Session Details

Thursday, 28 December

157. Temperatures Rising: Contingent Faculty Members and the Fight for Academic Freedom

10:15–11:30 a.m., 406, Philadelphia Marriott

A special session

Presiding: Gwen Bradley, American Assn. of Univ. Professors

1. “Education on Contingency: General Education and the Liberal Arts without Academic Freedom,” Monica F. Jacobe, Catholic Univ. of America

2. “Academic Freedom for Contingents: Due Process Long Overdue,” Karen Thompson, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick

3. “Contingency, Hegemony, and a Disposable Faculty: Academic Freedom and Militance at the Margins,” P. Marc Bousquet, Santa Clara Univ.

For copies of abstracts, write to gbradley@aaup.org after 1 Dec.

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