It is easy for those of us who are toiling away as full-time adjuncts (if you'll allow me that supposed oxymoron) forget how flexible and multifaceted that term is. It's also easy for those of us working in traditional academic fields like English or history...
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Jenny*, You asked the other day how you were supposed to know that the Week 6 paper was due by the end of the week. You seemed miffed when I.
[private]Last week I sketched out the issues surrounding adjuncts and grading in general. This week these issues were brought home in a specific experience, one that is particular to the.
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 full-time? Dr. Astle: At...
At the risk of beating a dead one day conference into the ground, I want to touch on some of the results of the one day conference on teaching writing.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman From their laptops, their Blackberries, their iPhones, and now their iPads they Tweet. They Tweet in the library, the parking lot, walking along the pathways, in the.
This week Deborah Louis was kind enough to speak with us. Though she has since stepped down, Deborah was co-chair of the New Faculty Majority: The National Coalition for Adjunct Equity. Since the NFM engages numerous issues related to adjunct faculty and writing, and since...
In between these actual posts about writing and adjuncts, the subject is always simmering in the back of my mind. What is the relationship? What should the relationship be? How.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman There's a funny line from the film "Pulp Fiction," when Esmeralda asks Butch what his name means. He answers, "I'm American, Honey, our names don't mean [bleep].".
As we've seen in previous posts, many adjuncts write. They write well, prolifically, and usefully; they win awards for their writing. Some publish scholarship in their field; some blog or otherwise engage new media in ways that provide valuable service to their disciplines. Many adjuncts,...
