Academic Labor in the Age of Anxiety
Autoethnography Matters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2408890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elissa Foster (0000-0003-2737-9930), Patricia L Foster (0000-0002-7236-4378, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 320-326 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532708617706124 |
| OpenAlex | W2611821170 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 10 |
In this autoethnographic essay, I reflect on three spheres of academic work-program administration, teaching, and scholarship-and find evidence of the effects of neoliberalism in each sphere of practice. Specifically, I articulate the prevailing emotional experience of my academic work as anxiety, which is a consequence of internalizing the construction of students-as-consumers and responding uncritically to the demands of academic organizations that require my compliance and neutrality. To the extent that academic freedom is a reward afforded to those with tenure, my essay argues that the cost of leading a privileged academic life is that we use our privilege to question the status quo, particularly in our own institutions of higher education
Academic freedom · Autoethnography · Higher education · Neoliberalism (international relations · Pedagogy · Political science · Privilege (computing · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Status quo · Work (physics · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Gender Studies · Law · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |