Hello 2016 & AALS

Thanks, Howard, for inviting me back to blog for January. (Cubs fans: this is the year!)

To begin, I will be blogging from the Annual Meeting of the AALS, where I will comment on and summarize some of the sessions you might be either attending or missing. Right off the bat, I'll promote one session I am moderating, Impossible Realities, Infinite Loops and Movable Staircases: The Impact of Institutional Marginalization on the Tricky, Unpredictable, and Inconsistent Trajectory of the Non-Tenured Track Career, the second of four sessions in the new Arc of Career programming, sponsored by the Task Force on Professional Development. Our panel is looking forward to a robust discussion about the issues facing non-tenure/tenure-track professors in the academy. Looking forward to your input.