3410 - Contingent Faculty in Academic Sociology (Sponsored by the ASA Task Force on Contingent Faculty)

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Description

The ASA established a Task Force on Contingent Faculty to examine employment trends, conditions of employment, the position of contingent faculty in the university, the effects on careers, and the consequences for higher education. Conditions for full-time non-tenure-system faculty are generally dramatically better than conditions for part-time per-course instructors, with the former more common at research universities and the latter more common at community colleges and state universities. The task force produced a preliminary report at the 2017 annual meeting, and seeks feedback from ASA members on the final report and existing situation on various kinds of campuses and on recommendations for future action by the ASA, sociology departments, universities, and individuals.

Sub Unit

• Workshops / Policy and Research Workshop

Session Organizers

• Louis Esparza, California State University-Los Angeles

• Dan Clawson, University of Massachusetts

Panelists

• Ruth Milkman, City University of New York-The Graduate Center

• Marisa Camille Allison, George Mason University

• Jay R. Howard, Butler University

• Penelope W. Lewis, City University of New York-Murphy Institute for Labor Studies

• Catherine L. Moran, University of New Hampshire

• Jill Niebrugge-Brantley, George Washington University

• Nicholas D. Pagnucco, St. Mary's University College

• Victor W. Perez, University of Delaware