Academics have acclaimed the Netflix series. But how many have noticed the absence of non-tenure-track faculty, asks Tian An Wong
The Netflix series The Chair, which follows the struggle of a newly appointed English department chair, debuted to much fanfare. It was hailed In The Atlantic as “Netflix’s best drama in years” and in the Wall Street Journal as a “sharp take on academia”.The enthusiasm may seem surprising as the inner workings of an academic department is a fairly niche topic. But many academics today spend a good deal of time on Academic Twitter, so the convergence of sympathetic professors tapped by publications to write glowing op-eds on the hottest show in their circles is in fact quite natural. Those who have navigated the messy departmental politics as tenure-track and tenured professors feel seen. Finally. ...
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