By John Protevi I’m currently Phyllis M Taylor Professor of French Studies (my primary appointment) and Professor of Philosophy (by an affiliate appointment), at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. For the past year and a half I’ve also been Chair of the Department of French Studies (DFS). CAREER PATH I should first explain how a…

By Eric Schwitzgebel (University of California, Riverside) How hard does the typical tenured professor work, and on what? Good information is hard to come by. I will describe my own workload and typical workday, as one data point. I am a full professor of philosophy, with a six-digit salary and tenure at UC Riverside, whose…

By Kristina Meshelski (Assistant Professor at California State University, Northridge) Cal State Northridge is a large, regionally focused state university in Los Angeles (in the San Fernando Valley specifically, that made famous by the movie “Valley Girl”, etc.).  Locals call it CSUN.  The Cal State system is the largest state university system in the US, and…