Contextualizing and organizing contingent faculty : reclaiming academic labor in universities / edited by Ishmael I. Munene.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Munene, Ishmael I., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Faculty--Organizing.

Universities and colleges.

College teachers' unions.

Labor movement.

Universities and colleges--Faculty.

Physical Description:

xv, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]

Summary:

This book presents an overview of the context and work conditions of contingent faculty in higher education. It addresses questions related to the ways in which faculty theorize about contingent academic labor, and under what conditions they are able to unite, organize, and constitute an opposition to management.

Contents:

Part I University Transformation and Faculty Agency 1

1 Introduction: The Casualization of Academic Labor and Faculty Agency / Ishmael I. Munene Munene, Ishmael I. 3

2 Prometheus Redefined: Theorizing and Contextualizing Contingent Faculty in Universities / Ishmael I. Munene Munene, Ishmael I. 15

3 The Metro Strategy: A Workforce-Appropriate, Geography-Based Approach to Organizing Contingent Faculty / Joe Berry Berry, Joe, Helena Worthen Worthen, Helena 35

Part II Reclaiming the Faculty Narrative in the United States 61

4 Vulnerable, But Not Silent: Unpacking Discourses of Fear Surrounding NTT Faculty / Nora Timmerman Timmerman, Nora 63

5 Notes from the Field: Mobilizing Non-Tenure-Track Faculty at the University of Arizona / Sean Rys Rys, Sean, Joel Smith Smith, Joel, Kristin Little Little, Kristin 83

6 Reclaiming Academic Labor in a Democratic State: Mediating the Neoliberal University Assault on the Professoriate / Tiffany Kraft Kraft, Tiffany 101

7 The Theft of Adjunct Faculty Labor Time: Theorizing Exchange Value and Resistance from a Marxist Perspective / Philippa Winkler Winkler, Philippa 117

8 Democracy, Shared Governance, and Academic Freedom for All Faculty / Brian A. Stone Stone, Brian A., Sandra J. Stone Stone, Sandra J. 129

Part III Global Cases of Faculty Narrative and Agency 145

9 Non-Tenured Academics and the Dilemma of the Academic Profession in Kenyan Universities / Ibrahim O. Ogachi Ogachi, Ibrahim O., Daniel N. Sifuna Sifuna, Daniel N. 147

10 Tenure and Non-Tenure-Track Systems in Turkish Academia: Current Status and Future Prospects / Nihan Demirkasimoglu Demirkasimoglu, Nihan 175

11 The Beginnings of Resistance among Part-Time Instructors in South Korea / Sungok R. Park Park, Sungok R., Choi Soyoung Soyoung, Choi 195

12 Disposable Academics: Neoliberalism, Anti-Intellectualism, and the Rise of Contingent Faculty in Canadian Universities / Njoki Nathani Wane Wane, Njoki Nathani, Zuhra Abawi Abawi, Zuhra 207

13 Afterthought: Unchaining Prometheus and Decasualizing Academic Labor / Ishmael I. Munene Munene, Ishmael I. 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index.

ISBN:

1498539548

9781498539548

OCLC:

1014046225

Publisher Number:

15026880