Books by Trevor Griffey
Black Power at Work: Community Control, Affirmative Action, and the Construction Industry
Digital History by Trevor Griffey
Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
Writing on Higher Education by Trevor Griffey
Academe, 2021
The campaign for a New Deal for Higher Education in the United States must address the fact that ... more The campaign for a New Deal for Higher Education in the United States must address the fact that more than two-thirds of faculty members in higher education today are temporary employees working in demoralizing gig-economy conditions, too many of whom suffer from low pay, large class sizes, and excessive workloads that punish rather than reward excellent teaching.
Labor: Studies in Working Class History, 2021
to talk not just about scholarship but also the social systems that make academic research and wr... more to talk not just about scholarship but also the social systems that make academic research and writing possible, and for inviting me to comment on the section of her talk related to the neoliberal university. Before beginning my comment, I'd like to acknowledge the work that made it possible for me to be included in this event. I received a great deal of support to be included on
How Large Class Sizes and Low Faculty Wages Undermine College “Student Success”— in California and Beyond
Remaking the University (blog), 2019
Can Faculty Labor Unions Stop the Decline of Tenure?
LABOR Online, Sep 2, 2016
For most college and university instructors in the United States today, teaching provides neither... more For most college and university instructors in the United States today, teaching provides neither the job security nor income typically associated with middle class careers. That is because about 70 percent of all instructors are not eligible for tenure. Not everyone thinks that the decline of tenure is a problem. It's become commonplace to for critics of higher education to traffic in the myth that most tenured faculty are lazy and don't have to work very hard. Other criticisms of the tenure system are that it privileges research over teaching, stifles change, or is simply antiquated. These critics suggest that its abolition would increase faculty productivity and student learning, as well as reward good teachers. A look at the experience of college and university instructors who teach without the possibility of tenure suggests that whatever the problems with the tenure system, the new system replacing it is worse. The decline of faculty tenure coincides with the rise of the "gig economy" in the U.S.. As with so many different careers in the private sector that have been subcontracted out into temporary jobs in the last 30 years, instructors hired off the tenure track tend to have lower wages, worse benefits, less job stability, and fewer opportunities for promotion.
The Decline of Faculty Tenure: Less From an Oversupply of PhDs, and More from the Systematic De-Valuation of the PhD as a Credential for College Teaching
Convert Lines or People: The Polarizing Debate Over How to Restore Faculty Tenure
LaborOnline, Feb 6, 2017
Writing on U.S. History and the Surveillance State by Trevor Griffey
J. Edgar Hoover’s revenge: Information the FBI once hoped could destroy Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been declassified
The Conversation, 2019
FBI Files on Countries Around the World: A Large, Untapped Archive
Left History, 2012
Review of Robert Justin Goldstein, American Blacklist: The Attorney General's List of Subversive ... more Review of Robert Justin Goldstein, American Blacklist: The Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations (2008); Ivan Greenberg, The Dangers of Dissent: The FBI and Civil Liberties Since 1965 (2010); and Tim Wiener, Enemies: A History of the FBI (2012).
Overview of FBI files on Herbert Hill, longtime NAACP activist.
When a Celebrated Activist Turns Out To Be an FBI Informant
A close reading of the FBI file of former Black Panther Party Activist Richard Aoki, for a news w... more A close reading of the FBI file of former Black Panther Party Activist Richard Aoki, for a news web site.
Articles on Public History by Trevor Griffey
who provide historical and analytical insight that place the film's many oral histories in a broa... more who provide historical and analytical insight that place the film's many oral histories in a broader social context.
Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas, Sep 2012
Plymouth Cordage Company hints at this changing meaning. Because of the deskilling of production,... more Plymouth Cordage Company hints at this changing meaning. Because of the deskilling of production, women entered traditionally male occupations and those occupations so new as to be unclassi ed by sex.
Magazine of History, Jan 2012
Teaching a City about Its Civil Rights History: A Public History Success Story
Perspectives on History, Apr 2007
A City Learns its Civil Rights History while a University Learns New Ways to Engage Students
Diversity & Democracy: Civic Learning for Shared Futures, 2008
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Books by Trevor Griffey
Digital History by Trevor Griffey
Writing on Higher Education by Trevor Griffey
Writing on U.S. History and the Surveillance State by Trevor Griffey
Articles on Public History by Trevor Griffey