Kirsti Cole, Amanda Stewart, and Laura Nelson
Funded by the CHASS Wellness Mini-Grant with Graduate Assistant Support from Ashley Peltack
Q: What is Invisible Labor?
A: Work that is unpaid, unacknowledged, and unregulated. Source
invisible | inˈvizəb(ə)l |
adjective
unable to be seen; not visible to the eye: this invisible gas is present to some extent in every home.
concealed from sight; hidden: he lounged in a doorway, invisible in the dark.
treated as if unable to be seen; ignored or not taken into consideration
Learn more about our collaborative project to document and investigate the prevalence and factors related to faculty invisible labor.
This project began with the support of a Wellness Mini-Grant from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) at NC State University. This mini-grant supported the implementation of a pilot study with CHASS’s faculty, which has replication potential across the university campus and beyond. Our pilot study implemented an IRB exempt protocol to discover and track the full effort of faculty, by using time tracking and a coding scheme of invisible labor that happens in higher education. As of May 2024, we are in the process of disseminating our preliminary findings and broadening the conversation across our University and beyond.