since accepting a contingent 4/4 teaching position for next year, i& #39;ve been getting a LOT of condolences. "you& #39;ll make it thru." the job is at a social-justice oriented anthro dept in the South, where I grew up. plz stop eulogizing my career 1/5 #AcademicChatter #anthrotwitter
these responses, well-meant and empathetic, along with the brilliance of my peers who& #39;ve gotten research-only postdocs, has me second guessing the move - am I setting myself up for a lifetime of teaching? will I be able to shift to a research position in the future? 2/5
but the reality is, in @TMitsuhara& #39;s words, this position is god& #39;s work, it& #39;s giving back to the region that made me. I get to teach and engage with scholars in and of the South. this is THE work I always hoped I might do 3/5