George Justice focuses on the complicated professional life of a department chair who is also an associate professor. He provides a tip that might make the job more productive to faculty members still seeking promotion.
Transcript:
You’re chair, and you’re still associate professor. Maybe you really
wanted to do this job, maybe it was forced on you. But it’s harder than
you anticipated.
Really, it would consume every waking moment, if you let it. In some weeks, you let it. The work environment is collaborative, and you’re learning things, and it’s satisfying when you see that the work you do, whether it’s fixing the copier or mentoring a colleague, that work makes a difference to the institution that gave you lifetime employment.
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