I believe my long history of part-time activism uniquely qualifies me to represent contingent faculty as a member of the AFT Adjunct-Contingent Faculty Caucus governing board. 

 

·   I was a principal in negotiating a cross-district plan to obtain health coverage for part-time faculty American River and Sierra colleges.

·   I was instrumental in getting part-time faculty into the American River College Senate, and into the formerly all full-time Sierra College union.

·   I have been a complainant in two Public Employees Relations Board cases.

·   I founded the San Diego Adjunct Faculty Association.

 

Over the years I have held a number of leadership positions, including on the Executive Boards of the Los Rios and the Sierra College faculty associations.   I currently serve on the Executive Committee of the San Diego Adjunct Faculty Association and the California Part-time Faculty Association.

 

Like many part-time faculty, I’m a perpetual freeway flyer. I began my teaching career in the late 1980s and, by 1991, was flying between CSU Sacramento, American River College, and Sierra College. My college-hopping continued throughout that decade, mostly between American River and Sierra, although I also taught at Yuba, Cosumnes River, and Woodland colleges.

In 2000 I relocated to the San Diego area for a private sector engineering position; but teaching was still in my blood, so I taught evenings at Mesa, Miramar, and Palomar colleges.

I took an early retirement from engineering in 2019, but continue to fly the freeways between Palomar and Mira Costa colleges.

Thank you for your vote!

Scott Douglas