James M. Lang is an assistant professor at Assumption College.

Lang is a wonderfully engaging writer... he's obviously deeply committed to the craft of teaching and the craft of writing. -- Dr. Erica Dreifus Adjunct Advocate 2005 Faculty at all levels will recognize their own experiences somewhere in this short, perceptive, and ultimately entertaining account of academic life. -- Rebecca Manley Academic Matters 2006 Lang demonstrates that there are many largely universal survival struggles and self-doubts which are shared in common by most of us embarking on a new career in the academy. -- Alan E. Bayer Journal of Higher Education 2006 Offers a lively report on how it looks and feels to shoot the academic rapids today. -- Mary Taylor Huber Change 2007 I would not be surprised if [ Life on the Tenure Track] became one of the texts distributed by teaching and learning centers to new assistant professors at orientation workshops. It would serve them well. -- Patricia Donahue College English 2007 An interesting and accessible narrative. -- Mark Hulsether Teaching Theology and Religion 2007

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Before (and After) the BeginningAugust: BeginningSeptember: TeachingOctober: WritingNovember: ServingDecember: GradingJanuary (and a Bit of February): HiringFebruary: LivingMarch: RelatingApril: Figuring It Out, Parts One & TwoMay: HousecleaningJune: Settling In (Or Just Settling?)July: AffirmingEpilogue: August Redux, Beginning AgainResources for First-Year Faculty: A Brief Annotated Selection

James M. Lang is an assistant professor at Assumption College.

Lang is a wonderfully engaging writer... he's obviously deeply committed to the craft of teaching and the craft of writing. -- Dr. Erica Dreifus Adjunct Advocate 2005 Faculty at all levels will recognize their own experiences somewhere in this short, perceptive, and ultimately entertaining account of academic life. -- Rebecca Manley Academic Matters 2006 Lang demonstrates that there are many largely universal survival struggles and self-doubts which are shared in common by most of us embarking on a new career in the academy. -- Alan E. Bayer Journal of Higher Education 2006 Offers a lively report on how it looks and feels to shoot the academic rapids today. -- Mary Taylor Huber Change 2007 I would not be surprised if [ Life on the Tenure Track] became one of the texts distributed by teaching and learning centers to new assistant professors at orientation workshops. It would serve them well. -- Patricia Donahue College English 2007 An interesting and accessible narrative. -- Mark Hulsether Teaching Theology and Religion 2007

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Before (and After) the BeginningAugust: BeginningSeptember: TeachingOctober: WritingNovember: ServingDecember: GradingJanuary (and a Bit of February): HiringFebruary: LivingMarch: RelatingApril: Figuring It Out, Parts One & TwoMay: HousecleaningJune: Settling In (Or Just Settling?)July: AffirmingEpilogue: August Redux, Beginning AgainResources for First-Year Faculty: A Brief Annotated Selection

James M. Lang is an assistant professor at Assumption College.

Lang is a wonderfully engaging writer... he's obviously deeply committed to the craft of teaching and the craft of writing. -- Dr. Erica Dreifus Adjunct Advocate 2005 Faculty at all levels will recognize their own experiences somewhere in this short, perceptive, and ultimately entertaining account of academic life. -- Rebecca Manley Academic Matters 2006 Lang demonstrates that there are many largely universal survival struggles and self-doubts which are shared in common by most of us embarking on a new career in the academy. -- Alan E. Bayer Journal of Higher Education 2006 Offers a lively report on how it looks and feels to shoot the academic rapids today. -- Mary Taylor Huber Change 2007 I would not be surprised if [ Life on the Tenure Track] became one of the texts distributed by teaching and learning centers to new assistant professors at orientation workshops. It would serve them well. -- Patricia Donahue College English 2007 An interesting and accessible narrative. -- Mark Hulsether Teaching Theology and Religion 2007

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Before (and After) the BeginningAugust: BeginningSeptember: TeachingOctober: WritingNovember: ServingDecember: GradingJanuary (and a Bit of February): HiringFebruary: LivingMarch: RelatingApril: Figuring It Out, Parts One & TwoMay: HousecleaningJune: Settling In (Or Just Settling?)July: AffirmingEpilogue: August Redux, Beginning AgainResources for First-Year Faculty: A Brief Annotated Selection