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

 * The Myth of PhD "Overproduction"
 * History "Job Czar" Shuts Down Phd Production; PhD "Oversupply" Continues For Two Decades.
 * Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go
 * The Big Lie about the 'Life of the Mind'

[IMHO Bousquet has hit the nail on the head here, whether we like it or not.]

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)
 * Wrk4us An international email discussion list on nonacademic careers for people with graduate education in Humanities, Education, and Social Science disciplines.
 * www.nais.org Includes a national list of teaching positions open at independent college prep schools.

Interview experiences

 * Universities to Fear
 * Universities to Love
 * The Venting Page
 * Dear Search Committees
 * Deal Breakers: U Policies That Matter

Status of Current Jobs (Application Year 09-10)

 * American Studies 2009-2010
 * Anthropology
 * Applied Linguistics/Second Language Acquisition
 * Art History 2009-2010
 * Biblical Studies
 * Bioethics and Medical Humanities
 * Biology
 * 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 2009-2010
 * Environmental Studies/Policy 2009-2010
 * Ethnic Studies 2009-2010
 * Family Studies 2009-2010
 * Film and Media Studies 2009-2010
 * Fine Arts
 * 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
 * Islamic Studies
 * 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
 * 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
 * South Asia Studies
 * Sport / Kinesiology 2009-2010
 * Theater 2009-2010
 * Women's studies_area studies

Archive of past jobs:

 * 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
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.

And the videos produced by Won Dum Joo: http://www.youtube.com/user/WonDumJoo