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The Realities of Adjuncting Today
Ashley Gardini and Cheyanne Cortez have a candid discussion about participating in today's precarious academic labor market from their perspectives as community college instructors.
How Arts Professionals Contribute as Contingent Faculty
Maggie Guggenheimer and Ellen Oh describe how their rich careers in arts administration also eventually led to teaching and how what they’ve done in their non-academic professional work informs their pedagogy.
Ethical Approaches to Managing Contingent Faculty
David Rifkind, PhD and Carmenita Higginbotham, PhD talk about the mission-critical contributions their contingent faculty make and reflect on options they have, as department chairs, to support part-time teaching staff.
Contingent Faculty Unions Behind the Scenes
Sarita K. Heer, PhD and Jason Grunebaum discuss the myriad whys and hows of contingent faculty union organizing.