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I'm in the humanities and at least in my situation (and that of the people I know who are in similar situations) is that I have no time to do research. I'm paid

I'm in the humanities and at least in my situation (and that of the people I know who are in similar situations) is that I have no time to do research. I'm paid to teach 5 classes a semester. Last semester I had 5 classes with 3 different topics, one I had never taught before, 3 classes with 24 students each, one with 32, and a lecture with 70. After the first couple weeks of the semester I got zero writing done. So this summer I spent nearly every day working on getting something submitted to a journal (and there's no guarantee it will get published. the paper I spent last summer working on got rejected). I enjoy teaching but I didn't get my phd so I could spend my entire career doing nothing but teaching entry level courses. So I need to get a tenure-track job so my teaching load is less and I will be able to teach higher-level courses. But to get a tenure-track job I need to get published. But to get published I need time to write which I don't have because I don't have a tenure-track job... So I'm giving it one more year before I give up on the career path I've been working towards for over 15 years at this point.

gravypod 10y ago
I think the problem is not being solved by the existence of tenure. It's masking the problem. Shouldn't everyone be hired with the intention that they do research in their field? It's not like universities don't have the money to have you teach 4 classes a semester and give you teacher assistants. The profit margins have room for expenses like this. I think my big issue is that I'm on the brunt of what happens when tenure gets to run wild. I'd also love it if you could email me some information about your research, I'd like to understand what topics there are available for study in the humanities realm.

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I'm in the humanities and at least in my situation (and that of the people I know who are in similar situations) is that I have no time to do research. I'm paid

by jccalhoun 10y ago

gravypod 10y ago
I think the problem is not being solved by the existence of tenure. It's masking the problem. Shouldn't everyone be hired with the intention that they do research in their field? It's not like universities don't have the money to have you teach 4 classes a semester and give you teacher assistants. The profit margins have room for expenses like this. I think my big issue is that I'm on the brunt of what happens when tenure gets to run wild. I'd also love it if you could email me some information about your research, I'd like to understand what topics there are available for study in the humanities realm.