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Pausing the Tenure Clock: Questions to Ask Yourself

I'm coming back to the tenure pause discussion one last time. If you follow me on instagram or subscribe to my newsletter you know that I decided to pause my tenure clock. The main reason behind this decision was timing. My materials would have been due pretty early in the postpartum period. Materials for external reviews were due in July (about 2 months postpartum) and the final review would have been due in early October (about 4.5 months postpartum). I didn't want to bank on recovery being an easy process that would allow me the mental space to write/compile my materials (in hindsight this was 1000% the right decision).

Tenure and Life UpdatesJillAugust 17, 2021tenure prep Comments

Annual Review for Tenure: My Planning Process

I realize that there's lots of variability in the tenure review process from university to university. However, I thought I'd share the general process I've been following for prepping for my 5th (and final) annual tenure review. At my institution, we have annual reviews (submitted in fall), a cumulative third year review (submitted in spring), and then the tenure review (submitted in the fall of year 6). So the annual review is something I've done a few times before.

Planning and Productivity, Academic Life, Tenure and Life UpdatesJillAugust 24, 2020tenure prep, fifth year review, planningComment