#Adjunct

Sophie B Hawkins VEVO

tonyahardingjr

Here's the thing about The Professor Is In, and I will truly leave it at that: academia is the greatest constant source of untapped--and frankly, failed--labor solidarity and power that

Subjacent Banana

subjacentish

Here is a summary of what an Adjunct professor is, because apparently RW people think they know all about it. An Adjunct Professor is a contract worker, typically hired for

Rose Szabo

Rose_Szabo_

Three years ago a group of VCU adjuncts began lobbying for cost-of-living related pay increases, trying to raise base pay for adjunct to $2000/credit. Their request was acknowledged, studied, compromised

Erin Bartram (yep, this one's a Dr. too)

erin_bartram

have you ever been upset that an adjunct lost their job? lost their job at the last minute? lost their job after a decade in that position? lost their job

Dr. Lara Durgavich

tinkeringprim8

I have a confession to make. I am teaching 1 class this fall (Intro BioAnth), entirely online. It will have two 75-minute lectures per week, which I will record &

Danielle M. Wenner

DanielleWenner

I largely agree with this thread but this is a misrepresentation of why adjunct labor is bad for students. It's not that adjuncts don't get as much experience - many

Hannah Alpert-Abrams 🤖✊

hralperta

I'm at the #mla21 panel on changing departmental and institutional culture for equity. I don't even belong to a department. Why attend?Because the future of good scholarship and pedagogy depends

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

...BUT most of that money needs to be flagged to go for instructional budgets. Legislatures: condition funding on tenure-track hires! Make sure your money pays for *teachers* and *teaching* not

Chloe Duckworth (ArchaeoDuck)

ArchaeoDuck

Thread on precarious employment. I've toyed with writing this for a long time, but I have been reluctant to do so, because I do NOT want it to be taken

Melissa Tamminga

oneaprilday

I appreciate the “we don’t need no stinkin’ Criterion; make your own canon!” tweets today, but I wonder if y’all understand how difficult it is for, say, adjunct film instructors

Sam Won / 원영삼

SamObiWon

Not going to go too deep into this hydroxychloroqione kerfufffle but...I've worked as a pharmacist at a cancer research center. The strict regulations we have to observe for every clinical

David Edelstein

dmedelstein

A with some thoughts: we need to have a national conversation about the future of academic careers. The evidence of the disparate impact of the pandemic on women and childcare

YDSA @ Valencia

ValenciaYDSA

Our conversation with Valencia College Professor James Adamski, PG, a licensed geologist with 35 years of experience in water resources & environmental studies: a thread. Q: How do you feel

Nathan Tankus

NathanTankus

Avoided the discourse this weekend but will comment on it now-It is too simplistic to say that Norway's social wealth fund "is imperialism" but people seem to miss the larger

Esther Liberman Cuenca

EstherLCuenca

I promised @mistresssnowphd a thread about class privilege and landing tenure-track employment because, even before the pandemic blew a crater into the job market, it is important to acknowledge how

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. One of the best changes in recent years is the GOP abandoning libertarianism. Here's GOP Rep. Greg Steube: “I do think there is an appetite amongst Republicans, if the

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