none 10.5325/reception.15.1.0065 The Pennsylvania State University Press The Pennsylvania State University Press 3287 149500955 196046 2023071115171030400 10.5325 2026-06-08T10:34:10Z 2023-07-11T11:17:28Z 0 Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History 2168-0604 2155-7888 07 2023 07 06 2023 15 Rosemary Erickson Johnsen http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6074-3648 ABSTRACT This article builds on the models of the teacher-scholar and the public scholar to delineate the role of the scholarly administrator. Literary studies faculty members who transition to the administrative ranks face obstacles to continuing their scholarly research and writing, and Johnsen argues that such administrators should persevere in their efforts as these can serve ethical, civic, and institutional progress. Reading is the foundation for this work, and scholarly administrators should read widely for pleasure and productivity. Sources include literary criticism on women’s writing, crime fiction, and mass observation along with personal experience as faculty member and academic affairs administrator. 07 2023 07 06 2023 65 72 10.5325/reception.15.1.0065 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/reception/article/doi/10.5325/reception.15.1.0065/379544/Reading-on-the-Dark-Side-Or-the-Productive https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/reception/article-pdf/doi/10.5325/reception.15.1.0065/1985852/reception_15_1_65.pdf https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/reception/article-pdf/doi/10.5325/reception.15.1.0065/1985852/reception_15_1_65.pdf https://muse.jhu.edu/article/902740