In 2004, Jeannette Jones landed a tenure-track job at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln — a joint appointment in the Institute for Ethnic Studies and the history department. She had her career all planned out: Teach. Write. Publish. Get tenure. Repeat until she became a full professor.
But with tenure comes an increased service burden, and Jones’s dual appointment has left her with two departments to serve. The work has piled up.
Read more of How Joint Appointments Stall the Careers of Ethnic-Studies Professors by Stacey Patton at chroniclevitae.com.
