Comments on: “Survey says. . . !” Historiann takes the Career Paths of Historians survey, again.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:33:07 +0000

Out here in California, we’re not sad over the loss of future raises: we’re sad over the fact that corporate greed means that more classes are being cut and more teachers may lose work.

Thanks for mentioning maternity leave.

Is the AHA raising consciousness about multi-national corporations? Just a thought.

By: The Path to Full « Reassigned Time 2.0

The Path to Full « Reassigned Time 2.0 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:06:44 +0000

[...] Historiann posted about her responses to an AHA survey of faculty, and she wrote: The survey forced me to confront my growing fears that I’m a “stalled” [...]

By: Feminist Avatar

Feminist Avatar — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Given that the monograph has pretty much died in many disciplines, where the article is now the central publishing mechanism, is the centrality of ‘the book’ to the historical field the reason why the jump to Full Professor takes so long? And, should we being changing too?

By: shaz

shaz — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:29:19 +0000

What comes after stalled? I’m there.

I’m not sure if it is because a) I’ve done nonstop service/administrative gigs; b) our insane review system requires 1 published article a year, which takes a lot of time away from a book; c) I made the mistake of doing what I was interested in, so have published post-tenure articles on multiple topics complete separate from any book project; or d) I’ve had a whopping 10 weeks of sabbatical in 7 years (hey, better than nothing!).

In all fairness, if I really wanted to crank out another book, I would have made different choices. But consider me of the stuck generation.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:22:45 +0000

Well, FWIW, in my system, the average time for historians to move to full is 10-11 years: it turns out that doing archival research and writing a book TAKES TIME!!!! It’s not like you have a good idea and just write it up.

So while the standard for all disciplines is 6, history is the outlier.

By: Another Damned Medievalist

Another Damned Medievalist — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:17:19 +0000

I only got promoted last year, and I’m not actually worried about getting enough done for another promotion at SLAC — although I’m also not worried about going up in (eep!) three more years. Five years from Associate to Full isn’t all that much. I want to get some stuff done that will let me think of a lateral move first.

Now, ask me again in five years …

By: Z

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:07:52 +0000

I am technically stalled. Yes, it is because of obstacles. I feel delayed but I don’t feel stopped, or fake, or the other weird ways people can feel.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:35:52 +0000

People at my uni get actual parental leave, separate from sick leave, six weeks paid leave if you give birth, two weeks if you adopt or your partner gives birth. Applies to all academic employees including grad students. Also applies to a woman whose partner gives birth, or to two men or two women who adopt together, although strangely it does not apply to a man whose partner gives birth unless they are married.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:07:38 +0000

I should have said *sick leave*, which may be used for maternity leave of up to 6 weeks. And at my uni, I guess you can’t use *sick leave* unless you’ve physically given birth to the child–so I’m not sure what people do when they adopt or when a father requests leave.

This seems to be the “industry standard,” unless you’re at a U. California campus, where new parents get one quarter free of teaching responsibilities. (At least it used ot be that way–not sure if it is any more.)

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:52:35 +0000

Wait… paid maternity leave? 6 weeks? If we want to use FMLA, it is unpaid. Most people don’t. Sorry… just bitter.