An opinion article by Mathew Gendle, assistant professor of psychology, explores the faculty challenge of doing scholarly research while carrying a full teaching load. Gendle argues that undergraduate teaching may help the scholarly process rather than hinder it.
Gendle’s article responds to the question: Are a moderately heavy teaching load and an active research program mutually exclusive?
From Gendle’s article:
“By choosing to work at an undergraduate-centered institution, I havemade a choice regarding the sort of work I wish to primarily engage in,but that decision has had little effect on the amount of time I have todedicate exclusively to my own research.”
Click on the link at the right to read the full article. Gendle’s article is also in the July 4 print edition of the Chronicle, leading the Careers section on page A31.