Profession 2013

by Rosemary G. Feal (Editor), Michael Bérubé (Contribution by), Joshua A. Boldt (Contribution by), Beth Landers (Contribution by), Maria Maisto (Contribution by)

Overview

This issue of Profession contains Michael Bérubé's introduction to his Presidential Forum, Avenues of Access, which was held at the 2013 MLA convention, and the essays of the forum participants: Joshua A. Boldt, Beth Landers, Maria Maisto, and Robert Samuels. The issue also features a section on a statistical study documenting the participation of people of color in humanities doctoral programs. Curated by the MLA Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada, the section includes an introduction by Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo and Richard T. Rodríguez; articles by Frances R. Aparicio, Robert Warrior, and Dana A. Williams; and a conclusion by Doug Steward. The issue's four other essays cover a variety of topics. Disability and access in higher education is the subject of a collaborative article by Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Jay Dolmage, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Susan Ghiaciuc, Stephanie L. Kerschbaum, Craig A. Meyer, Sushil K. Oswal, Margaret Price, Ellen Samuels, and Amy Vidali. Rogelio Miñana writes about a curricular experiment; superliteracy and doctoral programs are the focus of Joseph R. Urgo's article; and Julia M. Wright's topic is faculty governance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603292139
Publisher:	Modern Language Association
Publication date:	01/06/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Michael Bérubé is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature and director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Penn State University, University Park, and a past president of the Modern Language Association.


Joshua A. Boldt is instructor of English at the University of Georgia.


Beth Landers is assistant professor of French at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.


Maria Maisto is instructor of English at Cuyahoga Community College, Western Campus, OH, and president of the New Faculty Majority.


Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo is associate professor of English at Vanderbilt University.


Frances R. Aparicio is professor of Spanish and director of the Latina and Latino Studies Program at Northwestern University.


Dana A. Williams is professor of English and chair of the Department of English at Howard University.


Stephanie L. Kerschbaum is assistant professor of English at the University of Delaware, Newark.


Sushil K. Oswal is assistant professor of technical communication at the University of Washington, Tacoma.


Susan Ghiaciuc is associate professor in the School of Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication at James Madison University.


Jay Dolmage is associate professor of English at the University of Waterloo.


Brenda Jo Brueggemann is professor of English at the University of Louisville.


Rogelio Miñana is professor of Spanish at Mount Holyoke College.


Julia M. Wright is professor of English and associate dean (research) in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie University.

Table of Contents

Presidential Forum

Avenues of Access: The 2013 Presidential Forum

Michael Bérubé

Free-Market Faculty Members

Joshua A. Boldt

Contingent Labor: National Perspectives, Local Solutions

Beth Landers

Addressing the Scarlet A: Adjuncts and the Academy

Maria Maisto

Reinventing Access: Free Public Higher Education, Quality Instruction, and Job Security for All Faculty Members

Robert Samuels

From the MLA Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada

Facing the Data: Introduction

Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo and Richard T. Rodríguez

Insisting on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: Reflections of a Latina Scholar (Who Is Also a Professor of Spanish)

Frances R. Aparicio

Double-Crossed (or Stabbed Twice), Again and Again (and Again): Reflections on Our Data-Driven Academic Economy

Robert Warrior

"The Field and Function" of the Historically Black College and University Today: Preparing African American Undergraduate Students for Doctoral Study in the Humanities

Dana A. Williams

Conclusion: Numbers and Passion

Doug Steward

Faculty Members, Accommodation, and Access in Higher Education

Stephanie L. Kerschbaum, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Sushil K. Oswal, Amy Vidali, Susan Ghiaciuc, Margaret Price, Jay Dolmage, Craig A. Meyer, Brenda Jo Brueggemann, and Ellen Samuels

The New Mission and Location of United States Spanish Departments: The Mount Holyoke College Experience

Rogelio Miñana

Superliteracy in the Age of Information: Preparation for Higher Discourse (PHD)

Joseph R. Urgo

Professionalism, Citizenship, and the Problem of University Governance

Julia M. Wright