{"id":5598,"date":"2015-09-11T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=5598"},"modified":"2015-09-10T18:46:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T00:46:28","slug":"worth-sharing-i-have-one-of-the-best-jobs-in-academia-heres-why-im-walking-away-vox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/11\/worth-sharing-i-have-one-of-the-best-jobs-in-academia-heres-why-im-walking-away-vox\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing:\u00a0I have one of the best jobs in academia. Here&#8217;s why I&#8217;m walking away. &#8211; Vox"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>I also walked away from a tenured position. I did it literally to save my life. In my case it was determined bullying from my department head, which turned into departmental, and then faculty mobbing. The last straw was being assaulted by a male &#8220;colleague&#8221; and then having the Dean rule that it was my fault.<\/p>\n<p>I even tried teaching in a different faculty, but the culture of bullying and of protecting mediocre academics\u00a0for no reason I can see other than that they pander to those in power, meant that ultimately, they would stop hiring me (which they did).<\/p>\n<p>There are many things I agree with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/9\/8\/9261531\/professor-quitting-job\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/shutterstock_278307371.0.01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I graduated college at 19. I landed a tenure-track job at 29. Now I&#8217;m quitting academia for good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/9\/8\/9261531\/professor-quitting-job\">I have one of the best jobs in academia. Here&#8217;s why I&#8217;m walking away. &#8211; Vox<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-5598'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5598);\" title='Like' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'><b>2<\/b> people like this post.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5598);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(5598);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>I also walked away from a tenured position. I did it literally to save my life. In my case it was determined bullying from my department head, which turned into departmental, and then faculty mobbing. The last straw was being &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/11\/worth-sharing-i-have-one-of-the-best-jobs-in-academia-heres-why-im-walking-away-vox\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,9,369,24],"tags":[388,394,389,15,393],"class_list":["post-5598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-educational-technology","category-higher-education","category-teaching-learning","tag-academia","tag-bullying-mobbing","tag-educational-technology","tag-higher-education","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1si","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7101,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/10\/23\/the-club-theory-of-teaching-and-learning\/","url_meta":{"origin":5598,"position":0},"title":"The Club Theory of Teaching and Learning","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Or - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blue Rule I have a colleague (thanks Patrick) who has a \"Club Theory\" for how we teach a discipline. It involves a metaphorical CLUB with distinct bumps in it. Each discipline has their own Special CLUB with bumps deemed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bumpy-club-e1540306492102-236x300.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":42,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2008\/05\/21\/the-university-of-calgary-my-alma-mater-wins-an-award-for-bullying-its-faculty\/","url_meta":{"origin":5598,"position":1},"title":"The University of Calgary (my alma mater) wins an award!! &#8211;for bullying its faculty","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"May 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Richly deserved: http:\/\/bulliedacademics.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/university-of-calgary-in-alberta-canada.html AND: http:\/\/bulliedacademics.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/university-of-calgary-in-alberta-canada_21.html","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6701,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2017\/11\/03\/abusers-and-enablers-in-faculty-culture\/","url_meta":{"origin":5598,"position":2},"title":"Worth Sharing: Abusers and Enablers in Faculty Culture","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"November 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Academe is full of Petruchios looking for their next Kate. 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Fuelled by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2007\/08\/15\/more-heretic-stuff\/","url_meta":{"origin":5598,"position":4},"title":"More heretic stuff.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 15, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"This time from Stephen Pinker: http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/news\/otherviews\/469317,CST-CONT-danger15.article In defense of dangerous ideas In every age, taboo questions raise our blood pressure and threaten moral panic. 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