This Presidential Address considers what it means to be a higher education scholar and member of a scholarly community. By taking a longitudinal look at my career, I identify the neoliberal notions that align scholarly identity and worth with productivity and prestige. I confront systems and structures that minoritize scholars in myriad ways reproducing inequities that do not serve the espoused values of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. I conclude by arguing that the conceptualization of a scholar must be expanded to best address the critical challenges facing academe.