| Title | Make Yourself at Home |
|---|---|
| Contributor | John P. Sexton (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0205.1.29 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/the-ballad-of-the-lone-medievalist/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Sexton, John P. |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2018-08-23 |
| Long abstract | When I landed my job in the Department of English at Bridge-water State University, I was undeniably a bit of a naïf. This wasn’t the fault of my graduate program, my dissertation direc-tors, or the many other people who tried to help me find my way to professional readiness. And yet, when I received the all-important call from the then-Dean of Humanities offering me a position, I responded (as I’d been trained to do) by saying firmly, “Thank you so much for the offer. I’ll need to talk it over with my wife, of course...” and then continued, “Then I can call you back tomorrow to accept the offer.” I was, to put it mildly, not in a dominant bargaining position when I called back. |
| Page range | pp. 319–337 |
| Print length | 19 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |