On the Market

In Search of an Academic Job in the Worst Economy since Hoover

ambiacademic

ambiacademic
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ABD in Humanities, on the Job Market, going to the MLA, concerned about the state of education in the nation, and attempting to overcome a long-held ambivalence about academia.

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For Job Seekers
January 17, 2010 11:40AM
“The job market *is* opening up... just not in academia, which tends to be budgeted so far in advance that it lags at least a year behind the rest of th…”
About: Interviewz Are Not Enough
September 30, 2009 03:59AM
“Thanks to both @Mark Pritchard and @Stellaa for your comments. You collectively inspired me to finish what was proving to be a pretty grueling postdoc…”
About: On Originality, Part II
September 27, 2009 06:18AM
“@ Ric Caric: I'm going to continue this discussion in the next post. You've got me thinking.”
About: Things I Wish They Had Said When I Started Graduate School
September 26, 2009 03:04PM
“I'm really actually not pessimistic about academics in general-- quite the opposite. I've finally "committed" to this particular route after…”
About: Things I Wish They Had Said When I Started Graduate School
September 25, 2009 10:01PM
“@Ric Caric -- Thanks for your feedback! It's nice to know that not graduating in 5 years (which I haven't) is not necessarily a bad thing. And the id…”
About: Things I Wish They Had Said When I Started Graduate School
September 25, 2009 06:35PM
“There are those who are already plowing through this mess we've created since Marconi invented the (first kind of) wireless communication-- "Media…”
About: So sad!
September 25, 2009 06:28PM
“Fiction writing-- feels like an even more exclusive club than academia! (At least that's what this outsider's perspective perceives, maybe I'm wrong.)…”
About: New Series: Fizzle Fridays
September 23, 2009 07:41PM
“You're right about "Oda a Walt Whitman" being the standard Lorca offering on this particular topic. From the same book ("Poeta en Nueva…”
About: Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse
September 23, 2009 07:24PM
“I hate to say it, because I really loathe this particular book, but these ads make me want to shake Hair Dye by the shoulders and say, "He's Just…”
About: Poor, poor Hair Dye!
September 21, 2009 02:56AM
“That last line states it all, and powerfully. Thank you for putting your finger on exactly what I've been feeling as I've watched the current politica…”
About: Remembering 2008
September 20, 2009 04:10PM
“Did you come across this whilst researching? I hope so, because, wow, would that make digging through old periodicals *totally* worth it!”
About: Ménage à trois!
September 20, 2009 01:11PM
“Thanks for the tip, Mrs. M! I, too, am hopeful that none of this process will involve bear-baiting, but I fear my dissertation somewhat invites it. T…”
About: Raison d'être
September 20, 2009 01:08PM
“I'm on the market, too, this year, and it's looking pretty ugly so far. I like your idea of making a list of dream colleges to work for. It would cou…”
About: Living in the Clouds: a Geek Post About Work
September 19, 2009 11:56PM
“I'll take this as a list of things *not* to do once I find a job in Academe, which indeed may take a while.”
About: Alienate your students
September 19, 2009 09:00PM
“Since restructuring our Ph.D. program, ours also has bear-baitings now, which runs contrary to our granola-nutty-crunchy-peac e-loving-iconoclast-beatniR 30;”
About: Grad School--Hell
September 19, 2009 08:52PM
“What about the student who emails the prof to ask if s/he can tutor him outside of class, but who never goes to office hours?”
About: How to Irritate the Professor