Write a letter of reference. Forward job postings. ADVOCATE for your adjuncts in departmental meetings and course planning for next year. Take that workload off of the adjunct, who, just like you, is working weekends to get the marking done, the grant apps written. #adjunctlife
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Take an adjunct out for a meal. Tell them you're paying ahead of time (it gets so awkward, take that awkwardness away). Bring them coffee. Feed them. Don't find them sources of "exposure" or cv lines - we have those in abundance. Find us opportunities and advocate for us.
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Nominate an adjunct for an award. With a cash prize. Offer them to speak at your university's research forum, pay them, hotel them, wine and dine them like you would a superstar, because frankly, your local adjunct is already teaching and publishing like a superstar.
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Which is all to say that your local adjunct probably isn't a rookie. I've been on the job market for SIX years. I've been teaching consistently since finishing my PhD in 2017. I've taught at 5 Canadian universities. I'm not a rookie, I'm just precariously employed.
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There are so many amazing scholars on academic twitter who are precariously employed or entirely unemployed: these people ALREADY have book contracts. Imagine how difficult it would be to write an original, insightful academic monograph while not getting paid.
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Online teaching is stressful, I know. But imagine balancing the online teaching learning curve, the marking load, AND applying for jobs to teach...next semester. Not even next school years. Next semester. Know that your adjunct might not know where they are going to live in May.
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