An Accompanying Object

by Elayne Clift Webster got it right: I am “not essentially a part of [the academy.]” I am only “an accompanying object.” I have felt this reality many times. I feel it now, as I am told that there will be no salary increase, again, despite the fact that out of fourteen faculty in this particular program, twelve are adjuncts. I feel it when I am asked to design and deliver two more full semester courses for $1500 each at a local state college. I feel it with particular pain when, after six years of commuting twelve hours a week […]