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Glenn Hutchinson; Xuan Jiang; Mario Avalos – Writing Center Journal, 2023
This essay aims to build upon the Peer Writing Tutor Alumni Research Project (PWTARP), designed by Bradley Hughes, Paula Gillespie, and Harvey Kail (2010), which focuses on what tutors learn about themselves as writers and students. However, the PWTARP survey, like much of writing center scholarship, focuses on student workers attending PWIs…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Teachers, Tutors, Temporary Employment
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Fitzsimons, Camilla; Henry, Sean; O'Neill, Jerry – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2022
The paper analyses how educators employed on non-permanent contracts in the non-compulsory education sector in Ireland have fared during the COVID-19 pandemic. These employees were starting from a low base in relation to the terms and conditions of their employment when their places of work dramatically pivoted online in March 2020. We argue the…
Descriptors: Temporary Employment, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
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Stewart, Nicole K.; Rahman, Anis; Adams, Philippa R.; Hughes, John – Communication Education, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic amplified existing inequities in higher education. This paper documents the stories of four precariously employed communication instructors in their transition to emergency remote teaching in March 2020. Through collaborative autoethnography, the instructors share their stories of reliance and compliance within the gig…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Higher Education