Profession
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Contingent Mother: The Role Gender Plays in the Lives of Adjunct Faculty
Academic Labor
I am a mother. I am also a PhD in philosophy. And, finally, I am a contingent college professor at two universities. I am an example of how being a mother in that
Promoting Open Access Publications and Academic Projects
Profession
Does our academic work exist if nobody sees it? I watch far too many colleagues spend countless hours building, teaching, researching, and writing with little to show for it. Or, at least, little
Life of an Adjunct
Academic Labor
It’s my day off from my full-time retail job so this means it’s a teaching day. I’ve walked the dog and gone for my run. I am now doing laundry.
How Shadowing my 2nd-grader Led to a New View of Tech in the Classroom
K-12
Last year, I experienced two months that were very challenging for me as a person and as an academic. One of my sons, who was seven, became very ill and missed a lot
Adjunctification: Living in the Margins of Academe
Academic Labor
Unfair labor practices are commonplace in American higher education, public and private. Hardly anyone denies the problem of adjunctificaton and contingency, and, more epidemic, laborers on the fringe in any trade or profession
Where Do I Belong?: Contingency and the Psychic Wage
Academic Labor
Hybrid Pedagogyrecently announced a call for articles that addressthe problem of contingency in higher education [http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/CFP_Contingency_in_Higher_Education.html] . The goal is to examine our
Contingent Labor: an Interview with Lynée Gaillet and Letizia Guglielmo
Academic Labor
On Friday, October 4th, 2013, Hybrid Pedagogy hosted a synchronous#digped [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23digped&src=typd]conversation on Twitter focused onPedagogy, Neoliberalism, and Academic Labor [http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/
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Six Benefits to Working as an Adjunct
Academic Labor
One rarely hears the word “perks” or “advantages” applied to adjunct work — and with good reason. But despite the often deplorable working conditions of adjuncts, there can be moments of opportunity. In this
Not a Scarlet Letter: Talking with Students about Being an Adjunct
Academic Labor
If you’re an adjunct, I have a small but important task for you: Ask your students what “adjunct professor” means to them. You might hear something like,It means you don’t
A Lecturer's Almanac
Academic Labor
MARCH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The hall of the department is a 1960s-era Bunker, molded of concrete and rebar, with tall, narrow windows to repel even the most determined activist. I watch my feet as I
Beyond Rigor
editors’ picks
Intellectually rigorous work lives, thrives, and teems proudly outside conventional notions of academic rigor. Although institutions of higher education only recognize rigor when it mimics mastery of content, when it creates a hierarchy
All I Needed to Know about College Teaching I Learned as a High School Teacher
K-12 CFP
When people hear that I was once a high school English teacher and am now a college professor, they often ask, “How is college teaching different?” They expect I’ll say something about
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The Higher Education and K-12 Conversation
Collaboration
When we think about K-12 and higher education, educators think of them as two separate entities. Within K-12, we divide it further; primary, junior, intermediate, and senior. These artificial silos create barriers to
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Help Wanted: Supporting Graduate Student Writers
Graduate Education
On my first day of work, my supervisor and the assistant director walked me over to what would be my office for the next two years: it was a hidden office, an office