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Every Pawn Is A Potential Queen: How Female Early-Career Faculty Play The Game Of Tenure, Bethany Lisi Mar 2019

Every Pawn Is A Potential Queen: How Female Early-Career Faculty Play The Game Of Tenure, Bethany Lisi

Doctoral Dissertations

The research on early-career faculty on the tenure track suggests they are surviving amidst low job satisfaction. Scholars found that early-career faculty lack the skills and preparation needed for the job, perceive the tenure process to be vague or unclear, feel isolated or disenchanted with their work, and struggle with time management (Austin, 2002; Austin, Sorcinelli, & McDaniels, 2007; Batille & Brown, 2006; Ponjuan, Conley, & Trower, 2011; Tierney & Bensimon, 1996). Female early-career faculty are susceptible to additional gendered and biased challenges (Gappa, Austin, & Trice, 2007). Missing from the literature are the positive experiences of early-career faculty. The …