Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC)

Research Awards for Adjunct Faculty

The UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) is pleased to announce that we still have professional development funding for adjunct faculty. UMBC established the fund, to be administered annually by the AFAC, to support professional development for adjunct faculty.

If you have been invited to deliver a paper at a professional conference, or if you are a presenter at a university workshop, you can apply for expense reimbursement through the AFAC.

This is a rolling deadline.  

Individual awards will be capped at $500 for the academic year. The amount of individual awards may be affected by factors including number of applicants.

Criteria, eligibility, and conditions are posted at myUMBC. See under Groups (tab at top of screen); go to the Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee group.

If you have been accepted for scholarly activity during summer, apply by the end of spring '17 term for summer projects.

Best Practices: A preliminary checklist 

When completed, the list begun below will show how academic departments at UMBC treat their adjunct faculty. All items are to be understood as criteria and are recommended where applicable. Some items might be N/A for individual departments. Departments now doing these good things are shown in bold-faced font. [updated list]

Pay, stipend, raises: 

• Regular pay increases/adjustments for adjunct faculty: CSEE, IFSM (?), SAHAP
• Department advocacy for adjunct stipend improvement, raises: INDS, PHIL, SAHAP
• Funding for conference presentations: Econ, INDS, SAHAP

Workload: 

• Ability, feasibility of choosing classes: CSEE, INDS, PHIL, SAHAP
• Input into class scheduling process: ECON, English, IFSM, Math, PHIL, SAHAP
• Department sensitivity to time expended on new course prep: PHIL, SAHAP
• Advance notice/planning re course scheduling: English, Math, PHIL, SAHAP
• Supplemental compensation for selected department service: PHIL, SAHAP

Job longevity, security, promotion: 

• Opportunities to teach Summer/Winter: ECON, English, INDS, Math, PHIL, SAHAP
• Hiring into full-time positions: American Studies, PHIL, SAHAP
• Year-long planning: English, Math, SAHAP

Scholarship/research: 

• Adjunct faculty can be principal investigators: CSEE, SAHAP
• Adjunct faculty can qualify for research grants: CSEE, SAHAP
• Opportunities for research: CSEE, SAHAP
• Professional development opportunities: DANC, SAHAP
• Ability to request own TA when applicable: IFSM, SAHAP

Collegiality: 

• Mentoring, orientation for adjunct faculty: PHIL, SAHAP
• Included in department meetings: DANC, English, SAHAP
• Opportunities to serve on committees: PHIL, SAHAP
• Included in the social life of the department: English, SAHAP
• Support by department office support staff: English, IFSM, PHIL, SAHAP
• Minimize expectations for unpaid service: English, PHIL, SAHAP

Facilities: 

• Have own office or sufficient privacy if sharing office: English, PHIL, SAHAP
• Access to computer/s, mobile devices, equipment as needed: English, PHIL, SAHAP
• Telephone access: English, PHIL, SAHAP

Benefits:

• Provides enough credit hours to qualify for health insurance if requested:  SAHAP

• Sick leave/maternity leave: ECON, SAHAP

INPUT ? If you have additional items to suggest, or departments to mention, please comment below or get in touch with any member of AFAC.

We will continue updating this informal survey.

Best Practices: A preliminary checklist

The list below is a work in progress. When completed, it will show how well academic departments at UMBC treat adjunct faculty. All items are to be understood as criteria and as positive recommendations where applicable. Some items might be N/A for individual departments. Departments already doing these good things are shown in bold-faced font.

Pay, stipend, raises: 

• Regular pay increases/[cost of living] adjustments for adjunct faculty: SOC, CSEE
• Department advocacy for adjunct stipend improvement, raises: SOC, INDS
• Complementary registration to conferences, etc.: Econ, INDS

 Workload: 

• Ability, feasibility of choosing classes: CSEE, INDS, SOC
• Input into scheduling process of classes: English, Math, Econ
• Department sensitivity to time expended on new course prep: SOC
• Advance notice/planning re course scheduling: English, Math

 Job longevity, security, promotion: 

• Opportunities to teach Summer/Winter: English, Math, INDS, Econ, SOC
• Hiring into full-time positions: American Studies, SOC, PHIL
• Year-long planning

 Scholarship/research: 

• Adjunct faculty can be primary investigators: CSEE
• Adjunct faculty can qualify for research grants: CSEE
• Opportunities for research: CSEE
• Professional development opportunities:
• Ability to request own TA when applicable: SOC

 Collegiality: 

• Mentoring, orientation for adjunct faculty
• Included in department meetings: English
• Opportunities to serve on committees
• Included in the social life of the department: English
• Support by department office support staff: English

 Facilities: 

• Have own office or sufficient privacy if sharing office: English
• Access to computer/s, mobile devices, equipment as needed: English
• Telephone access: English

INPUT ? If you know of items to consider, or departments to mention, please add a comment below, or get in touch with any member of AFAC.

We will continue updating this informal survey.

The UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) is pleased to announce its first awards to adjunct faculty members in 2017. The awards are for research and professional development. 

May F. Chung (Adjunct, English, Modern Languages and Linguistics; Ph.D. student in Language, Literacy and Culture) has been awarded support to present at the 2017 Southeastern Conference in Linguistics (March 8-11, College of Charleston, South Carolina). Her presentation, "'It's not that they can't produce the sound': Linguistic tips from the ESL classroom" features teaching tips on the needs of English language learners. 

Monica Dale (Adjunct, Music Coordinator, Dance Department) has been awarded support to present at the Third International Conference of Dalcroze Studies (Universite Laval, Quebec City, Canada, July 30-August 3, 2017). Ms. Dale will lead two sessions, on "Structured Improvisation" and on "Piano Improvisation in Dalcroze-Influenced Modern Dance." 

Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC)

Research Awards for Adjunct Faculty

The UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) is pleased to announce that we have professional development funding for adjunct faculty. This is a rolling deadline.  

UMBC established the fund, to be administered annually by the AFAC, to support professional development for adjunct faculty.

Individual awards will be capped at $500 for the academic year. The amount of individual awards may be affected by factors including number of applicants.

Criteria, eligibility, and conditions are posted at myUMBC. See under Groups (tab at top of screen); go to the Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee group.