This is the transcript from #AdjunctChat on 4/22/14, and was facilitated by @JeffreyKeefer and @fabianbanga.
The topic was What have Unions Accomplished for Adjunct Faculty?
All are welcome to our next #AdjunctChat on Tues, Apr 29, where the topic – “Experiences with Writers’ Groups: Find or start a writers’ group for accountability and collegiality” will be led by @melovell.
This is the transcript from #AdjunctChat on 4/8/14, and was facilitated by @comprof1.
The topic was Adjuncts Doing Research.
All are welcome to our next #AdjunctChat on Tues, Apr 22, where the topic – “What have unions accomplished for Adjunct Faculty?” will be led by @JeffreyKeefer and @fabianbanga.
| From User | Text | Time |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat this week is on adjuncts doing research. All welcome. #phdchat #ecrchat #acwri | 4/8/14 15:46 |
| @KateMfD | Today’s #AdjunctChat is Adjuncts Doing Research http://t.co/fJpH3qYGZ9 via @JeffreyKeefer (6am Weds Sydney time for up early #auscasuals) | 4/8/14 15:49 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat will begin soon. Topic: Adjuncts (contigents/casuals/parttime instructors) doing research | 4/8/14 15:57 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat will begin soon. Topic: Adjuncts (contigents/casuals/parttime instructors) doing research | 4/8/14 15:57 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat To start, why don’t you tell us what areas you do or would like to do research in. You don’t have to do research to participate | 4/8/14 15:59 |
| @Comprof1 | I’m currently doing research in 4 areas (on my own): Mobile communication; International policy; workplace writing; KM & groups #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:01 |
| @MirandaMerklein | As a creative writer, the chaos of contingency has drastically impaired my output. I publish a lot less. Creates resentment. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:01 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein What areas do you WANT to work on? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:03 |
| @KateMfD | @tseenster #AdjunctChat is on now: adjuncts doing research. Company for the morning commute! @rebeccagoodway @Acahacker | 4/8/14 16:03 |
| @fabianbanga | Hi #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:03 |
| @KateMfD | RT @MirandaMerklein: As a creative writer, the chaos of contingency has drastically impaired my output. I publish a lot less. Creates resen… | 4/8/14 16:04 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein I know, it’s hard to find time to do research as an adjunct maybe we can come up w/ strategies to improve this #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:04 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga Hi. We just started. #adjunctchat To start, why don’t you tell us what areas you do or would like to do research in. | 4/8/14 16:04 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @Comprof1 My research and PhD = creative prosery, mixed-genre fiction and poetry. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:05 |
| @Comprof1 | @KateMfD @tseenster @rebeccagoodway @Acahacker Seems so strange since it’s the evening commute here! #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:06 |
| @rebeccagoodway | I enjoy doing research for others so much, but get frustrated when I don’t see the outcomes after my part is over #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:06 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein So do you create long texts or short? #adjunctchat Have you been able to do ANY writing? | 4/8/14 16:07 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @Comprof1 That would be a miracle! As it’s really soul-destroying. Any advice appreciated. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:07 |
| @klinecj | @Comprof1 Just a little late but I am here. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:08 |
| @klinecj | @Comprof1 Just a little late but I am here. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:08 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein Is it the lack of opportunity to create or lack of opp to publish? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:09 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @Comprof1 Anywhere between 50 – 2,000 words, with or without line breaks.#Adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:09 |
| @fabianbanga | I was thinking that all PhD professors (adjunct, TT, etc.) engage in some type of research; the difference is support from inst #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:09 |
| @Comprof1 | @klinecj Hi Christopher. We’re just #adjunctchat To start, why don’t you tell us what areas you do or would like to do research in. | 4/8/14 16:10 |
| @Comprof1 | @klinecj Hi Christopher. We’re just #adjunctchat To start, why don’t you tell us what areas you do or would like to do research in. | 4/8/14 16:10 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @Comprof1 I have been able to do SOME writing. At this rate, though, the next collection will take 10 years, it seems. #Adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:10 |
| @ProfessorF74 | RT @fabianbanga: I was thinking that all PhD professors (adjunct, TT, etc.) engage in some type of research; the difference is support from… | 4/8/14 16:11 |
| @KateMfD | @rebeccagoodway problem with casual research work in Australia: assumption that income rather than output is the goal. #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:11 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga I think w/ adjuncts may need to be more creative/non traditional. When institution doesn’t recognize, depressing #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:11 |
| @fabianbanga | @rebeccagoodway What type of research? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:11 |
| @MariuzzoAndrea | RT @fabianbanga: I was thinking that all PhD professors (adjunct, TT, etc.) engage in some type of research; the difference is support from… | 4/8/14 16:11 |
| @KateMfD | Curious: do US adjuncts also get to do paid research work for profs? #AdjunctChat #auscasuals | 4/8/14 16:12 |
| @Comprof1 | @KateMfD @rebeccagoodway I think it’s the same worldwide! Adjuncts not able b/c not motivated or not qualified #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:13 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @Comprof1 Although I’m also known to write angry, critical blogs/accounts of #hireded, student debt, and the 2-tiered campus 😉 #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:13 |
| @fabianbanga | @KateMfD ah! educational insts run according to the models of private businesses… | 4/8/14 16:13 |
| here is our topic again. | ||
| @rebeccagoodway #adjunctchat | ||
| @fabianbanga | @KateMfD sometimes | 4/8/14 16:14 |
| #AdjunctChat #auscasuals | ||
| @Comprof1 | @KateMfD In US a line between adjuncts and researchers. Student adjuncts also (teaching or research assistant, not both) #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:14 |
| @fabianbanga | @Comprof1 I know, terrible. this is why always in solidarity | 4/8/14 16:15 |
| #adjunctchat | ||
| @Comprof1 | Q1 what are some of the barriers to you researching or completing research as an adjunct? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:15 |
| @fabianbanga | @rebeccagoodway We have a lot to work on / I have similar topic #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:16 |
| @KateMfD | @Comprof1 In Australia casual (adjunct) teachers often also pick up research assistant work. Paid, but not always credited. #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:17 |
| @fabianbanga | @Comprof1 time, support #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:17 |
| @Comprof1 | #adjunctchat A1 For me it’s figuring out affiliation. Also lack of funding or even access to research projects. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:17 |
| @fabianbanga | @KateMfD Many GSIs do this in the USA | 4/8/14 16:18 |
| @Comprof1 #adjunctchat | ||
| @KateMfD | @Comprof1 We have a piece coming out in CASA this week on the resume gap casual research assistance creates. #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:18 |
| @Comprof1 | @KateMfD Can you be a postdoc to do the research job? My uni you need to be enrolled student. No post doc opportunities #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:19 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga @KateMfD But I know of some adjuncts also who do it to get foot in door. Problem w/ minority contingent. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:20 |
| @Comprof1 | @rebeccagoodway In what context do you do research? Work? Colleagues (part of project)? Academics? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:20 |
| @MirandaMerklein | The good news is that we may change the concept & elite social status of the intellectual/scholar by being forced into activism #Adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:20 |
| @KateMfD | @Comprof1 Our post docs are granted funded and sometimes get RA funding in their grant. Benefit to casual RAs uncertain. #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:21 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga @KateMfD I have some friends who have been put on RFP to insure inclusiveness then dropped when funding comes in. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:21 |
| @KateMfD | RT @MirandaMerklein: The good news is that we may change the concept & elite social status of the intellectual/scholar by being forced into… | 4/8/14 16:21 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein Just wondering, how much time would you say you have to commit to writing each week? Do you work year round? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:22 |
| @Comprof1 | @KateMfD Some of the schools with large endowments do that in US also. I work for Public Uni so limited funding #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:23 |
| @fabianbanga | @Comprof1 @KateMfD It’s also about the institution: #adjuncts in bigger inst may get more support 4 research than TT in small U #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:24 |
| @Comprof1 | Q2 If we can’t get paid for research in academy what other options might there be to work on research as altac? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:25 |
| @Comprof1 | Q2 If we can’t get paid for research in academy what other options might there be to work on research as altac? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:25 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @Comprof1 Some weeks zero. On average, maybe 3 hours a week. More during “breaks.” Yes, I work year round and organize for AAUP #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:25 |
| @fabianbanga | @rebeccagoodway Good, you can also use that learning and info for your own research #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:26 |
| @KateMfD | Thinking: casuals/adjuncts with high teaching loads face some same problems as TT. Teaching eats research time. #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:28 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein I suggest that you carve out a regular time that is sacred. Esp if it will help with your spirit. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:29 |
| @fabianbanga | we devote so much time on teaching and committees then no time for research (only 24hs in a day) + need time 4 ur family #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:29 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein This will be an advantage for your students. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:30 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga I try to combine teaching and research. It’s been great when I’ve been able to pilot something w/ my students. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:30 |
| @fabianbanga | Academia is not a friendly place for research if you have to teach, committees, conferences + your own personal time. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:30 |
| @rebeccagoodway | @fabianbanga personal… time…? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:31 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga I wonder if in some cases adjuncts might have more research freedom because not having to conform to dept expect #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:32 |
| @fabianbanga | @Comprof1 Yes, especially if you are teaching in grad school #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:33 |
| @fabianbanga | @Comprof1 yes, definitely #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:34 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga Problem is time and money for adjuncts, not ideas. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:34 |
| @fabianbanga | @rebeccagoodway : ) exactly! #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:34 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga Actually, I currently teach exclusively undergrad. They’re very open to trying new things (well, some are) #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:35 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @Comprof1 Yes. Hard thing to do when you’re underwater. Opportunity is an economic variable. V. Woolf was right about that one. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:35 |
| @KateMfD | “@rebeccagoodway: this is a metaphor for my life http://t.co/5fdUooXtPR” #auscasuals #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:36 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein Is there any way you can get paid outside of academia for what you like to do? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:37 |
| @Comprof1 | RT @KateMfD: “@rebeccagoodway: this is a metaphor for my life http://t.co/5fdUooXtPR” #auscasuals #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:37 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga But foreign language depts can be difficult for research. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:38 |
| @fabianbanga | @Comprof1 My problem is that my thesis is too dense 4 undergrads so rarely teaches this topic / edteach is different; #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:39 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @Comprof1 I do like organizing. (Got that poli sci degree, too.) Full time organizing for one of the #highered campaigns maybe. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:39 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein This brings me to the next ?: Q3 What are some resources available for adjuncts that want to do research? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:40 |
| @fabianbanga | @Comprof1 No, a lot of projects http://t.co/akWQioE68x and also Stanford. | 4/8/14 16:40 |
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| @fabianbanga | @Comprof1 No, a lot of projects http://t.co/akWQioE68x and also Stanford. | 4/8/14 16:40 |
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| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga I teach communication & there is no way my students would understand my thesis! But I take concepts to work on. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:41 |
| @fabianbanga | @Comprof1 I am thinking about grants #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:41 |
| @MirandaMerklein | ||
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga E.g. I teach computer mediated comm. students do a log on how they use CMC. Then I compare w/ workers (my thesis) #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:42 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga @MirandaMerklein There are some grants at schools but also funding orgs/professional organizations #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:43 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @Comprof1 @MirandaMerklein Hey, sorry for being so late (at an academic conference in Scotland). Intrigued with this question #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:44 |
| @Comprof1 | @JeffreyKeefer @MirandaMerklein conference fits into the topic? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:46 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @fabianbanga @Comprof1 Might work for some tradit researchers with less courses. In CW, it’s about books published (Catch 22). #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:47 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga @MirandaMerklein I also just started using http://t.co/ROeY8zcH6f. There are postings on grants, calls for papers #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:47 |
| @fabianbanga | @MirandaMerklein yes, always the case in literature | 4/8/14 16:48 |
| @Comprof1 #adjunctchat | ||
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein @fabianbanga Do you have a writing group you can join to help you reach your goal? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:48 |
| @fabianbanga | @Comprof1 @MirandaMerklein do you have grant writers? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:49 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein @fabianbanga I just wrote a chapter for an encyclopedia of mobile phone use b/c I was part of consotium #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:50 |
| @KateMfD | @Comprof1 q3 thinking that TT allies ought to be resources/mentors/listeners, but too often fail. #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:50 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @JeffreyKeefer @Comprof1 Lucky you! Love Scotland, http://t.co/DydLc3gwLT Never been. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:50 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein @fabianbanga One of the members was editing a book and asked me to write a chapter. Really helped to have supp #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:50 |
| @fabianbanga | @MirandaMerklein Everything goes back to capital #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:51 |
| @Comprof1 | ||
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga @MirandaMerklein I was a grant writer before I started phd. We do have help, but I was grant writer when I was RA #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:52 |
| @MirandaMerklein | RT @KateMfD: @Comprof1 q3 thinking that TT allies ought to be resources/mentors/listeners, but too often fail. #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:52 |
| @Comprof1 | @fabianbanga @MirandaMerklein Problem is with org that require you to be part of institution (grants to institution not indiv) #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:53 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @fabianbanga @Comprof1 We don’t even have copy paper at school 2. Maybe some working at the CC. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:53 |
| @Comprof1 | @KateMfD Perhaps, but also, how often do we reach out? Perhaps if we SAW them we could network for role in research project. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:54 |
| @Blaise7 | http://t.co/LQeDhLvV3w #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:54 |
| @fabianbanga | @MirandaMerklein I know about this reality | 4/8/14 16:55 |
| @Comprof1 #adjunctchat | ||
| @fabianbanga | @MirandaMerklein I know about this reality | 4/8/14 16:55 |
| @Comprof1 #adjunctchat | ||
| @Comprof1 | @KateMfD Most of my collaboration has been with TT who have found money for me. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:55 |
| @JeffreyKeefer | @Comprof1 @MirandaMerklein The conference is on networked learning, so it may be related. #AdjunctChat | 4/8/14 16:55 |
| @fabianbanga | RT @MirandaMerklein: @fabianbanga @Comprof1 We don’t even have copy paper at school 2. Maybe some working at the CC. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:56 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein @fabianbanga We don’t either. (Actually don’t need it b/c copy machine is always broken). #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:56 |
| @Comprof1 | Well, it’s almost the end of out time. Any take aways? suggestions? directions? #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 16:58 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @fabianbanga @Comprof1 I’ve seen adjuncts crawl out w/outside help, re$ources. They usually have all the advice (class divide). #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 17:01 |
| @Comprof1 | BTW, it’s http://t.co/ckw39oKHOx (I had the wrong ending). #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 17:01 |
| @Comprof1 | @MirandaMerklein @fabianbanga Can you partner up with someone? writing mentor? Not as much to help w/ writing as direction. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 17:03 |
| @Comprof1 | Well, I’m going to sign off here. We won’t have an #adjunctchat next week, but there will be one the week after. The last I saw no moderator | 4/8/14 17:06 |
| @MirandaMerklein | @Comprof1 @fabianbanga For me, that is not a need. It’s a real trap that #adjuncts fall into with 6 fig debt. A predatory maze. #adjunctchat | 4/8/14 17:07 |
| @fabianbanga | @MirandaMerklein when all these towers of illusion fall, the only realities we see are work and compensation. #adjunctchat @Comprof1 | 4/8/14 17:18 |
| @fabianbanga | @MirandaMerklein when all these towers of illusion fall, the only realities we see are work and compensation. #adjunctchat @Comprof1 | 4/8/14 17:18 |
| @MirandaMerklein | RT @fabianbanga: @MirandaMerklein when all these towers of illusion fall, the only realities we see are work and compensation. #adjunctchat… | 4/8/14 17:19 |
The topic for the #AdjunctChat on Tuesday, April 1 is:
Adjuncts Doing Research
The chat will be facilitated by Virginia Yonkers @comprof1.
Background thinking, readings, and questions for today’s chat may be found at @comprof1‘s posting Adjuncts doing research Adjunctchat April 8 .
All are welcome to #AdjunctChat on Tuesday, April 8, from 4:00-5:00pm EDT.
AdjunctChat 