WIKI INSTRUCTIONS 2007/2008[]
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NO NEWS 2007/2008[]
| School | Deadline
(yr/mo/day) |
|---|---|
| Penn State Abington (Biology) | 2007/10/01 |
| Iowa State University (Microbial Ecologist) | 2007/10/19 |
| University of Alberta (Microbial ecology) | 2007/10/15 |
| University of Tennessee at Martin (Fisheries Biology) | 2007/01/10 - should this be 2007/11/10? |
| Lenoir-Rhyne College | 2007/11/01 |
| Rutgers University (Plant Physiological/Ecosystem Ecologist) | 2007/11/15 |
| Antioch University (Conservation biology) | 2007/11/12 |
| Washburn University (Ecology) | 2007/11/01 |
| Mesa State College(Plant Biology) | 2007/11/30 |
| University of California - San Diego (Molecular Evolution) | 2007/11/01 |
| San Jose State (Plant Biology) | 2007/12/15 |
| University of Wyoming (Neuroscience) | |
| New School (Ecology) | 2007/12/01 |
| Umass Amherst (Bioinformatics/Comp. Biol.) | 2007/12/31 |
| University of Colorado, Boulder (Computational biology and bioinformatics) | 2008/01/15 |
| York University, Toronto (Evolutionary Genetics/Genomics) | 2008/01/15 (Deadline extended from 11/30) |
| Columbia University Postdoc (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) | 2008/01/07 |
| St. Mary's University (dev. biol/embryology/mol. genetics) | 2007/11/02 |
| Southern New Hampshire University (broadly trained: physical and biological sciences) | 2007/12/21 |
| Merrimack College (Biology) | 2007/09/15 |
| Queen's University, Belfast (Marine Biology) | 2008/02/08 |
| Queen's University, Belfast (Marine Biology) | 2008/02/08 |
| Metropolitan State College of Denver (Ecology) | 2008/01/22 |
| Eastern Kentucky University (Wildlife Ecologist) | 2008/01/07 |
| Duke (Biological Oceanography) | 2008/01/15 |
| Delaware State (Environmental Science) | 2008/02/01 |
| Widener University (Genetics) | 2008/02/01 |
| Tulane University (Quantitative Ecology) | 2008/01/01 |
| Texas A&M (Molecular Ecology/ Population Genetics) | 2008/01/15 |
| Sam Houston State University (Genetics) | 2008/01/24 |
| University of Idaho (Fire Science) | 2008/01/31 |
| Northern Arizona University (Environmental Science & Policy) | 2008/02/01 |
| Elms College (Biology-open) | 2008/02/06 |
| Christopher Newport University (one year biology) | 2008/02/06 |
| Kutztown University (Physiologist/Entomologist) | 2008/03/01 |
| University of Hawaii Manoa (Global Environmental Change Science) | 2008/01/21 |
| University of Idaho (Wildland Restoration) | 2008/02/27 |
| Stony Brook University (Marine Ecology - Lecturer) | 2008/04/05 |
| Stony Brook University (Ecology - Organismal, Population, Community...) | 2008/02/29 |
| Stony Brook University (Biology - Genetics, Cell, Molecular) | 2008/02/29 |
| ASU Polytechnic (Wildlife Biology) | 2008/02/29 |
| Memorial University (Behavioural Ecology/Animal Behaviour) | 2008/03/14 |
| University of Texas - Austin (Urban Ecology) | 2008/03/24 |
| South Dakota State University (Freshwater Ecology) | 2008/03/07 |
| Oregon State University (Freshwater Fish Biology) | 2008/03/31 |
| Bowie State Univ (two cell/mol and botanist) | 2008/02/15 |
| Georgia Gwinnett College (multiples - organismal/cell/envir/biochem) | 2008/01/28 |
| St. Andrew's Presbyterian College (biology/plant science) | 2008/03/01 |
| Coker College (biology non-tenure - possible conversion) | 2008/01/31 |
| McMurry University (mol. gen./cell biol) | 2008/03/10 |
| Nova Southeastern Univ (two positions- biol/genetics) | 2008/02/11 |
| University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (Animal Behavior) | 2008/04/14 |
| Texas Tech Univ (Wetland Ecologist) | 2008/05/01 |
| University of Guelph - Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (Molecular Ecology)- 3 positions (1 Assoc Prof, 2 Assist Profs) | 2008/05/15 |
PRELIMINARY SCREENING 2007/2008[]
| School | Date of News
(yr/mo/day) |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
| University of Guelph, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (Molecular Ecology) | 2008/06/11 | ghey |
| Agnes Scott College (vertebrate ecology) | 2007/10/18 | 1st cut made, refs. requested |
| Oregon State University (fisheries ecologist) | 2008/04/22 | reference letters requested |
| Purdue (Forest Ecologist) | 2007/10/13 | First cut made. Didn't make it, was notified via email |
| Purdue University (Human Dimensions of Natural Resources) | 2007/10/31 | reference letters requested |
| University of Nevada - Reno (Wildlife Ecology - Department of Natural Resources (not Biology)) | 2007/10/31 | notified via e-mail |
| University of Oregon (Center for Ecology & Evolution | 2007/10/15 | interviews start in early Nov. |
| Brown University (Environmental Change Initiative) | 2007/11/30 | asked for publications |
| Elizabethtown College (Ecology) | 2007/11/08 | 1st cut made, letters sent out |
| Purdue Univ (Fisheries bio) | 2007/11/27 | first cut, didn't make it, letter sent |
| Purdue University (Ecological Impacts of Climate Change) | 2007/11/01 | |
| University of North Carolina - Wilmington (Conservation Biology) | 2007/11/21 | short list made, asked for references. |
| University of Washington (2 positions, biology) | 2007/11/07 | letters requested |
| Washington State University (Hydroecolgoist) | 2007/11/12 | |
| Arizona State (Sustainability Science) | 2007/12/17 | contacting short list, letters requested |
| Lehigh University (Earth System Scientist) | 2007/12/04 | letters requested |
| LSU (Ichthyologist) | 2007/12/04 | letters requested |
| Smithsonian Institution (Research Zoologist) | 2007/12/03 | requesting letters for short list |
| University of South Alabama/Dauphin Island (Marine Science) | 2007/12/11 | Letters requested; short-list made; interviews begun |
| University of Maryland (Evolutionary Biology) | 2007/12/12 | letters requested from "top 25% of applicants" |
| Warren Wilson College (Environmental Studies) | 2007/12/17 | those that made first cut were notified by email |
| Bentley College (Environment and Global Sustainability) | 2007/12/20 | email - first short list made, interviews prob in late-Jan or early-Feb |
| Catawba College | 2007/12/18 | letters requested, next cut in Jan |
| University of Windsor (Ecology) | 2008/01/03 | shortlist made from 100+ applicants |
| SUNY Fredonia (Molecular Genetics) | 2008/01/07 | "top tier" determined, uncertain where search stands otherwise |
| SUNY Oswego (Pop. Bio/Station Director) | 2008/01/18 | calls to applicants--queries of interest in position |
| Emory University (Environmental Studies) | 2008/01/17 | ref letters requested |
| Clarion University | 2008/01/23 | now has a short list |
| Oakland University (Ecology-Environmental Biology) | 2008/02/05 | ref letters requested |
| Colorado State University (Wildlife Biology) | 2008/02/15 | (First cut, List reduced from 62 to 12, ref letters requested) |
| Montana State University (Plant Community Ecologist) | 2008/02/22 | short list of 27 identified |
| Texas State University (Wildlife Ecology/Conservation Biology) | 2008/02/25 | cut from 60 down to ? |
| Gonzaga University (Entomologist) | 2008/02/29 | down to a list of five, will interview three |
| University of California Berkeley (Paleobiology) | 2008/03/17 | Short list of 5 made, will be invited soon |
| Texas A & M University (Professor/Curator of Mammalogy) | 2008/03/21 | ref letters requested |
| Texas A & M (Professor/Curator of Birds) | 2008/03/21 | interviewees identified |
| Stony Brook University (Higher Marine Vertebrate Biology - Lecturer) | 2008/04/04 | contacting references; interviews late April/May |
PHONE INTERVIEWS 2007/2008[]
| School | Date of News
(yr/mo/day) |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
| University Nevada Reno (Ecology) | 2007/12/15 | phone interviews |
| Washington and Jefferson (botany/plant ecology) | 2007/12/04 | phone interview |
| Baylor University (Animal Physiology) | 2007/10/29 | phone interview |
| Illinois Wesleyan University (Vert. Biologist) | 2007/10/12 | phone interview on 10/29 |
| University of Memphis (Plant Evol. Ecology) | 2007/10/29 - 11/12 | |
| Washington State University, Vancouver (Molecular genetics) | 2007/11/26 | phone interviews being conducted |
| California State Channel Islands (Behavioral Ecologist) | 2007/11/30 | phone interview on 12/10 |
| Earlham Collge (Avian Ecologist) | 2007/11/01 | phone interview on 12/14; campus interviews aiming to be completed by 2nd week of Feb |
| Kennesaw State Univ (Env Science) | 2007/11/16 | |
| University of Wisconsin Parkside (Plant Biology) | 2007/11/15 | They have re-announced this position. |
| Wayne State College - Nebraska (Animal Biology) | 2007/11/16 | |
| North Central College (Plant Ecology) | 2007/12/05 | contacted via email for phone interview |
| University of Arizona (Simpson Postdoctoral Fellowships) | 2007/12/10 | phone interviews being scheduled (via email) |
| Valdosta State University (environmental tox) | 2007/12/14 - 12/17 | |
| University of Dayton (Community Ecology) | 2007/12/30 | phone interviews in mid January |
| University of Northern Colorado (Population Genetics) | 2008/01/09 | phone interviews mid January |
| University of Denver (Microbial Ecology/Evolution) | 2008/01/17 | phone interview |
| Georgia College and State University (Genetics) | 2008/01/29 | phone interviews - week of 2/4/2008 |
| Edgewood College (Plant ecologist) | 2008/01/27 | phone interviews happening |
| University of Minnesota, Morris (Vertebrate Biologist) | 2008/01/31 | phone interviews in February |
| University of Montana, Missoula (Aquatic invert. ecology) | 2008/01/31 | phone interviews on Jan 31 and Feb 1 2008 |
| Texas A&M University-Commerce (Wildlife) | 2008/02/04 | phone interviews in mid-feb |
| Alaska Pacific University (Marine Biology) | 2008/02/05 | phone interviews in mid February |
| Georgia College & State University (Ecologist) | 2008/01/30 | phone interviews week of 1/30 |
| Keystone College (Environmental Science) | 2008/01/31 | Phone interviews week 2/11 |
| Warren Wilson (Conservation Biology) | 2008/02/11 | phone interviews happening |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (Environmental Studies) | 2008/02/11 | phone interviews 2/20-2/22 |
| St. Thomas University - St. Paul, MN (Biology) | 2008/02/15 | phone interviews 2/16-2/23 |
| Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH (Evolutionary Ecology) | 2008/02/15 | phone interviews 2/18-2/21 |
| Roger Williams University (Evolutionary Biology) | 2008/02/07 | phone interviews 2/13 and 2/15 |
| Cal State University, Chico (Earth Systems Science) | 2008/02/20 | phone interview conducted, expect results next week |
| University of Central Arkansas (Applied Ecologist) | 2008/01/17 | phone interview conducted |
| Central Connecticut State University (Conservation Biology) | 2008/01/04 | phone interview 3/11/08 |
| Tyson Research Center (Field Station Scientist) | 2008/03/19 | cut down from >50; interviews being scheduled |
| USGS Mendenhall postdoc (various) | 2008/03/19 | phone interviews taking place, decisions in a few weeks |
| University of Richmond (two visiting Lect. - ecology/evol) | 2008/04/10 | phone interviews taking place |
CAMPUS INTERVIEWS 2007/2008[]
| School | Date of News
(yr/mo/day) |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Institute for Ecosystem Studies (Terrestrial Ecologist) | 2007/09/01 | interviews late Dec |
| Baruch College-CUNY (Biology/Ecology) | 2008/04/13 | interviews ongoing |
| University of California, Los Angeles UCLA (Ecology & Evolution) | 2007/09/29 | |
| Yale (Ecology) | 2007/09/15 | |
| University of Alaska - Juneau (invertebrate biologist) | 2007/12/07 | applicants invited to interview in Feb/March |
| Ursinus College (Ecologist) | 2007/10/30 | 5 applicants invited to interview |
| Earlham College (Animal physiology) | 2007/12/18 | 3 applicants invited to interview in January |
| Muhlenberg (Animal Physiology) | 2007/11/02 | 3 applicants invited to interview |
| San Diego State University (Marine Ecology) | 2007/10/08 | 4 applicants to interview |
| San Diego State University (Functional biologist) | 2007/10/08 | |
| Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (Animal physiology) | 2007/10/28; phoned 11/28 | interviews in Jan |
| University of California, Davis (quantitative geneticist plant sciences) | 2007/10/29 | |
| University of Georgia (Evolutionary Ecologist) | 2007/10/15 | interviews start in early Nov |
| University of Georgia (Population Ecologist) | 2007/10/15 | interviews start in early Nov |
| Linfield College (Conservation Biology) | 2007/10/22 | 3 applicants interviewed in Dec |
| Florida Institute of Technology (ecologist) | 2007/11/29 | interviews in Jan |
| Hillsdale College (Biologist/Population Geneticist) | 2007/11/16 | |
| Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Disease Ecologist) | 2007/11/20 | interviewing candidates Nov/Dec |
| Macalester College (Environmental Science) | ||
| Rice University (Evolutionary Biology) | interviews late Nov/early Dec | |
| Simon Fraser University (Applied Conservation Ecology) | Interviews in Jan | |
| Sonoma State University (Plant Physiologist) | 2007/11/06 | |
| The College of New Jersey (physiology) | 2007/11/07 | 3 applicants invited to interview |
| Tufts University (Molecular Evolution) | 2007/11/15 | 4 applicants invited to interview |
| Troy University (environ biol) | 2007/11/06 | on campus interviews end of Nov-early Dec. |
| University of California, Davis (Quantitative Plant Conservation Ecologist) | 2007/11/14 | interviews in Jan |
| University of California, Santa Barbara (Ecotoxicologist) | 2007/11/20 | interviews in Jan |
| University of Arkansas School of Forest Resources (Spatial Inform Syst) | 2007/11/15 | Faculty meet Dec. 7, offers expected mid-Dec. |
| University of Colorado, Boulder (evo-devo) | interviews Nov/Dec | |
| University of Otago (Wildlife Management/Conservation Ecology) | interviews Dec 17-20 | |
| University of Texas, Austin (Ecologist) | 2007/11/21 | inviting candidates for Nov/Dec interviews (about 65 applicants) |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison (Geography: Global Change Biogeography) | 2007/11/26 | interviews announced on web page |
| Virginia Commonwealth University (Vert. Ecol) | 2007/11/30 | Interviews in Jan/Feb |
| Western Washington (Ecological geneticist) | interviews in late Nov/early Dec | |
| Dartmouth College (mol evol/pop gen/genomics) | campus interviews in Dec (on website) | |
| Penn (Genomics) | 2007/12/06 | interviews in Jan |
| SUNY Fredonia (Aquatic Ecologist) | 2007/12/10 | interviews Jan/Feb. 3 Candidates invited. |
| Texas Tech (fish. bio/Aquat. Ecologist) | 2007/12/06 | interviews in Jan |
| University of California, Davis (pollination) | interviews in Dec and Jan; 6 candidates; listed on website | |
| University of California, San Diego (ecologist) | 2007/12/04 | 6 candidates; interviews in Dec/Jan |
| University of Hawaii, Honolulu (Evo-Devo) | 2007/12/14 | interviews late Jan to early March |
| University of Nebraska (Complex phenotypes) | 2007/12/14 | interviews in Jan/Feb |
| University of Pittsburgh (Biology - 2 positions) | 2007/12/12 | interviews in January |
| University of Rhode Island (Marine Genomics) | 2007/12/12 | interviews Jan/Feb |
| University of South Carolina (Ecological Forecasting) | 2007/12/09 | interviews in January |
| University of Toronto (Community/Ecosystem Ecology) | ||
| University of Toronto-Scarborough (Community Ecology) | ||
| Stanford (Land Use/Land Cover Scientist) | 2007/12/14 | interviews scheduled for Jan/Feb |
| University of California, Davis (Quantitative phylogenetics) | 2007/10/15 | interviews in January |
| University of California, Berkeley (Microbiology) | interviews Jan | |
| Stanford (Ecologist) | 2007/12/14 | 6 candidates invited, interviews late Jan through early March |
| Humboldt State University (Restoration Ecology) | 2007/12/17 | interviews in Jan/Feb |
| Georgia Southern University (Ecological Modeler) | 2007/12/18 | interviews in Jan/Feb |
| Truman State University (Ecological Genetics) | 2007/12/20 | campus interviews mid to late Jan |
| Ohio Wesleyan University (Animal Behavior) | 2007/12/20 | campus interviews in Jan/Feb |
| Vassar College (Integrative Animal Behavior) | 2007/12/19 | campus interviews in Jan/Feb |
| Upper Iowa University (Vertebrate Biologist) | 2007/12/20 | campus interviews start early Jan |
| Rutgers University (Evolutionary Biology) | 2007/12/20 | campus interviews in Feb |
| Loyola Marymount University (Ecologist) | 2007/12/21 | |
| American Museum of Natural History (Marine Invertebrate systematist) | 2007/12/20 | interviews in late January |
| California State Los Angeles (Plant Biology) | 2007/11/21 | campus interviews in Feb |
| University of California, Santa Barbara (Land Use/Land Cover) | 2007/12/26 | campus interviews in Jan |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Ecology) | 2007/12/27 | campus interviews in Feb |
| University of Idaho, Moscow (Riparian Ecology) | 2007/12/19 | campus interviews in Jan & early Feb |
| Colorado State (Evolutionary ecologist) | 2007/12/30 | campus interviews Jan - Mar |
| University of Georgia (Assoc. & Quantitative Genetics) | 2007/12/21 | campus interviews Jan-Feb |
| Clark University (Vert. Bio) | 2008/01/07 | interviews in Dec |
| Bucknell University (Eco, Evo, Org Biol.) | 2007/11/20 | 3 to interview at end of January |
| Wright State University (Global Change Ecologist) | 2008/01/11 | interviews at end of Jan |
| University of South Dakota (Aquatic Ecology) | 2008/01/14 | interview in late Jan |
| California State Fullerton (Marine Biology) | 2008/01/15 | interviews in Jan/Feb |
| Florida International University, (Wetland Ecosystem Ecologist) | 2008/01/15 | interviews in Jan/Feb |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University (Vert. Zoologist) | 2008/01/15 | interviews in February |
| Florida International University (Marine Biology) | 2008/01/16 | interviews in Jan/Feb |
| Iowa State University (Plant Ecologist/Evolutionary Biology) | 2008/01/17 | 4 interviews Dec/Jan |
| Mississippi State University (Microbiology) | 2008/01/17 | interviews Feb |
| Michigan State University (Evolutionary Ecologist) | 2008/01/15 | 5 interviews in Jan |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Biology) | 2008/01/15 | interviews in mid-late Feb |
| University of Washington Burke Museum (Genetic Resources Curator) | 2007/12/19 | 6 candidates to interview |
| Fort Lewis College (Botanist) | 2008/01/21 | candidates invited |
| University of New Orleans (Ecology/Evolutionary Biology) | 2008/01/21 | "interviewing right now", web site shows that ecology interviews start Feb 13 |
| Stanford University (Evolutionary Biologist) | 2008/01/22 | 5 candidates interviewing Feb-March |
| University of California, Berkeley (Restoration Ecology) | 2008/01/24 | Interviews in Mar |
| Vanderbilt University (Evolutionary Ecologist) | 2008/01/02 | candidates invited |
| Virginia Military Institute (Vertebrate Biologist) | 2008/02/15 | candidates interviewed |
| Widener University (Invertebrate Zoology) | 2008/01/01 | interviews in January and February |
| Washington and Lee (Aquatic Ecologist) | 2008/01/25 | interviews in February |
| Arcadia University (Aquatic Zoology) | 2008/01/28 | interviews in February |
| Clemson University (Vertebrate physiology) | 2008/01/29 | List made for on-campus interviews |
| University of California, Berkeley (Forest Ecosystem Management) | 2008/01/09 | Interviews in Feb |
| University of Alabama (Invertebrate Systematist) | 2008/02/01 | TWO candidates invited for Feb. interviews |
| University of California, Merced (Ecology) | 2008/02/01 | interviews in Feb/March |
| Appalachian Laboratory (Climate change ecology) | 2008/02/06 | interviews in Jan-Feb |
| McKendree U. (Ecology and Genetics) | 2008/02/07 | interviews in February |
| Harvard (Plant Ecology) | 2008/02/08 | interviews in late February/March |
| Princeton University (STEP Program, Woodrow Wilson School) | 2008/02/11 | interviews in February |
| UMASS (Physiological Ecologist) | 2008/02/12 | interviews listed on website |
| University of Wyoming (Physiological Ecologist) | 2008/02/12 | interviews listed on website |
| Univ Wisconsin Stevens Point (plant ecologist) | 2008/02/13 | interviews happening end of Feb/beginning of Mar |
| Warren Wilson (Conservation Biologist) | 2008/02/13 | interview in late February |
| Soka University (Environmental Geology/Geography) | 2008/03/11 | interviews completed |
| SFSU (Animal Physiologist) | 2008/02/15 | 3 interviews in February |
| SUNY Oneonta (Vertebrate Zoology) | 2008/02/15 | 3 candidates invited to campus in late Feb / early Mar |
| Tulane University (Global Change/Wetland Ecology/Tropical Biology) | 2008/02/18 | Interviews being scheduled |
| Oklahoma State University (Disease Ecologist) | 2008/02/18 | interviews in Jan 27-Feb 12 |
| Alaska Pacific University (Marine Biology) | 2008/02/20 | interviews in March |
| Utah State University (Ecophysiologist/Physicist) | 2008/02/22 | interviews in Feb-March |
| Brown University (Global Change Initiative) | 2008/02/22 | interviews in Feb-March |
| University of California, Los Angeles UCLA (Environment, Energy, and Society) | 2008/02/20 | interviews spring quarter (Mar-Jun) |
| Arizona State University (School of Sustainability) | 2008/02/20 | interviews Feb-Mar (any news here? interviews completed? offers made? |
| San Jose State University (Environmental Studies) | 2008/02/22 | 3 interviews scheduled Link |
| U. of St. Thomas, MN (Integrative biologist) | 2008/02/27 | 4 interviews Feb / March |
| Texas A&M University-Commerce (wildlife) | 2008/02/28 | interviews scheduled for March 11-13 |
| North Dakota State University (evolutionary ecologist) | 2008/03/04 | campus interviews being scheduled |
| DePaul University (Animal Physiology) | 2008/03/06 | 3 interviews in April |
| Appalachian Lab (Biogeochemistry) | 2008/03/04 | interviews happening |
| Eastern Washington University (Integrative Biologist) | 2008/03/04 | interviews underway (via website) |
| University of Nebraska at Omaha (Open) | 2008/02/18 | 2 Candidates interviewing at end of March/Beg April |
| Colorado State University (Wildlife Biologist) | 2008/03/19 | 3 Candidates interviewing April |
| Case Western Reserve University (Evolutionary Ecologist) | 2008/03/20 | interviews happening |
| Metropolitan State Coll. of Denver (mol. evol.) | 2008/04/04 | campus interview |
| University of Texas at El Paso (Evolutionary Genetics) | 2008/03/20 | campus interviews (4?) scheduled for 3rd-4th week of April |
| University of Oxford (Plant Ecology) | 2008/04/11 | interviews scheduled for 22 April |
| Stony Brook University (Higher Marine Vertebrate Biology - Lecturer) | 2008/04/25 | scheduling interviews for early May |
| EPA/ORISE Postdoc (Cincinnati, OH) | 2008/05/15 | Interviews scheduled for this week |
| University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez | 2008/05/15 | Interviews scheduled during May |
| College of William and Mary (Professional Faculty in GIS - Center for Geospatial Analysis) | 2008/04/18 | Interviews scheduled in early June |
| Dalhousie University (Mol. Biol./Genomics) | 2008/05/15 | Interviews scheduled in late May |
| Delaware State University (Enviro. Sci.) | 2008/05/21 | Interviews scheduled for late May-June |
| University of Washington Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology | 2008/05/22 | Interviews in the next two weeks (3 candidates) |
OFFERS (who was hired) & SEARCHES CANCELED, FAILED, or DEFERRED 2007/2008[]
If desired, also please share information as to who was hired for a particular position. Please do not post a name if a contract has not been signed for the job.
| School | Date of News
(yr/mo/day) |
Status and Comments | Hired (specialty optional) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia College - Moorhead (Aquatic Biology) | 2008/03/27 | offer accepted | |
| Hood College (Evolution) | 2008/03/11 | position filled | Eric Annis hired? |
| Hood College (Ecology) | 2008/03/11 | position filled | Sue Carney hired? |
| University of the Pacific (Evolutionary Ecologist) | 2008/03/07 | offer accepted | Leah Larkin hired |
| University of Southern Mississippi (Entomology) | 2008/03/15 | accepted | Donald Yee hired |
| Creighton University (env. Phys) | 2007/12/10 | informed they would make offers week of 12/10 | |
| LSU (quantitative ecology) | 2007/12/14 | ||
| Roosevelt University (Biology - Open) | 2008/01/15 | offer made | |
| McDaniel College - Maryland (Environmental Biology) | 2007/12/11 | ||
| Le Moyne College (Genetics and Bioinformatics) | 2008/01/07 | offer accepted | |
| Wellesley College | 2007/12/18 | offer accepted | evo devo biologist |
| Hillsdale College (Pop Gen) | 2008/01/07 | offer declined | |
| North Carolina State University (Urban Ecology) | 2008/01/10 | offer accepted | |
| Ursinus College (E Studies) | 2008/01/10 | offer accepted | political ecologist/geographer |
| University of San Diego | 2008/01/08 | Geoffrey Morse hired | |
| Michigan Technological University (wetland scientist) | 2008/01/11 | offer accepted | |
| Colorado State University (quantitative ecology) | 2008/01/11 | offer made | |
| Randolph Macon (Evolution) | 2008/01/15 | offer accepted | |
| Colgate University | 2008/01/30 | offer accepted | |
| Roanoke College (Vert. Biologist) | 2008/01/15 | offer accepted | |
| Wofford College (Genetics/Molecular Biology) | 2008/01/16 | offer accepted | |
| University of Chicago (Quantitative Ecology) | 2008/01/01 | offer made | |
| California State, Long Beach (Evolution) | offer accepted | Ashley Carter hired | |
| Whitman College (ecology) | 2008/01/22 | offer made | |
| Cabrini College (environ sci) | 2008/01/22 | offer made | |
| Clark University (geography) | 2008/01/28 | offer accepted | |
| Central Michigan University (Fisheries Biologist) | 2008/01/28 | offer accepted | |
| Murray State University (Aquatic Invert. Zool.) | 2008/02/05 | offer declined, another viable candidate identified.interviewing at least 2 candidates 2nd week of March. | |
| Clayton St. U. | 2008/02/05 | offer likely accepted | |
| Michigan State (Evolutionary Ecology) | 2008/01/31 | offer made | |
| University of Evansville (Vertebrate Biologist) | 2008/02/01 | offer declined | |
| Wheeling Jesuit (biology-open) | 2008/02/06 | "position filled" on HR website | |
| Simon Fraser University REM (Con Bio) | 2008/02/07 | offer made | |
| University of Mary Washington (Env Science) | 2008/02/08 | position has been filled for at least a month | |
| Bucknell University (Eco, Evo Organismal) | 2008/02/27 | position filled | Mark Haussmann hired |
| Muhlenberg College (Animal Physiology) | 2008/02/06 | position filled | |
| Vassar College (Animal Behavior) | 2008/03/01 | position filled | |
| The College of New Jersey (Animal Physiology) | 2008/02/06 | offer declined | |
| Wayne State College (Animal Biology) | 2008/02/08 | offer declined | |
| Randolph Macon College (Ecology) | 2008/02/10 | offer made | |
| Florida Institute of Technology (Ecology) | 2008/02/12 | offer accepted | |
| Truman State University (Ecological Genetics) | 2008/02/27 | offer accepted | |
| Slippery Rock University (Plant Biology) | 2008/02/15 | offer made | no hire? job readvertised 10/08 |
| Virginia Military Institute (Zoology) | 2008/02/20 | offer accepted | |
| Middle Tennessee State University (Plant Biologist) | 2008/02/18 | offer accepted | |
| Knox College | 2008/02/19 | filled position | |
| Simpson College (Field Biology/Ecology) | 2008/02/20 | offer accepted | |
| University of the South/Sewanee (Genomics/Molecular Genetics/Evolution) | 2008/02/21 | position cancelled. no hires. | --- |
| St. John Fisher College (Botany/Ecology) | 2008/02/20 | positions filled | |
| University of Texas, Arlington (Genetics & Genomics) | 2008/02/11 | offer accepted | |
| Temple University (Environmental Science) | 2008/02/15 | offer made | |
| Hillsdale College (Population Genetics/Cell Biology) | 2008/02/25 | Position "filled" | |
| Salisbury University (Zoology/Entomology) | 2008/02/25 | offer made | |
| LSU (Systems Physiologist) | 2008/02/25 | offer made | |
| TCU (Animal Physiologist) | 2008/02/25 | offer made | |
| University of South Dakota (Aquatic Biology) | 2008/03/10 | offer accepted | |
| California University of Pennsylvania (Mammalogist) | 2008/02/26 | offer accepted | |
| University of West Florida (Marine Ecology) | 2008/02/27 | Search canceled due to budget cuts. Campus interviews had been scheduled for early March. | --- |
| University of North Carolina, Asheville (Stream Ecologist) | 2008/02/28 | offer accepted | |
| Florida International University (Wetland Ecology) | 2008/03/03 | offer accepted | |
| Coastal Carolina University (Vertebrate Biologist) | 2008/03/05 | offer accepted | |
| Appalachian State University (Ecosystem Ecologist) | 2008/03/05 | offer made | Mike Madritch hired |
| University of Northern Iowa (Biologist) | 2008/03/04 | offer made | |
| Warren Wilson College (Conservation Biologist) | 2008/03/07 | offer accepted | Tim Meehan hired |
| Oklahoma State (Quantitative Ecologist) | 2008/03/07 | offer made | |
| Oklahoma State (Disease Ecologist) | 2008/03/07 | offer accepted | |
| Wright State University (Evolutionary Ecology) | 2008/03/10 | offer made | |
| Wayne State University (Ecologist) | 2008/03/10 | offer in the works (selected candidate has been or will be contacted) | |
| University of Montana (Aquatic invertebrate ecologist) | 2008/03/13 | offer pending | |
| University of MIchigan (mycology) | 2008/03/14 | offer made | |
| Purdue University (Evolutionary Ecology) | 2008/03/13 | offer accepted | |
| CSU-Channel Islands (Behavioral Ecology) | 2008/03/15 | position filled | |
| Siena College | 2008/03/18 | both positions filled | |
| James Madison University (Freshwater Ecologist) | 2008/03/17 | position filled | |
| U. of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (Fisheries) | 2008/03/21 | position filled | |
| Texas A&M-Kingsville (Quantitative Ecologist) | 2008/03/17 | position filled | |
| University of Rhode Island (Marine Genomics) | 2008/03/21 | offer accepted | |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington (Conservation Biology) | 2008/03/21 | offer accepted | Brian Arbogast |
| University of South Carolina (Marine Benthic Ecology / Invertebrate Zool) | 2008/03/28 | offer accepted | |
| Armstrong Atlantic State University (plant biology) | 2008/03/24 | offer accepted | |
| Grand Valley State University (Evolutionary Biology) | 2008/03/28 | offer accepted | Amy Russell hired |
| Columbia University (Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Studies) | 2008/03/31 | offer accepted | |
| University of St. Thomas (MN) | 2008/03/31 | offer made | |
| Wm. Patterson University, NJ (Evolutionary biologist) | 2008/04/15 | offer accepted | |
| Texas A&M University-Commerce, (Wildlife Management) | 2008/04/15 | offer accepted | |
| Marietta College (Biology/Environmental Science) | 2008/04/23 | position filled | |
| Appalachian State (Ecosystem Ecologist) | 2008/04/24 | position filled | |
| University of Illinois at Chicago (Landscape Ecologist) | 2008/04/25 | offer accepted | |
| Alaska Pacific University (Marine Biology) | 2008/04/22 | offer accepted | |
| University of Wisconsin - La Crosse (evolution) | 2008/05/16 | offer accepted | Kathryn Perez hired |
| Univ of Connecticut (Landscape Ecology) | offer accepted | Mark Urban hired | |
| Univ of Dayton (Environmental Ecology) | offer accepted | Ryan McEwan hired | |
| Wichita State (Community or Ecosystem Ecology) | offer accepted | Greg Houseman hired | |
| Michigan State Univ (Wetland Ecology & Management) | search failed | --- | |
| Soka Univ (Landscape/Environmental Ecology) | search deferred | --- | |
| Sonoma State Univ (Molecular position) | search canceled | --- | |
| Univ of Arkansas-Little Rock (physiological ecologist) | search failed (4th time in 5 years) | --- | |
| Univ of Iowa (Environmental Geography) | search failed | --- | |
| Univ of the South/Sewanee (Genomics/Molecular Genetics/Evolution) | search canceled | --- | |
| Univ of West Florida (Marine Ecology) | search canceled | --- | |
| Lewis & Clark (Ecology - 1-year sabbatical replacement) | 2008/05/12 | offer accepted | --- |
| EPA (ORISE) postdocs | 2008/05/28 | informal offers made | --- |
| San Diego State University (Physiologist/Functional biologist) | 2008/06/20 | Search suspended due to CA budget crisis | --- |
| Williams College (Environmental Science) | 2008/07/14 | search canceled | |
| Texas Tech University (Wetland Ecologist) | 2008/06/20 | offer accepted | Kerry Griffis-Kyle hired |
REJECTION LETTERS RECEIVED 2007/2008[]
| School | Date of News
(yr/mo/day) |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Westfield State College (Aquatic Biologist) | 2008/04/14 | rejection letter received |
| Weber State (Population Genetics | 2008/04/15 | |
| Washington State University Vancouver | 2008/04/14 | via post |
| North Carolina State University (Plant Evol. Ecologist) | 2008/04/14 | via post |
| University of North Texas (evolutionary biology) | 2008/04/11 | via post |
| University of Puerto Rico (Systematics/Biodiversity/Macroecology) | 2008/04/11 | via post, position filled |
| Bucknell University (Organismal, Ecological, or Evolutionary Biologist) | 2007/10/15 | notified via email (>260 applicants)
notified via snail mail Feb 25, 2008 that position is filled. |
| Colgate University (Plant or Ecosystems Biologist) | 2008/02/15 | notified via post |
| Colorado State University (Quantitative Ecologist) | 2007/11/19 | letter (59 applicants) |
| Colorado State University (Vertebrate Evolutionary Ecologist) | 2007/12/17 | email (narrowed the list to a smaller group) |
| Concordia University (Conservation Biology) | 2007/12/07 | by mass e-mail (40 applicants) |
| Dartmouth College (mol evol/pop gen/genomics) | 2007/11/19 | |
| Earlham College (avian ecologist) | 2008/01/11 | Three candidates for interviews selected - rejection received via email after phone interview |
| Elizabethtown College - Ecology | 2007/11/02 | |
| Florida Institute of Technology (Ecologist) | 2007/12/08 | rejection by email |
| LSU (Quantitative Ecologist) | 2007/12/06 | Official rejection letter by e-mail |
| Purdue University (Evolutionary Ecology) | 2007/11/30 | by snail mail 88 applicants |
| Rice University (Evolutionary biology) | 2007/12/07 | by letter |
| SUNY Oneonta (invertebrate zool) | 2007/11/16 | received rejection letter in mail |
| Tyson Research Center, Wash U - (Associate Director) | 2007/11/05 | |
| UC Santa Barbara (Climate Science, Geography Dept.) | 2007/11/20 | by email |
| Univ Wisconsin-Madison (Human Dimensions) | 2007/11/12 | |
| University of Arizona (Natural Resources) | 2007/10/12 | |
| University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology (Evolutionary Ecology) | 2007/12/05 | by email ("nearly 105 candidates") |
| University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology (Population Ecologist) | 2007/11/27 & 12/5 | by email (75 applicants) |
| University of Kansas (Biodiversity Modeler) | 2007/12/03 | by letter |
| University of Nevada - Reno (Wildlife Ecology) | 2007/10/31 | notified via e-mail |
| University of Oregon (Evolution) | 2007/10/24 | |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison (Geography) | 2007/12/03 | by mail (interviews scheduled, application held in reserve) |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison (Wildlife Ecology/Conservation Biology) | 2007/09/15 | notified via email |
| Ursinus College | 2007/10/29 | Ecology approx. 100 applicants |
| Wellesley College (developmental biology, endocrinology, behavior) | 2007/11/13 | e-mail (274 applicants) |
| Whitman College (Ecology) | 2008/01/22; 2007/11/13 | 1/22 by post; 11/13 by email |
| Macalester College (Environmental Science) | 2007/12/17 | |
| Humboldt State University (Restoration Ecology) | 2007/12/17 | |
| University of New Brunswick (Population Genetics) | 2007/12/18 | rejection letter received via email |
| UT Austin (Marine Science) | 2007/12/18 | rejection letter received (mailed Dec. 3rd) |
| Rutgers (Evolutionary Biology) | 2007/12/19 | rejection letter received (mailed Dec 4) > 200 applicants, 1/4 of which are still being considered |
| University of North Carolina - Wilmington (Conservation Biology) | 2007/12/20 | rejection letter received via e-mail |
| Pacific University (Animal Physiologist) | 2007/12/20 | rejection letter via post |
| University of Kansas (Ecosystem Scientist) | 2007/12/19 | rejection letter received via post |
| University of Washington (Biology - 2 positions) | 2007/12/26 | rejection letter received via email, 420+ applicants |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout (Plant Ecologist) | 2007/12/28 | rejection letter received via post |
| University of Saskatchewan - Evolutionary Biology | 2007/12/20 | rejection letter received via email |
| Arizona State University (Sustainability Science) | 2008/01/02 | notified via email |
| Yale University (Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecologist) | 2008/01/03 | rejection letter received via post |
| Bowdoin College (Genetics) | 2007/10/15 | rejection letter via post |
| University of California Davis (pollination bio) | 2008/01/04 | rejection letter via post |
| CSU-Channel Islands (Behavioral Ecology) | 2008/01/04 | rejection letter via email |
| Linfield College (Plant Evolutionary Biologist) | 2008/01/07 | rejection letter via post |
| Vanderbilt University (Evolutionary Ecology) | 2008/01/07 | rejection via post |
| University of Washington (Genetics Resources) | 2008/01/08 | rejection via email |
| Linfield College (Conservation Biologist) | 2008/01/08 | rejection letter via post |
| Stanford (Molecular Cell) | 2008/01/08 | rejection via email |
| Nebraska-Lincoln (complex phenotypes) | 2008/01/11 | rejection via snail mail |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2008/01/14 | rejection via post |
| University of Utah (Human Genetics) | 2008/01/15 | rejection letter via snail mail |
| University of South Carolina (Marine Benthic Ecology / Invertebrate Zool) | 2008/01/15 | rejection letter via post |
| University of San Diego | 2008/01/16 | rejection letter via post |
| Stanford (Ecology) | 2008/01/18 | rejection via email |
| Willamette | 2008/01/18 | rejection via post |
| Michigan State (Evolutionary Ecology) | 2008/01/21 | rejection via email with attached pdf of seminar schedule |
| University of Michigan (mycology) | 2008/01/18 | rejection letter via post |
| University of Rochester (Evolutionary Genomics) | 2008/01/24 | rejection in response to email inquiry. "Over 100 applicants. Well into interview process." |
| Institute for Ecosystem Ecology (terrestrial ecosystem ecologist) | 2008/01/28 | rejection letter via email |
| University of Nevada - Reno (Ecologist) | 2008/01/30 | rejection via email |
| Stanford (Evolutionary Biologist) | 2008/02/01 | rejection via email |
| Lehigh (Earth Systems Science) | 2008/02/01 | rejection letter (>150 applicants) |
| Purdue (Ecological Impacts of Climate Change) | 2008/02/06 | rejection via post (over 62 applicants) |
| UC-Davis (Conservation Valuation Analyst) | 2008/02/06 | rejection via post |
| Case Western Reserve (Evolutionary Ecologist) | 2008/02/27, 2008/02/08 | rejection via email (over 100 applicants) |
| Princeton University (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) | 2008/02/12 | rejection via email (over 130 applications) |
| Michigan Tech (Sustainability Science) | 2008/02/12 | rejection via post |
| Western Washington University | 2008/02/15 | rejection via post-mail |
| Westminster College-Missouri | 2008/02/18 | rejection by post |
| Sonoma State University (Molecular position) | 2008/02/18 | Search canceled due to lack of funding email |
| SUNY Purchase (Environmental Studies) | 2008/02/20 | rejection via post |
| Columbia University (Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Studies) | 2008/02/22 | rejection via post |
| Montana State University (Plant Community Ecologist) | 2008/02/22 | rejection via email |
| University of Hawaii at Hilo (Biological Oceanographer) | 2008/02/22 | |
| Utah State University (Wetland Ecologist) | 2008/02/22 | rejection via email |
| University of Rhode Island (Marine Life Sciences) | 2008/02/25 | |
| Randolph-Macon College (Ecologist) | 2008/02/25 | letter |
| University of Toronto (Community Ecologist) | 2008/02/29 | rejection via email |
| Slippery Rock University (plant biology) | 2008/03/03 | via post |
| George Mason New Century College (Life Sciences) | 2008/03/04 | letter |
| Brown University (Environmental Change Initiative) | 2008/02/28 | letter |
| University of Florida (Computational genomics / phylogenomics) | 2008/03/10 | letter |
| Michigan State University (Wetland Ecology & Management) | 2008/03/13 | letter; failed search |
| Universite Catholique De Louvain (Pop Bio) | 2008/03/14 | rejection via email |
| Harvard Enviro Fellow (postdoc) | 2008/03/14 | rejection letter received |
| University of Wisconsin - La Crosse (evolution) | 2008/03/17 | rejection letter |
| Emory University(Env Studies) | 2008/03/20 | rejection letter |
| Purdue(Human Dimensions of Natural Resources) | 2008/03/20 | rejection letter, position filled, 32 applicants |
| Tufts University (Molecular Evolution) | 2008/03/21 | rejection letter, with typos |
| Eastern Washington University (Integrative Biologist) | 2008/03/25 | rejection letter |
| UCLA (2 positions, evolution and ecology) | 2008/03/25 | rejection letter, 9 interviewed, > 350 applicants (!) |
| University of Redlands | 2008/03/25 | rejection letter |
| Sacred Heart University (evol. biology) | 2008/03/26 | rejection via email |
| Unity College (Plant biology) | 2008/03 | via post |
| University of San Francisco (1-year Biology) | 2008/03/28 | rejection letter received |
| Ohio State University (Stream ecology | 2008/04/01 | rejection via email |
| Arcadia University (Behavior and Neuroscience) | 2008/04/04 | rejection letter received |
| Franklin College (Field biologist) | 2008/04/07 | rejection via email, position filled |
| Soka University (Landscape/Environmental Ecology) | 2008/04/07 | Search Deferred via mail |
| Erskine College (one year - tenure search to follow) | 2008/04/10 | position filled -via email |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County (E Science) | 2008/04/23 | position filled -via email |
| Univ. of Connecticut (Mol. & Cell Biol.) | 2008/05/07 | Letter a mere 7 months after the application due date, 130 applicants. |
| Arizona State University, Polytechnic (Applied Biology) | 2008/05/09 | rejection letter received, position filled |
| University of Texas at Tyler (evol bio/ecol or cell/molec) | 2008/05/27 | rejection letter received, position filled. |
WHO WAS HIRED 2007/2008[]
This information should be to added to the offers section above.
USER POLLS 2007/2008[]
- There is now a short SurveyMonkey survey that will allow analyses of the results at
- You can view a real-time summary of survey results here:
- Updated 2/12/08: Preliminary results organized by the type of position sought (not real-time) are here:
| ABOUT YOU | |||
Update to help keep track of how many people use/edit this site
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If "on the market" now, what is your current position?
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How many years total have you been actively on the market?
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Sex
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| YOUR JOB SEARCH | |||
How many jobs did you apply for this year?
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Campus Interviews
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Are you searching with a spouse also looking for an academic ecology position?
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Job Search Results
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| YOUR PUBLICATIONS | |||
How many total publications do you have (e.g., including author #10 out of 20)?
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How many first-author publications do you have?
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How many first-author largish publications (larger > 5 pages printed) do you have? (include in press)
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How many first-author publications did you have at the time you earned your PhD?
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Layout Suggestions for 2008/2009 Wiki
Please add your suggestions here for next year's wiki. Given that a lot of people have not received interviews, there will probably be a number of returnees next year. Voice your gripes now so we can collectively make this site better.
- Dashes between year-month-day are easier to read...
- I think one list, alphabetical order would be better. Then we could use the bullet points for updates, like we are using in the comments currently. I'll put an example at the bottom of the page and people can play around with it..
- I think the current system is great. Let's do the same thing next year but omit the surveys (except perhaps # of interviews).
- Why not combine the "application deadline" and "latest news" columns? The deadline is really not that important. It could go into the "latest news" column to be replaced once someone has heard something. Four columns would be easier to manage than five.
- I like to sort by application deadline, and considering how many jobs on this board still have no news, perhaps it would be helpful to have an empty column when there is no news?? Maybe? We could have Date of Most Recent News as the first bullet point in the final column and it should still sort correctly. I'll try this in the sample table below, we can always change it back. Checked, it does sort correctly.
- If sorting by area or department, it might be best to use job title specialty instead. Either way, it will add a new layer of complexity because similar specialties often have a remarkable diversity of names. For example, if department: Biology vs. Biological Sciences vs. Evolotion, Ecology, and Organismal Biology; Population ecology vs. molecular ecology vs. biologist. Not sure how to simplify this other than to use the term the search specifies.
- Agreed, sorting by specialty as listed in the job call might be better, perhaps that column could include both specialty and department.
- I answered no about specialty sorting in the survey above, but I'm but not strongly opposed... it doesn't hurt anything
- I think that if there is only one table, the date for the most recent information needs to be first so that it can be sorted that way. In the example below, the news is first and the date at the end, which will make it impossible to sort by date.
- The first bullet point in each row IS Date of most recent news: YYYY-MM-DD, it sorts correctly on my browser as long as the first bullet point in the row has the same text description (i.e., Date of most recent news, try clicking the sort arrow on your browser to see if it works..
- It works as long as everyone uses the formula, but if we have learned anything this year, its that only most people do. Some people can't even bother to put the 0 before a single digit as in the "final" job right now in the no news section - from January. I am just suggesting that it is overly optomistic, or time consuming for the person policing the site, to hope that everyone will keep the same description for the first bullet.
- I see your point... We could either have a separate column with just the date of most recent news, or put the dates first in the final column, any preference?
- I think the easiest thing to do is have a separate column for "most recent news", leaving little room for template changes. Like I said, most people will get it right no matter how it is done, but the few that don't take the time to look at the template will make a mess of things. The seperate column makes it as straight-forward as possible.
- Too many columns make it harder to read the comments in the final column unless you have a wide screen. Let's try and decide on a 4 column format that we think most people could easily use. People want to sort by 4 things, university, specialty, deadline, date of most recent news, so one of these items will have to be the first row in the final column. Using the template as noted below, I think that it should be easier for people to add new entires to the table.
- Why not make "date of latest news" its own column, and put "application deadline" as the first entry in the "updates and comments" column. It seems more likely that someone will neglect/overlook/screw up the latest-news date as is, because it's just one part of a more complicated column. On the other hand, once application deadline is entered, it doesn't need to be changed. Either way, we have two columns that sort the way we want them to, but this way might be easier to manage.
- Good point, updated below
- With only one table, we can easily make an example template entry for people to copy for new entries. See example below table, this should make it more consistent with less correction issues..
- The DISCUSSION section has three groups of posts - those related to specific jobs, those related to this wiki, and those relating more general advice. Since all of these things are worthwhile aspects of the discussion section, I propose breaking up the Discussion to reflect these three topics in the interest of making things easier to find. Each section might have different archiving procedures as well, since (at least in theory) advice might be useful over longer time scales than news about the wiki or a particular job.
- This would be nice, but given that most people prefer one table for the jobs next year, I think one table for the discussion also would keep the site simple. Perhaps we can use the second column with categories and then topic, that might make the table a little more sortable. I've started an example below, perhaps people could add to the categories...