Nathan Gilmour moderates a discussion with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about the transition from being a graduate student to being a faculty member. Drawing on the previous academic year, in which David and Michial joined the ranks of small Christian colleges, the discussion ranges from escaping the departmental "silo" to establishing a persona not as someone who's going to be a professor some day but who is one now. Among the realities discussed are dissertation writing, committee work, teaching loads, becoming a guiding force for an intellectual community, and why David Grubbs has such a cool office.
