ASA2 A03
Week9 Blog
May 24, 2020
In Wei Ming Dariotis's article, the author illustrates the topic of Asian American tenure and promotion in academia with the Star War series. From the previous readings, we already knew that Asian American scholars are treated unfairly when applying for tenure. Losing in tenure can somehow end a scholar's academic efforts. However, even when tenure is achieved, we rarely are capable of breaking decades of training in self-immolation (Hayes & Wynyard, 2002; Weissman, 2013). The whole relationship between tenure and scholars should be "symbiosis", which is good for both sides. However, the original intention of the university giving out tenures and promotions changes, instead, nowadays tenure stands for power. Scholars with tenure are known as the "killing machine". The author also shares her own experience and I am once again, shocked by the dark and unequal fact that scholars who apply for tenure would not even get a clear explanation after failure, but only a "denial letter". Asian Americans are especially vulnerable at this point that the treatment can easily harm their physical and mental health. It is also very ironic that when the author talked to provost about her tenure and other promotions, he showed her that it is more "significant" to publish a none peer-reviewed but "popular" article online than three original books. Not only this article but also other authors in the book make me feel more about the fact that "the battle for equality and fair treatment can span one entire academic career." The author also demonstrates some of the solutions to fix the problem that "tenure" offers people with an excess of power. For instance, the College of New Rochelle, Mills College, and Sweet Briar College joined the ranks of institutions who have laid off tenured faculty in 2017 (AAUPa, 2019; AAUPb, 2019). There are lots of scholars who are fight against the system and for their own equal rights, and there are quite impressive results. We should all respect them for the struggles they went through.
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Reference:
Valverde, K. L. C. (2019, October 11). Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in the Academy. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books/
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