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In the Shadow of the Rouge Plant: Dearborn's Newest Labor Union
by Marjorie Lynn Bill Norris had had enough. Finally, in early summer of 2007, he became fed up with the situation of so many of the adjunct faculty and approached the American Federation of Teachers-Michigan, AFL-CIO to begin the process…
Kentucky Part-Timer Ken Hardy & the "N" Word
by Marla Kay Houghteling WORDS ARE IMPORTANT to Ken Hardy; he doesn’t shy away from the difficult ones. He’d like his students to have this same respect for language. In the summer of 1998, he was teaching an…
Oregon’s COCAL Committee
by P.D. Lesko The Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor (COCAL) sprang forth from the National Congress of Adjunct, Part-time, Graduate Teaching Assistants and Non-Tenure Track Faculty. The National Congress met in Washington, D.C. in…
Oregon's COCAL Committee
by P.D. Lesko The Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor (COCAL) sprang forth from the National Congress of Adjunct, Part-time, Graduate Teaching Assistants and Non-Tenure Track Faculty. The National Congress met in Washington, D.C. in…
Keith Hoeller: The Fine Art of Tilting at Windmills
by Greg Beatty Any adjunct faculty member knows how hard the adjunct life is. Besides the challenge of living on an income that starts low then fluctuates according to each semester’s enrollment, there’s the anxiety of not knowing if you…
Professor V.
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever Human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.–Eli Wiesel…
Sasha Chernyak: Bach on Balalaika, USSR to USA, Teacher to Tour Guide
by Marjorie Lynn Meet Aleksandr (Sasha) Cherynak, a tall, lanky Russian, whose deep brown eyes glow with kindness and intelligence behind the cheap reading glasses he constantly misplaces. Like the many adjuncts who have to hustle a number…
Ken Venit: Teaching from Anything but the Book
by Lindsay Khouri Not many students can say that their professor has wrestled an eight-foot bear, eaten dog food and horse meat, and jumped off a truck into the snow to show how deep it was. Students who have had Adjunct Associate Professor…
Dr. Brown's Revolt: A Tenured Prof. Works For Part-Time Equity at SUNY
by Brian Cole Dr. Peter D.G. Brown thinks his family history of advocacy may play a part in his own fight against inequality in academe: his father was a lifelong supporter of minority rights who contributed generous amounts of money to…
Dr. Brown’s Revolt: A Tenured Prof. Works For Part-Time Equity at SUNY
by Brian Cole Dr. Peter D.G. Brown thinks his family history of advocacy may play a part in his own fight against inequality in academe: his father was a lifelong supporter of minority rights who contributed generous amounts of money to…