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Tenure and Promo mo,on (the things I wish I knew way back when I started this jo journey) Junior Faculty Forum Series The Reading Room Blackburn Student Center Angela Cole Dixon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology

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Tenure and Promo mo,on

(the things I wish I knew way back when I started this jo journey…) Junior Faculty Forum Series The Reading Room Blackburn Student Center

Angela Cole Dixon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology

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"…tenure should not be an “impossible task,” but a somewhat strenuous process requiring careful calcula,on and methodical effort."

§ Karen Kelsky, Chronicle of Higher Educa2on Vitae

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"To achieve tenure, you need to know why, how, and when to perform the necessary tasks--that is, the process of geOng tenure--as well as the poli,cs: whom to approach, when, and how. You need to learn how to document your accomplishments. And, of course, you have to do good work."

§ Cathy Ann Trower, Science

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What I thought….

  • Do good work
  • Work hard
  • Be prolific
  • Be profound
  • Don’t be too provocaDve
  • Be a great teacher
  • Be a super star
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What I thought….

  • Do good work
  • Work hard
  • Be prolific
  • Be profound
  • Be poliDcally savvy
  • Don’t be too provocaDve
  • Be a great teacher
  • Be a super star
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What I thought….

  • Do good work
  • Work hard
  • Be prolific
  • Be profound
  • Be poliDcally savvy
  • Don’t be too provocaDve
  • Be a great teacher
  • Be a super star
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What I thought….

  • Do good work
  • Work hard
  • Be prolific
  • Be profound
  • Be poliDcally savvy
  • Don’t be too provocaDve
  • Be a great teacher
  • Be a super star
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What I thought….

  • Do good work
  • Work hard
  • Be prolific
  • Be profound
  • Be poliDcally savvy
  • Don’t be too provocaDve
  • Be a great teacher
  • Be a super star
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What I thought….

  • Do good work
  • Work hard
  • Be prolific
  • Be profound
  • Be poliDcally savvy
  • Don’t be too provocaDve
  • Be a great teacher
  • Be a super star
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What I thought….

  • Do good work
  • Work hard
  • Be prolific
  • Be profound
  • Be poliDcally savvy
  • Don’t be too provocaDve
  • Be a great teacher
  • Be a super star
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What I thought….

  • Do good work
  • Work hard
  • Be prolific
  • Be profound
  • Be poliDcally savvy
  • Don’t be too provocaDve
  • Be a great teacher
  • Be a super star
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What I thought….

  • Do good work
  • Work hard
  • Be prolific
  • Be profound
  • Be poliDcally savvy
  • Don’t be too provocaDve
  • Be a great teacher
  • Be a super star
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What I know…

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What I know…

  • Do good work
  • Work smart
  • Be informed (Know how you're being evaluated from day 1)
  • Be intenDonal
  • Be strategic
  • Be engaged
  • Teach effecDvely AND efficiently
  • Know the value of mentorship
  • Know the value of building a strong network
  • “Teamwork makes the dream work.” – Bang Gae
  • Make the case
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What I know…

  • Do good work
  • Work smart
  • Be informed (Know how you're being evaluated from day 1)
  • Be intenDonal
  • Be strategic
  • Be engaged
  • Teach effecDvely AND efficiently
  • Know the value of mentorship
  • Know the value of building a strong network
  • “Teamwork makes the dream work.” – Bang Gae
  • Make the case
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Mentorship

  • PhD Advisor
  • Ewart A. C. Thomas, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
  • Postdoc Advisor
  • James S. Jackson, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
  • Faculty Mentor
  • Florence B. Bonner, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Howard University
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Mentorship

  • PhD Advisor
  • Ewart A. C. Thomas, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
  • Postdoc Advisor
  • James S. Jackson, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
  • Faculty Mentor
  • Florence B. Bonner, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Howard University
  • And I would be remiss not to men8on…
  • Mom and Dad
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The Dossier

  • “It is your role to explain who you are as a teacher. What do you

value? What is your philosophy and how does it get translated into acDon on a daily basis? How have you improved during the probaDonary period?”

  • Alan Hughes, Inside Higher Ed
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"There are few guarantees on the tenure track, but those who succeed are deliberate and systema,c in helping themselves and others, seeking help and advice, being self-aware without being self-absorbed, and making themselves indispensable as departmental ci,zens."

§ Cathy Ann Trower, Science

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A word of thanks and a word on thanks…

  • Associate Provost Dark
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A word of thanks and a word on thanks…

  • Associate Provost Dark
  • Mom and Dad
  • Ewart A. C. Thomas, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Stanford

University

  • My DissertaDon CommiYee
  • James S. Jackson, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of

Michigan

  • The Howard University Psychology Faculty
  • Florence B. Bonner, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Howard

University

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Ques,ons ?