Two and a half years ago, I was an Associate Professor (getting ready to apply for full), when my husband proposed to the family that he accept the offer for his dream position and that we all move to upstate NY. Note that he followed me (he was the trailing spouse) when we completed our postdocs some 15 years prior and that his dream job offer was located very near my hometown and my two sisters. Serendipitously, while we were making our decision, the same SUNY campus that gave him the offer, posted a lecturer position. When I reflect on the decision process, I think of the quote, “Decisions are the hardest thing to make, especially when it is a choice between where you should be and where you want to be,” unknown author. He accepted the position, I secured the lectureship, and we moved. I embraced the idea of being a lecturer and envisioned a life that was slower paced and more family centered. I naively thought that being a lecturer would not be that different from my tenure track experiences. Two aspects of my new role are positive which are teaching and students and personal life and flexibility. The parts on my new position that are disappointing and discouraging are the terms of my employment, decreased respect and not feeling included. Now with the increasing number of non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) in all levels of higher education, I have a new found appreciation for this critical and crucial cohort of educators. I will report NTTF statistics for SUNY Geneseo and some additional SUNY campuses in terms of numbers, gender and salaries. <br/>

Road less/more traveled: My transition into a NTTF position

254th National Meeting (2017)

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