The Tenure Track

The Tenure Track

Sharpening Your Research Niche

Finding Your Golden Thread While Preserving Intellectual Breadth (Part 1)

Etienne Toussaint
Nov 01, 2025
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One year ago, I sat across from a promising junior faculty member who was visibly stressed. He had just received feedback from a mentor that left him questioning everything about his research traject…

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