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This page intentionally left blank How to Build a Life in the Humanities This page intentionally left blank How to Build a Life in the Humanities Meditations on the Academic Work–Life Balance Edited by Greg Colón Semenza and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. how to build a life in the humanities Copyright © Greg Colón Semenza and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. 2015. All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-137-42888-2 ISBN 978-1-137-42889-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-42889-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: April 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to Marti Semenza and Garry and Lorry Sullivan This page intentionally left blank Contents Foreword xi Tony Grafton Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Greg Colón Semenza and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. Part I Professional Life 1 Life in a Liberal Arts College 9 William Pannapacker 2 Life in a Community College 17 Rob Jenkins 3 Life in a Research University 25 Barry V. Qualls 4 Teaching 33 Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. 5 Grading 41 Karen J. Renner 6 Departmental and University Citizenship 51 Claire Bond Potter 7 Research and the Public 61 Brendan Kane Part II Personal Life 8 Imposter Phenomenon 73 Natalie M. Houston 9 Academic Guilt 83 Giuseppina Iacono Lobo viii Contents 10 Depression 91 Greg Colón Semenza 11 Downtime 101 Christina M. Fitzgerald 12 Maternity 109 Kristen Ghodsee 13 Life with Children 117 Michael Bérubé 14 Life without Children 125 Sean Grass and Iris V. Rivero 15 Aging 133 Eric Lorentzen Part III Diverse Lives 16 Class 145 Simon Yarrow 17 Religion 155 Kristen Poole 18 Race/Ethnicity 165 Cathy J. Schlund-Vials 19 Gender 175 Claudia Calhoun 20 Disability 183 Brenda Jo Brueggemann and Stephanie Kerschbaum 21 Sexual Orientation 193 Margaret Sönser Breen Part IV Life Off the Tenure Track 22 Life as an Adjunct 203 Joseph Fruscione 23 Life as a Graduate Student 213 Alex Galarza 24 Life after Retirement 223 Valerie Wayne and Linda Woodbridge Contents ix 25 Life after Academe 231 Anne Trubek Notes on Contributors 239

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