| Drawing from in-depth interviews with forty-six faculty members working in departments spanning the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities at a large state university, I focus on how institutional practices, organizational structures, conventions, and resources of the academic social world impinge on faculty members' work. I describe how these practices vary across academic fields, rank, hiring cohort, and also throughout the course of an individual's career. In particular, I evaluate the extent to which dynamics of meta-power intersect with each individual's experience of personal authenticity. I conceptualize authenticity by building on symbolic interaction theory on self-meanings and self-feelings. |
