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Title: Navigating a career in academia: Insights from emeriti engineering faculty.
This holistic single-case study design grounded by Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence explores the future of the engineering professoriate and the professional practices and personal qualities emeriti engineering faculty believe are necessary for success in academia. The emeriti faculty also share how they observed the ways in which race/ethnicity and gender, and the intersection of the two, influence the professional paths of early-career underrepresented minority engineering faculty. Findings indicate the future of the engineering professoriate will be based on faculty continuing to develop useable technology that improves the human condition. Emeriti faculty note the balance in research, teaching, and service is dependent upon one’s creative, analytical, and practical abilities; and the balance can be complicated by race/ethnicity and gender. A thorough understanding of pathways for success in the engineering professoriate has the potential to positively impact the professional trajectories of early-career faculty.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1744500
PAR ID:
10108408
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
2019 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association
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Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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