Open AccessCommentary: Academia: A Poetic Memoir
Author(s) -
Laurel Richardson
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
learning landscapes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1913-5688
DOI - 10.36510/learnland.v4i1.361
Subject(s) - memoir , poetry , maxim , position (finance) , sociology , philosophy , art history , literature , art , epistemology , economics , finance
A sociological maxim is that one sees from a particular position. As my position in academia changed, I saw differently. In this piece, I offer brief descriptions of my experience in four positions—Untenured Professor, Tenured Associate Professor, Full Professor and Professor Emeritus—and illustrate those with poems written during each of those positions.
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