An Accidental Academic
I am about to retire from a small public university as a full professor. I’ve been here for more than twenty years and yet everyday I ask myself how I made it. Even after several books, journal articles, anthologies…even if younger scholars now ask to interview me for their dissertation or thesis projects…even if I have been directing a nonprofit organization…even if I have received numerous achievement awards…I still think of myself as an accidental academic. When people ask
