adjunct

by Jodi Campbell This was the shocking realization I came to last week. My dog has an ophthalmologist and I don't. I had to take him to the ophthalmologist for a six month check up, quaking with fear the entire time that something would be…

By Jenny Ortiz As the Freeway Flyer, I’m realizing just how post-modern my life is—constantly  deconstructing, reconstructing, dissecting, and redeveloping the collage of life experiences to state to my Department Chairs that “I can do…

By Kat Kiefer-Newman Do the clothes really make the (wo)man? This is a debate that frequently comes up in my classrooms, and I've also dealt with it at home while raising two daughters. As academics, we like to believe that we are above…

By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA Your work as an adjunct instructor - do you remember how it all began? What initially inspired you to teach? Do you still feel the same today? If you have been teaching for any length of time you probably…

By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA When students enroll in online classes, they often do not get to choose their instructors for and may not find out who the instructor for a particular class will be until the class starts. The question to…

By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA The phrase self-directed learning is associated with the adult education theory of andragogy, which makes a distinction between teaching adults and children. A child needs to be taught how to learn and…

By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA Do you have an option to utilize an online classroom shell? Many institutions are offering adjunct instructors an ability to implement this feature. Some adjuncts believe that it is an effective method of…

I read a blog posting by a snappish prof. who said he hated the term "contingent" faculty. So, I went to the dictionary to see what I could see. Here is the definition for "contingent": con·tin·gent (kn-tnjnt) adjective 1. Liable to…

By Kat Kiefer-Newman Did I post an "off for the Summer" blog just a few weeks ago? You bet I did! Some adjunct-y things have come up, though, and I thought of all people, you would commiserate with me (and maybe laugh a little at my silly,…

Last week we shared the first portion of an interview with Dr. Kirk Astle, Director of College Writing at Baker College Online. This week we conclude that interview.   Adjunct Advocate: How much of the composition faculty at Baker is…