Academic Jobs Wiki

This is a wiki for tracking searches in various categories for academic (i.e. faculty) positions. Please post listings by subject area. Note that many/most of these need filling in with actual pages.

Relevant Articles

 * Academic Blog Roll

[IMHO Bousquet has hit the nail on the head here, whether we like it or not.]
 * The Myth of PhD "Overproduction"
 * History "Job Czar" Shuts Down Phd Production; PhD "Oversupply" Continues For Two Decades.
 * We Work


 * Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go
 * The Big Lie about the 'Life of the Mind'
 * The Long-Haul Degree (NYT 4/18/10)
 * Stop Admitting Ph.D. Students


 * Useful article today (10/13/10) about applying for tenure-track jobs
 * New ranking system for hiring faculty/weeding applications? (InsideHigherEd 10/12/10)
 * The ritual satisfaction of stating the Grim Facts about the job market
 * On Skype Interviews
 * Tell Us About Your Dissertation: And Other Commonly Fumbled Interview Questions
 * "The Disposable Academic" (Economist article, 12/16/10)
 * Law School Grads get Debts, not Jobs(This is somewhat tangential to the subject of academic jobs, but it shows that the problem of finding jobs after grad school is endemic. It's a good article to send to eager undergrad seniors who are applying to law school. Not that they'll listen.) - Did any of us listen when told not to go to Graduate School? It's the other guy who can't get a job; I'll be fine.


 * What I Tell My Graduate Students (Chronicle, March 7, 2011)
 * "Survivor's Guilt" (Chronicle, March 15, 2011)
 * "A Little Calcitrance"
 * If you're thinking of taking a visiting position,or might even turn down a tenure-track job for a temp. gig, read this piece (IHE March 28, 2011): Essay on the Flaws of Becoming a Visiting Professor

Academic Networking Resources
http://academia.edu/

Academia.edu is a hybrid of Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

http://www.researchgate.net/

Researchgate is geared more towards the academic in the pure sciences.

http://www.interfolio.com/product/portfolio/index.cfm

The Interfolio Portfolio is a paid web profile service with pretty robust features like video, powerpoint and teaching syllabi.

Non-Academic Career Resources
(some requests for things like this on the venting page, which would not open for editing in the javascript editor because it is a table instead of editable topics)
 * The Versatile PhD, new home of Wrk4us, an international email discussion list on nonacademic careers for people with graduate education in Humanities, Education, and Social Science disciplines.
 * National Assocation of Independent Schools website - includes a national list of teaching positions open at independent college prep schools.
 * Another idea: look at administrative positions at universities you are interested in. One of my friends moved quickly from grad student to Associate dean (in under 5 years) and he told me, "a PhD can be like a union card for many of the most powerful positions at a university." Something to consider. Plus, many schools will let you work out a joint appt (you teach maybe one course a year but have an administrative position in student advising, the graduate school, etc. )
 * The Leaving Academe forum at the Chronicle of Higher Education
 * I hope it's not a breach of protocol to mention my own blog, postacademic.org, here, but my friend and I recently started it to address life beyond academia for academics--in addition to a good dose of academia-related stuff, of course! I'm mostly discussing my experiences on the academic job market (some of which is inspired by the Wiki), while my friend is providing more of the hands-on information on how to make a transition outside of the academy. (If this is bad form, someone can go ahead and delete this link!)
 * See also the career advice columns 'Leaving Academia' and 'On the Fence' at Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/advice
 * Eliza Woolf, who writes 'On the Fence' also has a related blog: http://phd-onthefence.blogspot.com

Interview experiences

 * Universities to Fear
 * Universities to Love
 * The Venting Page
 * Dear Search Committees
 * Deal Breakers: U Policies That Matter
 * http://www.9interviews.com

Application Year 2011-2012

 * American Studies 2012
 * Anthropology 2011-2012
 * Archaeology Jobs 2011-2012
 * Biblical Studies 2011-2012
 * Communication and Media Studies 2011-2012
 * Comparative Literature 2012
 * Computer Science 2011-2012
 * CreativeWriting 2012
 * Cultural Anthropology 2011-2012
 * English Literature Jobs 2012 (for academic positions in English Literature and related fields that begin Fall 2012 or later)
 * Film Studies 2011-2012
 * History 2011-2012
 * Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2011-12
 * Italian 2011 - 2012
 * Jewish Studies and Israel Studies 2011-2012
 * Linguistics 2011-2012
 * New Media & Digital Humanities 2011-2012
 * Physical Anthropology 2011-12
 * Psychology 2011-2012 (hosted on wikidot)
 * Queer/Women's/Gender Studies 2012
 * Religious Studies 2011-2012
 * Rhetoric/Composition 2012
 * Russian & Slavic 2011-2012
 * TESOL / Applied Linguistics 2012
 * Theatre / Performance Studies / Dance - 2011 - 2012

Application Year 2010-2011

 * African and African Diaspora Studies 2010-2011
 * Art History 2010-2011
 * American Studies 2011-2012 (for jobs that start in 2011)
 * Anthropology 2010-2011
 * Biblical Studies 2010-2011
 * Bioethics &amp; Medical Humanities (2010-2011)
 * Biology(including Neuroscience and environmental studies)
 * Business / Management / Business administration 2011-2012
 * Chemistry 2010-2011
 * Chemical Engineering 2010-2011
 * Chinese Language and Literature (2010-2011)
 * Civil and Environmental Engineering 2010-2011
 * Classics, Ancient History, Classical Philosophy, and Classical Art &amp; Archaeology
 * Communication and Media Studies 2010-2011
 * Comparative Literature 2011
 * Computer Science 2010-2011
 * Dissertation Fellowships (page for 2011-12 fellowships)
 * Drama, Speech, Film & New Media 2011
 * Earth and Geological Sciences 2010-11
 * Education 2010/2011
 * Electrical Engineering 2010-2011
 * English Education / Children's Literature 2011
 * English Literature 2011-2012 (for academic positions beginning in Fall 2011 or later)
 * Ethnomusicology/World Music
 * Film Studies 2010-2011
 * Fine Arts 2010-2011
 * French 2010-2011
 * Geography 2010-2011
 * German 2010-2011 (hosted on wikihost.org)
 * History 2010-2011
 * Health Promotion/ Epidemiology/ Environmental Health/ Biostatistics/ Health Administration/ Public Health 2010-2011
 * Human Development and Family Studies 2010-2011
 * Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2010-11
 * Information Science/ Studies
 * Interdisciplinary 2010-2011
 * International/Global Studies 2010-2011
 * Italian 2010-2011
 * Japanese Language and Literature 2010-2011
 * Jewish Studies and/or Israel Studies 2010-2011
 * Linguistics 2010-2011
 * Mechanical Engineering 2010-2011
 * Middle East Studies 2010-2011
 * Music History/Musicology/Ethnomusicology 2010-2011
 * Political Science/ Policy 2010-2011
 * Portuguese 2010-2011
 * Psychology 2010-2011 (hosted on wikidot.com)
 * Queer/Women's/Gender Studies 2010-11
 * Religious Studies 2010-2011
 * Rhetoric/Composition 2011
 * Russian &amp; Slavic 2010-2011
 * Sociology 2010-2011
 * Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoc 2010-2011
 * Social Work 2010-2011
 * Spanish 2010-2011
 * TESOL/Applied Linguistics 2011
 * Theatre / Theater 2010 - 2011
 * Urban Studies/Planning 2010 - 2011

Application Year 2009-2010

 * American Studies 2009-2010
 * Anthropology
 * Applied Linguistics/Second Language Acquisition
 * Art History 2009-2010
 * Biblical Studies
 * Bioethics and Medical Humanities
 * Biology(including Neuroscience and environmental studies)
 * Biomedical Engineering 2009-2010
 * Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 2009-2010
 * Chinese Language and Literature 2009-2010
 * Civil and Environmental Engineering 2009-2010
 * Classics
 * Communication and Media Studies 2009-10
 * Comparative 2010 (Comparative Literature 2010)
 * Computer Science
 * Creative Writing
 * Earth and Geological Sciences Jobs--2010
 * Earth and Geological Sciences--2010
 * Economics
 * Education
 * Electrical and Computer Engineering
 * English Literature 2010-2011
 * Environmental Studies/Policy 2009-2010
 * Ethnic Studies 2009-2010
 * Family Studies 2009-2010
 * Film and Media Studies 2009-2010
 * Fine Arts 2010
 * French 2009-2010
 * Geography
 * German 2009-2010 (hosted on wikihost.org)
 * History 2009-2010
 * History and Philosophy of Science
 * Humanities/Liberal Studies 2009-2010
 * Humanities and Social Science Postdocs 2009-2010
 * Italian 2009-2010
 * International/Global Studies 2009-2010
 * Jewish Studies 2009-2010
 * Japanese language and literature 2009-2010
 * Library, Archival, and Information Studies
 * Linguistics 2009-2010
 * Mechanical Engineering 2009-2010
 * Materials Science and Engineering
 * Mathematics
 * Music---General 2009-2010
 * Musicology and Ethnomusicology (links to old site still in use)
 * Philosophy
 * Physics
 * Planetary Science
 * Polish Studies
 * Political science
 * Psychology 2009-2010 (hosted on wikidot.com)
 * Rhetoric/Composition 08-09. // 2010
 * Religious Studies 2009-2010
 * Russian 2009-2010
 * Spanish 2009-2010
 * Social Work
 * Sociology
 * Sport / Kinesiology 2009-2010
 * Theater 2009-2010
 * Women's studies_area studies

Pre 2009-2010 search year Archive:

 * Accounting
 * AHA Fields (2007-2008) [for History 2008-2009, and now History 2009-10, see below]
 * MLA Fields (note: this links to the old wiki subpage) [see below for current listings]
 * african_american_studies
 * American Studies 2008-2009
 * Applied Human Sciences
 * Architecture (2008-2009)
 * Art History Positions (2007-2008)
 * Art History 2008-2009
 * Bioengineering
 * Biomedical Humanities* Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
 * [] (Note: Chinese Language and literature 08-09)
 * Communication Studies
 * Communication Studies 2008-09
 * Community development
 * Comparative Literature
 * Composition and Rhetoric 2007-08 // 2010
 * Dance2008-2009
 * English Literature 2009-2010
 * Ethnic_Studies
 * Family Studies
 * Film and Media Studies
 * Film and Media Studies Job Market History 07-08
 * French Can we fix this? Put up a new page here? LINK FIXED! or Go here: http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/French
 * History 2008-2009
 * Humanities postdocs 2007-2008
 * Humanities & Soc Sci Postdocs 2008-2009
 * Italian
 * Islamic Studies
 * Japanese language and literature (Note: this links to the old wiki subpage; it will have to do until the MLA pages are moved en masse...)
 * Japanese language and literature 2008-2009
 * Jewish Studies
 * Jewish Studies 2007-2008
 * Music -- Voice / Opera2009
 * Neuroscience_2008/2009
 * Psychology (2008-2009)
 * Religious Studies 2008-2009
 * Spanish 2007-2008
 * Spanish 2008-2009
 * South Asia Studies
 * Sport / Kinesiology
 * Theater 2007-2008
 * Theater 2008-2009

Various others listed below still need formatting

Film and Media Studies Human Relations Leisure_sciences Linguistics Mass Communications:Journ/PR/Adv Engineering, Mechanical middle_east_history Music Neuroscience Organizational development Philosophy Physical Anthropology 07-08 Link Political Science Religion social work STS/History-Philosophy-Sociology of Science Urban Studies and City Planning studio_art
 * Management
 * academic_job-seeking_faq

Comic Relief

 * (hilarious animation video) SO YOU WANT TO GET A PHD IN THE HUMANITIES: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7451115/?ref=nf
 * . . . and the counterpoint to this hilarity: http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/you-cannot-possibly-be-this-stupid/
 * And another point of consideration: http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/11/02/yes-i-want-to-get-a-ph-d-in-the-humanities/
 * No offense, but this video is utterly innane. Grad school? Lovely time, yes. Then you're 30-35 and unemployable. Cheers. I'm glad you had fun.
 * On the auteur of the original video (and the Xtranormal phenom in general): "So You Think an English Professor's Life Is a Cartoon" (Chronicle)
 * Diversifying the (white) Academy. FYI: This, too, is comic relief of the best kind!: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7477411
 * 9interviews.com ... comic relief about the agony of finding a job in academia (Please add more!!)

Anyone looking ahead to the next job season and needing a good laugh might like to check out this MLA spoof. It's ongoing and borderline brilliant.

Jobberwiki
Exhaustig, as my chums from school

Did grum and gream at Em Allay:

All mopesy was the Chronicule,

But we’d been twerking all day.

“Beware the Jobberwik, my son!

Five-minute tasks shall take five days!

Beware the Letter Service! Shun

its mislaid dossiers!”

Took hours to choose our vorpal pens:

And sighned our coverlets with pride –

And threw Seevees into the breeze,

And sat awhile, and cried.

And as we kvented and kvetched

The Jobberwik, that pushy moocher,

Shtiffled past us as we retched,

And sketchered at our futures!

Oi veh! Oi veh! All night, all day

At Em Allay we groamed and grobbed –

And left half-dead, but in our heads

The slight hope we’d been jobbed.

“And shall we feed the Jobberwik?

And shall we gain or lose employ?

Regardless, shall we kill morale,

or fight despair with joy?”

Exhaustig, as my chums from school

Did grum and gream at Em Allay:

All mopesy was the Chronicule,

But we’d been twerking all day.