This is not a “how to get published.” This is not a “how not to get published.” I wish I could give you an insider’s perspective because I wish I could be an insider. But I can show you a little bit about the weird, wild world of academic publishing.
Category: Women In Academia
Ailanthus’ weekly column on the trials and triumphs of being a woman in academia.
Dispatches from Adjunct Land: Ending a Class
The end of a class is bittersweet. After nine weeks, I’m tired, too, and ready for a break. But I’ve gotten to know my students, and wish I could spend more time with them. I think about them after class has ended and wonder if they use what I have taught them. I hope they do well in the future. And I think about my future, too.
Adjunct Land: Why Didn’t I Think of That?
I tend not to respond to op-eds, columns, and blog posts about adjuncting. I’d never have time for anything else. But Charlotte Allen’s recent op-ed for the L.A. Times contains a worn argument that I can’t ignore anymore: “Don’t be an adjunct.”
Dispatches from Adjunct Land: Starting a New Class
As a child, I hated beginnings. So much was unknown: What would the teacher be like, the other students? What would we learn? I always longed for October, when routines had firmly taken hold. But now I prefer those beginnings because they are so full of hope.
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Dispatch from Adjunct Land 4: Grading
Final papers were turned in this week! Guess what is consuming me mind, body, and soul right now.
Dispatch from Adjunct Land III: Getting a Job
Everything I know about getting an academic job. Which, admittedly, isn’t much.
Dispatch from Adjunct Land II: Compensation
I make about $10 to $25 an hour. I receive no benefits other than a discount at the school store.
How Not to Restructure a University in a Budget Crisis
It’s not news that university funding is stretched thinner than paper, but the University of Guelph is tackling their budget shortfall in a troubling way: every department and division, both academic and non-academic, has to submit a report to a task force describing what exactly their department does, and why they are essential to the university. If a department can’t prove it is essential, it will face severe funding cuts or elimination.
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