Janina Fenigsen layoff response fund
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UPDATE!
We are so grateful for your support of Janina during this difficult time. The burden of the pandemic’s impact on universities has fallen disproportionately on NTT faculty. In the specific case of Northern Arizona University, Janina was let go despite the fact that her fall classes were full with waiting lists. This fund attempts in a limited way to soften the initial impact on Janina and help her navigate the transition. We have therefore increased the total requested to help her cover the following expenses:
COBRA to provide a bridge to Medicare, $1700/month for 2 months
Loss of at least $6K of income from Janina’s self-employed husband Jurek due to pandemic restrictions
Moving expenses from AZ to MA
Thank you for your support of our friend and colleague.
- Team Janina
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Janina was laid off from her teaching position at Northern Arizona University on Wednesday May 27, without any notice or explanation. Janina’s health insurance, which covered both herself and her husband, was directly linked to her employment at NAU. The notification of non-renewal came over two weeks after the expiration of her current contract, which prevented her from applying for unemployment benefits for the month of May. As a result she is not in good position to pay the $1,700/month for the COBRA coverage which she and her husband need. We have created this go-fund-me site to raise funds to help Janina and her family in this difficult time, and specifically so that they can keep their health coverage while they react to this unexpected job loss.
Many of us have collaborated with Janina on AAA panels and have benefited from her scholarly and pedagogical commitment to our discipline. She has always been an active and collaborative voice, relentlessly and passionately at work to develop new syllabi for her classes and curricular innovations to booster student learning and engagement. In 2014, for her work at NAU, Janina received an Exemplary Performer Award. In her nine years as a lecturer at NAU, Janina taught an average of [phone redacted] students per academic year, from 100-level to grad seminars. She chaired and served on graduate committees. In spite of the considerable teaching load (by any standard), Janina has always been an active and generous member of our SLA community and has been able to maintain an active publication record: She co-authored a book published last January by Routledge, published in Ethos, Semiotica, and Semiotic Inquiry. She has recently served as NSF grant reviewer, SLA John Gumperz Prize reviewer, and is stand-by consultant to the Yavapai Nation on language maintenance. She is also a PI on an active research grant from Spencer Foundation.
These are very challenging and uncertain times. COVID-19 has initiated an economic and health crisis of unprecedented scale affecting Northern Arizona University and our nation in drastic ways. Please help us mitigate the impact of these events on Janina and her family.
We are so grateful for your support of Janina during this difficult time. The burden of the pandemic’s impact on universities has fallen disproportionately on NTT faculty. In the specific case of Northern Arizona University, Janina was let go despite the fact that her fall classes were full with waiting lists. This fund attempts in a limited way to soften the initial impact on Janina and help her navigate the transition. We have therefore increased the total requested to help her cover the following expenses:
COBRA to provide a bridge to Medicare, $1700/month for 2 months
Loss of at least $6K of income from Janina’s self-employed husband Jurek due to pandemic restrictions
Moving expenses from AZ to MA
Thank you for your support of our friend and colleague.
- Team Janina
***********************
Janina was laid off from her teaching position at Northern Arizona University on Wednesday May 27, without any notice or explanation. Janina’s health insurance, which covered both herself and her husband, was directly linked to her employment at NAU. The notification of non-renewal came over two weeks after the expiration of her current contract, which prevented her from applying for unemployment benefits for the month of May. As a result she is not in good position to pay the $1,700/month for the COBRA coverage which she and her husband need. We have created this go-fund-me site to raise funds to help Janina and her family in this difficult time, and specifically so that they can keep their health coverage while they react to this unexpected job loss.
Many of us have collaborated with Janina on AAA panels and have benefited from her scholarly and pedagogical commitment to our discipline. She has always been an active and collaborative voice, relentlessly and passionately at work to develop new syllabi for her classes and curricular innovations to booster student learning and engagement. In 2014, for her work at NAU, Janina received an Exemplary Performer Award. In her nine years as a lecturer at NAU, Janina taught an average of [phone redacted] students per academic year, from 100-level to grad seminars. She chaired and served on graduate committees. In spite of the considerable teaching load (by any standard), Janina has always been an active and generous member of our SLA community and has been able to maintain an active publication record: She co-authored a book published last January by Routledge, published in Ethos, Semiotica, and Semiotic Inquiry. She has recently served as NSF grant reviewer, SLA John Gumperz Prize reviewer, and is stand-by consultant to the Yavapai Nation on language maintenance. She is also a PI on an active research grant from Spencer Foundation.
These are very challenging and uncertain times. COVID-19 has initiated an economic and health crisis of unprecedented scale affecting Northern Arizona University and our nation in drastic ways. Please help us mitigate the impact of these events on Janina and her family.
Fundraising team: Team Janina (2)
Judith Pine
Organizer
Bellingham, WA
Janina Fenigsen
Beneficiary
Jane Goodman
Team member
