2020 MLA Convention Sessions of Interest to Contingent Labor
This list was compiled by the Committee on Contingent Labor
008. Career Pathways for Job Seekers in Languages
11:45 AM–1:15 PM Jan 9, 2020
WSCC – Tahoma 1
009. Preconvention Workshop on Career Directions for PhDs in English
11:45 AM–1:15 PM Jan 9, 2020
WSCC – Tahoma 2
013. Fighting Exploitation of Contingent Faculty Members from Within: How Tenure-Stream Allies Can Help Create Equity on Campus
12:00 PM–1:15 PM Jan 9, 2020
WSCC – 612
043. Digital Scholarship in Tenure and Promotion
1:45 PM–3:00 PM Jan 9, 2020
WSCC – Skagit
073. Crowdsourcing the Future Work of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
1:45 PM–3:00 PM Jan 9, 2020
WSCC – 201
108. How to Get Published
3:30 PM–4:45 PM Jan 9, 2020
WSCC – 4C-3
140. Build Your Online Presence, Share Your Scholarship, and Collaborate on MLA Commons and Humanities Commons
5:15 PM–6:30 PM Jan 9, 2020
WSCC – Chelan 2
145. Bringing Translation and Interpreting to the World Language Curriculum
5:15 PM–6:30 PM Jan 9, 2020
WSCC – 401
181. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Your Department
7:00 PM–8:15 PM Jan 9, 2020
WSCC – Skagit 1
231. Demystifying the Job Search Process
10:15 AM–11:30 AM Jan 10, 2020
WSCC – Chelan 2
263. Taxonomies of Power: Roles and Regulations in the Academy
10:15 AM–11:30 AM Jan 10, 2020
WSCC – 617
302. Hands-On LinkedIn Workshop
12:00 PM–1:15 PM Jan 10, 2020
WSCC – Chelan
310. Career Opportunities in Two-Year Colleges
1:45 PM–3:00 PM Jan 10, 2020
WSCC – Skagit 4
327. Institutional Contexts and the Shaping and Reshaping of Power
1:45 PM–3:00 PM Jan 10, 2020
Sheraton – Willow B
363. A Showcase of Career Diversity
3:30 PM–4:45 PM Jan 10, 2020
WSCC – Tahoma 2
375. Getting Funded in the Humanities: An NEH Workshop
3:30 PM–5:30 PM Jan 10, 2020
WSCC – Yakima 1
400. Ins and Outs of Immigration in the Academy: Employment and Visas for Faculty Members
5:15 PM–6:30 PM Jan 10, 2020
WSCC – Skagit 4
422. Digital Humanities and Open Scholarship: An Introduction
8:30 AM–11:30 AM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – Chelan 2
427. Public Engagement: Academics Writing in Public
8:30 AM–9:45 AM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – 608
428. Résumé Workshop
8:30 AM–9:45 AM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – Chelan 4
465. First Steps toward Institutional Change
10:15 AM–11:30 AM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – 617
486. From Exclusion to Access: Disrupting the Academic Prestige Economy
10:15 AM–11:30 AM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – 604
512. Curriculum Vitae Workshop
12:00 PM–1:15 PM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – Chelan
527. Critical Pedagogies: Precarity, Contingency, and Professional Practice
12:00 PM–1:15 PM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – 607
548. Graduate School, Class Mobility, and the Job Market
1:45 PM–3:00 PM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – 606
559. Solidarity in Troubled Times
1:45 PM–3:00 PM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – Skagit 1
568. Being Online: Risks and Rewards for Women in Academe
1:45 PM–3:00 PM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – Skagit 4
576. Networking for Humanities PhDs: Dirty Word or Vital Resource?
3:30 PM–4:45 PM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – Chelan 5
603. The Valuation of the Seventy-Three Percent: Contingent Faculty Work and Access to Academic Freedom
3:30 PM–4:45 PM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – 612
614. Speed Mentoring
5:15 PM–6:30 PM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – Tahoma 2
621. Academic Empire
5:15 PM–6:30 PM Jan 11, 2020
WSCC – 603
644. The Teacher-Scholar at the Two-Year College
5:15 PM–6:30 PM Jan 11, 2020
Sheraton – Willow B
650. Cash Bar and Networking Event Arranged by MLA Career Services
7:15 PM–8:30 PM Jan 11, 2020
Sheraton – Boren
716. Connecting the Humanities to Gainful Employment: Career Education and the Undergraduate Curriculum
12:00 PM–1:15 PM Jan 12, 2020
WSCC – 201
722. Journey to Journal: Launching and Overseeing a Successful Interdisciplinary Academic Publication
12:00 PM–1:15 PM Jan 12, 2020
WSCC – 614
739. Our Changing Workplace: Contradictions and Strategies of Faculty Governance
12:00 PM–1:15 PM Jan 12, 2020
WSCC – 617