Ohio State University Lecturers

We aim to bring to light the accomplishments of and the challenges faced by lecturers and other contingent faculty at OSU and nationally.

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

Our Mission Statement is now ready to share. Check it out, and get involved!

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

Shout out to @chronicle for managing to perpetuate the horrendous business-model of high ed while also demeaning the mass work contingent/Adjunct faculty do for higher ed across the country in one brief interview. Do better or go ahead and sit down.

[The Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle]

"Full-time faculty have become so diluted across more sections, more courses, more curriculum, that we really are not well positioned to take care of core mission, student success, et cetera." https://t.co/1DBIKhexIY

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

Our semester begins in a week and a day. Shout out to all contingent and graduate labor finishing up class prep without getting paid. We see you. Keep on keeping on and remember that we’re here to help. We’re just a tweet away. #solidarity

[Jan Mieszkowski @janmpdx]

Queer Eye but it’s five adjunct faculty members following around an extremely well-paid administrator to see what it is that he actually does all day.

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

Just a friendly reminder that across the country lecturers and grad teachers are creating syllabi, doing lesson plans, and attending pre-semester meetings/workshops while technically not getting paid for their work.
#solidarity

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

Just a reminder that we all work together.
#solidarity

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

Argument: $18 million in legal fees could obvs be put to better use at UNC-CH, like, you know, paying a living wage to adjuncts.

https://t.co/sin2cIcbeV

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

“How marvelously insidious: a self-fulfilling, self-justifying framework for exploitation. ”
👏👏👏 https://t.co/uN2pTDFN8i

[The Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle]

The productivity syndrome affects not only those on the tenure track and the tenured. It is also part of the system that exploits contingent faculty members. https://t.co/5h0ZM41fFo

[Ohio Conference AAUP @OHaaup]

Read the op-ed on the #Janus decision from our President
Opinion: Court's union attack rooted in politics https://t.co/2YkA9rtnhP

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

We had a great planning meeting yesterday! We’re gonna have a bunch of helpful workshops for lecturers this coming school year, on financial stuff, pedagogy, mental health - the works! If you want to find out more, email us at [email protected]. 😺

[Grouch on the Couch @red_flintstone_]

“While good mental health resources are important...no amount of counselling will make you resilient enough to be able to mark 418 exams in 20 days without experiencing immense suffering.” https://t.co/b3hvedfscn

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

Good to see an under-reported phenomenon in higher ed getting some much-deserved attention. This crap needs to stop. https://t.co/OTdElgjsub

[SonyaLawsonWrites @Sonyawazhere]

Happy Mother's Day to those students who struggle in our classes. We can do better.

Single Moms in College Spend 9 Hours a Day on Housework - The Atlantic https://t.co/dO9hQLuouD

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

Thanks to everyone who made it out to our party last night! Beautiful location, excellent food, perfect weather...who’s ready to party again next week! 💃🕺😀

[SonyaLawsonWrites @Sonyawazhere]

Non TT fac, despite continually being made to feel the opposite, are an essential part of the university now, and should be treated (in terms of admin and fac respect, job security, and salary) as such.

[SonyaLawsonWrites @Sonyawazhere]

@OSULecturers @chronicle @PedagogyAmLitSt
Typed in "English Adjunct stock photos" for #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob
First few hits were dictionary images and definitions. Let's just take a minute to unpack this 1/

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

Who’s ready to party?!? We’re having a party for OSU lecturers this weekend! Email us at [email protected] for details!

[Nick Kapur @nick_kapur]

The University of Montana's new president has unveiled a plan to eliminate numerous majors, merge unrelated departments, and eliminate 50 full-time faculty. Humanities takes the hardest hit, and English and foreign languages will be gutted. 1/ https://t.co/q0hqW1AafE

[Fight For Fifteen OSU @ff15osu]

Remember on this #MayDay that Ohio State workers, like all workers, deserve a living wage and that the student body voted to agree!

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

In honor of #FinalsWeek, we're having one more exam question. This one's open-ended and it's for lecturers/adjuncts only:

4. What do you want non-lecturers/adjuncts to know about what it's like to grade final exams/final papers and to assign final grades for the semester?

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

The correct answer was 30. Drake - the 7th highest paid public college president - makes *30 times* what this OSU lecturer makes in a year. It's not 40 times, and he's only 7th, so it could be worse. But are those our standards now: it's fine because it could be worse???

[Ohio State University Lecturers @OSULecturers]

In honor of #FinalsWeek, our exam continues again!

3. OSU President Michael Drake's annual take-home pay is this many times more than the annual take home pay of the person writing this post (i.e. a full-time OSU lecturer)?