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Lori A Flores
Duke University Press

The Academic's Handbook, Fourth Edition: Revised and Expanded

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AuthorLori A Flores
PublisherDuke University Press
PublishedAug 31 2020
Book FormatHardcover
ISBN-139781478010067
Dimensions9.02 X 5.98 X 0.81 inches
Weight 1.4 pounds
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CategoriesEducation > Higher
LanguageEnglish

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In recent years, the academy has undergone significant changes: a more competitive and volatile job market has led to widespread precarity, teaching and service loads have become more burdensome, and higher education is becoming increasingly corporatized. In this revised and expanded edition of The Academic's Handbook, more than fifty contributors from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds offer practical advice for academics at every career stage, whether they are first entering the job market or negotiating the post-tenure challenges of leadership and administrative roles. Contributors affirm what is exciting and fulfilling about academic work while advising readers about how to set and protect boundaries around their energy and labor. In addition, the contributors tackle topics such as debates regarding technology, social media, and free speech on campus; publishing and grant writing; attending to the many kinds of diversity among students, staff, and faculty; and how to balance work and personal responsibilities. A passionate and compassionate volume, The Academic's Handbook is an essential guide to navigating life in the academy.

Contributors. Luis Alvarez, Steven Alvarez, Eladio Bobadilla, Genevieve Carpio, Marcia Chatelain, Ernesto Ch�vez, Miroslava Ch�vez-Garc�a, Nathan D. B. Connolly, Jeremy V. Cruz, Cathy N. Davidson, Sarah Deutsch, Brenda Elsey, Sylvanna M. Falc�n, Michelle Falkoff, Kelly Fayard, Matthew W. Finkin, Lori A. Flores, Kathryn J. Fox, Frederico Freitas, Neil Garg, Nanibaa' A. Garrison, Joy Gaston Gayles, Tiffany Jasmin Gonz�lez, Cynthia R. Greenlee, Romeo Guzm�n, Lauren Hall-Lew, David Hansen, Heidi Harley, Laura M. Harrison, Sonia Hern�ndez, Sharon P. Holland, Elizabeth Q. Hutchison, Deborah Jakubs, Bridget Turner Kelly, Karen Kelsky, Stephen Kuusisto, Magdalena Maczynska, Sheila McManus, Cary Nelson, Jocelyn H. Olcott, Rosanna Olsen, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Charles Piot, Bryan Pitts, Sarah Portnoy, Laura Portwood-Stacer, Yuridia Ramirez, Meghan K. Roberts, John Elder Robison, David Schultz, Lynn Stephen, James E. Sutton, Antar A. Tichavakunda, Keri Watson, Ken Wissoker, Karin Wulf

Author Bio

I am Associate Professor of History at Stony Brook University and teach classes in U.S. Latino/x, labor, immigration, and food history, as well as U.S.-Mexico and global borderlands history.

I was born and raised in a small town in south Texas, and never traveled far from home until I decided to attend Yale University against my parents’ wishes. To make the journey, I earned as many scholarships as I could and held multiple work-study jobs. During my sophomore year, I took my first class in Mexican American history, and fell in love with the subject.

I pursued my doctorate in history at Stanford University, received my Ph.D. in 2011, and enjoyed a postdoctoral fellowship at Bowdoin College before entering my current position.

My award-winning first book, Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale University Press, 2016), analyzes the relationships between Mexican Americans, bracero guestworkers, and undocumented immigrants in their struggles for civil and labor rights in California’s Salinas Valley from the 1940s to the present.

I am also the co-editor of the anthology The Academic’s Handbook (Duke University Press, 2020) and currently writing a new book on the history of Latino/x food workers in the U.S. Northeast from 1940 to the present day.

I have received fellowships for my research and writing from the Russell Sage Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, the Huntington Library, and the Beinecke Library. I am also a proud Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship alumna.

When I’m not writing or teaching, I spend my time running, kayaking, and taking photos of beautiful places.

Source: www.loriaflores.com Photo Credit: Ananda Shorey

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