Teach first, research questions later: Understanding the role of the college teacher-scholar for “The spectrum of the professoriate and the rise of the teaching stream”

Conference paper presented at the ACCUTE (Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English)conference, Calgary 2016. Last year at Congress, I presented a paper titled “Off the Sides of Our Desks: Research in a Community College Context” on a Professional Issues panel here at ACCUTE. I’m heartened to be asked back to this panel to discuss these issues further as part of a larger conversation about teaching-centred work in the academy, and I’m grateful to the organizers for the opportunity. I think we are at a crossroads in the profession wherein we can either find a way to support teaching-focused academics in remaining part of the scholarly conversation, or risk losing recent PhD graduates from our community. This short paper is a bit of a meditation on why that is, and what comes next.Not peer reviewedConference Pape