Glossary
Cultural Studies Professor Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential cultural studies professor terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key cultural studies professor vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in cultural studies professor training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Adjunct
- Part-time instructor.
- Colonialism
- Control of one land by another.
- Diaspora
- Communities living outside a homeland.
- Identity
- How people define themselves.
- Interdisciplinary
- Combining fields.
- Intersectionality
- Overlapping identities.
- Migration
- Movement of people.
- Office hours
- Time set aside for students.
- Peer review
- Expert review of research.
- Primary source
- Original document.
- Sabbatical
- Paid leave for research.
- Seminar
- Discussion-based class.
- Organized push for change.
- Syllabus
- Course plan.
- Tenure
- Permanent faculty status.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Cultural Studies Professor practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Cultural Studies Professor training.
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