The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching

About Contract Faculty: Roger S. Nam

The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion

Roger S. Nam is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Emory University Candler School of Theology. 

What are the constructive aspects of being contract faculty?  If you spend your career as a contract faculty person have you failed as a scholar? How do you find your place on a faculty with tenure-track and tenured colleagues? What can administrators do to assist contract faculty in having longevity? For the good of the student experience, what are the issues of equity, dignity, and professionalism concerning contract faculty?