Teaching and Scholarship Hub

Richmond Room in the HDC, 12:00-1:00 pm, Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Panelists:

Kelling Donald, Professor of Chemistry, Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in the Natural Sciences

Elizabeth Kissling, Associate Professor of Spanish and Applied Linguistics, Chair, Department of Latin American, Latino, & Iberian Studies

Sara Hanson, Associate Professor of Marketing, Director of Spider Business Hub

Jim Gibson, Sesquicentennial Professor of Law, Director, Intellectual Property Institute and Co-Director, University of Cambridge Summer Program

Tenure marks an important professional milestone, but it can also open a new phase of intellectual and professional possibility. What does it mean to inhabit the post-tenure years in ways that feel purposeful and sustainable? How do priorities, pressures, and possibilities shift across different seasons of academic life? What shifts, or remains steady, in research, teaching, service, and sense of contribution? And how do faculty think about promotion to full professor alongside other meaningful ways of shaping a career?

This conversation brings together faculty at different post-tenure stages to reflect on questions such as:

• How research agendas evolve over time
• How to sustain intellectual curiosity and scholarly engagement
• The changing role of service, leadership, and mentorship
• Approaches to promotion to full professor and other forms of contribution
• How to recognize impact and growth when they may not be linear

This session invites an open and practical conversation about recalibrating priorities, sustaining meaningful work, and imagining the many ways academic lives can continue to evolve after tenure.

Lunch is included for registrants.