academic labor

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/29/2020
  

  Pandemic Imperils Promotions for Women in Academia

  As primary education has gone remote for another term, women professors with children argue that uneven distribution of domestic labor means their scholarly work is at a disadvantage compared to male and childless colleagues. "“I don’t need a clock extension,” Dr. Magdalena Osburn said. “I need an acknowledgment that this year is trash.”

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• 9/27/2020
  

  The Future of History in the Pandemic Age

  by Michael Creswell

  Historians need to consider and prepare for changes to the profession that will follow the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  9/8/2020
  

  Why We Started the #ScholarStrike

  by Anthea Butler and Kevin Gannon

  As American history shows, there are times where the most powerful way that workers can force an issue or work for change is to withhold what others see as their most important feature: their labor.

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• SOURCE: Forbes
  9/6/2020
  

  Scholar Strike Forming On Social Media May Be Omen Of Things To Come

  A social-media organized effort by professors represents a new effort to connect academic work to activism for justice. 

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• SOURCE: Public Books
  3/18/2020
  

  College Worth Fighting For

  by Ryan Boyd

  Professors are in a class struggle, a real fight that cannot be won with critique alone.

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  3/13/2020
  

  Academe’s Coronavirus Shock Doctrine

  by Anna Kornbluh

  Faculty are already stretched thin, and now they are being asked to do more. They should hesitate before doing so.