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The Adjunct Project

From cunydsc.org

Carl Lindskoog currently serves as Adjunct Project Coordinator. His office hours are Fridays from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM in room 5494 of the Graduate Center.

Contents 1 Statement of Purpose 2 What Is The Adjunct Project? 3 What Does The Adjunct Project Provide? 4 How can I get involved?

Statement of Purpose

The Adjunct Project seeks to empower GC student-workers by serving as a resource to:

• raise consciousness about academic labor issues inside and outside CUNY,
• educate GC adjuncts about ways to address these issues,
• and to activate GC student-workers to improve their collective position as workers at CUNY.

Furthermore, the Adjunct Project seeks to organize its resources for graduate students around two areas: 1) labor issues and concerns, and 2) teaching resources and pedagogy. Both of these elements are key dimensions of empowerment at the workplace for graduate student workers.

While the Adjunct Project seeks to help graduate students address their immediate labor issues, a long-term goal of the project is to create a new culture at the Graduate Center that challenges the individualistic, atomized, competitive atmosphere of academia. By working together to improve our collective position as adjuncts at CUNY we can promote a culture that emphasizes a different set of values, replacing the academic culture of competitive individualism with one of support and solidarity. Introducing . . .

What Is The Adjunct Project?

• The Adjunct Project of the Doctoral Students’ Council (DSC) is a resource for Graduate Center students who work as adjuncts, graduate assistants or fellows within the CUNY system.

What Does The Adjunct Project Provide?

• teaching tips and resources.
• facts on your rights and benefits as a CUNY employee.
• inside info on cheap services for uninsured adjuncts.
• a place to voice your concerns.
• experience with labor issues (CV builder).

How can I get involved?

1. Subscribe to the Adjunct Project listserv by sending a request email to clindskoog@gc.cuny.edu.
2. Attend the Adjunct Project meeting for updates and pizza–third Friday of every month (GC 5414, 4:30 pm).
3. Look for the adjunct column in The Advocate for Adjunct Project updates and news and commentary on academic labor issues.

For more information, contact Carl Lindskoog (212-817-7869).