This is the first annual AAS conference in Canada since 2017 (Toronto), and the first ever in Vancouver. The following information comes from the AAS online program. Several panels are exclusively on Vietnam studies, and they appear in full below, and in blue. Otherwise, first is the panel’s title then information about the presentation (whose number indicates its order of speaking on the panel) and the presenter.
Continue reading “Vietnam studies at AAS 2026 in Vancouver, BC”This is a follow-up to a post from five years ago, when I was promoted to associate professor with tenure. In September 2024, I applied for accelerated promotion to full professor and got it. My experience isn’t representative of American academia since it may be different at other institutions, especially R1 (which mine isn’t). That said, I hope to offer a few insights and pointers about an important marker in academia.
Continue reading “The journey continues: My experience of early promotion to full professor”[December 2025: Happy to say that I applied for full professor one year early and earned it. Here is my post about it.
Last December I received the news that I’d “passed” the first and by far most important stage of the tenure process. Having assumed the best outcome for the rest of the process, I created a road map a few days later. The road map was geared towards promotion to full professor as soon as possible.
Continue reading “The journey matters most: promotion and early promotion to full professor”
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