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Maggie Levantovskaya
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May 22, 2022

On “Divisiveness”

For trying to unionize, we are accused of dividing Since my fellow non-tenure-track (NTT) colleagues and I started organizing at Santa Clara University 5 years ago, we’ve heard accusations that our efforts were “divisive” from both the university administration and other faculty. …

Unions

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On “Divisiveness”
On “Divisiveness”
Unions

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Nov 22, 2021

Academia is More Broken than Ever. To Fix it, We Need More and Stronger Unions.

I don’t think that anything can help precariously employed academics more than collective bargaining power. When I was first asked to speak on a panel about academic precarity at an ASEEES (Association for Slavic East European & Eurasian Studies) convention, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. I got…

Academia

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Academia is More Broken than Ever. To Fix it, We Need More and Stronger Unions.
Academia is More Broken than Ever. To Fix it, We Need More and Stronger Unions.
Academia

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Nov 25, 2020

Talking to Your Students About Course Evaluations

A How To Guide I’m a precariously employed academic teaching a bunch of courses online in the midst of COVID-19. I don’t have a lot of time to write a long essay about how and why we should talk to our students about student evaluations of teaching, but here’s something quick and dirty you…

Course Evaluations

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Talking to Your Students About Course Evaluations
Talking to Your Students About Course Evaluations
Course Evaluations

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Apr 30, 2020

Don’t Thank Me for My Sacrifice

After nearly two years of struggling through a lupus flare, I can’t get my hands on hydroxychloroquine, a drug that helps keep me alive. Thank you for your “sacrifice,” a woman with SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) was told by her doctor after attempting to get a routine prescription refill last…

Lupus

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Don’t Thank Me for My Sacrifice
Don’t Thank Me for My Sacrifice
Lupus

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Jan 26, 2020

This Is Your Fight

My goal used to be landing a tenure-track job. Now, it’s unionizing adjuncts. — Image description: three hands clasped at wrists to form a triangle “For professors to… forestall their own extinction, they must first become not only sociologists but also institutional historians of their own profession.” — Frank Donoghue, The Last Professors I wasn’t always pro-union. I started caring about unions as an…

Adjunct Faculty

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This Is Your Fight
This Is Your Fight
Adjunct Faculty

16 min read

Maggie Levantovskaya

Maggie Levantovskaya

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I write about adjuncting, chronic illness and whatever else strikes my fancy or makes my blood boil. More: https://maggielevantovskaya.com/writing

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