S502: Guest Lecture: The Academic Job Market in the COVID Era

In this episode, Leslie Gonzales, Associate Professor at Michigan State University, joins us for a Guest Lecture on the state of the academic job market. She discusses how different institutions have been differentially impacted by the pandemic and describes the implications for various sectors of the academic workforce.

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Related readings and links:

Leslie Gonzales’s Faculty Profile: https://education.msu.edu/search/Formview.aspx?email=gonza645%40msu.edu

Leslie Gonzales’s Twitter: @ldgonzales1

Unequal Higher Education: Wealth, Status, and Student Opportunity (Book by Barrett Taylor and Brendan Cantwell): https://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Higher-Education-Opportunity-American/dp/0813593492

Stories by Emma Pettit (Senior Reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education): https://www.chronicle.com/author/emma-pettit

The High Public Cost of Low Wages (Center for Labor Studies at UC Berkeley):
https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/pdf/2015/the-high-public-cost-of-low-wages.pdf

Metcalfe, A. S. & Slaughter, S. (2011). Gender and academic capitalism. In B. J. Bank, (Ed.), Gender and higher education, pp. 13-19. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: https://www.cbpp.org/

AcaDames’ Guest Lecture with Adrianna Kezar (mentioned this episode):
https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/2/12/s304-is-the-growth-of-contingent-faculty-a-scam

Inside the New York Times’ Heated Reckoning with Itself (Article): https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/inside-the-new-york-times-heated-reckoning-with-itself.html

Inside the New York Times’ Heated Reckoning with Itself (Apple News): https://apple.news/nowPlaying/ApZX2lMYpT7q51sKl0wVYIg

A full transcript of the episode can be found here.

Recorded: January 18, 2021

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast
E-mail: [email protected]
Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301
(Voice memos can also be emailed if you would like!)

Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder
Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com
Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok
Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs

In this episode, Leslie Gonzales, Associate Professor at Michigan State University, joins us for a Guest Lecture on the state of the academic job market. She discusses how different institutions have been differentially impacted by the pandemic and describes the implications for various sectors of the academic workforce.

Click here to subscribe on iTunes!

Related readings and links:

Leslie Gonzales’s Faculty Profile: https://education.msu.edu/search/Formview.aspx?email=gonza645%40msu.edu

Leslie Gonzales’s Twitter: @ldgonzales1

Unequal Higher Education: Wealth, Status, and Student Opportunity (Book by Barrett Taylor and Brendan Cantwell): https://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Higher-Education-Opportunity-American/dp/0813593492 

Stories by Emma Pettit (Senior Reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education): https://www.chronicle.com/author/emma-pettit

The High Public Cost of Low Wages (Center for Labor Studies at UC Berkeley): https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/pdf/2015/the-high-public-cost-of-low-wages.pdf 

Metcalfe, A. S. & Slaughter, S. (2011). Gender and academic capitalism. In B. J. Bank, (Ed.), Gender and higher education, pp. 13-19. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: https://www.cbpp.org/ 

AcaDames’ Guest Lecture with Adrianna Kezar (mentioned this episode): https://www.acadamespodcast.com/episodes/2020/2/12/s304-is-the-growth-of-contingent-faculty-a-scam 

Inside the New York Times’ Heated Reckoning with Itself (Article): https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/inside-the-new-york-times-heated-reckoning-with-itself.html 

Inside the New York Times’ Heated Reckoning with Itself (Apple News): https://apple.news/nowPlaying/ApZX2lMYpT7q51sKl0wVYIg 

A full transcript of the episode can be found here. 

Recorded: January 18, 2021

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcaDamesPodcast  

E-mail: [email protected] 

Voicemail #: (919) 666-7301

(Voice memos can also be emailed if you would like!)

Creative Director: Mara Buchbinder

Music by: Grace Mesa — PremiumBeat.com  

Production, editing, and admin by Meryem Ok

Artwork by Melissa Hudgens at Leafy Greens Designs