In this program profile, we recount the development of Fairfield University's award-winning WAC/WID program. We specifically describe the roles of labor and disciplinarity in building "shock-absorbent" WAC program architectures that enable WAC programs to persist. Arguing that labor resources are a central concern of WAC programs, we describe the innovative responses to kairotic moments that disciplinarily-informed, compensated experts in the field can offer in local contexts (e.g., our WAC/WID Workshop Week and our GenAI Working Group). However, we also delineate how liminality (of the discipline, of non-tenure stream faculty, and of program resources) can foster uncertainty in the longevity of WAC programs.