The Plight of the Adjunct

A letter to the editor from Rachel Craft, adjunct instructor in Webster’s Anthropology & Sociology Department “Why no phd adjunct,” I needlessly Googled following my advisor’s warning that I risk foregoing my Ph.D. if I instruct as an adjunct full-time. The plight of the adjunct is admitted in academia as a rite of passage. According to the American…

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First adjunct professor elected to Webster’s faculty senate

“No one lives forever, except through what they leave behind.” This reads at the bottom of Terri Reilly’s emails. This is more than just her tagline – for this adjunct professor it represents her motivation behind her teaching career, and it sheds light on her dedication to represent adjuncts on the Faculty Senate at Webster University

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