And Them East Coast Killas Ought to Represent

Let me say a bit more about a point PGOAT made yesterday . I haven't been to the Central or the Pacific APAs, so I'm in no position...

I drink therefore I am.

I owe you all some tales from the Chicago APA, don't I? Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out a way to tell you about most of ...

It Took Me Years to Write, Will You Take a Look?

For the past couple of months, I've had this thought sort of drift into the foreground of my mind every week or two: I have no idea what...

You've Got to be All Mine, All Mine

I've spent the day running various spyware scans on my laptop trying to get it to run right and making my way through the end of term st...

E-mail My Heart and Say Our Love Will Never Die

In today's inbox, both good news and bad. The good news. The first e-mail sent from next year's placement committee. The good new...

What Do You Want from Me? Are You Trying to Punish Me?

There were a few jobs last year that I really wanted. I mean, obviously, I wanted any job at a research university or a decent liberal arts...

Chicago

Sorry to have disappeared on you all there. I decided, at the last minute, to take in the Central APA in Chicago. And not just because ...

Now That You’re Here Boy, All I Want is Just a Chance to Say, Get Out, Leave, Right Now

I was thinking more about this seminar on the "post-acadmic job track" and I realized it's sort of weird that I had no idea m...

Maybe a Waste of Words and Time

From an early draft of remarks prepared by William Safire, just discovered in the Nixon library: The President has chosen to pursue the post...

We're Cut Adrift, We're Still Floating

So I was out Friday night for Ethiopian with a bunch of musicologists, which happens from time to time. One of them, a decent guy I met a ...

Rocking the Passive Voice VII

Okay, as promised, check this out: Dear [PGS] Thank you for your interest in the Assistant Professor position in the Philos...

Sisters Are Doin' it for Themselves

I know I promised some sweet passive voice, but that's just going to have to wait, because I actually have some good news. I think I...

From the West Comes Hope and Repair

My apologies for not getting a post up yesyerday. Besides being buried under 42 papers that need grading, there's something afoot on th...

So You Better Tell Me No Lies

I'll have more substantive things to say about women and the philosophy job market when I have a bit more time, but right now I want to ...

They Are Night Zombies!!

There's a really interesting thread right now over at Leiter's place. Someone wrote to Leiter with questions about different depart...

Political Moron

What the hell is wrong with me? Why is it that I’m completely incapable of writing politically delicate emails, when I fancy myself somewh...

Rocking the Passive Voice VI

How about this for reassuring? I can assure you that your application was read with attention and evaluated carefully. Really? ...

Back in Black, I Hit the Sack, I've Been Too Long, I'm Glad to be Back

The two Chili's waitresses ( Spicealicious! ) who live next door to me love nothing more than bringing their friends back to their apart...

Get Your Act Together We Could Be Just Fine

In comments, PJMB friend and former roommate Anon. offers this alternative take on the eight course teaching load. A tenured faculty mem...

If You Wanna Get with Me, Better Make it Fast, Now Don't Go Wasting my Precious Time

All this talk over the past few days about the teaching treadmill has reminded me of one of the big mistakes I made last year. Let’s go...

Where All it Ever Does is Rain

When PGOAT said yesterday that adjuncts have to teach a lot more than regular faculty, she was dead serious. A junior faculty member at a...

Adjunct positions are where philosophers go to die.

That Maclean's article that PGS wrote about a few days ago deserves more comment. The article made it look like the worst thing about ...

Things Without Which a Dissertation Would Not be Possible, Part III

Every once in a while, you’ll run across an academic who doesn’t drink coffee. These people are not to be trusted. They're sick and...

Everybody's Working for the Weekend

Ah, crap. I suppose I'd be remiss if I didn't flag that Maclean's piece about the adjuncts for the added reason that it tells...

Am I Good Enough for You to Love Me Too?

Maclean’s , which purports to be a Canadian news weekly, has an interesting piece by Sandy Farran about adjunct teaching. It’s broadly sy...

Hosanna

When I started in my department, there were a few senior grad students who went out of their way to make me feel at home. One guy in parti...

Rocking the Passive Voice V

I’m never going to get through these if I don’t pick up the pace. Thanks you for your interest in the rank open position in our departmen...

Time to Get on the Internet, Take Stock of What I've Done IV

Okay, time for me to give a few departments their propers for putting together some good on-line application sites. There were a couple of...

Time to Get on the Internet, Take Stock of What I've Done III

Let me go back to the on-line applications for a moment. In my first two posts on this, I was lamenting the shitty, off the shelf human ...

What the photo fails to capture is the abject fear and desperation in the air.

The Eastern APA —the December conference where most of the hot job market action goes down—is legendarily stressful for job market candidate...

Worn me down like a road, I did everything you told

Note to journal editors: If you want me to prepare a manuscript for blind review, you should tell me that. Also, you should absolutely not s...

Time to Get on the Internet, Take Stock of What I've Done II

Yesterday, I talked a little about on-line job applications, and about the shitty, off the shelf human resources web-site than most schools...

Time to Get on the Internet, Take Stock of What I've Done I

I've complained at various points about the amount of work that goes into each application. One of the most surprisingly labor-intensive...