Description

Topics Discussed in this Episode:

• The role of Twitter and social media in developing networks for career mobility.
• Blogging at Inside Higher Ed led to more opportunities to speak and write.
• Faculty development.
• Alt-ac fields in academia.
• Prestige metrics within academia.
• Isolation of the faculty role in higher ed and social media as a tool to combat isolation and marginalization.
• Getting contingent faculty issues on the official agenda of the Modern Language Association (MLA).
• Using your social media platform to advocate, amplify, and push for change.
• Putting the student first as a form of innovation.

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

• Lee Skallerup Bessette
• Center for New Designs in Learning (CNDLS), Georgetown University
• University of Venus at Inside Higher Ed
• College Ready Writing, Lee’s blog at Inside Higher Ed
• Alt-Ac defined
• New Faculty Majority
• Maria Maisto
• The Futures Initiative at The Graduate Center, CUNY
• Cathy Davidson

Music Credits: “Come Right Here” by Tendinite, licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND license.