Education
Topics Discussed in this Episode:Kathleen's career moves from faculty at Pomona College to Associate Executive Director at the Modern Language Association (MLA) to faculty and administrator at Michigan State University.Putting ideas related to publishing and scholarly communication into place on a national scale in her role at MLA.Working with institutions that are interested in implementing lessons from Generous Thinking in their strategic plans.Working with faculty to explore the possibilities for how their work might contribute to a richer, more open public sphere.When re-evaluating reappointment, promotion, and tenure guidelines, thinking about public engagement first rather than as a separate outreach category.The rise of the #GenerousThinking movement on Twitter as people share their stories on how they have implemented generous thinking in their work and personal lives.The HuMetricsHSS initiative focused on rethinking prestige economies of academia and thinking about how values like openness could be incorporated into assessment.Using generous thinking as an approach to creating equity and expanding opportunity for others in the academy.There is no quality without equality.Resources Discussed in this Episode:Johns Hopkins University PressKathleen FitzpatrickDigital Humanities at Michigan State UniversityModern Language AssociationPlanned Obsolescence (NYU Press)Generous Thinking (Johns Hopkins University Press)#GenerousThinkingNicky AgateHuMetricsHSSChris Long at MSUHannah Alpert-AbramsMusic Credits: “Come Right Here” by Tendinite, licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND license.