Mapping Your Academic Career: Charting the Course of a Professor's Life - Tapa blanda

"Here lies a short and easy-to-read book about how academicians can thrive in the academy. Thanks to Dr. Burge and IVP."--Scott, The Prodigal Thought, September 11, 2015

"As a midcareer professor who recently faced unexpected twists and turns in my career, I found the book quite helpful. Some of the opportunities and situations he described are ones that seem to speak to me directly. I could imagine this book being one of the resources in a new faculty orientation program. In addition to new faculty, I suspect many faculty from other cohorts may find this a helpful resource as they reflect on their own academic careers."--Derek Schuurman, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, June 2016, Vol. 68, No. 2

"The roadmap of Burge's model is insightful, yet simple. 'Charting the course of' a professor's vocational trajectory is sharpened as he or she actively reflects on and responds to various life and vocational challenges. This process potentially leads a professor into the next cohort, reflecting a more adequate perception of one's professorial motivation, values, role and relationships. On the other hand, as Burge warns us, 'We can fail in any cohort if we are not self-aware.' . . . Burge's book serves as a refreshing resource for individual professors wishing to understand the particulars of their development, and for campus resource people who champion faculty development, including new faculty mentors, faculty learning communities, and executive-level college administrators."--Phil Howard, Advance, Fall 2015

You're finishing your first year of teaching. It's been exciting and gratifying, but there've been some wobbly episodes too. How will you carve out a space to flourish? You're feeling secure in mid-career, with some accomplishments to be proud of. But what should success really look like?You're nearing the end of your career, and sometimes apprehensive about the blank slate of retirement. What might it look like to finish well? In Mapping Your Academic Career Gary Burge speaks from decades of teaching, writing and mentoring. Along the way he has experienced and observed the challenges and tensions, the successes and failures of the academic pilgrimage. Now, with discerning wisdom and apt examples, he hosts the conversation he wishes he'd had when he started out as a college professor, identifying three cohorts or stages in the academic career and exploring the challenges, pitfalls and triumphs of each. Wherever you are in your teaching life, this is a book that will reward reading, reflection and discussion.