To the Dark Side and Back: The Administrative Odyssey of an Academic Sociologist with Lessons Learned

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• 作者：Cecil L. Willis (1)
  
• 关键词：Sociology ; Academic administrators ; Career
• 刊名：The American Sociologist
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：June 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：41
• 期：2
• 页码：190-209
• 全文大小：234KB
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• 作者单位：Cecil L. Willis (1)
  
  1. Department of Sociology and Criminology, The University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC, 28403, USA
  

文摘

My first semester as a tenure-track faculty member at a mid-size university began ignominiously and suggested that my academic career might be short-lived. It began with a blistering memo that was stridently critical of the academic dean’s policy which led to being taken to the proverbial woodshed. Other less serious episodes followed which put me at odds with the “administration.-Yet I have spent more than a third of my career in administrative positions, including a stint in the provost’s office (as an assistant vice chancellor), and only recently returned to faculty status. Over the course of my academic career I have noticed that a large number of academic sociologists have taken administrative positions in academia beyond that of the department chair. This paper will explore this phenomenon and discuss the reasons members of the ‘debunking-discipline assume administrative roles. I will address this issue within the context of my personal odyssey in administration and how the sociological perspective and imagination has contributed to working in the ‘dark side-of academia. Finally, I will discuss lessons learned and recommendations for the aspirant administrators among the ranks of academic sociologists.