Currently Getting Ready to Read:
#IntheShadow of the Ivory Tower by Davarian L. Baldwin
#TheTroubleWithPassion by Erin A. Cech (she/her)
DriveTime News Talk 830 WCCO before Minnesota Twins pregame at 5p:
-3:35 Lou Raguse on the Lazzaro sentencing
-4p Kim Insley on life post-Kim & Tim
-4:35p #TheTroubleWithPassion : passion at work is overrated says author Erin A. Cech (she/her)
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On its first birthday, #TheTroubleWithPassion has a pen pal.
Chinese translation by Huang Wenling now available from RyeField Publications- books.com.tw/products/00109…
erinacech.com/the-trouble-wi… University of California Press
Join us in person or on Zoom on March 30 for a conversation with Erin A. Cech (she/her), Megan Killian, & Harmony Reppond about #TheTroubleWithPassion .
There will be a book giveaway for attendees!
Details: events.umich.edu/event/103477
#UmichResearch #bookpanel
We need to rethink the idea of 'following your passion.' Read this excellent article by Erin A. Cech (she/her) then read her book #TheTroubleWithPassion
“The paid workforce is not designed to support us in meaning making and self fulfillment” #TheTroubleWithPassion
“Emphasizing passion may cause engineering programs to under-invest in efforts that level the playing field for engineering students seeking jobs” Erin A. Cech (she/her) #TheTroubleWithPassion
We are in a reshaping moment when it comes to our relationship with paid work. Following your passion isn't enough. Erin A. Cech (she/her) is asking the important questions. Watch this #quickstudy video & read her book #TheTroubleWithPassion University of California Press
In her book, #TheTroubleWithPassion , University of Michigan prof Erin A. Cech shares new research on the'passion principle'—the idea that you should pursue passion in your career, before fair compensation or job security. myumi.ch/1nbX8 via NPR
Passion is a privilege. The consequences of pursuing passion are not evenly distributed. Elevating career decisions guided by passion “choicewashes” inequalities in the workforce and perpetuates socioeconomic differences Erin A. Cech (she/her) #TheTroubleWithPassion
I've always been uncomfortable with the oft repeated career advice to 'follow your passion'. Here Lana Hart draws on Erin A. Cech (she/her)'s #TheTroubleWithPassion to explain why stuff.co.nz/opinion/127504…
Virual and in person panel on #TheTroubleWithPassion , Wednesday Oct 25. Sponsored by Institute for Research on Women & Gender; registeration is free. Honored to discuss the book with Prof. Megan Killian and Prof. Harmony Reppond!
Honored and grateful to Michael L. Siciliano for an insightful review of #TheTroubleWithPassion in Contemporary Sociology this week. Thank you, Michael, for such a careful and thought-provoking assessment!
Some employers take advantage of workers who find their jobs fulfilling - there’s an assumption that people who love their work will put in more effort without an increase in pay. But a job you love is still a job. Erin A. Cech (she/her) #TheTroubleWithPassion
Wonderful discussion by the Clayman Institute featuring Erin A. Cech (she/her) and her book #TheTroublewithPassion - Passion as a criteria for career decisions and for hiring and promotions re-creates by closely tracking with privilege and reinforcing ideal worker norms.
Lucky WFRN attendees get to meet the author of #TheTroublewithPassion and participate in what appears to be a Clayman Institute fellows reunion! Looking forward to seeing you here next month Erin A. Cech (she/her).
'Experts said the pandemic and the changes it advanced... might be encouraging people to rethink what passion for a job really means.' The New York Times
Thanks Alina Tugend for writing about
#TheTroubleWithPassion
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