Adding from the senior side (yes, typing this from my desk during the workday): a lot of professional service. In addition to peer review, editing a small section of a journal, chairing an award committee for an APSA section, serving on an MPSA award committee, serving on APSA council. And chairing a university committee. Like a lot of faculty at R2's and LACs, I also advise undergrads, which means I'll spend several hours this afternoon meeting with undergrads and discussing their graduation progress and course options. The "lazy professor" stereotype makes me insane.
I am grateful to have a cool job that offers me flexibility and lets me feed my brain…but I work as many hours now, if not more, as I did when I was a CEO at non-profit and public agencies. Sure, that could be because I’m not as efficient as my colleagues, but it could also be that this is real work that takes real time. There are no “summers off” here, just a shift in what work looks like. How do we make sure that the work is visible to those inside and outside our institutions?
Adding from the senior side (yes, typing this from my desk during the workday): a lot of professional service. In addition to peer review, editing a small section of a journal, chairing an award committee for an APSA section, serving on an MPSA award committee, serving on APSA council. And chairing a university committee. Like a lot of faculty at R2's and LACs, I also advise undergrads, which means I'll spend several hours this afternoon meeting with undergrads and discussing their graduation progress and course options. The "lazy professor" stereotype makes me insane.
I am grateful to have a cool job that offers me flexibility and lets me feed my brain…but I work as many hours now, if not more, as I did when I was a CEO at non-profit and public agencies. Sure, that could be because I’m not as efficient as my colleagues, but it could also be that this is real work that takes real time. There are no “summers off” here, just a shift in what work looks like. How do we make sure that the work is visible to those inside and outside our institutions?