How Teaching Led to the Tenure Track
May 22, 2026
May 22, 2026
NEW YORK, May 22 -- The City University of New York Graduate Center posted the following news:
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How Teaching Led to the Tenure Track
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Growing up the son of Turkish immigrants in Midwood, Brooklyn, Onur Ayaz (Ph.D. '26, English ) heard the same words again and again: "School is work," his father would say. "It's your job." Now, as a tenure-track English professor at Mercer County Community College, Ayaz has ma . . .
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How Teaching Led to the Tenure Track
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Growing up the son of Turkish immigrants in Midwood, Brooklyn, Onur Ayaz (Ph.D. '26, English ) heard the same words again and again: "School is work," his father would say. "It's your job." Now, as a tenure-track English professor at Mercer County Community College, Ayaz has ma . . .