Nearly every college in America does this with a huge percentage of its labor force. #adjunctlife
July 23, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Nearly every college in America does this with a huge percentage of its labor force. #adjunctlife
Last day on this campus. Transporting my borrowed articulated skeletons back to Bio. 😭😢😓 #AdjunctLife
June 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Last day on this campus. Transporting my borrowed articulated skeletons back to Bio. 😭😢😓 #AdjunctLife
Grading final exams, I feel I should write "Congrats on using ChatGPT so well!" #adjunctlife Really need to find another way to test asynchronously.
May 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Grading final exams, I feel I should write "Congrats on using ChatGPT so well!" #adjunctlife Really need to find another way to test asynchronously.
November 22, 2023 at 9:09 PM
Did me taxes, yr goblin bestie broke 40k last year with only 2 jobs, I'm Mon Valley Rich helll yeahhhhhhh #AdjunctLife
April 16, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Did me taxes, yr goblin bestie broke 40k last year with only 2 jobs, I'm Mon Valley Rich helll yeahhhhhhh #AdjunctLife
Last day of class today. We ended our #Geography 105 class with a cumulative final. To my complete surprise and enjoyment, everyone showed up! Feels like a good day to celebrate the small wins. #adjunctlife
May 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Last day of class today. We ended our #Geography 105 class with a cumulative final. To my complete surprise and enjoyment, everyone showed up! Feels like a good day to celebrate the small wins. #adjunctlife
Excited to be back at UR Law this semester teaching contract drafting. #adjunctlife
January 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Excited to be back at UR Law this semester teaching contract drafting. #adjunctlife
Conference prep is just like making a really big zine! #NoFundingClub #AdjunctLife
February 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Conference prep is just like making a really big zine! #NoFundingClub #AdjunctLife
Seriously considering not teaching creative writing at undergrad level anymore. So many students trying to sneak AI in, and that voice is infecting my brain. Quietly, persistently. Like a drill. #adjunctlife
May 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Seriously considering not teaching creative writing at undergrad level anymore. So many students trying to sneak AI in, and that voice is infecting my brain. Quietly, persistently. Like a drill. #adjunctlife
Having one of those ‘losing your job REALLY sucks’ days while muttering to myself about updating my CV, rewriting my cover letter, and prepping for the 5 (!) classes I somehow agreed to adjunct this fall.
Academia, you’re a trip. #AdjunctLife #AcademicTwitter
Academia, you’re a trip. #AdjunctLife #AcademicTwitter
July 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Having one of those ‘losing your job REALLY sucks’ days while muttering to myself about updating my CV, rewriting my cover letter, and prepping for the 5 (!) classes I somehow agreed to adjunct this fall.
Academia, you’re a trip. #AdjunctLife #AcademicTwitter
Academia, you’re a trip. #AdjunctLife #AcademicTwitter
Just spent three hours completing online training for the college. Ask me about hazardous materials! Ask me about FERPA! Quick before it all fades away by next year. #adjunctlife
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just spent three hours completing online training for the college. Ask me about hazardous materials! Ask me about FERPA! Quick before it all fades away by next year. #adjunctlife
All grades are in for the semester! Whew, that was a tough one. #academicsky #adjunctlife
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December 20, 2024 at 5:04 PM
All grades are in for the semester! Whew, that was a tough one. #academicsky #adjunctlife
In other news, I finally found my lecture notes from last fall, saving me considerable angst in rewriting them and giving my students from 27% fewer "ums." #adjunctlife
August 21, 2026 at 1:17 PM
In other news, I finally found my lecture notes from last fall, saving me considerable angst in rewriting them and giving my students from 27% fewer "ums." #adjunctlife
I want one of these so badly and I have no $ again this holiday season. (#Adjunctlife: 3 steps forward, 5 steps back.)
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I want one of these so badly and I have no $ again this holiday season. (#Adjunctlife: 3 steps forward, 5 steps back.)
Talked to my undegrad class today about impending tyranny, the bad things that will likely happen, that they should be proactive not just doomscroll, emphasized I didn't have all the answers but wanted them to be ready. Was on the verge of tears the whole time. #academicsky #adjunctlife #academiasky
November 14, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Talked to my undegrad class today about impending tyranny, the bad things that will likely happen, that they should be proactive not just doomscroll, emphasized I didn't have all the answers but wanted them to be ready. Was on the verge of tears the whole time. #academicsky #adjunctlife #academiasky
oop just agreed to rescue a department by teaching (online) one of their grad seminars. #adjunctLife
August 12, 2024 at 5:53 PM
oop just agreed to rescue a department by teaching (online) one of their grad seminars. #adjunctLife
Low-wage jobs that require expensive degrees are an enemy, but low-wage jobs that require the worker to have a personal car that they must use on the job (that doesn't pay remotely enough for them to buy or maintain said car) are THE enemy.
October 22, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Applying for a full time position at the place you already work is weird. It's like: "Who are your references?" Um, You.
#adjunctlife
#adjunctlife
December 12, 2023 at 12:28 AM
Applying for a full time position at the place you already work is weird. It's like: "Who are your references?" Um, You.
#adjunctlife
#adjunctlife
Meet Ariane 2! I am once again mobile, and happy to get my life back. She should be a great magic carpet to get me from campus to campus with three (3) colleges again this spring. #adjunctlife #bookmobile
December 28, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Meet Ariane 2! I am once again mobile, and happy to get my life back. She should be a great magic carpet to get me from campus to campus with three (3) colleges again this spring. #adjunctlife #bookmobile
my office (which I share with two other contingent faculty members...technically, there are three desks in here but, functionally, there are just two) is located in a program center I am unaffiliated with and seems to have no one working for it during the summer #adjunctlife
June 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
my office (which I share with two other contingent faculty members...technically, there are three desks in here but, functionally, there are just two) is located in a program center I am unaffiliated with and seems to have no one working for it during the summer #adjunctlife
I'm entering the burnout zone again. #AdjunctLife is dangerous to mental health.
October 17, 2023 at 6:37 AM
I'm entering the burnout zone again. #AdjunctLife is dangerous to mental health.
Back at it…adjunct life till retirement b/c retirement is out of reach…that’s academia!
Year 25…been back to teaching intro history classes & really love it! #academiclife #adjunctlife #firstdayofclasses
Year 25…been back to teaching intro history classes & really love it! #academiclife #adjunctlife #firstdayofclasses
August 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Back at it…adjunct life till retirement b/c retirement is out of reach…that’s academia!
Year 25…been back to teaching intro history classes & really love it! #academiclife #adjunctlife #firstdayofclasses
Year 25…been back to teaching intro history classes & really love it! #academiclife #adjunctlife #firstdayofclasses
Asked my university students to save their work in an app by clicking the disk icon, and they had no idea what the ‘disk icon’ was. Feeling officially ancient. 🫠 #FeelingOld #AdjunctLife #UniversityLife #TeacherLife
December 6, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Asked my university students to save their work in an app by clicking the disk icon, and they had no idea what the ‘disk icon’ was. Feeling officially ancient. 🫠 #FeelingOld #AdjunctLife #UniversityLife #TeacherLife