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Contingency CFP

A collection of 11 posts

No Holes for Us Round Pegs: Why Adjunct Faculty Don’t Fit In

No Holes for Us Round Pegs: Why Adjunct Faculty Don’t Fit In

In recent years the long hidden problem of the adjunct faculty has become widely recognized, as in a series of articles in Hybrid Pedagogy published in 2013 and a current CFP there, The Problem of Contingency in Higher Education [https://hybridpedagogy.org/cfp-the-problem-of-contingency-in-higher-education/]. The writers here at Hybrid Pedagogy have

A cardboard sign, reading "I NEED A MIRICLE," has seen better days. It's ripped and lying on concrete, abandoned.

From Ph.D. to Poverty

Listen to this chapter here, or subscribe to the complete serialized audiobook [https://anchor.fm/hybrid-teaching].Another Ph.D. just applied for unemployment. I haven’t received any benefits because my claims are under review while the Employment Security Department determines reasonable assurance of reemployment. Per my contract with one

A Soliloquy on Contingency

A Soliloquy on Contingency

Listen to this chapter here, or subscribe to the complete serialized audiobook [https://anchor.fm/hybrid-teaching].I don’t share the sheer outrage that some adjunct professors are directing at the tenured ranks. I really do believe that the majority of tenured faculty — I obviously can’t speak for all

Contingent Mother: The Role Gender Plays in the Lives of Adjunct Faculty

Contingent Mother: The Role Gender Plays in the Lives of Adjunct Faculty

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 environment significantly affects a woman’s academic career. In addition to the struggles faced by the average

Ghost Towns of the Public Good

Ghost Towns of the Public Good

Listen to this chapter here, or subscribe to the entire serialized audiobook [https://anchor.fm/hybrid-teaching].I never really got tenure as a concept, and after almost ten years of e-learning I finally found a job which didn’t feature a ticking clock time bomb as its soundtrack. Sadly, in

Life of an Adjunct

Life of an Adjunct

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. I am working through a stack of student papers. I am trying to balance my checkbook and

Adjunctification: Living in the Margins of Academe

Adjunctification: Living in the Margins of Academe

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 recognize this deficit; yet we continue to work for less, essentially exploiting our worth, thus the possibility

N=1: A Social Scientific Inquiry into Happiness and Academic Labor

N=1: A Social Scientific Inquiry into Happiness and Academic Labor

Listen to this chapter here, or subscribe to the complete serialized audiobook [https://anchor.fm/hybrid-teaching].ABSTRACT:This study aims to assess the professional perspectives of Ioana Literat (hereafter referred to as ‘the subject’), a fourth-year PhD student at a major US research university. The sample (N=1) was analyzed

Six Benefits to Working as an Adjunct

Six Benefits to Working as an Adjunct

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 piece, I write about six potential benefits of adjunct work, which may be useful for individuals hoping

Not a Scarlet Letter: Talking with Students about Being an Adjunct

Not a Scarlet Letter: Talking with Students about Being an Adjunct

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 have a Ph.D., orYou don’t have tenure yet. (Yet…if only.) Don’t be bitter

A Lecturer's Almanac

A Lecturer's Almanac

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 climb the lino-clad stairs so I don’t stumble in my skinny high-heels, bought specifically to match