Weekly Wrap-Up

Weekly Wrap-Up

This photo is one of my own! The frost made the grass look like little trees.

This week we’ve discussed the job of the adjunct and how to best present our work in resumes, CVs, and social media. Working from the virtue of purity, we’ve searched for clarity in the vision of how we present ourselves. Here’s the run-down of what we found.

Suggested Resources

• Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric for online and blended courses (www.qualitymatters.org/rubric)
• Adjunct Faculty Facts by Dr. Michelle Kassorla on her blog
• The Adjunct Project is attempting to gain a bigger picture, gathering data from adjuncts across the USA regarding pay, working conditions, and benefits.
• Created by OnlineColleges.com, the infographic on social resumes by The Daily Muse
• The Chronicle of Higher Education's Vitae
• Academia.edu
• Cover Letter Examples and Guides by Intern Match
• 5 Huge Resume Mistakes Google’s Head of HR Sees All the Time by Scott Dockweiler at The Muse
• Resumes for Post-Acs by Maggie Gover at The Professor Is In
• Writing the Curriculum Vitae by Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Twitter Resource of the Week

Wonderfully thorough advice! How to Curate Your Digital Identity as an Academic http://t.co/t0PlHYy1KJ #highered #adjunct
— Melynda Conner (@Melynda_Conner) January 16, 2015

Pins of the Week

My Pinterest Board, Tips for Interviews, Resumes, and Job Hunting

Thank you for taking this journey with me as I figure things out as we go. 

If you haven't yet, please add your voice to January's Survey, and join me next week when we discuss maintaining academic rigor and standards! Fun, fun, fun! :)

See you then, 

Melynda

@Melynda_Conner

#TCBHigherEd

The Week's References:

Caprio, M. W., Dubowsky, N., Warasila, R. L., Cheatwood, D. D., & Costa, F. L. (1998) Adjunct faculty: A multidimensional perspective on the important work of part-time faculty. Journal of College Science Teaching, 28(3), 166-173.  

DeAndrea, D. C. & Walther, J. B. (2011). Attributions for Inconsistencies Between Online and Offline Self-Presentations. Communication Research, 38(6), 805-825. Retrieved from http://crx.sagepub.com/content/38/6/805.abstract

Langen, J. M. (2011). Evaluation of adjunct faculty in higher education institutions. Assessment & Evaluation In Higher Education, 36(2), 185-196. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02602930903221501?journalCode=caeh20#preview

 

National Center for Education Statistics. (2014). National study of postsecondary faculty: Overview. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/nsopf/. 

Posner, M., Varner, S., & Croxall, B. (2011). Creating your web presence: A primer for academics. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from  http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/creating-your-web-presence-a-primer-for-academics/30458

 

Vick, J. M. & Furlong, J. S. (2014). Using your last two (or more) years wisely: How to build your nonacademic profile while you’re working on finishing your Ph.D. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Using-Your-Last-Two-or-More/147509/