Plenary Session – Navigating the Path to Tenure and Promotion (Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started)

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Session Type: AALS Programs

Session Capacity: 130

Hotel: Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

Room: Gramercy

Floor: Lower Level

Each speaker will focus his/her remarks on how to successfully navigate the tenure and promotion process. Topics will include how to balance scholarship with teaching and service, how to build an external network of support, and how to overcome common obstacles often encountered by teacher-scholars of color. This session is intended to provide participants with very practical, concrete advice about how to set a scholarly agenda, to manage internal and external reviews, and to position one’s self for success. In the context of this discussion, speakers will identify things they came to know post-tenure that they wish they had known pre-tenure.