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Quick Hits for Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers
Successful Strategies from Award-Winning Teachers
Edited by Robin K. Morgan, Kimberly T. Olivares and Jon Becker
Foreword by Barbara A. Bichelmeyer
Contributions by Efua Akoma, Raymond Benton Jr., Amy E. Bentz, Nichole C. Boutte-Heiniluoma, Mark Bradford, Shane R. Brady, Linda Christiansen, Elizabeth B. Connell, Mary A. Cooksey, Marcia D. Dixson, Tony Docan-Morgan, Elena Doludenko, Leslie Elrod, Mary Embry, Amy Fowkes, Miles Free, Jess L. Gregory, Lucy Guevara-Velez, Sayonita Ghosh Hajra, Helene Arbouet Harte, Ashley Hasty, Karen Johnson, Kevin Scott Krahenbuhl, Angela M. Miller, Nathanael Mitchell, Patrick Stuart Murray, Mimi O'Malley, Mike J. Polites, Janice Poston, ShariLynn Robinson-Lynk, Jim Rogers, Norah C. Slone, Chantel E. White, DeDe Wohlfarth, Rhonda Wrzenski, Jimmy A. Young, Beth Dietz-Uhler, Diane Finley, Paul Bates, Barbara Beauchamp, Jonathan W. Carrier, Janet E. Hurn, Tarryn Kille, Gail A. Rathbun, Jessica Reed, Zack Thieneman, Christopher J. Young and Julie Saam
Published by: Indiana University Press
130 Pages
- eBook
- 9780253018403
- Published: October 2015
$9.99
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Non-tenure-track lecturers and adjunct instructors face particular challenges at US colleges, including heavy teaching loads, lack of office space, little control over the selection of course topics or textbooks, and long commutes between jobs at two or more schools. Quick Hits for Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers contains short, practice-oriented articles by experienced instructors that offer valuable teaching and career tips for balancing competing demands, addressing student issues, managing classrooms, and enhancing professional development.
1. Balancing Competing Demands
2. Addressing Student Issues
3. Adopting Best Practices
4. Managing the Classroom
5. Enhancing Professional Development
Robin Morgan is Professor of Psychology at Indiana University Southeast and director of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET). She is co-editor of Quick Hits for New Faculty: Successful Strategies by Experienced Teachers (IUP, 2004) and Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology: Successful Strategies by Experienced Teachers (IUP, 2012).
Kimberly T. Olivares is a former Administrative Manager of FACET. She is co-editor of Quick Hits for New Faculty: Successful Strategies by Experienced Teachers (IUP, 2004) and Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology: Successful Strategies by Experienced Teachers (IUP, 2012).
Jon Becker is Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Actuarial Science at Indiana University Northwest. He has won eight awards for excellence in teaching, including the Indiana University President's Award for Distinguished Teaching.