The Academic Job Market: Finding Solutions in a Time of Crisis
AHA Session 115
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Room 302 (Hynes Convention Center)
Chair:
Laura Isabel Serna, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
Panel:
Alan Brinkley, Columbia University
,
Martin R. Mulford, independent scholar
,
Robert B. Townsend, American Historical Association
and
Sarah C. Maza, Northwestern University
Session Abstract
The focus of the round table will be on hiring practices of concern to new scholars, including adjunct/contingent faculty employment, unconscious ageism, the current job market, and the application of business models to academic employment. This session is intended to survey conditions and provide a forum for formulating solutions to these problems in a time of crisis for the academy.
See more of: AHA Sessions