Campus Equity Week: National Day of Awareness

Campus Equity
October 31, 2017
12:00PM - 4:00PM
Knowlton Hall Big Stairs

Date Range
2017-10-31 12:00:00 2017-10-31 16:00:00 Campus Equity Week: National Day of Awareness Monday, October 30th through Friday, November 3rd has been designated Campus Equity Week, which seeks to promote awareness of contingent faculty working conditions across the nation, serve as a call to action, and foster solidarity between contingent faculty and other members of the university community.  The National Day of Awareness for Campus Equity Week is Tuesday, October 31st. In an effort to participate in the national event, and encourage our own local dialogue, a group of contingent faculty from various departments within Ohio State University has organized a Teach-In. At the Knowlton Hall Big Stairs, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM, there will be panels discussing personal experiences, working conditions, and academic studies connected with contingent faculty.  Faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students are encuraged to attend this event. Please consider attending the Teach-In, informing your classes of the event (or even bringing your classes to the event), and forwarding this information to any person you feel may be interested in attending. Below is a basic schedule with more specific information about what will be discussed during each section. Feel free to attend all or part of this program.  More information and promotion for the event will be coming soon. For now, if you have any questions, please feel free to email osulecturers@gmail.com. You can also visit the Campus Equity Week national website at https://www.campusequity2017.com/about-cew for more information about Campus Equity Week in general. 12:00 – 12:30 PMTake My Job, Please:  Who Owns Teaching in the Twenty-first CenturyFrank Donoghue, Professor in the Department of English 12:30 – 1:00 PMLife of a Lecturer: Stories and Experiences from Contingent Faculty 1:00 – 1:30 PMProfessional Standards for Treatment of FacultyJohn Blackburn, Fisher College of Business/American Association of University Professors (AAUP)Sarah Holt, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT) 1:30 – 2:00 PMAcademic Studies of LecturersElizabeth Klainott-Hess, PhD student in the Department of Sociology 2:00 – 3:00 PMViewing and Discussion of the documentary Con Job:  Stories of Adjuncts and Contingent Labor 3:00 – 3:30 PMSolidarity and Workplace ActionPranav Jani, Associate Professor in the Department of English 3:30 – 4:00 PMLife of a Lecturer: Stories and Experiences from Contingent Faculty Knowlton Hall Big Stairs America/New_York public
Monday, October 30th through Friday, November 3rd has been designated Campus Equity Week, which seeks to promote awareness of contingent faculty working conditions across the nation, serve as a call to action, and foster solidarity between contingent faculty and other members of the university community. 
 
The National Day of Awareness for Campus Equity Week is Tuesday, October 31st. In an effort to participate in the national event, and encourage our own local dialogue, a group of contingent faculty from various departments within Ohio State University has organized a Teach-In. At the Knowlton Hall Big Stairs, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM, there will be panels discussing personal experiences, working conditions, and academic studies connected with contingent faculty. 
 
Faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students are encuraged to attend this event. Please consider attending the Teach-In, informing your classes of the event (or even bringing your classes to the event), and forwarding this information to any person you feel may be interested in attending.
 
Below is a basic schedule with more specific information about what will be discussed during each section. Feel free to attend all or part of this program. 
 
More information and promotion for the event will be coming soon. For now, if you have any questions, please feel free to email osulecturers@gmail.com. You can also visit the Campus Equity Week national website at https://www.campusequity2017.com/about-cew for more information about Campus Equity Week in general.
 
12:00 – 12:30 PM
Take My Job, Please:  Who Owns Teaching in the 
Twenty-first Century
Frank Donoghue, Professor in the Department of English
 
12:30 – 1:00 PM
Life of a Lecturer: Stories and Experiences from Contingent Faculty
 
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Professional Standards for Treatment of Faculty
John Blackburn, Fisher College of Business/American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
Sarah Holt, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT)
 
1:30 – 2:00 PM
Academic Studies of Lecturers
Elizabeth Klainott-Hess, PhD student in the Department of Sociology
 
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Viewing and Discussion of the documentary Con Job:  Stories of Adjuncts and Contingent Labor
 
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Solidarity and Workplace Action
Pranav Jani, Associate Professor in the Department of English
 
3:30 – 4:00 PM
Life of a Lecturer: Stories and Experiences from Contingent Faculty