This is the transcript from #AdjunctChat on 12/3/13, and was facilitated by Jeffrey Keefer @JeffreyKeefer.
The topic was How do you manage your social capital as an #adjunct?.
| From User | Text | Time |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Getting ready for #adjunctchat – starts in about 5 minutes. | 12/3/2013 15:54:07 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Today’s #adjunctchat topic is at http://t.co/MAFxL2ydWz | 12/3/2013 15:54:27 |
| @Comprof1 | RT @JeffreyKeefer: Getting ready for #adjunctchat – starts in about 5 minutes. | 12/3/2013 15:59:01 |
| @Comprof1 | Anyone else feel a bit scattered after thanksgiving break? #adjunctchat #phdchat #ecrchat | 12/3/2013 16:01:48 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Welcome to #adjunctchat! | 12/3/2013 16:06:16 |
| @IshaiBarnoy | Sorry, #AdjunctChat folks. I’ve been teaching this semester. Right now I’ve got a student (who isn’t here), and a 3hr class soon after. | 12/3/2013 16:06:23 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Today’s #adjunctchat is “How do you manage your social capital as an #adjunct?” | 12/3/2013 16:06:49 |
| @4KM | Hello everyone. Joining #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:07:38 |
| @AdjunctChat | @Comprof1 I am feeling completely scattered, though that has been since Halloween! #AdjunctChat | 12/3/2013 16:07:40 |
| @Comprof1 | @IshaiBarnoy Maybe next week or in January. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:08:05 |
| @Comprof1 | RT @4KM: Hello everyone. Joining #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:09:02 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | I was trying to use Twubs for #adjunctchat http://t.co/jn4exeReCc but the site seems somewhat slow today. | 12/3/2013 16:09:08 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Who is here for #adjunctchat today? | 12/3/2013 16:09:25 |
| @4KM | “Manage” is an interesting term re: “How do you manage your social capital as an #adjunct?” #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:09:37 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Today’s #adjunctchat topic came up a couple weeks ago about social capital as an #adjunct, so we shall see what sense we make of it! | 12/3/2013 16:10:29 |
| @4KM | Want to share what spawned Q1 for you @JeffreyKeefer? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:10:56 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer My only problem is “social capital”. to me it sounds like we’re part of the machinery. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:11:05 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | I always struggled with the notion of social capital, though think it is an interesting notion for #adjuncts to consider #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:11:16 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | RT @Comprof1: @JeffreyKeefer My only problem is “social capital”. to me it sounds like we’re part of the machinery. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:11:52 |
| @AdjunctChat | @Comprof1 Nicely stated about social capital; it does seem anti-#adjunct in some ways, like the system itself! #AdjunctChat | 12/3/2013 16:12:23 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer I just wish I could come up with a better term. But the social network is very important. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:12:42 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Let’s begin . . . #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:12:44 |
| @4KM | A1 If you are thinking-in pt-about faculty-learner SoMe connections, our U encourages it, which is great #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:12:48 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Let’s begin with #AdjunctChat . . . Q1 How do you understand your social capital? | 12/3/2013 16:13:12 |
| @VCVaile | slow computer day – here but late getting loaded. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:13:14 |
| @networkedres | Following #adjunctchat? Please help us out answering this (super quick) survey http://t.co/TUNnMffbuj Thanks! #ECRchat | 12/3/2013 16:13:52 |
| @AdjunctChat | @VCVaile @4KM Welcome to today’s #Adjunctchat! | 12/3/2013 16:13:54 |
| @4KM | I don’t mind the term social capital, as it implies recognized value, even in for-profit corporations #adjunctchat #KM | 12/3/2013 16:14:03 |
| @Comprof1 | @4KM Actually, I’ve been using linkedin to follow my students Helps me to know where they are & get feedback when in workplace #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:14:47 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Q1 I think of social capital as a network of social relations, though I have not figured how to work the capital, or value, in #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:15:33 |
| @Comprof1 | @VCVaile I’m having the same problem #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:16:01 |
| @VCVaile | Maybe the place to start Q1 is with #socialcapital minus the #adjunct part BUT including #socialmedia #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:16:05 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Q1 Somehow thinking about my social network as valuable for me is fine, though the capital seems to quantify the relations #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:16:19 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Q1 Perhaps social capital is more akin to social relationships? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:16:41 |
| @AdjunctChat | @VCVaile Q1 Do you envision social capital requiring social media? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:17:16 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer Actually I was just reading an article on social capital defined as social relations & value in relationships #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:17:40 |
| @4KM | How be if we rephrase as “valuable social networks?” #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:17:48 |
| @AdjunctChat | @4KM @Comprof1 Q1 I try not to think of my network as valuable in a $ way, as that seems to depersonalize people I like #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:18:22 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | RT @4KM: How be if we rephrase as “valuable social networks?” #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:18:44 |
| @Comprof1 | @AdjunctChat @VCVaile NO! I think adjuncts have more social capital than they think. More than TT #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:18:47 |
| @AdjunctChat | @4KM Valuable for me, in “valuable social networks” = social capital #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:19:19 |
| @Comprof1 | @4KM And most adjuncts have multiple networks. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:19:44 |
| @VCVaile | I’m comfortable w both social & cultural capital. It’s been a while but Bourdieuhabitus /might have been more useful than Wiki #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:19:47 |
| @4KM | Funny we value social learning in networks using social media and 1st 20 min is struggle w “Social capital.” #adjunctchat #KM | 12/3/2013 16:19:53 |
| @AdjunctChat | @Comprof1 @AdjunctChat @VCVaile Can you talk more about what you mean? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:20:05 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @4KM Somehow the learning and the notion of “value” and “capital” do seem strained to me #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:21:26 |
| @4KM | I blur my networks and find they add value to each other in unpredictable ways. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:21:32 |
| @Comprof1 | @AdjunctChat @VCVaile We have access (often) to networks outside of academia & our own institution. #adjunctchat Uni could tap into. | 12/3/2013 16:21:57 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Some really interesting ideas for #adjunctchat today on social capital | 12/3/2013 16:22:16 |
| @VCVaile | think of networks / relationships that #adjuncts have + #culturalcapital #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:22:32 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | For those joining, today’s #adjunctchat topic is How do you manage your social capital as an #adjunct? | 12/3/2013 16:22:44 |
| @4KM | @JeffreyKeefer Every sector has its lexicons, which tie to values and comfort. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:22:54 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Q2 How does your social capital benefit you as an #adjunct? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:22:58 |
| @Comprof1 | @AdjunctChat @VCVaile 1 college I worked for tapped into it by having a colleague work at getting speakers from adjunct SocNet #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:23:18 |
| @4KM | Don’t we try to use our social networks to effect social capital for our universities and students? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:23:50 |
| @VCVaile | interesting article here on social media & social capital http://t.co/Xpiz4SmR3B #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:23:50 |
| @Comprof1 | @AdjunctChat @VCVaile Most adjuncts were members of prof groups, had social network outside of soc media. Soc media useful tho #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:24:03 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | It seems thus far that we here in #adjunctchat see social capital as somehow our networks providing us value. | 12/3/2013 16:24:25 |
| @4KM | A2 Finding faculty, guest presenters and resources and being inspired and informed and hopefully sharing some credibility #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:25:18 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Q2 I wonder how social capital is different for #adjuncts vs. anybody else. Is there a difference? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:25:24 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer A1 I use soc nets to find jobs, get resources/syllabi, get feedback on courses (changes needed). #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:25:39 |
| @VCVaile | Problem w Q2 is dissonance / power imbalance makes mobilizing social/cultural capital more difficult #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:25:46 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer I have been using soc net of other adj more this semester. Another network to tap into. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:26:24 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer I have tried tapping into tenure track soc net but seems more closed, only for other TT. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:27:03 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @VCVaile How are you using “mobilizing”? with Q2? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:27:16 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer But lately been attending research consortium which has led to opportunities for research #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:27:41 |
| @4KM | @VCVaile Interesting. If programmers could just make knowledge repositories and texts warm, we could scrap social capital #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:27:44 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Today’s #adjunctchat topic is “How do you manage your social capital as an #adjunct?” – All are welcome! | 12/3/2013 16:28:10 |
| @Comprof1 | RT @VCVaile: Problem w Q2 is dissonance / power imbalance makes mobilizing social/cultural capital more difficult #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:28:11 |
| @4KM | @JeffreyKeefer As Virginia said, we tend to have many diverse networks, more than the tenured specialist or pure practitioner #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:29:09 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer The same for any permanent vs. temp employee. Can always dev external net but INTERNAL is tuf to crack #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:29:19 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @Comprof1 Q2 I have also been reaching out more to other #adjuncts, especially related to our work here on #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:29:30 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @Comprof1 It is odd that I reach out to my network, though am not good at claiming to leverage or use it; seem too self-serving #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:30:21 |
| @VCVaile | @JeffreyKeefer using, cultivating productive connections – think of what the word means & take it from there #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:30:32 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer Esp true as budgets begin to make jobs less predictable. #adjunctchat Found colleague less likely to share Competing for jobs | 12/3/2013 16:30:43 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @4KM Do you think #adjuncts have more networks or more diverse networks automatically, or only those who work on it? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:31:05 |
| @4KM | Would be interesting to have inside-outside instrument with which to measure #HigherEd institutions: how open is the culture? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:31:51 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Leaning Q2 How does your social capital benefit you as an #adjunct? for a moment . . . #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:31:53 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Q3 What do you offer in return for your social capital? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:32:09 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer @4KM Problem is if you work at same place, net becomes smaller. Means you’re at disadv when need net. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:32:37 |
| @4KM | @JeffreyKeefer You have a point. I was influenced by this interesting crowd. But we are more often scholar-practitioners #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:32:44 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Q3 Social capital seems so quantifiable, so why not think about how to add back in? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:32:48 |
| @rcbatp | @JeffreyKeefer #adjunctchat — If the goal is to increase equity, the social network needs to connect to the physical, immediate network. | 12/3/2013 16:32:57 |
| @VCVaile | @JeffreyKeefer @Comprof1 that does not have to be selfserving…think of it as being part of a network…sharing…gift economy #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:33:06 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | RT @VCVaile: @JeffreyKeefer using, cultivating productive connections – think of what the word means & take it from there #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:33:13 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer @4KM But if working in multiple locations, net may be diverse/broad, but not “deep” #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:33:15 |
| @4KM | @Comprof1 Say more? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:33:18 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @rcbatp Glad you could join us for #adjunctchat today! | 12/3/2013 16:33:42 |
| @rcbatp | @JeffreyKeefer #adjunctchat — I had the most social and real time capital on my campuses but once I shifted to adjunct activism . . . | 12/3/2013 16:34:01 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | For anybody just joining, today’s #AdjunctChat topic is How do you manage your social capital as an #adjunct? | 12/3/2013 16:34:21 |
| @rcbatp | @JeffreyKeefer #adjunctchat (cont’d) that capital was viewed as a threat even though the mission was the same: increase learning conditions | 12/3/2013 16:34:43 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @rcbatp How do you characterize or understand your social capital and how it shifted? #AdjunctChat | 12/3/2013 16:34:52 |
| @Comprof1 | @4KM As you become more isolated & net becomes more tied to one place, not “updated” thru net. #adjunctchat 1/2 | 12/3/2013 16:35:05 |
| @4KM | @Comprof1 Right, or with diverse topics. Wish we had a flattering antonym for deep. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:35:14 |
| @VCVaile | @JeffreyKeefer did you get @rcbatp’s ‘memo’ on social capital? https://t.co/NkhXzfXGMV #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:35:28 |
| @Comprof1 | @4KM You may have updated skills that aren’t known by those in smaller net or those in potentially largr net. #adjunctchat 2/2 | 12/3/2013 16:36:05 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @rcbatp Everything in organizations or human systems can be perceived as a threat to those who have something to lose? #AdjunctChat | 12/3/2013 16:36:09 |
| @4KM | I think there are constant flows of knowledge and value in social capital #adjunctchat #KM | 12/3/2013 16:36:13 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | RT @VCVaile: @JeffreyKeefer did you get @rcbatp’s ‘memo’ on social capital? http://t.co/TdZRkm41W4… #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:36:22 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @VCVaile @rcbatp Missed it today; busy day in the FT office! #AdjunctChat | 12/3/2013 16:36:59 |
| @VCVaile | @JeffreyKeefer @rcbatp posted to #ConJob an active part of the growing #adjunct network #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:38:18 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer @rcbatp But soc cap is dependent on those “buying”. You may have soc/cultural cap, but not wanted by uni #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:38:43 |
| @4KM | @Comprof1 Yes: People put people in boxes instead of tributaries #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:38:50 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Q3 I sometimes think social capital is related to the notion of karma, in that we get what we put in (if we attend to it) #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:39:19 |
| @ShieldsMolly | Following along (passively) with #adjunctchat – participation limited by meeting, but enjoying discourse. | 12/3/2013 16:39:57 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @Comprof1 @rcbatp If one buyer is not interested in our social capital, then on to the next one (or change what is offered?) #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:40:17 |
| @Comprof1 | @4KM One frustration I have is disconnect between what I see in my soc net as important to learn & what dept perceives #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:40:29 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @ShieldsMolly Welcome, and please reply to the #adjunctchat discourse later! | 12/3/2013 16:40:41 |
| @4KM | A paradox: diversity and edges can create rich social capital; universities have deep, somewhat homogeneous traditions #adjunctchat #KM | 12/3/2013 16:40:48 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @Comprof1 @4KM Interesting; I do not feel my uni departments care what I do when I am not teaching what they hire me to do #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:41:41 |
| @Comprof1 | @4KM Many dept not using their adjunct social cap #adjunctchat They ask other faculty for resch sites meanwhile adjunct is working at ideal! | 12/3/2013 16:41:42 |
| @4KM | @Comprof1 Important things haven’t passed the discipline test? #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:42:22 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @Comprof1 @4KM I see this in many orgs, not just unis #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:42:40 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | I am wondering what take-aways you all have from today’s #adjunctchat discussion on social capital? | 12/3/2013 16:43:18 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer @rcbatp Which is one advantage to being adjunct! #adjunctchat I find diff networks in my students/alumni. Always reachng out | 12/3/2013 16:43:21 |
| @4KM | @JeffreyKeefer @Comprof1 I don’t know that I’d take a job like that any more. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:43:36 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | As we are nearing our end, I am really interested in what we can do with this #adjunctchat somewhat theoretical discussion on social capital | 12/3/2013 16:44:04 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer @rcbatp Diff schools, VERY diff students/alumni. Helps when I do consulting/workplace workshops & research. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:44:12 |
| @rcbatp | @JeffreyKeefer #adjunctchat — individual social or cultural capital used to be put to use internally, to build and manage programs | 12/3/2013 16:44:37 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer Adjuncts need to recognize the soc cap they have when dealing w/ admin #adjunctchat Make sure data info is up to date. | 12/3/2013 16:46:02 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | I find it uncomfortable to think of networking and social capital as they seem self-serving . . . #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:46:22 |
| @4KM | Despite disadvantages to adjunct, I wouldn’t be surprised if some creative TT folk are envious. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:46:37 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | . . . so I will try to reframe it as sharing with my valuable personal network #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:46:37 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer Tooting your own horn is not “bragging”. just think of it as a diff form of career dev than tenure. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:46:46 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | I am going to need to slip off now . . . I teach tonight. Thank you all for a fascinating #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:47:37 |
| @VCVaile | of course our networks are not limited to the #adjunct/iverse & overlap at multiple pts #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:47:41 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer Perhaps we should start advocating dept reviews for “dept social capital” not just indiv. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:47:44 |
| @4KM | Takeaway: Best of roles and the worst of roles. Easy to create mitigative strategies; diff to change traditions. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:47:58 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | Hope to see you next week for #adjunctchat! Tues, Dec 10 – Topic – “Managing end of semester commitments” led by Virginia Yonkers @Comprof1 | 12/3/2013 16:48:51 |
| @rcbatp | @JeffreyKeefer #adjunctchat — how do we express (“capitalize” on) this power to those who disempower us? (2 ponder) | 12/3/2013 16:49:03 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | RT @4KM: Takeaway: Best of roles and the worst of roles. Easy to create mitigative strategies; diff to change traditions. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:49:06 |
| @4KM | @JeffreyKeefer Not if it’s a multi-way street. Most people w good social networks give more than they seem to get #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:49:08 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | RT @Comprof1: @JeffreyKeefer Perhaps we should start advocating dept reviews for “dept social capital” not just indiv. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:49:12 |
| @VCVaile | @JeffreyKeefer @Comprof1 @4KM there is a tendency to exclude #adjuncts from institutional network, so we build our own #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:49:12 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer Thanks for hosting. Next week’s topic is a bit lighter and timely. Managing time at end of semester! #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:49:29 |
| @VCVaile | & with it social capital #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:49:31 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | RT @4KM: @JeffreyKeefer Not if it’s a multi-way street. Most people w good social networks give more than they seem to get #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:49:57 |
| @4KM | @Comprof1 @JeffreyKeefer I have tried to promote social network analysis as a metric in a few Us. No luck yet. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:51:00 |
| @VCVaile | @JeffreyKeefer @4KM agreed! #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:51:24 |
| @Comprof1 | @VCVaile @JeffreyKeefer @4KM Often wondered about an “adjunct poole” to be used as needed. More flexibility. #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:52:03 |
| @Comprof1 | @VCVaile @JeffreyKeefer @4KM Many adjuncts teach in multiple depts because they have global skill (i.e. tech, writing, etc) #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:52:59 |
| @Comprof1 | @4KM @JeffreyKeefer Maybe just ahead of your time! #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:54:03 |
| @VCVaile | my connection to/use of social capital is more connected to advocacy & network building than teaching #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:55:28 |
| @4KM | Good reconnecting; enjoy your teaching, advocacy, research and network building #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:58:34 |
| @VCVaile | I also see a strong connection here w pln & to some extent w digital identies #adjunctchat | 12/3/2013 16:58:42 |
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