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'
 * The Long-Haul Degree, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/education/edlife/18phd-t.html

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

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

www.researchgate.net
Researchgate is geared more towards the academic in the pure sciences.

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!)

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 2010-11

 * Religious Studies 2010-2011 (Yes, there are already postings)
 * History 2010-2011 (Promises to be a banner year!!)

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(including Neuroscience)
 * 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
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