Academic Chutes & Ladders

Dr. Kerry Crawford is an Associate Professor and the Department Chair of Political Science atJames Madison University. She was the International Studies Association’s 2015-2016 James N.Rosenau Postdoctoral Fellow.Dr. Leah Windsor is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Englishand the Institute for Intelligent Systems at The University of Memphis. She also has FacultyAffiliate status with CAESER (Center for Applied Earth Science and Engineering Research) andin the Department of Political Science.

• Introduction Part I: Square One—Starting the GameUndergraduate Education 1. Attaining and Sustaining Mentorship During CollegeEmily Farris and Clare Brock2. Challenges and Opportunities in Mentoring Undergraduate ResearchJamie Scalera Elliott, Srobana Bhattacharya, Alison M. Clifton, Sean Giovanello, and Kirsten L. Taylor3. FAFSAs, EFCs, and COAs, Oh My: Navigating the Realm of Student Financial Aid C. Kelsey Ryan Graduate Students4. From First Generation College Graduate to PhD Student: How to Successfully TransitionElizabeth I. Dorssom 5. Live Long and Suffer: The Plight of the Grad StudentJennifer Tatara6. Ritual Anxieties: Living with and Working through Anxiety in AcademiaWilliam Duffy and Rae Summers Thompson7. The Developmental DissertationLeanne C. PownerThe Job Market8. Navigating the Affective Component of the Academic Job Search in a Precarious MarketAmy Collins and Kaity Prieto9. Navigating the “Hidden Curriculum” as an International ScholarIrmak Yazici10. Scaling the Chute: Academic Job Hunting while MotheringChristine I. KugelmannPart II: Rising through the RanksNon-Tenure Track Faculty 11. The Perpetual ImposterAmy Cooter12. Overcoming the Research Funding Barrier: Undergraduate Research as an Opportunity for Non-Tenure Track FacultyHolley E. Hansen13. A Placeholder for Progress The Editors14. On the Outside, Looking In: Pathways to Success for Non-Tenure Track FacultyPaul F. Diehl and Karen Huxtable-JesterJunior Tenure Track Faculty 15. Struggling to find purpose in the paperwork: USCIS petitions, job applications, and tenure filesKelly Bauer16. Developing an Intentional Mentor Network Zora Wolfe17. From the Top: Chairs’ Role in Developing Faculty SuccessShane Gleason, Diana K. Ivy, and Kelly M. MillerTenure and Promotion18. The Chutes and Ladders of Service at a Small Liberal Arts CollegePatrick Homan19. Doing Away with “The Way We Do Things around Here”: Clarity and Equity in Tenure and PromotionRashna Wadia RichardsService, Teaching, and Research 20. Tackling the Role of Department Chair While Living with an Invisible Chronic IllnessGretchen Peterson21. Musical Chairs: Service, the Curse of Competence, and Delayed PromotionCarrie Liu Currier22. Who’s Going to Teach It? Equitable Distribution of Course Development DemandsTara ParsonsSenior Faculty 23. Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Secondary Trauma: Self-Care in Higher EducationTami Micsky24. So You’re Thinking About Moving into Academic Administration (aka, the Dark Side)?Mark A. Boyer25. From Faculty to AdministratorShannon BlantonPart III: Historically Excluded Groups International Scholars 26. Implicit and explicit bias and the “rising star” cultureClaudio Villalobos27. The Academic and Social Challenges Faced by African International Students in the USLillie Padilla28. Replacing Chutes with Ladders: Creating Authentic Online Environments Inclusive of International Doctoral StudentsCrystal Machado, Farheen Mahmood, Ronald Nyanzi, and Lizoon NaharLGBTQIA+ Scholars 29. Teaching Political Science while Queer: when your identity is politicalAustin Schutz30. Breaking the Glass Closet: Being a Black Queer Woman in AcademiaKelly WilliamsBIPOC Scholars 31. When Work is Personal: Closeness to Research and Its Effect on Well-Being and ProductivityNasir Almasri and Amirah E. Aly32. “What’s the 411?”: The beauties and burdens BIPOC women scholars have gleaned through unveiling the hidden curricula within the ivory tower. Crystal White, LaSheba Hilliard, Gina Tillis, and Tera WarfieldFirst-Generation Scholars 33. Being in Limbo as a Working-Class AcademicDaniel Mallinson34. Academic Border-Crossings: Ladders for First-Generation Student SuccessT. Mark MontoyaPart IV: Invisible WorkloadsWomen+ Scholars 35. Experiences of a Former Teen Parent Working in AcademiaRachel Blume36. Academic Motherhood: Holistic Motherscholars Lifting Each Other Up the LaddersLynn Bielski, Emily T. Cripe, Katharina A. Azim, Stacey H. Bender, Maggie Campbell-Obaid, Kathryn E. Frazier, Janet Garcia-Hallett, Jennifer H. Greene-Rooks, Amanda Harmon, N. A. Heller, Colleen C. Myles-Baltzly, Summer Melody Pennell, Ivanna Richardson, & Alexandra K. Frazer37. Chutes and Ladders in the Rearview Mirror May be Less Distinct than They Initially AppearedJessica SalvatoreCaregiver Scholars 38. Caregiving & Academia Without a Filter: When a Pandemic Made Invisible Dependents VisibleKaren Sobel and Melissa Bowles-Terry39. Navigating Hopeful & Heartbreaking Caregiving in AcademiaCourtney Peters40. The Bittersweet Fruits of PerseveranceLesley Thornton-CroninScholars with Disabilities 41. On-Campus Interviews: The Invisible Chutes for Disabled AcademicsMelanie R. Savelli42. OCD Meets PhD: The Fight to Thrive in Academia with an Invisible IllnessMaya Novak-Herzog43. Disabilities and the Hidden CurriculumEun A Jo, Sally Friedman, and Alan Babcock44. It Took My Village: How the Pandemic Worsened Decades of Isolation and Increased LonelinessJarod GigerConclusion