CollegeHamon Ha-am and MalintzinChapter 9: Down the Rabbit Hole: Racism and Microaggressions at a Public New England UniversityShanette M. Harris and Donald CunnigenPart Four: Survival Techniques in AcademiaChapter 10: We are all Huskies: Constructing a Collective Memory after the Tragedy at Northern Illinois UniversityBobbi A. KnappChapter 11: Horror Stories from the Hallowed Halls of Academia: How Six Women Lived to Tell the TaleClaire H. Procopio, Helen Tate, Kristina Horn Sheeler, Krista Hoffmann-Longtin, Sarah Feldner, and Karrin Vasby AndersonChapter 12: Turning Nightmares to Victories: Handling Promotion and Tenure HorrorsLin Huff-Corzine and Melvin RogersAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsIndex