We often try to match our inner goals of academic success with the outer expectations of the search, tenure, and promotion process. In most cases, the path you take in your academic job search is a winding road that leads to a meeting point where one begins their tenure-track position as an assistant professor. I will describe the job search process and retention, tenure, and promotion (RTP) plan at a four-year public university with a M.S. research program. I can offer the perspective of one that has sanely managed the RTP process and come out on the other side both elated and satisfied with the journey. I will also add insight into what search committees seek in potential colleagues at the university-level. I hope to ease the process and relate my story in the hopes of making the road easier to traverse.

Maneuvering the path of academic fulfillment: The search, tenure, and promotion process

245th National Meeting (2013)

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