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Winter 2026: What Is Academic Labor Now?

Volume 112, Number 1

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Features

The Underclass Is in Session

By David A. Banks

Training, Contingency, and Academics in Graduate Student Labor

By Jesús Fernández

Artificial Intelligence as a Threat to Academic Labor

By Ulises A. Mejias

How Academic Workers Have Reenergized the Labor Movement

By Gary Rhoades

Academic Labor's Generational Shift

By Eric Rader

Online Only

This Is Not the "New McCarthyism"—It's Worse

By John McCumber

Book Reviews

Academic Freedom's Uneven First Amendment Path

By Anil Kalhan

Why Human Work Still Matters as AI Advances

By Leslie Taylor

Humanities Faculty in the Hinterlands

By Jim Vander Putten

Fighting Neoliberal Restructuring at the University of Leicester

By Robert Ovetz

Chapter Profile

University of Scranton Faculty Affairs Council

By Kelly Hand

Columns

From the Guest Editor: What Is Academic Labor Now?

By Alissa Karl

Legal Watch: Coalition Litigation Strengthens the Defense of Academic Freedom

By Johnda Bentley

State of the Profession: The Hijacking of Antidiscrimination Law

By Rana Jaleel and Risa L. Lieberwitz

Nota Bene

November 7 Protests Send Powerful Message

By Mariah Quinn

Defeating Trump’s “Loyalty Oath” Compacts

By Kelly Benjamin

Defending Academic Freedom in the Courts

By Taylor Fox

AAUP Report Responds to Attacks on Faculty Governance

By Mark Criley

Joint Report on the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law

By Anita Levy

A Banner Year for Membership Growth

By Nico Millman

AAUP Forms Political Action Committee

By Austin Rhea

Research and Organizing Specialist Joins Staff

By Austin Rhea