H-Adjunct

H-Net's network for adjunct, part-time and temporary faculty

Links

H-Adjunct is an open, inter-disciplinary forum for issues involving adjunct, part-time and temporary faculty at universities, colleges and community colleges. All faculty members, no matter their status, and all interested persons are encouraged to join and contribute.

Here are links to other sites addressing Adjunct and Contingent faculty issues:

Facebook Groups: OAH CPACE. (Organization of American Historians, Committee on Part-time Adjunct and Contingent Employment)

The Adjunct Commuter Weekly   An online magazine for Adjuncts

Organization of American Historians Statement on Collective Bargaining and Part-Time, Adjunct, and Contingent History Faculty

The New Faculty Majority

COCAL (Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor)

The Adjunct Project (Compare your salary to those listed here)

Coaliton on the Academic Workforce (CAW)

CAW's Portrait of Part-Time Faculty Members

AdjunctNation

Process  A Blog by the Organization of American Historians often on issues relevant to Adjunct Faculty.

 

Abstract deadline extended: Tourism and Heritage Student Paper Award

Melissa Stevens (she/her) •09/26/2023 Announcement
Call for Papers
Date
Location
Pennsylvania, United States
Subject Fields
Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural History / Studies, Ethnic History / Studies, Historic Preservation

ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Erve Chambers Tourism and Heritage Student Paper Award

It's not too late to submit your paper abstract (500 words or less)!
Extended deadline: TUESDAY, SEP 26

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ISO Resources for Independent Scholars on Disability

Tammy Clemons •09/05/2023 Discussion

I am a long-time member of H-Net and new H-Adjunct member. I am in the adjunct pool at a local private liberal arts college, a media teaching artist (as an independent contractor) in K-12 schools, and an independent scholar. I am also currently receiving medical disability, and I am looking for resources/community for contingent workers on disability.

In general, contingent work is not well understood or supported (as adjunct instructors already know), and I'm struggling to find information to navigate this confusing and doubly-precarious health and financial terrain. I'm actually grateful

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A College Gave This Adjunct 3 Classes to Teach. Then It Forgot to Tell Him.

Howard Smead •08/22/2023 Discussion

From The Chronicle:

Last week, Paul Crenshaw got a phone call that faculty everywhere have nightmares about.

“‘Where were you?’” asked the voice on the other end. It was an official from a college in Kansas. Crenshaw never showed up to teach his first class of the term, and the college, not unreasonably, wanted to know why.

But Crenshaw had no idea he was supposed to be teaching a class. And apparently, it wasn’t the only one he was supposed to lead.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-college-gave-this-adjunct-3-classes-to-teach-then-it-forgot-to-tell-him?utm_source=Iterable&utm

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CFP - Roundtable MMLA Cincinnati, 2-5 November 2023

Michael Modarelli •07/10/2023 Announcement
Call for Papers
Date
-
Location
Ohio, United States
Subject Fields
Educational Technology, Humanities, Literature, Teaching and Learning

Teaching the Literature Survey Course

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