Teacher-Scholar Model and Identity Integration

Sarah T. Huff, Teaching Assistant Professor, Psychology

Ellie Dannenberg, Teaching Assistant Professor, Mathematics

Michele Tyson, Clinical Associate Professor, Higher Education

Laura E. Sponsler, Clinical Associate Professor, Higher Education

The teacher-scholar model requires faculty to hold the professional responsibility of being both an independent scholar and one who generates public intellectualism in the classroom. In institutions that value this model, faculty must manage the two, sometimes competing, identities of teacher and scholar. Drawing from the bicultural identity integration (BII) model, we developed a measure of teacher-scholar identity integration (TSII) to better understand how individual faculty members at a private, medium-sized, teaching-focused, R1 university manage these two identities. We also explored the relationship between teacher-scholar identity integration and professional and personal outcomes. We will share findings from our study as well as offer opportunities for reflection and discuss implications for faculty success. Treats will be served.