Welcome to The Tenure Track!
This is a community dedicated to those passionate about academia, especially those on the tenure track. Here, you’ll find guidance, support, and candid advice to help you navigate the complex journey toward becoming a full professor.
As a tenured associate professor, I’m committed to helping others thrive in academia while maintaining a healthy work-life integration.
This newsletter is my way of sharing the insights and lessons I’ve picked up along the way—the kind of advice I wish someone had given me a few years ago.
Join me on this journey!
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This simple, step-by-step guide will help you ensure that your online presence aligns with your personal brand.
Why Did I Create This Newsletter?
The road to becoming a full professor is tough.
It’s easy to feel buried under the demands of teaching, research, and service. But I believe that you don’t have to sacrifice your well-being to achieve academic success. I’m still on this journey myself, and I’d love for you to join me.
The Tenure Track Newsletter is about more than just hitting career milestones—it’s about becoming whole, thriving in both your career and your life. I believe true success comes from a holistic approach to personal development, where growth in your professional life complements your well-being and sense of purpose.
That’s something I care a lot about, and I think you do too.
What You’ll Find Here:
Drawing from my own experiences, The Tenure Track Newsletter offers a practical roadmap to help you succeed in academia. As a free subscriber, you get full access to the weekly newsletter.
Every Saturday morning, I will send you an email newsletter to help you:
Achieve Academic Success: I’ll share strategies for moving up the tenure track, with a focus on leadership, influence, and building a supportive academic community.
Boost Productivity and Focus: Learn how to improve your productivity without burning out, so you can make meaningful progress in your work.
Balance Work and Life: I’ll offer techniques for maintaining a healthy work-life balance, so you can excel professionally while staying connected to what matters most in your personal life.
Foster Creativity and Innovation: Discover ways to enhance your research impact through creativity, innovation, and effective communication.
Grow Personally and Professionally: Embrace continuous development, resilience, and the pursuit of purpose as you navigate the ups and downs of an academic career.
Exclusive Content for Paid Subscribers:
For those who want to dive a bit deeper, I’ll be sharing some exclusive monthly content for the cost of $5/month or $50/year. Paid subscribers will get access to:
In-Depth Tutorials and Case Studies: Explore advanced topics in the Tenure Track Accelerator like drafting a scholarly agenda, increasing research impact, and developing an article production schedule.
Interviews with Experts: Gain insights from seasoned academics and successful tenure-track faculty who share their real-world experiences.
Downloadable Resources: Get templates, checklists, and planning tools designed to help you implement proven strategies.
Community Discussion: Join the community forum where we’ll dive deeper into monthly topics and themes.
A Little About Me:
I’m not here to claim that I have all the answers.
But I’ve faced many of the challenges you’re dealing with, and I’m eager to share what I’ve learned. As a private law scholar, my work focuses on the historical development of poverty, food insecurity, and environmental injustice in the U.S. political economy.
My scholarship has been published in leading journals. As a law professor, I teach courses in business law, political economy, critical theory, and legal history.
For those that are curious, you can find out more about me at my academic profile.
Before academia, I worked as a project finance associate at a big law firm and later served as a law & policy fellow at an incredible non-profit in Washington, D.C. Before all of that, I was an engineering student and strategy consultant.
And before all of that, a little league baseball player and Boy Scout in the South Bronx. My journey has been one of learning, growth, and resilience.
I’m here to help you on your unique path.
Why Subscribe?
By subscribing to The Tenure Track Newsletter, you’re joining a lifelong mission to not just survive, but thrive in academia and beyond. This is a community of academics committed to pursuing purpose, boosting productivity, and creating a balanced, fulfilling life that aligns with our deepest values and aspirations.
It’s about more than just hitting career milestones.
This journey is about holistic, ongoing growth, both personally and professionally. We’re in it for the long haul, learning and evolving at every stage of our careers and lives. We are becoming full.
If you’re ready to approach academia with intention and create a life that feels truly whole, then this is your space. Let’s grow together. I’m excited to have you along for the ride!
