Counting Hours: How Tracking Time Can Empower NTT Faculty and Administrators in Writing Studies

Peck et al's project began with two questions: How common is it for non-tenure-track (NTT) writing studies faculty and administrators to feel pressure to say yes to everything they're asked to do? Moreover, do NTT job descriptions with phrases such as "other duties as assigned" m...

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Published in:College composition and communication 2023-09, Vol.75 (1), p.A1-A16
Main Authors: Peck, Kim Fahle, Krane, Denise K., Soriano Young, Maria L., Hantgan, Alysa Robin, Jenkins, Leah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrator Surveys
Case Studies
College Faculty
Electronic Mail
Employment
Employment interviews
Empowerment
Grounded Theory
Job descriptions
Labor
Modeling (Psychology)
Occupational Information
Pandemics
Part Time Faculty
Polls & surveys
Teaching Methods
Writing
Writing (Composition)
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Summary:Peck et al's project began with two questions: How common is it for non-tenure-track (NTT) writing studies faculty and administrators to feel pressure to say yes to everything they're asked to do? Moreover, do NTT job descriptions with phrases such as "other duties as assigned" make it more difficult for NTTs to say no to uncompensated or unrecognized labor? These questions launched their multiyear investigation on NTT labor--especially as it relates to precarity and the alignment (or misalignment) between labor performed and job descriptions. After their roundtable about NTT job descriptions at the 2019 CCCC Annual Convention, they expanded their research and designed a labor study that included a survey, interviews, and a time-tracking tool. Although COVID-19 disrupted their original study, they completed a modified version. Here, they share the results of that research, highlights the difficulty in capturing anything generalizable about NTT writing studies positions, illustrates what such variability means for individuals in or considering NTT positions, and posits the ways tracking time can empower NTTs.
ISSN:0010-096X
1939-9006
DOI:10.58680/ccc202332679