“…The causes of these obstacles are attributed to unsupportive and sometimes counterproductive institutional policies and practices. It has been documented that contingent faculty, to varying degrees, are enduring poor working conditions, lacking technical, professional, social, and financial supports from their respective institutions (Bakley & Brodersen, 2018;Christensen, 2008; Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2014; Coalition on the Academic Workforce, 2012; Eagan, 2007;Eagan, Jaeger, & Grantham, 2015;Jolley, Cross, & Bryant, 2014;Kezar & Maxey, 2012;Kezar & Sam, 2010;Pearlman, 2013;Thirolf, 2012;Wagoner et al, 2004). Meanwhile, those faculty members are expected to carry out their teaching loads at high standards of performance comparable to their full-time faculty members who receive sufficient technical, professional, financial, and social supports.…”