Session Details

Monday, 29 December

488A. Academic Freedom in the Workplace: Employment Status, Race, and Ethnicity

10:15–11:30 a.m., Union Square 4, Hilton

Program arranged by the MLA Committee on Academic Freedom and Professional Rights and Responsibilities

Presiding: Miriam Cooke, Duke Univ.

1. “Academic Freedom and Adjunct Faculty Members,” Michael Bérubé, Penn State Univ., University Park

2. “Teaching by Candlelight: Degradation on Our Campuses,” Vijay Prashad, Trinity Coll., CT

3. “The Everyday Life of Academic Freedom: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Classroom,” Juana María Rodríguez, Univ. of California, Berkeley

4. “Academic Freedom: Norms, Methods, and Contestations,” Doug Steward, MLA

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