“…Although the complicated origins and missions of the community college are recognized in the literature (Ayers, ; Cohen et al., ; Levin, , ; Vaughan, ), the work of its faculty is often oversimplified (Gonzales & Ayers, in press). Experts note that limited knowledge about community college faculty, unfair comparisons, and consistent application of frameworks more suitable for studying faculty at 4‐year institutions has engendered assumptions regarding their contributions to the field of higher education, their students, and their respective disciplines (Gonzales & Ayers, in press; Townsend & Twombly, ; Twombly & Townsend, ). In the words of Townsend and Twombly (), “community college faculty are ignored in the literature about faculty, and at worst, the literature perpetuates negative stereotypes about them” (p. 3).…”