[EDLING:1073] CFP: Roundtable on Adjunct Professors

Francis M. Hult fmhult at DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU
Wed Nov 9 00:34:23 UTC 2005


CALL FOR PAPERS

Northeast Modern Language Association Conference

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

March 2-5, 2006

Abstracts are invited for a roundtable on adjuncts in the teaching of writing. 
Participants will have 5 minutes for preliminary remarks before a general 
discussion.  Preference will be given to panelists with adjunct status, those 
who hire and supervise adjuncts, and independent scholars seeking to acquire 
adjunct positions.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: pedagogical challenges for 
part-timers; scholarship; access to resources; salary and unions; segueways 
into the tenure track; "permanent" part-timers; adjunct teacher as 
hobbyist/professionalization; graduate students/ABDs as adjuncts; supervising 
adjuncts; adjuncts working full-time in other careers.

100-word abstracts or 500-word final papers by December 1st
Lisa DeTora, Independent Scholar/University of Scranton;
NEMLA Adjunct Caucus Director
P.O. Box 69, Swiftwater PA 18370; 
ph. (570) 688-9269 (home); 
e-mail= lisadetora_at_hotmail.com

For a complete information for the 2006 NEMLA Conference:
http://www.nemla.org/cfp.html



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