Freshman, Teaching, and Tenure: Why Do We Call It the Trenches, Anyway?

Authors

  • Ann-Marie Lopez McMurry University-Abilene, Department of English

Keywords:

education, trenches, tenure, first-year faculty, developmental courses

Abstract

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36896/2.1ep3

 

 

Author Biography

  • Ann-Marie Lopez, McMurry University-Abilene, Department of English

    Ann-Marie Lopez is a professor of English at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. She received her Ph.D. in English (Written Discourse: Theory and Practice) from Texas A&M University—Commerce in 2013. A few of her research interests include: basic writing pedagogy; composition and student-athletes; literacy studies; rhetoric of young mothers/ parents; and disability and embodied rhetoric.

     

References

Jenkins, R. (2015, May 18). Retention in the trenches: What can you do in your own classroom to keep students on track? The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.chronicle.com/article/Retention-in-the-Trenches/23021

Rose, M. (2005). Lives on the boundary: A moving account of the struggles and achievements of America's educationally underprepared. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

Supiano, B. (2018, April 15). It matters a lot who teaches introductory courses. Here's why. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.chronicle.com/article/It-Mattersa-Lot-Who-Teaches/243125

Umbach, P. D. (2007). How effective are they? Exploring the impact of contingent faculty on undergraduate education. The Review of Higher Education: Journal of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, 30(2), 91-123. https://doi.org/10.1353/rhe.2006.0080

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Published

2019-05-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): J-CASP: Volume 2, Issue 1 (Spring/Fall 2019)

Section

Exploratory Essays

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Freshman, Teaching, and Tenure: Why Do We Call It the Trenches, Anyway?. (2019). Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2(1), 2. https://jcasp-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/jcasp/article/view/114

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