Introduction Transversal Thinking, Accountabilities, and Commitments

This volume begins with sharing and exchange. As the editors, we come to the topic of “transverse disciplines” from different points in the life cycle of an academic career – a junior scholar beginning the tenure track and a mid-career mid-level administrator. These divergent perches from which we v...

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Published inTransverse Disciplines p. 3
Main Authors SIMONE PFLEGER, CARRIE SMITH
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada University of Toronto Press 31.08.2022
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Summary:This volume begins with sharing and exchange. As the editors, we come to the topic of “transverse disciplines” from different points in the life cycle of an academic career – a junior scholar beginning the tenure track and a mid-career mid-level administrator. These divergent perches from which we view the academy are built on a similar origin story: we arrive at this project from a shared place of departure, quite literally, since we coincidentally earned our PhDs from the same highly traditional, literature-based German studies department in the United States, and we each “diversified” this training through the addition of a
ISBN:148750845X
9781487508456
DOI:10.3138/9781487538262-004