Society for Cinema and Media Studies
March 4-7, 2004
Atlanta, GA
DEADLINE: August 15, 2003

"The Crisis of Academic Labor: Roots, Ramifications, Responses": Long a growing trend in higher education, reliance on contingent academic labor is becoming the norm rather than the exception, as more and more college and university courses--including those in film/media studies--are taught by visiting professors, non-tenured faculty with multi-year contracts, graduate teaching assistants and adjunct faculty. Papers are sought for a workshop/roundtable discussion examining the roots of this trend, both as an ongoing phenomenon and as exacerbated by the defunding of higher education as a result of increased expenditures related to the "war on terrorism" and tax cuts. Also encouraged are papers that focus on the ramifications of this growing trend in terms of the impact on curriculum, enrollments, and employment or that analyze current and potential responses at the campus, disciplinary, academic institutional, and national levels. Sponsored by the SCMS Caucus on Class.