Joint AHA-Organization of American Historians (OAH) Committee on Part-time and Adjunct Employment

Established as an ad hoc committee in January 2000, established as a joint committee in January 2001.

Purpose: To examine the proliferation of part-time and adjunct employment in higher education, provide "best practices" for both employers and employees, and to advocate on behalf of part-timers and adjuncts within the profession.

Assignment to Division: Reports on its work to the Professional Division.

6 AHA members, 6 OAH members

Officers, 2008:

From the AHA

  • David J. Weber, (Southern Methodist Univ.)
  • Arnita A. Jones (executive director, AHA), ex officio
  • Debbie Ann Doyle (public history coordinator), ex officio

 

From the OAH

  • Lee Formwalt (executive director, OAH), ex officio
  • Elizabeth Hohl (Fairfield Univ.)
  • Arlene Lazarowitz (California State Univ. at Long Beach)
  • Rusty Monhollon (Hood Coll.)
  • Donald W. Rogers (Central Connecticut State Univ.)
  • Howard Shorr (Portland Community Coll.)

 

Staff

  • Debbie Ann Doyle

 

Documents and Reports

Statements on Part-time and Academic Employment for Historians

AHA/OAH Joint Committee on Part-Time and Adjunct Employment Standards (May 2005)

Report from Part-Time and Adjunct Employment Committee (May 2001)

Guidelines for the Employment of Part-Time and Temporary Faculty in History

AHA Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct, 2005

 

Employment Articles and Information

1999 AHA Department Survey Shows Increased Hiring of Low-Wage Part-Time Faculty

Other Perspectives articles on the academic job market and the employment of historians

Job listings from the current issue of Perspectives

Links to sites with related information

American Association of Community Colleges

American Association of University Professors

American Association for Higher Education

American Federation of Labor--Higher Education

American College Personnel Association

Community College Humanities Association

Chronicle of Higher Education, The

Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor

Eric Clearinghouse on Higher Education

Adjunct Nation

Workplace: The Journal for Academic Labor

Last Updated: February 29, 2008 3:04 PM