New Aca-Media: our very first "Very Special Episode," albeit one without an easy, “feel-good” ending. The topic is precarity in academia. We bring you three segments: a roundtable with Jamie Rogers, Jennifer Hyland Wang, and R. Bruce Brasell) on contingent and precarious academic labor and what SCMS might do about it, an interview with Alex Russo on the turmoil at Catholic University, and a report from Brett Mills on the UCU strike in the UK. http://www.aca-media.org/episode43 ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]