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Post by surplus value on Mar 6, 2015 20:09:40 GMT -5
This is the original job posting that prompted the following discussion:
University of South Florida. The Department of Sociology invites applications for 12-month Visiting Instructor I position in the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Program (housed in Sociology) beginning Summer 2015 with the possible extension for a second and/or third year. We are seeking an outstanding candidate who demonstrates a commitment to interdisciplinary pedagogy, outstanding teaching, and the ability to teach statistics. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in a Social Science discipline at the time of appointment. ABDs will be considered, but applicants are expected to have successfully defended the dissertation for a doctoral degree by May 7, 2015 - with the degree officially conferred by the end of August, 2015. Preference will be given to candidates with experience teaching large or on-line courses, interest in developing an online version of Introduction to the Social Sciences, and a demonstrated commitment to working effectively with a diverse university community. The teaching load will generally be 4 courses each in the Fall and Spring semesters and 2 courses in the Summer term. The twelve month salary is $47,000.
-- Archivist
Ya know, just your standard 10 course load...
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Post by Wow on Mar 6, 2015 22:26:51 GMT -5
This is depressing
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Post by Ouchy on Mar 7, 2015 7:56:38 GMT -5
I want to cry when I see 4-4-2 and 5/5 loads for visiting jobs... and to add insult to injury the salary is less than $50k. This hurts us so much, particularly when we need to be on the market again the following year.
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Post by and on Mar 7, 2015 9:25:43 GMT -5
The prepping! There is no way you can take a job like this and not have to prep a million classes including some you have never taught.
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Post by no way on Mar 15, 2015 16:06:00 GMT -5
i would not apply for this job even if they paid me $47,000 in one lump sum
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PIty for USF, well, sort of
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Post by PIty for USF, well, sort of on Mar 27, 2015 19:02:46 GMT -5
I actually feel a little sorry for the department that has to post this. I can only imagine they are just as embarrassed by it. What a garbage offer, and they must know it, but that is the neoliberal university...
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Post by shameful on Apr 3, 2015 12:05:42 GMT -5
Tenured faculty who participate in a search like this should be ashamed. When their deans come back to them with a position like this, noncompliance is the only acceptable response. It is only through the participation of tenured professors that adjunctification is happening and positions like this exist. Shame on them.
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Post by cba on Apr 3, 2015 14:57:35 GMT -5
USF is a union shop. The allowable terms for course loads and compensation are determined in their collective bargaining agreement. The Dean wouldn't have been able to dictate these conditions unless they were within the guidelines of the CBA. Faculty members are bound to the terms of the CBA as well. I'm not saying that we should blame AFSCME here for these terms, but without the CBA they would probably be even worse. I know of several similar positions where the base pay for instructors is about $10,000 less. Again, not to say that what USF is doing here is right or moral, but addressing the inequities is a difficult, long-term process.
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Post by hemming, hawing on Apr 5, 2015 8:37:46 GMT -5
Sounds to me like the AFSCME and their tenured faculty (who have incredible job security) didn't do enough to prevent ruthless exploitation of contingent faculty. I don't think they deserve excuses to be made for them as much as they deserve shame for allowing it.
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Post by best wishes on Apr 5, 2015 17:43:43 GMT -5
I hope you have an opportunity some day to help negogiate better contingent faculty working conditions. I wish you the best should you find yourself in this position. (Seriously. We need more professionals who will participate in this way with these agendas.)
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Post by no kidding on Apr 5, 2015 19:14:21 GMT -5
Good luck. This problem is everywhere.
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check out this article
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Post by check out this article on Apr 7, 2015 16:42:27 GMT -5
Goldey, G., Swank, E., Hardesty, C., & Swain, R. (2010). Union Professors: Framing Processes, Mobilizing Structures, and Participation in Faculty Unions*. Sociological Inquiry, 80(3), 331-353.
This study traces the development of union loyalties among community college professors. Assuming that activism is motivated by contextual and ideological factors, the paper analyzes the ways that social networks, collegiate workplaces, and framing practices transform political bystanders into committed union members. Using data from a study of junior college professors in Kentucky (N = 329), the study finds that union participation is strongly linked to a distrust of campus administrators and having pro-union friends and colleagues. Likewise, perceptions of union efficacy, a liberal identity as well the professor’s education level predicted the actual joining of their campus’ faculty union.
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Post by adjunctification on Apr 7, 2015 18:18:33 GMT -5
What's up with all this finger wagging directed at USF? We all know this issue is not unique to them. What exactly is this "shaming" going to accomplish anyways? Get involved with the adjunct project if you want to make a real difference. Venting on a message board only makes you seem petty and immature.
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Post by Why petty? on Apr 7, 2015 19:15:06 GMT -5
Not petty or immature at all -- nice delegitimizing move, btw -- but frustrated and outraged, and rightfully so. Venting on a message board may contribute to greater awareness of the situation and in that way possibly help build up determination in people around the country to start becoming involved on the ground. Actually, now that you mentioned it, perhaps it would be quite useful to use this board for collecting information on particularly outrageous cases, such as this one, precisely in order to initiate, if not change (right away), at least discussion and awareness.
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Post by okay on Apr 7, 2015 22:17:26 GMT -5
not an attempt to delegitimate at all. just pointing out that this doesn't seem like a good forum to create social change (though the adjunct project might be if that is this person's real goal). trying to vilify faculty at one institution won't accomplish much either. faculty are operating under constraints just like other people. seems to me like people are just upset that they didn't land a job this cycle and are displacing their anger on faculty at one particular institution. i guess everyone copes with distress in their own way. but i wouldn't go as far as referring to this position as "ruthless exploitation". they're paying almost double the going rate for adjuncts. not exactly a sweat shop.
Not petty or immature at all -- nice delegitimizing move, btw -- but frustrated and outraged, and rightfully so. Venting on a message board may contribute to greater awareness of the situation and in that way possibly help build up determination in people around the country to start becoming involved on the ground. Actually, now that you mentioned it, perhaps it would be quite useful to use this board for collecting information on particularly outrageous cases, such as this one, precisely in order to initiate, if not change (right away), at least discussion and awareness. |
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