My research partner and I are both up for tenure this year and the process is making us confront how differently we think about academic identity and success - they're more willing to play the game and I'm questioning whether I even want to be the kind of scholar this system rewards, and it's creating tension in our collaboration.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two collaborators are discovering incompatible values about professional authenticity during a high-stakes transition that will define their future identities.
“Where Are You with Life transitions as identity events?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.