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OverviewThis volume addresses gender disparities in pay, professional support, and job security in both the higher education work force and in the newer digital economy. Its purpose is to explain the higher education precariat and the digital precariat at large, and to document how they disproportionately involve women. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Margie Burns , Rachelann Lopp Copland , Tamara Ionkova HammondPublisher: Universitas Press Imprint: Universitas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.249kg ISBN: 9781988963075ISBN 10: 1988963079 Pages: 180 Publication Date: 18 February 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsThen and Now: The Adjunct Phenomenon from the 1970s to Now, Updated; Overview: The Phenomenon of Adjunct Faculty; Gender and Academic Contingency; Causes and Consequences of the Overuse of Adjunct Faculty; Possible Courses of Action; Notes / Margie Burns; Requiem for Meritocracy: The Academic Female Precariat in the Margins; Introduction; Defining the Academic Precariat; Academics as Martyrs: Extra Unpaid Work Does Not Equal Caring about Students; Money Talk: Culture of Silence; An American Problem: Definitions of Work, Class and Labor and Gendered Implications; Securities out of Reach; Blue Precarity; Precariat Motherhood; Precarious Mental Health; Academic Precariat ProblemsLack of Solidarity; Activism, Empowerment, Conclusions / Rachelann Lopp Copland; The Feminization of Digital Work: The Invisible Appropriation of Un(Der)Paid Female Labor; Introduction; Professional Women of Silicon Valley: Debunking the Myth of Meritocracy in Technology; The Professional Social Network: LinkedIn and the Dual Role of New Media; Conclusion; Notes / Tamara Ionkova Hammond; Notes on AuthorsReviewsAuthor InformationMargie Burns, Rachelann Lopp Copland, and Tamara Ionkova Hammond are all adjunct instructors in the humanities. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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