With the exception of one semester in 2013, I’ve taught every academic term since the fall of 2008. Taken together that’s nine years in the classroom. So the ebb and flow of the semester has now defined my working life for the better part of a decade, and I’ve grown accustomed to how the excitementContinue reading “Retrospective”
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Rewarding Excellence: An Unexpected Dilemma for Contingent Faculty
As I was chairing the first official meeting of the Society for Classical Studies’ Committee on Contingent Faculty last January, somebody posed a simple question: “Do you think we should try to make some kind of award for people in non-tenure-track positions?” Our group was brainstorming ways to bring greater attention–and recognition–to people in theContinue reading “Rewarding Excellence: An Unexpected Dilemma for Contingent Faculty”
Conflicts of Interest
It may come as a surprise to learn that the duties and responsibilities of college faculty are only loosely defined. My contract with Tulane, for example, is less than two pages long. And while it does set out the courses I was slated to teach when it was issued, my salary, and the benefits I’mContinue reading “Conflicts of Interest”
Timing is Everything
Anyone who’s pursued an academic job knows how hard it is to explain the process to friends and family. Each fall, colleges across the US and Canada post tenure-track positions that will begin the next academic year (e.g. listings in October 2016 were for people to start in August 2017). Applications for these jobs areContinue reading “Timing is Everything”
Every time I think I’m out…
It’s hardly an understatement to say that my path to a new career has been long. Nearly two years have passed since I first considered non-academic work, and I’m only just now feeling ready to rip the Band-Aid once and for all. Despite the obvious fact that this didn’t happen overnight, my wife recently pointedContinue reading “Every time I think I’m out…”
Christopher L. Caterine 