Turning Points in My Career Path

Daisuke KIHARA

doi:10.2142/biophys.61.044

Once is Not Enough: Former Special Educators Who Return to Teaching

Council review ◽

10.1177/001440299306000106 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 58-72 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Judith D. Singer

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Longitudinal Data ◽

Career Paths ◽

Special Educators ◽

Career Path ◽

Turning Points ◽

Teacher Supply ◽

The Public ◽

Return To Teaching

This research examines the career paths of 2,700 former special educators to see whether they returned to the public schools; the results are based on longitudinal data (13 years) on all special educators in Michigan public schools hired between 1972 and 1985. Analyses focus on teachers' decisions as they faced two key turning points—whether to reenter the schools, and if so, how long to stay during this second spell. An estimated 34% of the former Michigan special educators reentered a Michigan classroom within 5 years of leaving, and an estimated 58% of these stayed for more than 7 years. I conclude that a return to teaching after a brief interruption may be a common career path, and the pool of former special educators is a viable source of teacher supply.

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My Path to Bioethics

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics ◽

10.1017/s0963180117000354 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 4-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

TOM L. BEAUCHAMP

Keyword(s):

Career Path ◽

Turning Points ◽

The Road ◽

Personal Experiences

In this series of essays, The Road Less Traveled, noted bioethicists share their stories and the personal experiences that prompted them to pursue the field. These memoirs are less professional chronologies and more descriptions of the seminal touchstone events and turning points that led—often unexpectedly—to their career path.

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It Is Hard to Get There without a Guide

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics ◽

10.1017/s0963180113000649 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 118-123

Author(s):

ARTHUR CAPLAN

Keyword(s):

Career Path ◽

Turning Points ◽

The Road ◽

Personal Experiences

In this series of essays, The Road Less Traveled, noted bioethicists share their stories and the personal experiences that prompted them to pursue the field. These memoirs are less professional chronologies and more descriptions of the seminal touchstone events and turning points that led—often unexpectedly—to their career path.

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Academic Turning Points: How Microaggressions and Macroaggressions Inhibit Diversity and Inclusion in the Academy

Race and Justice ◽

10.1177/21533687211001909 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 215336872110019

Author(s):

Bryan L. Sykes

Keyword(s):

Faculty Member ◽

Career Path ◽

Turning Points ◽

Higher Learning ◽

Current Position ◽

Academic Environments ◽

Diversity And Inclusion ◽

Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽

Faculty And Staff

In this essay, I reflect upon my experiences as a student, faculty member, and editor. I argue that microaggressions and macroaggressions, in classrooms and conference rooms, facilitate academic turning points—moments and experiences that turn underrepresented scholars away from academia as students, faculty, and staff in departments, centers, and institutions of higher learning. In what follows, I reflect on three moments when my career path almost diverged from its current position and trajectory, and from these experiences, I distill concrete recommendations for administrators, editors, faculty, and students on how to cultivate academic environments that enable underrepresented scholars to thrive in the academy.

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