I’ve always had busy office hours as discussed here. Invisible Labor is pervasive in our world. People labor in ways that are often unseen, unacknowledged, and/or even unpaid. In order to help counter this, I tracked visits this semester. The results follow.
I had 135 students this semester across 5 classes (plus one independent study course). 28 of these students took me for at least one (if not two, three, four, or five) course(s) in a previous semester.
There were 122 office hours visits during the Spring 2019 totaling 4,480 minutes (about 74.5 hours)
The average visit lasted 37 minutes.
- 38 visits lasted 15 minutes or less
- 23 visits lasted 15-30 minutes
- 34 visits lasted 30-60 minutes
- 27 visits lasted 60 minutes or longer
Visitors came from a variety of groups.
- 11 – Former students (who are not taking a class this semester)
- 31 – Queer Theory class
- 35 – Intro to Queer Studies classes
- 11 – Comparative Creation Myths class
- 31 – Intro to Women’s Studies class
- 3 – other
There were 61 unique visits but lots of repeats.
- 43 – 1 visit
- 7 – 2 visits
- 3 – 3 visits
- 5 – 4 visits
- 1 – 5 visits
- 1 – 6 visits
- 1 – 10 visits
- 1 – 16 visits
Visits occurred across the semester, mostly in April.
- January – 15 visits
- February – 34 visits
- March – 30 visits
- April – 43 visits
Visits occurred for the following reasons.
- 64 – general visiting
- 31 – class questions
- 27 – discussing paper draft
Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda
Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda 