by O.W. Coffman
By her own admission, Dr. Amy Staples, a full-time professor of his tory, is “one of those blessed few,” meaning she’s never done time as an adjunct professor.
The tenure-track educator, nonetheless, is no stranger to the inequality issues that plague adjuncts, including the estimated 270 part-time instructors who are employed at her own school, Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro.
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