Transcript The dual track approach and my responsibility to my students

THE DUAL TRACK APPROACH AND
MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MY
STUDENTS
Kimberly
Kirner, PhD
Depar tment of
Anthropology
California
State
University
Nor thridge
THE WINDING ROAD TO TT
Practicing (Years 3-4): Management FT
Academic (Years 5-10): Adjunct & Research PT
Practicing (Years 10-11): Grants Specialist FT
Academic (Year 12): Visiting professorship FT
Practicing (Years 13-now): Consulting
Practicing (Year 14): Development & Communications Manager FT
Academic (Years 15-now): TT Job
NATIONAL
EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION
Higher
E d u c a t io n
A d v o c a te
(30:4)
S e p te m b e r
2 01 3
GOALS OF A DUAL-TRACK APPROACH
1. Prepare students to see practicing careers as equally valid
ways to be an anthropologist
2. Help them to be realistic about what a tenure-track lifestyle
is like, their suitability for this lifestyle, and their academic
competitiveness
3. Fill methodological gaps and build an interdisciplinary
collaborative perspective
4. Provide the critical hands-on experience that makes them
competitive in a non-academic job market
5. Translate their skill-sets and professional language to the
non-academic world.
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
Post-Graduate
• Ongoing career assistance
and workshops
• Internships
Graduate
• Formal tracks and courses
• Workshops and individual
advising
Undergraduate
• Integration of applied
anthropology across
curriculum
• Applied anthropology and
professionalism classes and
tracks
INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES
Cultural
•Academic
orientation
•Students
resist reality
Institutional
Disciplinary
•Risk
Management
•Lack of time
•High level of
variance
across
institutions
SERVING STUDENTS =
SERVING THE
DISCIPLINE