Tag Archives: The Homeless Adjunct

Inequality, MOOCs and The Predator Elite

It’s been too long since I’ve written here on The Homeless Adjunct blog, but I am back and ready to move forward.  The silence was caused by a particularly hard year of never-ending job searching.  Two of my three adjunct … Continue reading

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Being a Stupid Slut

When I was a teenager, many years ago, my boyfriend’s roommate had a girl he used to call regularly for sex. He would wake up in the morning, and without even leaving his bed, he would call her if he … Continue reading

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The Homeless Adjunct Tour is Announced

In the last few months, the ‘Junct team – Chris LaBree and I – have traveled to NYC, D.C. (twice!) and to Chicago in order to show clips of the documentary and to give talks about the project, about adjunct/contingent … Continue reading

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Activism Through Art

It has been over two weeks now since the New Faculty Majority Summit in D.C.,  where I was happy to meet and share thoughts with so many academic professionals on the faculty labor issues confronting the professoriate.  After the conference … Continue reading

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How long? How long?

Through the generosity of people who read this blog, the Adjunct Emergency Fund collected $625, which was sent yesterday to our adjunct in Los Angeles.  This money will save his art from destruction; he can pay the overdue amount to … Continue reading

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News about the Adjunct Emergency Fund

Over the course of the last several months, Chris LaBree and I have interviewed and filmed adjuncts who tell stories of poverty, desperation and suffering.  We are struck over and over again by the unbelievable financial distress that tens of … Continue reading

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