Adsit, Janelle, authorDoe, Sue, authorAllison, Marisa, authorMaggio, Paula, authorMaisto, Maria, authorJohns Hopkins University Press, publisher2022-01-312022-01-312015Adsit, Janelle, Sue Doe, Marisa Allison, Paula Maggio, and Maria Maisto. "Affective Activism: Answering Institutional Productions of Precarity in the Corporate University." Feminist Formations 27, no. 3 (2015): 21-48. doi:10.1353/ff.2016.0008.https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234346Given the context in which precarity is unevenly distributed in today's corporate university, it is important for women's studies to consider its role in bringing about higher education policy reform. Reporting on the findings of a national survey of chairs and directors of women's studies departments, this article suggests strategies for performing "affective activism" within the university through research and action, guided by feminist theory—including collaborative organic theater, institutional discourse analysis, and the drafting of position statements. Drawing from a range of experiential and discursive primary-source materials, the essay suggests strategies and examples for how institutional norms can be made available for interrogation and transformation. In this work, emotion can provide a lens by which to see the institutional situation of women's studies and its intervention in the new status quo of the corporate university.born digitalarticlesengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.adjunct facultycontingencydiscoursegender equitymanagerialismprecaritytenurewomen facultyTexthttps://doi.org/10.1353/ff.2016.0008