The Labor Studies Working Group Presents- Mobilizing the Academic Precariat: The Contingent Faculty Labor Movement at SU and Beyond

The low pay and poor working conditions for adjunct faculty and other part time instructors has become a topic of concern across colleges and universities throughout the country. This panel and discussion will serve to both explain the problem and explore solutions at Syracuse University and beyond. The panelists will aim to provide resources that aim to make the issue more visible on campus, and also provide opportunities for organizing with broader national movements focused on academic labor rights.

Panelists: 
Gretchen Purser (Assistant Professor, Sociology), Labor Studies Working Group
Matt Huber (Assistant Professor of Geography) 
Laurel Morton, Adjuncts United, Syracuse University
Eileen Schell, Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric
Heather Clemens Sponenburg, Labor Relations Specialist, New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)

Refreshments will be served. Special thanks to the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) for sponsorship of the Labor Studies Working Group and support for this event.