“…That charge still resonates. Indeed, the time now is even riper for "the wellwrought, slowly gestated essay" to take ascendancy (Waters 2009, 133; see bibliography in Argersinger and Cornett 2009). Acknowledging the decrease in tenure-track faculty and, consequently, a decreasing emphasis on publishing books for tenure, we will likely come to see that the publication of journal articles plays a much greater role in standards of reward and promotion for the vast majority of academics.…”