<P>i have a question for you - not an answer. i am on this list because i recently quit my job and i'm interested in pursuing a phd - i want to study cognitive psych and gender - i am learning that applying is very different than the process when i applied for my mba - it seems that i need to get to know professors - any tips for a complete outsider?
<P> <B><I>Lisa Camasi <lcamasi@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hello to all,<BR><BR>I have a question for any and all list members (and academic colleagues)<BR>who are inclined to reply.<BR><BR>I am taking a graduate seminar at UC Berkeley, the title of which is<BR>Discourse, Gender, Institutions and Power. The current institution is<BR>Academia, and the discussion at the moment is how one goes about getting<BR>Tenure. This is being discussed in light of recent decisions by some<BR>universities to consider "collegiality" when deciding whether or not to<BR>confer tenure.<BR><BR>So my question is: How did you gain Tenure (If you have it) or what do you<BR>think it takes (if you don't, but are pursuing it)? We know that the stock<BR>answer is through outstanding research and writing, teaching and service to<BR>one's field. Those are all the 'official' measures. What we are curious<BR>about are the 'unofficial' yardsticks by which people are measured in their<BR>pursuit of Tenure.<BR><BR>A former lecturer of mine once said (with a tone of disbelief) that<BR>"whether or not you get a job, much less Tenure, has more to do with<BR>whether the rest of the department wants to spend the next 20 years<BR>standing next to you at the photocopier than the quality and depth of your<BR>research!"<BR><BR>I would be grateful for any and all responses to this query. Responses<BR>will be shared with a group of approximately 12 graduate students and a<BR>couple of post docs. If you would like your response to be anonymous, I<BR>will delete all identifying material from your reply, but I would like to<BR>be able to state, for each reply, what field or department you belong to,<BR>whether you have tenure or are in pursuit of it, and what your status is<BR>professionally (assistant, associate or full professor, post doc<BR>researcher, graduate student, etc.)<BR><BR>Please reply privately to my address above. Though a little lively<BR>discussion on the list might be nice too!<BR><BR>Many thanks, and apologies for cross posting. Also, I would be interested<BR>in replies from people working in other academic departments, so would<BR>appreciate it if any of you would post this to other academic lists,<BR>especially outside of social sciences and humanities.<BR><BR>Lisa Camasi</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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