The presentations address the core issues related to the process of securing tenure with the primary goal of identifying the sources of confusion and making transparent some of the unspoken expectations that tend to dominate the field of applied linguistics. It is our belief that the better one understands the process the more likely one is able to manage the anxiety and demands associated with tenure-track positions, and even enjoy these years. We begin with the idea that there are certain behaviours that can be useful during the entire pre-tenure process (and beyond!) and that there is a certain chronology as well: starting off right, preparing for the mid-term review and then, put- ting on those final touches as you near the dossier submission stage. We close with a brief discussion of perspective and highlight behaviours that make successful academics throughout the career trajectory.
Event 1: In conversation with…
“Preparing for tenure and promotion” 15/04/2022 (Fri) 3.00 - 4.30 p.m. (BST) Microsoft Teams |
Panellists
Prof. Kimberly Geeslin
Indiana University, USA
Kimberly Geeslin is Professor of Hispanic Linguistics and Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs. She studies the SLA of geographic, social and situationally-variable properties of Spanish. Books include Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition (2014), The Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language (2021), and Handbook of SLA and Sociolinguistics (2022).
Indiana University, USA
Kimberly Geeslin is Professor of Hispanic Linguistics and Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs. She studies the SLA of geographic, social and situationally-variable properties of Spanish. Books include Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition (2014), The Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language (2021), and Handbook of SLA and Sociolinguistics (2022).
Dr. Karen Forbes
University of Cambridge, UK
Karen Forbes is Associate Professor in Second Language Education at the University of Cambridge. She teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and has been involved in a number of externally-funded research projects on topics including multilingual identity and language learning strategies.
University of Cambridge, UK
Karen Forbes is Associate Professor in Second Language Education at the University of Cambridge. She teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and has been involved in a number of externally-funded research projects on topics including multilingual identity and language learning strategies.
Event 2: Doctoral Student and ECR Forum
“Preparing for tenure and promotion”
29/04/2022 (Fri)
3.00 - 4.00 p.m. (BST)
Microsoft Teams
“Preparing for tenure and promotion”
29/04/2022 (Fri)
3.00 - 4.00 p.m. (BST)
Microsoft Teams
Speaker
Dr. Sin-Wang Chong
Queen's University Belfast, UK
Sin-Wang is an Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics and Language Assessment at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland, an Affiliated Assistant Professor in TESOL and Academic English at University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and a researcher at the Institute of Education, University College London . His research interests include language and educational assessment, computer-assisted language learning, and qualitative research synthesis. He is Associate Editor of two SSCI-indexed journals, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching and Higher Education Research & Development. Sin-Wang is also an Executive Committee member of BAAL and a convenor of Early Career Researcher Network at British Educational Research Association (BERA).
Queen's University Belfast, UK
Sin-Wang is an Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics and Language Assessment at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland, an Affiliated Assistant Professor in TESOL and Academic English at University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and a researcher at the Institute of Education, University College London . His research interests include language and educational assessment, computer-assisted language learning, and qualitative research synthesis. He is Associate Editor of two SSCI-indexed journals, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching and Higher Education Research & Development. Sin-Wang is also an Executive Committee member of BAAL and a convenor of Early Career Researcher Network at British Educational Research Association (BERA).