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Job-market reporting thread (2018-19 season)

Each year, readers ask for threads for discussing and reporting news on the job-market. I just posted this season's discussion thread here. Please visit that thread if you are interested in discussing/commiserating about this year's market. The current thread (below) is for reporting news on the market (i.e. reporting interviews, flyouts, offers, hires, and so on). Although it should go without saying, commenters are asked to remember the Cocoon's supportive mission while reporting. 

Note: I've placed permalinks to both threads on the right-hand side of blog.

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  1. Anon

    Once these start accumulating multiple pages, is there a way to easily get to the most recent comments? Last year I found myself clicking “next” a million times. Thank you! 🙂

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  2. Marcus Arvan

    Anon: Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any way to do that. What I have done is now set each comment thread to allow up to 100 comments per page.
    That should reduce the number of times people have to click “next.” You can also always just copy the URL of the most recent comments page to a note on your desktop and then paste it in to go directly to that page. Hope this helps!

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  3. E

    Any news on UNC?

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  4. Ian

    The Lawrence University job seems to be gone. Does anyone know what happened? Did they come up with a short list by the end of August and close the thing to further applications? Was the search canceled? Something else?

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  5. Recent Grad

    I’m also curious about Lawrence. The job was for this year, though it didn’t specify that in the philjobs ad. Maybe it wasn’t really an open search and all along the department planned to do an inside hire? The time table just seems too compressed for a genuinely open search.

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  6. Ian

    The job was for this year? Jeez. I never even realized that. I’m feeling pretty foolish right now–I’d been quite excited about that job, but hadn’t recognized that it was an impossibility for me.

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  7. Justin

    Did anyone else apply to the Uworld position that was advertised on PhilJobs? Does anyone know if they have hired a philosopher for the position?

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  8. Job seeker

    Quick rejection from Bard.

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  9. Anon

    Does anyone have clarification on Bard? I didn’t get the rejection email, though I was definitely not the candidate supposedly chosen.

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  10. Anon

    I think someone would have to email them to really get clarification. Maybe the search is done, maybe the not-rejected are on some sort of long list, maybe something else.

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  11. Anon

    They have scheduled Skype interviews!

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  12. Michel

    I think they meant that they’ve drawn up a short list, but they didn’t bother to change their rejection email from last year so it still says they’ve hired someone.

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  13. Tom

    Anyone know anything about the Munich logic job?

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  14. Job Market for first time

    There doesn’t seem to be a jobmarket wiki this year, so let’s start this thread up again. Anyone hear anything from Villanova? Brandeis? Reno?

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  15. Applicant

    Did anyone else receive a form letter from Gonzaga asking that you make sure letters are uploaded by Friday?

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  16. Yet another applicant

    To applicant: yes, I did. Interfolio and their peopleadmin site say that the letters have been sent to them already. So, I think it is just an automated thing.

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  17. Recent PHD

    Did anyone receive an email from Clark University asking for a teaching dossier? As I recall, the job ad didn’t ask for this. But they seem to be asking for it now. Perhaps I’m mistaken.

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  18. Arsene

    My sense is that the open Kant position at the University of Memphis is an inside hire: they have a visiting Kant specialist from Penn State. My sense is the same about the open Contemporary/Continental position at Vassar: they, too, have a VAP whose credentials closely fit the job description.

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  19. Marcus Arvan

    Arsene: I would really encourage job-candidates not to get hung up on which jobs look like ‘inside hires.’
    I knew of a number of cases during my time on the market where the ‘inside candidate’–someone who looked like they were a shoo-in for the position–didn’t get the job. I also have some very real (ahem!) inside knowledge of why inside candidates are sometimes passed over!
    I think you might be surprised at just how committed search committees typically are to hiring the person who they think is the very best for the job. Indeed, here is how I have seen and heard things often go: the committee does have an initial preference for the ‘inside candidate.’ Then, however, Skype interviews occur and the committee becomes enamored with someone else. Whereas the inside candidate is a ‘known quantity’, the committee begins to wonder whether some outsider candidates they are enamored with would be an even better hire. Then, for one reason or another–including a spectacular on-campus visit by an outsider–the committee might pass over the insider.
    Over the years, I’ve heard many stories of this sort of thing happening–and I had first-hand experience with something pretty close to it.

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  20. Another Round

    Recent PhD, yes, I got that request also. The ad didn’t ask for it, but the way the request was phrased made it seem like I had forgotten to include something that they had already requested. I think they had meant to ask for it, but didn’t.

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  21. Recent PHD

    Another Round, thanks!

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  22. J

    I didn’t get that request from Clark, and (like you) I hadn’t submitted a teaching dossier, since it wasn’t requested. I reckon this means I didn’t make some initial cut. Maybe you did, though–in which case, congrats and good luck!

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  23. Arsene

    Marcus Arvan: Thank you for your response. I agree with all you say: an “inside candidate” is not necessarily a sure or guaranteed hire. I have had firsthand experience with this as well, and have seen it go both ways: the “insider” walks through the hire without second thought and the “insider” who does not get the job because of exceptional first- and second-round interviews by an outside candidate. However, I am a proponent of being optimistically realistic. I find that departments are more risk-averse than in the past – even in just the past 3-5 years. A “known quantity” in a VAP is safer than the risk of offering the position to someone who may/may not take it, or, who may/may not stay. Losing a candidate these days, given budgetary constraints, might mean losing a line. Thanks for your thoughts, though: part of my optimistic realism is optimism.

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  24. Anon Prof

    Seconding what Marcus says about not getting hung up on inside hires. I’m at a department hiring this year, and we are hiring in an AOS that we happen to have a postdoc in this year. We also have have a visiting professor in this area this year, and a former, amazing TT professor in this area who wants to come back. None of them are getting first-round interviews, and whoever does get the job will have no direct connections to us whatsoever. I have seen similar situations at two previous departments, and only in one case did the “inside person” get the offer (in one other case, the “inside person” did get a flyout and did eventually get the offer, but only after the first-choice candidate turned down the offer).

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  25. Mercado

    Emory sent notice to those who didn’t make the semi-finalist list for the Latinx Studies job.
    Although, they said that they will continue to review applications until December 8th. So, they may still reach out to more applicants until December 8th.
    https://philjobs.org/job/show/11358

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  26. Anon

    University of Oregon is scheduling skype interviews

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  27. curious

    Is there a jobs wiki this year?

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  28. Recent PHD

    curious, I don’t know if there is a wiki, but some graduate students at Brown have made this spreadsheet:
    https://drafty.cs.brown.edu/ajobs/#!data?-?2~Philosophy
    The main piece of useful information it can potentially provide if people crowdsource the information in an honest manner is the column that says “position status” which will tell you whether interviews have been scheduled, etc.

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  29. Anon

    This is the wiki from several previous years, that still seems to be in use:
    http://phylo.info/jobs/wiki
    It’s a bit unfortunately inefficient, that there’s three places to watch if you want to keep track of this information. Currently the phil job wiki has info that isn’t here or in the spreadsheet above (Gonzaga) and the spreadsheet above has info that isn’t here or on the phil job wiki (Florida).

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  30. Anon

    The Florida update looks a bit strange: deadline Nov 8, and they already interview? It’s strange because in the job ad they say that they will do first round of interview in January. Is there someone here who can confirm this update?

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  31. bob zorn

    Got an email from Hartford on 11/19 that they have selected desired applicants. Which is strange because their deadline was 11/19…

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  32. ABD

    Bob Zorn, that’s interesting. I applied and didn’t receive anything. Are you among the selected?

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  33. bob zorn

    I got the impression that I’m one of the rejected…
    Quote: “We were fortunate to have many candidates to choose from and, at this time, we have selected the candidates we feel most closely meet our requirements.
    We wish you the best of success in your career pursuits and thank you for considering the University of Hartford.”
    I applied a week or two earlier, so perhaps they reviewed and rejected as they go? I found it quite confusing.

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  34. ABD

    Thanks for the update then. I, too, applied early, but haven’t heard anything. Who knows what that means.

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  35. Rob

    Bob Zorn,
    When I’ve been on search committees, we did not wait until the deadline to begin reviewing applications. Depending on the year, we would get the majority of our applications some time before the deadline, and will have finished reviewing almost all of them before hand. So we often had a good idea of who we were interested in before the deadline. So it might only take a day or two, or sometimes a week, to review the ones that came in ad the deadline and we were ready to move on to the next step.

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  36. Anon

    It takes forever for us because the university has extremely specific rules about how to evaluate applications (teaching school).

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  37. anon

    PFO from Swansea.

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  38. anonymous person

    Has anyone heard anything from the UMass Amherst modern search? Their deadline was early…

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  39. Applicant

    Lycoming Skype interview invitations were sent out today

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  40. Not so recent grad

    Anonymous person:
    UMass Amherst has at least asked for additional letters from a subset of applicants. I don’t know if they’ve gone beyond that.

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  41. X

    Wash U has scheduled on-campus interviews for their open-rank phil. of mind position.

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  42. Anon

    Purdue has sent out invitations for first-round interviews

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  43. Anonymous

    This website claims that Notre Dame scheduled first round interviews. Can anyone confirm? http://phylo.info/jobs/wiki

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  44. J

    @Anon 02:05 — yes, I can confirm that.

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  45. Tom

    Kansas State has scheduled skype interviews.

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  46. Job seeker

    University of Rochester has scheduled first-round interviews.

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  47. T

    Tom, can you clarify which Kansas State job? AOS moral philosophy or AOS formal/empirical philosophy?

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  48. Recent PhD

    T: According to the Phylo wiki linked above it’s the moral philosophy position. Good luck if you’re still in the running for the formal/empirical position! And I feel your pain if you, like me and at least a couple hundred others, had hoped to get an interview for the moral philosophy position.

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  49. anon

    St. Joseph’s MAINE has scheduled first round interviews.

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  50. Anonnie

    Pfo from Carlton ancient search

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  51. anon phd

    so it seems that none of us are using the brown spreadhsheet huh?
    https://drafty.cs.brown.edu/ajobs/#?-?2~Philosophy

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  52. Anon1

    Lake Forest College has started scheduling interviews

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  53. jobjobjob

    KSU has scheduled first round interviews for the formal/empirical position. (I don’t know if the person who updated the wiki meant to announce this one or if they’ve scheduled interviews for both positions).

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  54. anon

    PFO from Westminster College

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  55. anotheranon

    Xavier has started scheduling interviews

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  56. Anon

    Any one have any news about Villanova or Vassar? Have interview calls not gone out yet?

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  57. Job seeker

    Jobjobjob: Kansas State has scheduled interviews for both jobs.

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  58. Y

    UNC Greensboro has scheduled interviews

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  59. anon.

    Curious, which Greensboro position? Or both?

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  60. anon

    Y: Do you know if Greensboro has scheduled interviews for both jobs (epistemology; philosophy of medicine)?

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  61. Random Job Market Person

    Don’t know about medicine. But I know they have scheduled interviews for epistemology/logic.

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  62. This job market makes no sense

    That Greensboro job closed 12 days ago, and they’ve scheduled interviews already? How on earth do you go through hundreds of applications that quickly?

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  63. job market makes some sense

    Many applicants apply before the deadline. Many search committees start reading the applications as they come in.

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  64. Anonnie

    Re: Chicago. Have first round interviews been scheduled for only the senior hire?

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  65. anonymous

    If you’re organized, 12 days is plenty of time to make a short list. Especially if you are not advertising an open AOS job. I don’t know how many applications they got, but my guess is somewhere in the 150-300 range. My experience with hiring is that usually about 10% of the applications you get completely don’t fit the job at all (e.g. people who do ancient ethics applying for a logic job). You only need 30 seconds with one of those to toss it out. Different committees work differently, but you might assign a chunk of the applications to each committee member (maybe), or overlapping chunks, or whatever. It’s really not that hard especially if people know the timeline in advance and set time aside for it. (Most committees are not this organized, but some are!) It’s not like (most) committees are reading every single writing sample carefully. Some are. But most are spending a couple of minutes on each application, looking at cover letters/CVs/letters/research statements, and narrowing down to those that are interesting/fit the job/whatever. The real work starts when you cut down a very long list (everyone you want to take a second look at) to the long list (the names you want your colleagues to look at)–there you might start reading or at least skimming writing samples (I do read some of them earlier when e.g. someone seems interesting but has no publications, or has what appear to me to be really overinflated letters). Every committee works differently, but when I was on a committee I’d guess this first step (getting to the names I wanted my colleagues to look at) took me about 6-7 hours total, so could be accomplished in 1 day (though I did it at night spread out over more time). Second step is to review other people’s proposed candidates (maybe another 4 hours) and meet and discuss, and that takes however long the meeting lasts–maybe 2-3 hours. So, while this is just one example of how a committee might work, if you’re organized and prepared, coming up with an interview list in 12 days is not magical. I do think that most committees are not that organized and prepared, so it sounds sort of magical…

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  66. anonymous guy

    (At least some) interviews have been scheduled for the junior hire.

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  67. AnotherAnon

    (At least some) first round interviews have been scheduled for the TT philosophy of mind/cog sci job at the University of Dayton.

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  68. Blake

    I just received a request from Clark for a teaching dossier similar to the one mentioned in the above comment from 11/10. They stated they were asking for dossiers from all applicants.

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  69. anon

    UNevada-Reno calls are out for Skype Interviews

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  70. Recent PHD

    rejection from NorthEast Catholic College

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  71. Cleverly Disguised Mule

    PFO from Santa Clara.

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  72. AnotherAnon

    At least some first-round interviews have been scheduled for the TT job at Rutgers-Newark.

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  73. A

    PFO Groningen (200+ apps)

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  74. postdoc.1

    In the past two days I got PFOs from KSU (ethics), Groningen, and Rochester.

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  75. robots in disguise

    Anyone hear anything about the metaphysics job in Toronto?

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  76. anon

    Any word on Wofford?

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  77. anon

    Any word on CSU Fullerton?

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  78. Anon

    Is this thread only for jobs in lemme or also for philsci?

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  79. Marcus Arvan

    Anon: it’s for all academic jobs for philosophers.

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  80. Confused

    Question that may have been addressed on threads from previous years: PFO? A google search was unhelpful.

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  81. anonymous

    Wofford has scheduled skype interviews.

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  82. Amanda

    It stands for Please Fuck Off. It means rejection letter.

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  83. PFO

    Confused: it stands for “please fuck off,” which is a strangely cathartic way of saying “rejection.”

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  84. anon

    Anonymous, do you know when Wofford scheduled them?

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  85. anon

    did Washington and Lee send out interview requests?

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  86. grue

    general question: are these notifications for interviews all done via email, or are there rare cases where one receives a phone call?

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  87. postdoc.1

    Virginia Tech sent out invitations for Skype interviews.

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  88. Anon

    grue:
    There are very rare cases, in which one gets a call. So be sure to check your messages and make sure the phone number on your cv has a message machine!

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  89. anon

    anon: yes, i know that W&L has made at least some first-round interview requests.

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  90. NA

    UNC Greensboro has started scheduling first round interviews for the philosophy of medicine position. And, grue, to answer your question, my invitation came via phone call.

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  91. Job seeker

    My invite for a Rochester interview came via phone this year – but it’s the only one I’ve ever gotten that way.

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  92. First time ABD

    I got a call to schedule a skype interview (for a different job) as well. It’s made me extra paranoid about picking up since I didn’t recognize the number and let it go to the answering machine!

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  93. another first-timer

    Is there a standard practice as to who sends the calls or emails — is it the search committee chair, an administrator, the job application platform, etc.?Specifically would love to know for Purdue so I can check spam filters and lay my hopes to rest.

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  94. jj

    why so few interviews scheduled so far?

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  95. Amanda

    This is interesting. In the past few years I had quite a few interviews and I never had a phone call – but I never answer my phone and am not good with checking messages, so I don’t know guess I could have missed one. I would hope they would email you if they couldn’t get a hold of you by phone.

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  96. AnotherAnon

    another first-timer: in my experience it varies from place to place. last year i had emails about first round interviews from administrative coordinators, department chairs and members of the search committee. to speak more directly to your specific question: last year, I was involved in a search for a postdoc at Purdue and I received the initial email about scheduling first round interviews from vickie sanders, the dept. admin who’s listed as the contact on the philjobs ad. good luck!

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  97. SLAC tenured professor & chair

    I always email initial skype interview invitations, and email and call about campus interview invitations.

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  98. SLAC tenured professor & chair

    I always email initial skype interview invitations, and email and call about campus interview invitations.

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  99. SLAC tenured professor & chair

    I always email initial skype interview invitations, and email and call about campus interview invitations.

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  100. phone calls

    Last year Pitt called candidates to inform them about interviews. They emailed if no one picked up.

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  101. Blake

    Speaking of phone calls: Just got a phone call from U Kentucky to schedule a first round interview.

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  102. ABD

    Any word on Virginia Commonwealth? It’s been a while since the deadline, and nothing on the wiki yet.

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  103. AnotherAnon

    Colgate has started scheduling skype interviews.

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  104. anon

    Phylo indicates that Villanova has started scheduling for its Critical Race search, but does anybody have word on the East/South Asian position?
    (The two searches had the same chair, so I’m guessing it’s the same committee.)

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  105. Throwaway Name

    Did anyone ever hear about the Emmanuel search that had a deadline in October?

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  106. No Name

    A second on the Emmanuel search update request.

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  107. Dey Terk Err Jaorbs!

    Shandong University has started scheduling Skype interviews.

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  108. Mercado

    I received a rejection from Barnard for their TT job. Apparently, 580 folks applied.

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  109. Recent PhD

    PFO from Barnard College. The email said they had 580 applicants. I knew an open AOS at a school like that would get a lot of applicants, but I’m still pretty impressed with that number.

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  110. third time’s the charm

    Emmanuel College has started first round interviews.

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  111. Job seeker

    PFO from Barnard.

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  112. anon

    Barnard PFO. They received over 580 applications… That is soooo many!

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  113. anonanon

    PFO from Barnard — 580 applications

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  114. anon

    Any word from Brandeis?

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  115. Anon1

    Anyone got something from Rice? Any of the openings they have

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  116. y2k

    How did Kansas contact you all for interviews?

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  117. Dey Terk Err Jaorbs!

    580 applications for an open AOS/AOC position in New York City? That’s to be expected. Calm down, people.

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  118. Job seeker

    Dalhousie has scheduled at least some phone interviews.

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  119. Job seeker

    Boston University has also sent out email invitations for at least some skype interviews.

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  120. Nypd

    Any word on the Ancient Phil jobs besides Chicago?

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  121. Michel

    Barnard PFO today. 520 applicants, if memory serves.

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  122. job.

    Carnegie Mellon has scheduled flyouts

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  123. Not normal

    “580 applications for an open AOS/AOC position in New York City? That’s to be expected. Calm down, people.”
    No, 580 applications for a single job, even if it’s open/open and in NYC, is legitimate cause for alarm. It is preposterous that things have gotten this bad.

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  124. Job seeker

    For the normative job, Kansas State sent out emails. Not sure about the formal job.

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  125. Mercado Ubër

    Has anyone received a rejection email from Boston University?

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  126. normal

    Not normal,
    I got a letter around 1999 or 2000 from a UC school, not Berkeley or UCLA, that was for an open position, and they said they had 600 applicants. This is not new.

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  127. anon

    @job
    Carnegie Mellon is not conducting Skype interviews?

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  128. A little perspective

    “580 applications for a single job, even if it’s open/open and in NYC, is legitimate cause for alarm.”
    It’s been worse in the recent, post-2008 past. In December 2009, I received a PFO from Boise State stating that they’d received 588 apps. That’s Idaho, mind you; not NYC. As I recall, around that time Barnard (or a similarly nice, NYC school with an open AOS search) received 800 or so apps.

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  129. Michel

    A couple years ago I got a PFO for a postdoc in NYC that claimed 1200 applicants. 600ish is normal for open/open jobs.
    It is a lot, however. For a real chance at a job, you’d have to apply for as many jobs as there are applicants. And we’re clearly nowhere near that mark

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  130. Sissy Fuss

    Any info on the language job at University of San Diego?

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  131. Applicant

    For the formal job, K-State phoned, then sent an e-mail saying they’d phone but go no answer, and that they’d try me again later. FWIW, I think that’s a pretty ideal way to handle things.

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  132. Applicant

    For Carnegie Mellon, were there Skypes, or did they go straight to fly-outs? I know the latter sometimes happens.

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  133. Kidding

    Barnard PFO. Over 580 people have posted on this thread about it.

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  134. Individual 1

    Any word from Marian about the epistemology job?

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  135. Job

    CMU was direct to fly outs

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  136. Dey Terk Err Jaorbs!

    “No, 580 applications for a single job, even if it’s open/open and in NYC, is legitimate cause for alarm.”
    Ah, you have much to learn about the job market, young grasshopper. Squish you like grape!

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  137. Bingepooh

    My department has a non-ethics but otherwise fairly open search, 300 applications

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  138. Amanda

    Bingepooh what type of department/general location?

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  139. Bingepooh

    Major urban location, r1

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  140. whyamihiding?

    Northeastern is now scheduling phone interviews.

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  141. Amanda

    Interesting, thanks! non-ethics seems to eliminate a lot of folks.

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  142. anon

    Do search committees typically send out their interview invitations all at the same time (i.e. all at once)? Or do they sometimes send out their invitations over the course of several hours or a few days?

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  143. SLAC tenured professor & chair

    I can’t imagine any reason other than getting distracted as to why would would space out interview invitations.
    When I send out email invitations I attempt to get them all done in a sitting.

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  144. SLAC tenured professor & chair

    I can’t imagine any reason other than getting distracted as to why would would space out interview invitations.
    When I send out email invitations I attempt to get them all done in a sitting.

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  145. SLAC tenured professor & chair

    I can’t imagine any reason other than getting distracted as to why would would space out interview invitations.
    When I send out email invitations I attempt to get them all done in a sitting.

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  146. Bingepooh

    Some send out one by one. Get first on schedule, then second, and so on. So you can have 2-3 days spread. Others all at once.

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  147. anon postdoc

    PFO Villanova renewable ethics position

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  148. anon

    Berea has scheduled first round interviews.

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  149. [pseudonym]

    Email from Clark confirming materials received; review still ongoing.

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  150. jobjobjob

    PFO from princeton society of fellows

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  151. Throwaway Name

    PFO from Emmanuel.

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  152. grad student

    PFO from Emmanuel College

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  153. Username

    Any news about GW’s Ethics and IR asst/assoc line?

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  154. Anon

    University of Oregon is scheduling flyouts

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  155. Arsene

    McMaster has requested further application materials.

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  156. Anon east coast grad

    PFO from Emmanuel, Notre Dame, and the Baylor Clinical Ethics Fellowship

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  157. peterman

    Terrible copy paste job from Emmanuel, and grammatical mess of a PFO from Notre Dame.

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  158. toobad

    PFO from Notre Dame Open Search.

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  159. Anon

    PFO from Notre Dame (phil sc position)

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  160. Philonous

    Does anyone know the number of applicants for the Notre Dame jobs (Open and Philosophy of Science)?

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  161. Anon

    Purdue is scheduling flyouts

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  162. job plz

    Has anyone heard anything regarding the Clark or Missouri State jobs? Those deadlines were at the beginning of November, but the wiki seems not to be aware of any interviews being scheduled. Clark sent me an email pretty much right away to confirm that they had gotten my application materials, but I haven’t heard anything since, and Missouri State’s application platform suggests that they haven’t contacted (at least my) letter-writers. Has anyone else had a different experience? (Thanks!)

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  163. Anonnie

    Loyola Chicago scheduled Skype interviews

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  164. Nona

    Re: Loyola — is that for the Plato or the Aristotle search?

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  165. Moresimpotens

    Any news on the Cornell open search?

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  166. Anonnie

    Re: Loyola. The Aristotle search

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  167. Rusty Shackleford

    Any word on the New Mexico Tech Ethics spot? Deadline was November 1.

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  168. AHP

    has anyone heard anything from Pittsburgh? Or UMass, since they asked for more letters?

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  169. Job seeker

    PFO from Wisconsin PhilSci search.

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  170. JOBZ

    PFO from Wisconsin phil sci: “To put the search into perspective, we can tell you that we reviewed more than 160 applications.”

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  171. anon1

    Not sure about phil science search, but there were 500ish applications for the Notre Dame open search

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  172. Jobjobjob

    New Mexico conducted Skype interviews a few weeks ago

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  173. Anon

    Ridiculous pfo from Wisconsin. If you were “impressed” by my application why are you telling me to f..k off?!.. These sc’s really get to me, but I guess it’s impossible to write a pfo that won’t get to people…

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  174. Job seeker

    Anyone know how Tulane sent out interview requests?

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  175. jj

    I heard they used pigeons

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  176. another postdoc

    Re: Tulane, email

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  177. Marcus Arvan

    Anon: I know it is frustrating to receive a PFO that says they were impressed–and chances are it’s just a form letter. However, having served on several searches, I can safely say that search committees are impressed by many/most of the candidates they see.
    This is the real problem. There are tons of genuinely impressive job-candidates–and in my experience many search committee members wish we could hire most of you. But we can only hire one, and we can only interview something like a half-dozen. So it can be very hard to choose, and it is often small differences that make the difference in who is interviewed (and hired) and who is not.
    Fwiw.

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  178. Anon

    Marcus,
    Like what small differences? Can you please give a few examples?
    Pfo’s are bad enough but pretentious and disingenuous ones add insult to injury. We are people, we deserve better!
    Thank you for your reply…

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  179. Job seeker

    Anon: when I served on a TT search committee, there were tons of unbelievably impressive people we couldn’t even interview. We had a bunch of different considerations (were interested in certain kinds of work, could talk productively with various members of the department, would be interested in certain kinds of interdisciplinary work, had taught courses we needed to be taught, etc) and there were so many great candidates that we really didn’t have to compromise on any of them. The people we interviewed were better fits for our job, but they weren’t necessarily better philosophers overall.

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  180. peterman

    PFO from Arizona (moral sciences search).

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  181. Marcus Arvan

    Anon: The smallest differences can make a difference.
    Take two candidates (A and B) a committee likes basically equally well. Suppose the department needs someone to consistently teach course X. Candidate A has experience teaching X, candidate B none. This may be the sole difference in a decision to interview (or even hire) candidate A over B. A committee might literally know no other way to decide, as the candidates may be basically ‘tied’ in their mind. So they use the slight difference in experience as a tiebreaker.
    Here’s another tiny difference that might make a difference: only candidate A has a background in subject-matter Y, the committee thinks students might be really interested in Y, and candidate B has no background in Y. Even if Y isn’t listed in the AOS/AOC, that could be a tiebreaker.
    Here’s a third case: suppose candidate A and candidate B are basically “tied”, but one candidate has actively sought out interesting service experience (e.g. interest in and experience designing websites, doing assessment stuff, including formulating assessment measures and statistical analysis) that the department needs (believe it or not, some departments need faculty to do these things, and depending on the university, the relevant skills may not be very easy to learn). That too might be a little thing they use to break the “tie” between the candidates.
    I could go on. These kinds of decisions, based on tiny differences, might seem totally absurd to candidates–but I would expect that many, many search committee members would maintain (on the basis of substantial experience) that they are not absurd at all.

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  182. Anonymous

    Toronto direct to fly out for South Asian philosophy. Washington and Lee APÁ and Skype interviews.

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  183. Anon

    Thank you for your efforts to explain but telling someone that they are a good philosopher but they are not hired is never going to be something that can be explained away… Especially when it’s done using impersonal template form emails from the hr department…

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  184. Anon

    There’s more to say; how impressed by a candidate sc members may be has no meaning or value. Every pfo is evidence of a failed academic career because very simply a career that cannot provide a decent living is a failed career. So sc’s should stop sending such insulting and disingenuous pfo’s. They do not serve any purpose other than exacerbating the already awful situation the candidate is in.

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  185. Random job market person.

    What would you prefer? “Sorry, we just don’t think you are worthy of employment”? They have to say something, might as well be something nice.

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  186. Anon

    What I’ve been trying to say is what they do say is dishonest. Telling me that I’m impressive yet dismissing me without even a Skype interview is self-contradictory and ends up being insulting. And yes, I would prefer smt like “you are not good enough for our department.” That at least would be honest.

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  187. Marcus Arvan

    Anon: a few years ago a SC sent out a “cold” PFO basically telling candidates they were judged unsuitable for the job…and candidates on forums like this criticized it relentlessly. There’s no way to write a PFO that’s going to make every candidate like you happy. That’s why they are called PFO letters.

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  188. Amanda

    I think the best way of doing it is something like, “We wanted to inform you that you were not selected for an interview. Alas, there were far more qualified applicants than we could select.” But Marcus is right: first, many search committee members are impressed by candidates they do not interview (anon I know PFO’s suck, but your argument that it is impossible for a search committee to be impressed if the candidate is not interviewed just doesn’t make sense.) Also, there is no way for search committees to send PFO’s that are acceptable to everyone. That said, I do think there are better and worse ways to do them.

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  189. Philonous

    California Riverside (core analytic philosophy) will conduct Skype interviews next week.

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  190. recent SC member

    “Telling me that I’m impressive yet dismissing me without even a Skype interview is self-contradictory and ends up being insulting.”
    It’s not self-contradictory at all. As many others have pointed out, and as I can attest from my own experience on a search committee, there are a lot more impressive candidates than interview spots. Why are they impressive, you ask, if they don’t get interviews? Because their work is good, because they publish in good places, because they have good letters, and so on. It’s just that there are a lot of those people and sometimes little things make the difference.

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  191. Anon

    Amanda,
    Why does it not make sense? I think it is quite reasonable to expect that if a sc is impressed by a candidate then at least they should interview the candidate. Otherwise they shouldn’t say they are impressed…
    What about this essential courtesy “just doesn’t make sense”?..

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  192. searchin

    Anyone know how/when Kentucky scheduled fly outs?

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  193. Marcus Arvan

    Anon: That is absolutely absurd. A search committee member may be impressed by 40 candidates. However, they may only be permitted by their institution to interview 6. Thus, they will choose the six that they are most impressed by, or at least the six they are most impressed by who fit what they are looking for in a candidate, given the job-description. Consequently, a search committee member may be very impressed by a given candidate yet choose–rationally and morally–not to interview them. I don’t see how this is very hard to understand.

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  194. non-Leiterific grad student

    Barnard’s PFO seems to hit the right notes:
    “Dear [X],
    Thank you for applying to our Assistant Professor position for the coming academic year. It was an extremely competitive search: we received over 580 applications and had to decide among hundreds of excellent candidates. We’ve now decided on the candidates we will interview, all of whom have now received invitations from us. I’m sorry that we were unable to consider your application further.
    I wish you the best of luck in your future pursuits.”
    No sloppy cut-paste job, no comma splices, no disingenuous praise. (Surely, at least one of the 160 applicants who put in for the Wisconsin job did not “impress” the committee!) Barnard just said “thanks,” noted how competitive the search was, and offered well-wishes. Why can’t everyone follow this formula?

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  195. Another job failed candidate, but no failure

    Probably not the best idea to go to graduate school if your only grounds for doing so rest in the hopes of getting a job. If there’s no way for you to see the endeavor of having studied material that you find interesting for a number of years as successful failing getting an academic job, then you’re setting yourself up for failure. There just aren’t enough jobs. Graduate programs in philosophy need to do better at emphasizing this, and candidates need to get better at knowing what they’re signing up for.

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  196. anon

    The form letter line that I hate the worst is
    “We received many impressive applications and our decision not to interview you is in no way a reflection of your quality as an applicant.”
    That just sounds like an unnecessary and transparent nicety. Clearly, your decision had SOMETHING to do with the quality of my application.

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  197. Anon

    Marcus,
    I do not deny the fact that sc members may be impressed by more candidates than they can interview. But it is not absurd to ask for the tiniest bit of common courtesy and understanding to not say you are impressed by candidates whom you won’t interview. The reason is that when you get a pfo saying you were impressive you infer that, as you and many others say repeatedly, you were rejected for some little reason you can’t do anything about. It is worse than a cold pfo because it creates learned helplessness and exacerbates pessimism and despair. It is not much to ask sc members to send out more considerate pfo’s…

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  198. anon

    Can anyone who got a Gonaga fly out provide more info?

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  199. anon for snark

    Barnard PFO is decent, to be sure. “Sorry not be able to pursue your application further” is a bit of a false note, however: surely they cannot honestly say that to all 580 applicants! Not collectively, certainly (who could be sorry not pursue at once) and not distributively either (surely they are glad not to have to pursue some of them).

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  200. Anon

    Also curious about Gonzaga fly outs… can someone confirm?

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  201. Amanda

    “I think it is quite reasonable to expect that if a sc is impressed by a candidate then at least they should interview the candidate. Otherwise they shouldn’t say they are impressed…What about this essential courtesy “just doesn’t make sense”?..”
    Because a search committee can be impressed by more candidates than they can interview. Unless there is some logical part of our universe that makes it impossible to be impressed by more candidates than there are interview spots, then it is easy to see how a search committee can be impressed by candidates and not interview them.
    And as I already said above, I do think a straightforward PFO stating that one didn’t get the job and that there were more qualified candidates than spots is the best way to go. I get why praise sounds disingenuous: because it is a form letter, and the committee obviously doesn’t have genuine praise for every applicant.

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  202. J

    PFO from Northwestern. No mention of how impressed/unimpressed they were, for those wondering.

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  203. Anon

    PFO from Purdue philsci. No disingenuous praise.

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  204. Alas

    Searchin, I got an email from Kentucky just now (after having a Skype interview earlier this week) that said they had put together their list of “only a few candidates,” of which I am not one. (You probably got it, too.) So I guess they notified fly-out candidates yesterday or this morning and then sent out the rejection emails today.

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  205. [non-rigid designator]

    RE: Gonzaga (though not a finalist). Over 250 applicants, under 15 Skype interviews, 3 finalists. I would comment on the other content, but that line of discussion should probably go in the other thread.

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  206. anon

    250+ applicants for Gonzaga.

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  207. WikiWikiWhaaaa?

    Has anyone actually gotten a Gonzaga PFO or flyout? Or is this some wiki fake news?

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  208. Job seeker

    Rochester has scheduled at least some fly outs.

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  209. Michel

    Marcus,
    I think the “cold” PFO you’re remembering was from Toronto (for Ancient v Medieval, if memory serves). If so, that PFO noted that several hundred candidates applied, but went on to say that the committee couldn’t agree on any “qualified” or “suitable” candidates, or something to that effect. If that’s the one, it seems a little different from a standard PFO to me. (A little worse, I mean.)
    I don’t pay much attention to my PFOs either way. But I vastly prefer one that says how many applicants there were.

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  210. Dey Terk Err Jaorbs!

    Bilkent University has started scheduling Skype interviews.

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  211. anon

    Can confirm fly out and PFO (from different people), not fake news!

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  212. robots in disguise

    I dunno know about yall, but the many rejections that I’ve received from journals, grant applications, etc., pale in their PFO-ness compared to these job-related emails. So, I would say that, since this kind of rejection only gets worse and more frequent from here on out, and is a sadly necessary feature of nearly every single aspect of our profession, time to develop as think a skin as you can and stop taking these things personally. Not easy, but required, I think, in order to get by

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  213. another postdoc

    I agree with robots, although I think once you’ve had a hundred or more they start to lose their sting kind of naturally, at least they did with me (the not having a job still stings; the individual letters not so much). In fact I’m now appreciative of the places like Rochester and Gonzaga that gave me final word right away; it’s worse when it’s already July or whatever and you get an out of the blue reminder of the job market season.

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  214. 555-COME-ON-NOW

    Sigh, I remember the good ol’ days. When the job-market reporting thread was used solely for reporting when interviews have been scheduled, when positions have been filled, and the like.
    If only this blog had a moderator. Wait! It does!

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  215. Marcus Arvan

    555: coolio – I’ll halt the threadjacking. Let me suggest that commenters
    go back to reporting news on this thread, and take job market discussions back to the job market discussion thread (see the blog’s right sidebar for the link to the other thread!).

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  216. anon

    PFO from Gonzaga

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  217. anonymous

    Pittsburgh has scheduled skype interviews for the early modern job.

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  218. Anon

    PFO from Le Moyne College

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  219. J

    UC Riverside has scheduled first-round interviews for their L&M&E position.

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  220. [Pseudo-Dionysius]

    RE: Gonzaga
    Not a finalist. Email came Friday: over 250 applicants, under 15 Skype interviews, 3 campus visitors. Comments on the remaining content probably best reserved for the other job-market thread.

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  221. anon

    Does anyone have an update about McMaster? The status of the position on the job wiki is “applications acknowledged,” but someone mentioned in this thread last week that they had received a request for more materials. What was requested? I had a request (two weeks ago) to confirm whether or not I am a citizen/permanent resident of Canada.

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  222. DLewis

    Brandeis has scheduled Skype interviews?

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  223. anon

    Yes, Brandeis scheduled Skype interviews.

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  224. California Dreamin’

    Anyone have word on CSU Long Beach or CSU Dominguez Hills?

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  225. anon

    PFO Elon

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  226. Anon

    Pfo from CMU philsci. No disingenuous praise.

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  227. Anoneastcoastgrad

    PFO from Elon

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  228. First Time Job Marketer

    Anyone heard from Temple?

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  229. another postdoc

    Cornell PFO

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  230. jobjobjob

    PFO Cornell early modern

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  231. AnotherAnon

    PFO x 2 from Cornell

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  232. Mercado

    I just received a rejection notice from Cornell.

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  233. psych

    Cornell Philosophy of Psychology?

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  234. Philonous

    Any news from Singapore?

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  235. Anon

    PFO Leeds

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  236. Anon

    Interviews being scheduled for St. Josephs College NY

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  237. Anon

    Still no news re: interviews for GW’s Ethics and IR line? Thanks, all!

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  238. anon

    Has anyone received a Xavier flyout?

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  239. whyamihiding?

    Northeastern is now scheduling on-campus interviews.

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  240. ancient philosophy guy

    PFO from Oxford (ancient). 67 applicants.
    Bochum (ancient) is asking for writing samples. (application closing 1-2 months ago)

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  241. notpsyched

    Psych: I applied to two TT Cornell jobs, including the philosophy of psychology job, and received a dual purpose PFO: “Thank you for applying for our tenure-track positions in the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University. Unfortunately, you have not been selected as a finalist for these positions.”

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  242. Jj

    Ancient Phil guy: any word from Brown or Pitt?

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  243. anontoo

    Another Skype-interviewed Xavier applicant here: no word for me from them yet either. It sounded in the interview like they’d let us know by today whichever way, but maybe that was only for people they were moving forward with?

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  244. J

    @psyched, notpsyched – I applied for the philosophy of psych job at Cornell but not the other one – did not get a PFO but also no other word from them. Are others in this boat?

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  245. ancient philosophy guy

    Jj: no news from Pitt.
    I didn’t apply to Brown.

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  246. ancient philosophy guy

    also: did anyone apply to Navarra (Spain)?
    In their acknowledgment reply, they said that they were planning to schedule interviews at the end of February, so it might be a bit too early for them to have already a shortlist.
    Did anyone apply to Bochum, Germany (ancient/medieval position)?

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  247. anon

    anontoo, that’s what I’m wondering. I bet if we don’t hear by the end of the day we assume who ever got flyouts doesn’t use the wikis?

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  248. Marginal Hope

    J, Psych, and notpsyched: I received the same PFO from Cornell mentioning the “positions.” I initially assumed that it was meant to cover both. Looking at the Open posting, though, it seems that it was actually for two jobs (https://philjobs.org/job/show/10526). The psych posting might still be in play.

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  249. Roberto

    Anything from British Columbia?

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  250. Michel

    Yeah, my Cornell PFO was for the Open search.
    Pitt PFO this morning. It did that mildly annoying thing of implying rejection without actually saying it.

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  251. anon27

    @Jj Brown did Skype interviews this week and Pitt (ancient) is interviewing this week as well.

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  252. anon

    Flyout to University of British Columbia, Asian philosophy.

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  253. Anonnie

    Any word on Amherst?

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  254. Anon

    Pitt PFO

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  255. anon

    No PFO from Pitt (ancient) and no interviews either. I assumed I mistyped my email and my PFO went lost

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  256. Anon8

    Anon, which Pitt job did you hear about?

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  257. anontoo

    Xavier rejection.

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  258. Michel

    Anon: the Pitt PFO is for the M&E search, not Ancient.

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  259. Peterman

    Looks like Amherst scheduled first rounds. Can anyone confirm?

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  260. anon

    I have it on some authority that one of the on-campus interviews at Xavier was probably given to one of their current VAP’s.

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  261. Job seeker

    Boston University has scheduled fly outs.

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  262. kermit

    has anyone heard anything from UMass Amherst since the request for more letters?

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  263. anontoo

    Any word at all on the Villanova Asian search yet?

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  264. NA

    Daemen College has begun scheduling first round interviews.

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  265. Anon

    PFO University ofWisconsin

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  266. anon

    coastal carolina (early modern) is scheduling first round interviews.

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  267. Busqueda

    I just received email notification of rejection for the Boston University job.
    Over 200 applicants.

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  268. anon job candidate

    Anybody know anything about NYU?

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  269. Michel

    Which NYU would that be? The Bersoff postdoc? The Open/Open TT post? The Cultural Foundations postdoc? The Social Foundations postdoc?
    (No news on my end for any of those, though. I wouldn’t expect any for a while.)

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  270. anon job candidate

    Just curious: why do you think there won’t be news for a while? I thought they usually announce the Bersoffs around this time of year.

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  271. Hypatia

    Adding to Michel’s post above: The full time, non-tenure faculty position in the Tandon School of Engineering?

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  272. frustrated

    is anyone else still getting these updates from Clark that they have received your materials? What’s going on here? Are they unorganized or does this mean something?

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  273. Anon

    SJSU history first round.

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  274. ABD

    @frustrated: also got the email. I wouldn’t worry about it or read into it. It’s probably just a courtesy update.

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  275. First time ABD

    [frustrated], Hahaha Yes, this is my third acknowledgement that Clark has received my materials. If this hadn’t happened twice already I would interpret it with significance, but since this has happened twice already, I just think it’s a tick with IT.

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  276. anonymous

    Hi, at least two Bersoff notifications have gone out.

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  277. kermit

    https://philosophy.nd.edu/news/calendar/

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  278. Robots in Disguise

    The wiki recently showed University of Toronto (metaphysics) as having scheduled fly-outs. Does anyone here know whether these were scheduled directly, like the position there in Asian philosophy seems to have been? And, if so, via phone call and/or email? Much obliged!

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  279. Mr. Non-Pathetic

    Robots in Disguise,
    It’s time to move on. I know it’s hard, but it must be done. If you have not heard from University of Toronto (metaphysics) by now–phone call, email, smoke signal, WhatsApp, or whatever–then you never will. Spend your time on more productive endeavors, like improving your c.v. Figuring out how other people were contacted for an interview invitation that you didn’t, and will not, receive…it’s a complete waste of time.

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  280. Michel

    CSULB first rounds are going out.

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  281. Mr. Robot

    May I suggest we reserve this thread for reporting and related questions? Commentary on what candidates should or shouldn’t do belongs in the discussion thread. (Glad to hear you’re not pathetic, though!)

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  282. Robots in Disguise

    Mr. Non-Pathetic, thanks for the unsolicited feedback, and complete lack of trust in my having legitimate reason for asking that question here! (Gosh, it feels good knowing that there are potential members of this profession willing to act that way, esp. in an anonymous and quite helpful and supportive forum.) And, while I fully recognize that this very comment violates your suggestion, Mr. Robot, I completely agree with you.

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  283. Job seeker

    Dalhousie won’t make fly out decisions until first week of January at the earliest.

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  284. David

    Re: an earlier question by big brother.
    Would there be anything on one’s academia.edu page that would discourage any further pursuing of a candidate?
    Should it be taken as a good sign that they are googling me or?

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  285. David

    Re: My last post was meant for the “discussion thread” not “the reporting thread”

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  286. Anon student

    Has anyone heard any news on the Indiana ELM search?

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  287. Philonous

    PFO from Montreal. More than 100 applications

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  288. Anon student

    I wonder if there are other applicants for the Montreal job who haven’t heard anything back? Maybe because I applied through Interfolio?

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  289. Michel

    Anon student: AFAIK, the UdeM job (AI/Mind/Metaphysics) didn’t have an Interfolio page. Applications were to be sent by email.
    In any case, I applied by email and haven’t received my PFO yet. I wouldn’t read too much into it yet, though. It may just be that they made an initial cut (probably largely based on existing French skills), and informed the people who didn’t make it. Actually, I’m surprised they got 100+ applications, given that the language of instruction is French–which leads me to suspect that’s what happened.
    In any case, good luck!

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  290. another anon person

    Indiana ELM search:
    I think they’ve gone to fly outs already, sorry.

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  291. Anon all day

    Any word on Colgate, whether they’ve gone to fly outs in particular?

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  292. anon

    Colgate has scheduled at least some flyouts.

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  293. e

    anon: Only ‘some’ fly outs at Colgate? Mind saying a bit more? Did they indicate that there might be more to come?
    How about San Antonio? Have they scheduled fly outs?
    Or how about Vanderbilt? I don’t think I’ve come across any information whatsoever, and I think they had quite an early deadline.

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  294. Anon student

    Thank you Michel and another anon person.
    Michel: Right. I sent my application through an email using interfolio (so that the letters would be in the same place as the rest of my documents). So I was worried maybe they’re using the interfolio-generated address. But if you also haven’t heard back that’s hopeful! =)

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  295. anon

    any info on St. Bonaventure? Arcadia? Lock Haven?

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  296. anon

    Vanderbilt had interviews and flyouts, and they decided not to hire anyone this year.

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  297. Anon

    Another Anon Person, are you sure it was the Indiana ELM job that moved to flyouts? The wiki says Indiana ancient is doing flyouts but doesn’t mention the ELM search.

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  298. Another anon person

    Indiana ELM: I have heard from someone who has been in contact with the search committee, I am afraid.

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  299. anon

    e: I didn’t mean to suggest Colgate was going to schedule more flyouts. I just know they scheduled one, and I didn’t want to presume they already scheduled all of them.

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  300. Anon

    Does anyone know if Bard has made an offer?

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  301. Job seeker

    Dalhousie has scheduled at least one fly out (and likely all of them – I just only know about one).

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  302. TiredGuy

    Any news from post docs at Princeton yet?

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  303. Anon all day

    How about UC Davis?

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  304. lasciateognisperanza

    Any news from Cal State Bakersfield, Lynn University, or Rutgers-Camden (ancient early modern)?

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  305. Curious

    Anyone heard from Lehman?

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  306. Anon

    I have reason to think Auburn has scheduled flyouts.

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  307. anon

    any news on new college of florida?

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  308. DavidLouie

    pfo from UIUC

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  309. Philonous

    UCRiverside has scheduled fly-outs.

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  310. anon

    Anyone heard from Marian?

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  311. Anon

    No pfo from Riverside?

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  312. Anon

    NYU has invited 3 people for fly-outs.

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  313. anonymous

    Anyone hear from Rice University, Lehman College, or West Virginia University?

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  314. Anon ABD

    West Virginia has scheduled interviews.

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  315. Anon

    Anything on either York (Toronto) search?

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  316. jobjobjob

    West Virginia has scheduled skype interviews.

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  317. Can’t sleep anti-natalists will eat me

    Any word on the Georgetown race job? Deadline was early.

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  318. Fred

    Minnesota will skip skype interviews and go straight to flyouts. No decisions have been made yet about who will be invited.

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  319. anon

    Berea flyouts have been scheduled

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  320. anotheranon

    Rutgers-Newark has scheduled flyouts.

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  321. Anon

    Fred, do you know when Minnesota will make the decision of whom to invite?

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  322. During

    PFO Pitt Ancient

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  323. Philonous

    Does anyone know whether it is very common to have a “waiting list” for campus visits? And how long could it take to know whether one will get an invitation for a campus visit? And how many candidates are normally put in a “waiting list”? This is my first time on the American job market. Thanks!

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  324. Shut Out in Slow Motion

    Anon, is the Berea job you’re referring to the one at Baldwin Wallace?

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  325. anon

    PFO Pitt Ancient.

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  326. anon

    Shut Out In Slow Motion, I’m referring to the Berea job in Kentucky. Hope that helps!

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  327. Waiting

    Did anyone out there who made it to the interview phase with Memphis hear anything back yet? I was told we’d hear back in 2 weeks. It has now been 4, though.

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  328. Anon

    Any news on Pitt HPS?

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  329. Anon

    Rejection from Brown Political Theory postdoc.

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  330. anon

    Pitt HPS has long-listed but will only interview fly-outs.

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  331. Another Anon

    Anon, thanks for the update on Pitt HPS. Have the candidates on the long list been notified or will only the interviewees be contacted?

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  332. Job seeker

    Philonous, I’m afraid I wouldn’t get too hopeful. My university, for instance, has us put all of the first round interview candidates who would be competent hires (so, usually basically all of them) on the waiting list, because we can’t hire anyone who has been taken off of it. I don’t think that we’ve ever had to invite a second round of fly outs, though. (And if we did, it would be after all of the first set of fly outs had either visited and been judged unhirable or visited, been offered the job, and turned them down in sequence. So, months.) Sorry :-/

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  333. anon

    @Another Anon, candidates on the long list have been identified.

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  334. ANON

    Any news on UTSA or Villanova (Critical Race Theories) fly outs?

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  335. Philonous

    Job seeker, thanks for the information! I was not too hopeful, but now I’m even less hopeful!

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  336. HanSolo

    Oxford has scheduled flyouts

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  337. anon

    any news about Bochum (Germany), ancient & medieval philosophy?
    the hire is supposed to start at the end of April.

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  338. anon

    Clark has started scheduling skype interviews.

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  339. Job seeker

    Any word on UC Davis?

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  340. Another anon

    UC-Davis hasn’t contacted anyone yet.

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  341. anoon

    Did Clark call or email?

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  342. anon

    PFO from U Mass Amherst.

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  343. anon

    Anoon: Clark emailed.

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  344. Arsene

    Amherst position filled by internal candidate (VAP).

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  345. Anon PHD

    Is there still no news on Lehman College?

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  346. dlewis

    Any news on Merced?

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  347. Anon student

    Anon PHD: I applied to Lehman and still haven’t heard anything.

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  348. Anon

    @Arsene: the Amherst College position is still open (the PhilJobs appointment posts regarding the VAP is incorrect and is just meant to refer to the visiting position for 2018-19).

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  349. anon

    Arsene: P.S. I was assuming you were referring to the Amherst College position, but my apologies if you meant the UMass Amherst job.

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  350. anon

    Sacramento State is scheduling Skype interviews

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  351. anon

    @dlewis: according to this psych job wiki (http://psychjobsearch.wikidot.com/), Merced invited for campus visits on 12/20.

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  352. anon

    Any word on the Florida Philosophy of Science position?

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  353. curious

    can anyone confirm the UMN interviews that popped up on phil jobs wiki?

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  354. Blake Francis

    Any one know if New Mexico Tech has scheduled fly outs?

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  355. Done

    Can anyone also confirm the Memphis scheduling of campus interviews from the phil jobs wiki?

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  356. Jobjobjob

    Memphis department calendar has the job talks.

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  357. person

    @anon University of Florida has scheduled some skype interviews for the Philosophy of Science job

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  358. anon

    @dlewis: this psychology jobs wiki — http://psychjobsearch.wikidot.com/ — says campus visits to Merced for their cog sci positions listed on PhilJobs have been scheduled

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  359. paranoid

    I have a question: say that X job has sent out interview requests according to the blogs on Wednesday. Then, I get an interview request from X job two days later on Friday. Does this mean I was a backup? Or could they have sent out the interview requests in stages?
    I know this is really speculative and probably unhelpful, but any thoughts on this matter is appreciated.

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  360. anonymous

    Paranoid: don’t worry about it! That happened to one of my students in a recent search that I happened to have inside info on, and it was just that the search chair had staggered the requests (so, they were scheduling each interview before contacting the next person). It could be this and one of the first people posted it on the wiki. Or it could be someone from the search committee who posted, but they hadn’t actually contacted anyone yet. It could be anything. (But more importantly prudentially you shouldn’t worry about this because there is no point even if you are a backup, I know that part is easier said than done…)

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  361. hopingforBoston fool

    I hate to add another one of these questions…but has anyone heard of BC reaching out to people yet?

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  362. Anon

    “has anyone heard of BC reaching out to people yet?”
    I saw someone on fb say they were contacted. I think they said they were invited to campus but don’t remember for sure.

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  363. Searchin’

    University Florida (Ethics) Scheduled some skype interviews.

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  364. anon

    CSU Fullerton is scheduling Skype interviews

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  365. anotheranonymousanon

    PFO from Eastern Washington University NTT

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  366. anon

    any news on singapore?

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  367. another postdoc

    Arcadia and Iowa State reached out about first round stuff today

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  368. Candidate###

    There remains no movement on the wiki regarding either McMaster or University of Michigan-Dearborn. Any insider information here? The deadlines are now what seems to be long since past, but who knows what to make of these things…?

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  369. another postdoc

    McMaster’s flyouts are already scheduled, for both positions

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  370. Anon – re Singapore

    Singapore (NUS) has scheduled flyouts.

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  371. Búsqueda

    Any news on the Georgetown and Stanford philosophy of race jobs? Have they scheduled interviews or fly outs?
    These were early and mid-November deadlines,

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  372. The next Quine

    Arizona moved to campus visit

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  373. Candidate###

    anotherpostdoc
    do you know if they went straight to flyouts or if there was ever a first round interview stage?
    i’m curious.

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  374. Anon

    Georgetown (phil race) has scheduled fly outs.

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  375. jobmarket

    Any updates on this UCLA postdoc in ethics/social/pol. phil?
    https://philjobs.org/job/show/10846

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  376. another postdoc

    Candidate###, I don’t know, I only know that flyouts are happening

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  377. MouseMouseMouse

    I emailed Rice about their position today. Was told they have decided to focus on associate prof candidates, and will only look at assistant prof candidates if/when that fails. So Marchish, if ever.

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  378. BeSomebody

    UC-Davis scheduling Skype interviews

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  379. Pfo phd

    Georgia southern pfo

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  380. whyamianonymous

    Cornell College pfo

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  381. anon123

    There are two schools to which I applied that have scheduled interviews/flyouts and sent out PFOs, but I have not heard from them (and there isn’t anything from them in my spam folder). What does/could this mean?

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  382. anon

    whyamianonymous: Out of curiosity, aprox. when did you submit your application to Cornell College? I haven’t heard anything from them yet and I’m wondering if they’re rejecting applicants on a rolling basis.

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  383. Marcus Arvan

    anon123: hard to say—but it is possible you have not been ruled out. Sometimes search committees have alternates in case none of the people interviewed or flown out are judged satisfactory to hire.

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  384. anon

    Marian University has started to schedule first-round interviews.

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  385. Michel

    anon: I know someone who applied on the deadline, and has received their rejection.

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  386. ash

    Lehman has started scheduling Skype interviews.

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  387. uncg hopeful

    Anyone know if The University of North Carolina Greensboro has scheduled campus visits for Phil of Medicine yet?

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  388. Person

    @uncg hopeful: yes, they have

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  389. Recent PhD

    Dang. I’m not the original “uncle hopeful” poster, but I was also hoping for a second-round interview. Oh well.
    Anyone have word on CSU Dominguez Hills or UNLV? Have they scheduled first-round interviews?

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  390. Tenured Chair & SLAC Professor

    anon123: There are two schools to which I applied that have scheduled interviews/flyouts and sent out PFOs, but I have not heard from them (and there isn’t anything from them in my spam folder). What does/could this mean?
    What is weird is that at my school most applicants only get a PFO once the search has been closed. Candidates we interviewed on Skype and didn’t bring to campus get an email from me letting them know we have selected other candidates to invite to campus.
    This is an HR requirement about closing the position and standard PFO language when we close the search.

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  391. Tenured Chair & SLAC Professor

    anon123: There are two schools to which I applied that have scheduled interviews/flyouts and sent out PFOs, but I have not heard from them (and there isn’t anything from them in my spam folder). What does/could this mean?
    What is weird is that at my school most applicants only get a PFO once the search has been closed. Candidates we interviewed on Skype and didn’t bring to campus get an email from me letting them know we have selected other candidates to invite to campus.
    This is an HR requirement about closing the position and standard PFO language when we close the search.

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  392. Tenured Chair & SLAC Professor

    anon123: There are two schools to which I applied that have scheduled interviews/flyouts and sent out PFOs, but I have not heard from them (and there isn’t anything from them in my spam folder). What does/could this mean?
    What is weird is that at my school most applicants only get a PFO once the search has been closed. Candidates we interviewed on Skype and didn’t bring to campus get an email from me letting them know we have selected other candidates to invite to campus.
    This is an HR requirement about closing the position and standard PFO language when we close the search.

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  393. PostDoc

    Anyone have news about the Rotman Postdoc?

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  394. anonymous

    I have a fairly strong reason to believe that UNC-G has not scheduled fly outs for the philosophy of medicine job. (I could be wrong, but I’d be surprised if I’m wrong.)

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  395. anonymous

    UNC-G has definitely scheduled fly outs.

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  396. Wondering

    Anyone heard anything about the Samford University job?

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  397. Seabass

    Has anyone heard about fly outs at Virginia Commonwealth?

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  398. anon

    Seabass: I’m pretty sure someone I know has a fly-out scheduled at VCU, as of at least a couple of weeks ago

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  399. anon

    any news on bakersfield or west texas A&M (history/early modern)?

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  400. Person

    Anyone heard from George Washington U on the ethics/intl affairs job?

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  401. anon

    I heard that Bard made an offer to someone I trust, but didn’t hear this directly from Bard or from the person to whom the offer was made.

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  402. anon

    (My previous comment should have said that I heard FROM someone I trust that Bard made an offer.)

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  403. Whomever

    Has anyone received any updates about the Pitt HPS postdoc positions?

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  404. another whomever

    I’m wondering about the Pitt HPS t-t job. Any news? It seems late for them not to have scheduled interviews yet.

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  405. anotherotheranon

    Anyone hear about a second stage for the Global Priorities Institute application?

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  406. davidlouie

    yesterday I was formally rejected for the Pitt HPS postdoc

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  407. Person

    Pitt philsci postdoc has made an offer

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  408. anon

    Bates made an offer for what was obviously an inside hire.
    Re: Paul Schofield

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  409. pablo

    One wonders what is the point of putting out job ads / searches for early modern philosophy / history of philosophy if you are going to hire the same people with AOSes or research in Ethics / Metaphysics and Epistemology, without any actual research in early modern/history. As if the vast majority of jobs are not already in those AOSes and thus taken by whoever works precisely in those fields – and this all the while there are so few early modern/ history of philosophy positions to begin with and so many competent scholars in those actual AOSes out there. It seems to be such an arrogant assumption that someone analytically-minded with an Ethics / Metaphysics and Epistemology AOS can teach everything, including early modern, while the reverse – for hiring committees – is rarely the case. The chances of getting a job listed as searching for an Ethics/Metaphysics and Epistemology AOS as someone working on early modern/history of philosophy are 0. As a hiring committee, why even pretend that there is a need for early modernists / historians of philosophy anymore?

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  410. anonymous

    Hi Pablo,
    If you’re referring to Bates (I have no idea if it is true that they hired PS, but assuming it is), all the job ad said is this:
    AOS and AOC should include History of Modern Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, and Political Philosophy
    I think pretty clearly this suggests that the search was a disjunctive search in history of modern, environmental ethics, OR political philosophy, with a requirement that the candidate have at least an AOC in the other two areas. I don’t think most people think that AOCs require doing significant research in the area. Also, if you’re referring to PS/Bates, surely, since he’s been there a while, they have a good idea of whether he fits their departmental teaching and research needs. I don’t see what the arrogant assumption is. (Maybe you’re talking about something more general? But I sort of doubt there is a big phenomenon of contemporary analytic M&E/ethics people being hired for history jobs.)
    I also (truly) don’t understand people’s anger about “inside” hires. The person who got “inside” hired is just another person who needs a tenure track job, and is likely (I don’t know the person in this case) very very deserving of a tenure track job. I don’t get why departments should be obligated not to make inside hires, or why people think it is an outrage when some place advertises a job and then hires an inside candidate. Plenty of times the inside candidate does NOT get the job.

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  411. Marcus Arvan

    I agree with anonymous. Candidates who get upset about inside hires need to bear in mind two things. First, inside candidates often get passed over (I’ve heard of and known a number of cases like this). Second, when inside candidates do get hired, it is because the search committee genuinely believes they are the best person for the job.

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  412. grymes

    I am all for inside hires, and all against the requirement that committees do national searches. Just let ’em make the inside hire, and don’t waste everybody’s time and emotional well-being!
    Any word on the York University jobs?

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  413. Marcus Arvan

    Grymes: I agree, but I don’t think universities can do that. Although I may be wrong, I believe universities are required to run open searches by federal law. I believe it has to do with civil rights—that because universities receive federal funds (including federal student aid disbursement), universities must advertise all positions openly to prevent discrimination. That, at least, is what I recall hearing.

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  414. anonymous

    York has what looks like job talks for the history job posted on their website. Not sure about the other job.

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  415. Gene

    when inside candidates are hired, other candidates feel like their time was wasted (and like their emotions were drained). let’s stop pretending like we don’t get what’s frustrating about inside hires. grymes gets it. be like grymes.
    and yes, we know that schools are still legally required to advertise, and no, this doesn’t make anyone feel better about it.

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  416. Marcus Arvan

    Gene: let me pose a serious question to you and Grymes. With the way things are currently done, inside hires sometimes are made but sometimes the inside candidate is passed over because the committee judges an outsider to be the better candidate. This at least gives outsiders a chance to compete for the job—and again, outsiders get such jobs fairly often.
    Would you or Grymes really prefer an alternative system where you have no chance for the job? That seems plainly irrational to me for a job candidate. Even though the current system in some cases “wastes outside candidates’ time”, it doesn’t really. It gives them a real chance. That’s better than no chance, or so it seems to me.

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  417. Anon

    My department made an inside hire and, in my opinion, he wasn’t qualified for the job as advertised. It’s just that a number of people in my department had become close friends with him and wanted to keep him around. Let’s not pretend that there’s an even playing field between inside and outside candidates.

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  418. Marcus Arvan

    Anon: no doubt the playing field isn’t level. I never suggested it was. Of course there is probably a preference for an inside candidate. And although it may be unfortunate, sometimes that may involve hiring someone not as qualified. All that being said, I’ve seen a number of cases of inside candidates being passed over for outside ones–and my general experience having served on search committees is that people tend to want to hire the best person.
    Again, no the playing field isn’t level. But it’s more level than it would be if departments didn’t have to do a search at all. And I don’t see the point of worrying about things one cannot control. The world is what it is: sometimes people have an inside track on things. All one can do is become the best candidate one can and let the chips fall where they may.

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  419. thejobmarketjustaintright

    Did UNLV go straight to campus interviews?

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  420. Inside candidate

    There was a search in my area in the department I am a postdoc in. I did not get selected, though I had a Skype interview (for fairness, since I was across the hall) and came close for a “flyout.” I know people get riled up when departments hire inside candidates, but being on the other side, as an inside candidate that didn’t get hired, it also feels terrible. I was clearly a strong candidate in my colleagues’ eyes, so not getting to turn my temporary position into a permanent one, having now to need to move myself and my family after living here for several years is very upsetting. And this when I was clearly one of the department’s top five choices. Of course all five of us would have done a good job, so why not just let me stay where I have developed relationships and a life? This might sound winey to many of you, but do recognize that now I see around me colleagues who decided my fate and chose to not allow me to stay. It sucks from the inside candidate’s perspective immensely as well.

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  421. Amanda

    There is nothing wrong with inside candidates. Sure sometimes they might get hired unfairly – but sometimes outside candidates get hired unfairly too. I tend to think most inside candidates are very qualified, and often they are at a disadvantage because what is unknown is compelling and you don’t know their faults. I wish it was possible for schools to just hire inside candidates without a search when that is what they want to do . Some searches do seem to waste people’s time.

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  422. Gene

    “Would you or Grymes really prefer an alternative system where you have no chance for the job?”
    This is a strange question that I don’t quite know how to answer. Above, anonymous said that they didn’t understand what anyone found frustrating about insider hires. Grymes suggested part of an explanation: searches where departments have a preference for their inside candidate, but do not advertise their preference, feel like a waste of time and emotion for everyone else, and having one’s time and emotion wasted is frustrating.
    Now I guess you might ask: Why is it a waste of time to apply to such jobs? Well, in many cases, had other candidates known that there was a preference for an inside candidate, those other candidates wouldn’t have bothered applying.
    But this is where you tell me that you know of plenty of searches where the preferred inside candidate didn’t get the job, so it always makes sense to apply, and so it’s never a waste of time to apply for jobs where search committees have strong preferences for inside candidates.
    And this is where I tell you that it’s not always appropriate to give other people advice, and this is one of those situations where you should just listen to people when they tell you that they’re frustrated at not being given enough information to decide for themselves that the odds of landing a particular job are low enough that they don’t want to risk investing their time and emotion into applying for it.

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  423. grymes

    Hi Marcus,
    Thanks for the background info; I’m (genuinely) glad that the national search requirement has a high-minded rationale, though I’m still against it (since I suspect that it does little-to-no actual good w/r/t civil rights).
    Yes, I really would prefer a system in which I had no chance at jobs with strong inside candidates. I think it makes good sense to hire people who have put in their time as an exceptional teacher/colleague/scholar at your institution, even if you might have hired somebody else if you conducted a national search. The job market system should be less punishing for applicants like me. But that doesn’t mean it should maximize my personal chances of getting a job.

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  424. Marcus Arvan

    Hi Gene: I understand their frustration. Like I said, I’ve been there. I just sincerely don’t think there’s anything to be done about it. Anyway, I won’t offer any more advice on this if it’s not wanted.

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  425. Marcus Arvan

    hey grymes: Thanks for your reply. I know all too well how punishing the market is, and I empathize. I guess it would be better if candidates at least knew whether there’s a preferred candidate–as that would enable candidates to make a more informed decision. I just don’t see that happening. We all saw what happened when Notre Dame accidentally posted job ads with preferred candidates. And I expect there may even be legal reasons for schools not to do that sort of thing (though I’m not sure). The job market is what it is: hell. I just tried to do my best with it, and am not sure what else there is to do unfortunately. Anyway, I wish you the best and hope you get the job you’re hoping for.

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  426. grymes

    Hey Marcus,
    Hear hear to all that, and thanks.

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  427. anonagain

    Hi all, any word on the Harvard Center for Ethics postdocs?

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  428. anonagain

    thejobmarketjustaintright: UNLV did first round interviews before scheduling campus visits.

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  429. anon re Villanova Asian Phil

    Any news on whether Villanova has scheduled on-campus for East and South Asian Philosophies?

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  430. anotheranon

    Anon re Villanova Asian Phil — I’m assuming that they must have done first round interviews for the job? I ask because I hadn’t seen any mention of it on here or phylo (although I of course may have just missed it). Can you confirm they’ve done that so I can move on from this job mentally?

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  431. e

    Who accepted the offer from Trinity College Dublin?

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  432. anon re Villanova Asian Phil

    Yes, First round via Skype was a few weeks ago.

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  433. anonladygrad

    I got a straight to fly out request for UNLV. I did not have a first-round skype interview–I think people are confusing the UNR (Reno) job with the Las Vegas job. UNR did first round skype interviews in December (which I also got a request for).
    Are those reporting a first round at Las Vegas actually people who did a first round with them? I didn’t get a skype request but I did get a fly out request.

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  434. anonymous

    anyone know about the Boston College job?

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  435. Anon

    Re: Boston College I know someone who had a first-round interview this week.

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  436. anonagain

    Anonladygrad: my apologies, I’m the one who reported back on UNLV (based on knowledge of someone else’s situation, not my own experience) and I’m afraid I did mix up that position with the Reno job. Lesson learned to double check second-hand information!
    Also, some first-hand information: Clark University is scheduling flyouts.

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  437. anonphd

    any word on the Nazareth job?

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  438. Michel

    Rice PFO.

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  439. Number Three

    anonphd: I interviewed with Nazareth last week, and I haven’t heard anything.

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  440. JustWaitinAndWaitin

    Any word if Georgia Southern invited flyouts?

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  441. Anon

    Michel: which Rice job was the PFO?

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  442. anon

    any news on bakersfield?

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  443. Michel

    Anon: good question. The PFO didn’t specify (I applied for both). It was just for “a position”.

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  444. Anon

    Michel: they were 3. The Open, Data ethics, and medical humanities. I applied for the second, as nd didnt get the pfo.

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  445. Dr. Job Seeker

    Not firsthand but from a reliable source: CSU Dominguez Hills has scheduled Skype interviews.

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  446. grymes

    Bakersfield is scheduling Skype interviews.

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  447. anon

    I got a PFO for the Rice TT open-AOS job this morning. Not sure if that’s the same one reported a few days ago.

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  448. Still hopeful

    Does anyone have any news about University of Michigan – Dearborn?

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  449. no hope left

    I applied for the Rice open-AOS position and haven’t heard anything–no PFO, no request for interview. Not sure what that means, probably nothing.

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  450. anon

    Georgia State (Perimeter College) has scheduled interviews for their lecturer position.

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  451. ABD

    PFO from Ryerson (ethics). 200+ applicants, they said.

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  452. Anon

    Any news on York (ethics)?

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  453. zijnk

    U Navarra (Spain) is scheduling skype interviews (https://philjobs.org/job/show/11054)

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  454. Person

    @Whomever Pitt HPS philosophy of physics TT had skype interviews in December and scheduled some campus visits.

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  455. inquirer

    Anyone heard whether the Princeton Assistant Prof position or the Princeton Philosophy and Religion postdoc scheduled any interviews/fly outs? What about Lynn University (FL) and Minerva Schools at KGI? Also from everyone’s experience having been on the market, how long from having applied to hearing about an interview? For example, if more than 2 weeks since application have passed, should you give up hopes of a positive outcome?

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  456. anonymous

    Hi Inquirer, Princeton doesn’t do interviews or fly outs for junior level jobs. I have no idea about the rest of those places. Also no, two weeks is not an adequate amount of time to assume that there is no hope.

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  457. Amanda

    2 weeks? are you serious? More like 2-3 months since the application is one. I mean, it can be quicker but 2 weeks is way too soon.
    And you should give up hopes immediately, I think, and then be happily surprised if you get an interview. That is the only hope in-line with the odds.

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  458. Anon

    Minerva requested additional materials a few weeks ago.

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  459. irrelevant but curious

    Princeton doesn’t do fly-outs for Assistant Professorships? Do they hire people without having met them? Or only hire people they know prior to the search?

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  460. anonymous

    Purportedly, they hire people based on their files. I think this usually but not always results in them hiring someone at least someone on the faculty has met. I don’t know statistics. (Not defending the practice or attacking it, I don’t have a view, but I suspect most “top ten” departments are mostly only hiring people who at least someone on the faculty knows too.)

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  461. anonymous

    P.S. It’s possible this is outdated information, I might not have heard if they had started doing interviews in the past five years or so.

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  462. anon

    RE inquirer: I received a phone interview two months after the application deadline. My sense is that that’s on the longer side, but still, it happens.

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  463. Anon student

    Does anyone have news on whether CUA has moved to flyouts?

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  464. Anon

    Anon student: I did a Skype interview w CUA and haven’t heard anything since.

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  465. norms

    Do not expect an answer in two weeks. I was once called for an interview six months after the advertised start date of the job. Indeed, I was offered the job.

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  466. anon

    PFO from Norwich.

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  467. Michel

    Rejections and interviews have gone out for the postdoc in the Princeton Writing Program.

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  468. Michel

    *I meant ‘lecturership,’ not ‘postdoc’.

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  469. Anon

    Any news on the UCLA post doc?

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  470. Michel

    NEH postdoc rejection: 647 applicants
    McGill medical education postdoc rejection

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  471. anonymous

    Hi Michel: what is the “NEH postdoc”? I didn’t see a postdoc that the NEH was running. Thanks!

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  472. Casey

    Does anyone have any intel on the assistant professor position at Tennessee State University?

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  473. anon

    Rejection from Baylor bioethics fellowship.

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  474. Michel

    anonymous: Sorry. NHI (National Humanities Institute).

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  475. anon

    Any info on Cal State-Stanislaus?

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  476. Anon

    Has anyone heard if William Paterson scheduled interviews yet?

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  477. NA

    Has anyone heard anything about Westminster College? I saw that someone reported getting a PFO back in November, but I’ve not heard anything from them.

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  478. Michel

    Dartmouth Society of Fellows PFO.

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  479. anon

    Rotman (Western Ontario) sent out Fellowship offers.

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  480. anon

    Any word on the Princeton Philosophy and Religion postdoc?

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  481. Anon

    Smith College is scheduling first-round intrviews for Mellon Visiting Assistant Professorship.

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  482. anon

    Any news from the NIH bioethics postdoc?

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  483. Anonymous

    Does anyone know what’s going on with the positions at Rice (Open AOS for a TT in the Department of Philosophy and TT in Medical Humanities)? I have not received any communication from either department, and their job site says my application is under consideration.

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  484. bioethics applicant

    anon: I have received an invitation for an on-campus interview for the NIH bioethics postdoc. It was not preceded by a Skype interview.

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  485. Anon

    Anonymous: someone has received a pfo for the open position. I’m waiting to hear about the data ethics one (I’ll send an email tomorrow). I don’t know about the tt in medical humanities

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  486. Random job market person

    I think for the Rice open position some people have received pfos and some have not. Earlier somebody said that they were focusing on associate prof level first, and only looking at assistant if that doesn’t work out. So my best guess is that associate level candidates who have been ruled out have been sent pfos, but assistant level candidates are still in limbo.

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  487. anon 01/31/2019 at 11:35 AM

    I got a PFO from the Rice open TT job, and I’m assistant level (ABD, so not borderline)

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  488. Random job market person

    Huh, then I have no explanation. I have no PFO, and I doubt I’d be considered as an associate level candidate. I certainly applied as an assistant level candidate.

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  489. F. Contesi

    I have a general (set of) questions. Does anybody know when “PFO letters” are sent out in the US? In the UK at least, the norm appears to me to be that one receives a “PFO letter” as soon as one doesn’t make the cut for a particular stage (whichever that is: long-list, interview, short-list etc.). Is it possible that in the US they are sent out all en masse after the final hiring decision is made? Does it depend on the job?

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  490. philosopher on the job market

    Thanks for the comments on Rice University’s position in the Department of Philosophy!

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  491. anon

    Another anon says s/he received a PFO from Norwich. I applied, but haven’t heard anything yet. Any others have news?

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  492. Dr. Job Seeker

    F. Contesi: Check out the discussion we about week ago on the “discussion thread” ( https://philosopherscocoon.typepad.com/blog/2018/08/job-market-discussion-thread-2018-19-season.html ). The gist is this: many schools have requirements that they not send PFOs until after someone has been hired. And unfortunately, many schools never end up sending them at all.

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  493. anon

    I too was rejected from Norwich

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  494. anon

    Bioethics Applicant: Thanks for the NIH update.

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  495. anon

    Did Lake Forest just schedule additional on-campus interviews?

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  496. ###Candidate

    PFO from Lehman & Santa Cruz. The latter was more personal and seemed to indicate they went direct to fly outs.

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  497. Dr. Job Seeker

    PFO from Lock Haven this morning. And a PFO from UC Santa Cruz a couple days ago.
    Anyone have word on Westminster or Samford? Their application due dates were some time ago (Nov. 1 and Dec. 1 respectively) but I don’t recall seeing anyone post about PFOs or interviews yet.

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  498. anon

    Westminster contacted some folks a while ago to say they didn’t get interviews.
    Any news on Samford?

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  499. anonagain

    University of Michigan is scheduling first round interviews for their Cog Sci Lecturer position.

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  500. jobb

    U Chicago closed their junior search without making any offers.

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  501. anon

    Tennessee State is scheduling first round interviews.

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  502. Number Three

    “U Chicago closed their junior search without making any offers.”
    World keeps turning, sun keeps burning…

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  503. lolChicago

    “U Chicago closed their junior search without making any offers.”
    did nobody from Pitt apply this year? :/

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  504. Waiting

    Anyone has news on Iowa State? I know they asked for additional material from their top 12 candidates, but that was about a month ago.

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  505. Anonymous

    Form pfo from Florida philsci, position filled, no info on number of applicants.

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  506. anon

    PFO from Bucknell

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  507. Another

    Skype interview scheduled Indiana University Pennsylvania.
    PFO LSE.

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  508. Random job market person

    Huh, I applied for the LSE job and so far have no PFO. It was for the open/public policy assistant prof?

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  509. Another

    That’s the one. I received the PFO a few days ago, and I know they already had 1-2 campus visits, and a couple more to go. I don’t know why I got it then, but maybe you are still a backup candidate. Good luck!

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  510. anon

    Anyone have further news on Norwich? I received an email a few weeks ago to submit more materials, which felt promising. Others have reported receiving PFOs around that time; I have heard nothing else from them yet.

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  511. Anon

    Pfo Rice, data ethics position

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  512. Another

    Any news on the Bowling Green TT position? Their deadline was 1/10, so I am starting to wonder.

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  513. Anon2

    Anon: I also received the email from Norwich to submit more materials about a month ago. I haven’t heard anything yet either.

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  514. Mara Bollard

    Does anyone know what’s going on with the recent (Feb 20) post at HigherEd Jobs for a (the?) TT job at VCU? https://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=176925968
    Seems like the job is probably the same as the one with the October deadline for which an offer has already been made (i.e. this one https://philjobs.org/job/show/10950), but why the new and slightly different in content HEJ post?

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  515. Anon3?

    Anon & Anon2: Coincidentally Norwich reached out last night for first rounds.
    Mara: I was confused, too. Minimally, when I searched for jobs on their hire portal, there’s two Philosophy Positions listed (one TT, one old adjunct). When I clicked on the TT, it said “View your completed application”. So, I’m not sure whether they are reopening, or it was a mistake. But, minimally, it doesn’t look like a new position, or at least old applications are already in.

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  516. Mara

    Anon3: thanks for your reply! I clicked through to the VCU hire portal from each ad (which had different links, oddly!), and ended up in the same place, with access to my old application. Still a bit of a mystery, but I don’t mind not having to do another app 🙂

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  517. wondering

    Anyone have any updates about Colgate’s Metaethics search since they scheduled flyouts?

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  518. Losing Hope

    Any word on Cal State Dominguez Hills regarding second-round interviews? I know they had first round interviews a few weeks ago.

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  519. Anotheranon

    wondering: I heard (from a reliable source) that someone was offered the Colgate job. Sorry.

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  520. Anotheranon

    Anyone know if Cal State Fullerton has made an offer yet?

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  521. Seeking?

    Another: Sorry, Bowling Green is doing fly outs. (Unless you know that and want to know whether an offer has been made – in that case I can’t help you.)

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  522. Another

    Seeking, thanks for the information. I imagine fly outs have already been scheduled/happened?

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  523. ABD on the job market

    Got a PFO from U Michigan-Dearborn. They said “the philosophy search committee has chosen a number of finalists” which sounds like they’re already at the fly-out stage

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  524. Seeking?

    Another: They’ve definitely been scheduled and at least one has happened. I don’t know if they all have. Sorry :-/

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  525. Anon

    Does anyone have any word on the Coastal Carolina University early modern job?

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  526. Anon

    Coastal Carolina is in the process of doing on-campus interviews.

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  527. Robots in Disguise

    hello! has anyone heard anything about the el camino community college position? perhaps community colleges take longer to process applications in general, so this could be a post for the other thread. if so, apologies

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  528. Dr. Job Seeker

    I applied to El Camino College and haven’t heard back yet. In my experience, community colleges can take a wide range of times for turnaround. I’ve heard back about first-round interviews as early as two weeks after closing and as late as two months after closing. The closing date for this ECC job was Jan. 9, so there’s a decent chance they’ve already sent out first-round interview invitations, but it’s possible they still haven’t done so.
    Also, I’m not sure if you also applied to Cerritos College, but I got my PFO from them on Feb. 21.

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  529. Casey

    Any word on the Broward College job?

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  530. anon anon

    any news on the new college of florida early modern job?

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  531. graspingatstrawshere

    Any news on the Princeton postdocs, UCLA postdoc (social/ethics), the UNC-PPE Research Asst Prof/postdoc, the Concordia postdoc (Ethics), or the Rice postdoc (Value Theory)?

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  532. Anotheranotheranon

    WVU just sent me my new favorite PFO, which begins:
    “I am writing to update you on the WVU job search. I am very excited to report that we hired an outstanding candidate.”
    Later, it turned out the candidate wasn’t me…

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  533. alsograspingatstraws

    While we’re at it, what about the Stanford McCoy postdoc?

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  534. third-order anon

    Anotheranotheranon: I’m glad I’m not the only one who was amused. I did not expect to see “I am very excited” in a PFO.

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  535. N.B: WVU Snafus F-ing PFO

    Anotheranotheranon and third-order anon: Ugh. I was a combination of amused and livid. What an awful opener! After my midterms I’m going to announce, “I’m very excited to report that one of you got an A!” If my students were to throw things at me I couldn’t blame them. Do better, WVU!

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  536. anonTT

    New College of Florida made an offer

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  537. Anony

    Sam Houston State University visiting assistant professorship (AOS: Non-Western, AOC: Ethics) Skype interview.

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  538. Anon

    I just learned that CSU Dominguez Hills scheduled flyouts a couple weeks ago. And at least one of those visits has already happened.

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  539. Nona

    Any word on Minnesota-Duluth or Lynn University?

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  540. Robots in Disguise

    just got a PFO from el camino community college (since i asked about it earlier, thought i’d share)

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  541. Dr. Job Seeker

    PFO from El Camino, too. They did the opposite of WVU. Instead of a misleading opening line, they actually made the subject line “Not Interviewed.” I thought that was funny.

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  542. Reluctant

    Wiki says Arizona phil cogsci position filled, but no pfo yet. Anyone know smt?

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  543. KA

    Anyone know anything about status of:
    UCL
    St. Olaf (Public Affairs postdoc)
    College of DuPage
    Spokane Community College

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  544. anon

    UCL has requested additional materials from certain candidates.

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  545. Anon

    Reluctant: Sorry, I can confirm that the Arizona cog sci position has been filled (I know the person who accepted the offer.)

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  546. Yet Another Anon

    Has anyone heard anything about the LSU Ethics Institute job?

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  547. Anon

    I interviewed for the LSU Ethics Institute job weeks ago. They moved onto fly outs.

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  548. Reluctant

    Thank you Anon. What I do not understand is why these departments, or human res offices, won’t even have the common courtesy of sending out rejections…

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  549. Boop

    Does anyone know whether Wisconsin-Whitewater has scheduled fly-outs?

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  550. KA

    PFO from UCL today (and thanks to anon for confirming they were moving on yesterday).

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  551. Anon

    Boop: Wisconsin Whitewater scheduled flyouts a couple of weeks ago.

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  552. yo

    Georgetown 3 year teaching positions?
    Broward Community College?

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  553. Anon

    Does anyone know if Arcadia has made an offer?

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  554. Anon

    Does anyone know if San José State made offers for their two TT positions (Philosophy of Technology and History of Philosophy)?

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  555. anonymous

    Hi Anon, I’m pretty sure that San José made an offer in their technology search. No idea about the other search.

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  556. Anon

    Anon: thanks for the info on San José. Do you know when the offer was made?

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  557. anonymous

    Sometime this past week I believe. I heard of it on Thursday, but it may have been a few days before that.

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  558. anonyme

    any word on the coastal carolina early modern position?

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  559. Anonymous

    Jake McNulty (Columbia) has been offered and accepted a Bersoff from NYU, but does anyone know if others have?

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  560. anonymous

    Anonyme, Coastal Carolina completed three on-campus interviews recently and should make an offer soon.

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  561. Anon

    PFO Stirling post-doc.

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  562. Anon

    Any news on the University of Delaware ethics search?

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  563. Anon

    Any intel on the University of Tampa position?

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  564. Anon

    U of Minnesota Duluth VAP phone interview being scheduled.

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  565. Anon

    anonymous: if you learn that the candidate who got the offer from San José (phil. tech.) has accepted it and feel comfortable letting me know, it would help me move on!

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  566. non-Leiterific grad student

    Received a very kind PFO from Brandeis. (No sarcasm intended.)

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  567. Michel

    Just an added point of information: Brandeis got 597 applicants.

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  568. ano

    Princeton Desai postdoc has been offered and accepted.

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  569. anon

    FYI:
    Georgetown Assistant Teaching Professor
    2 Positions
    298 applicants.
    In process of finalizing a short list to request more information from

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  570. Anon2

    Anon: are you an applicant who received some form of communication from Georgetown or is this insider information?

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  571. Anon

    Does anyone know if LSU made an offer?

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  572. anon

    I simply queried the search chair about the status of applications and got this response

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  573. KA

    Does anyone know how long the search process for these multi-year non-TT teaching positions is? I’m thinking Georgetown, Auburn and UMass Boston from this season.

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  574. JK

    Anyone have info. on the Temple job status?

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  575. Anon

    Georgetown has started contacting finalists for letters and a teaching portfolio.

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  576. KA

    Georgetown has also started sending PFOs.

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  577. Anon

    Did anyone hear about NIH, Smith College, and Tennessee State U positions?

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  578. Anon

    Tennessee State has moved to at least first-round interviews.

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  579. KA

    If you mean the NIH Bioethics Fellowship, they’ve already sent rejections.

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  580. anotheranon

    Smith has also conducted first round interviews (for the Mellon VAP position/s).

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  581. Anon

    Anon: Thanks a lot!

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  582. Anon1

    Has anyone heard something about the Mount Holyoke VAP?

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  583. Michel

    Stanford’s Mellon postdoc has been sending out rejections. 600 applicants, 4 postdocs.

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  584. anon

    any update on coastal carolina (early modern)? has an offer gone out?

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  585. Michel

    Bersoff rejections are out.

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  586. Casey

    An offer has gone out and been accepted for the Coastal Carolina position in early modern.

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  587. Anon

    Sam Houston State U VAP (aos non-Western) flyouts are being scheduled.

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  588. Anon

    Any update on Rice? (Open position) Does anyone know whether the offer for UC Riverside has been accepted?

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  589. Anon

    Broward College has moved to first-round interviews.

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  590. Throwaway Name

    Anyone heard anything from the Wake Forest Teaching Professor position?

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  591. Anon

    UC Riverside search is still active.

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  592. anonymous

    Anyone know what is happening with Cornell?

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  593. anon

    UC Riverside made an initial offer. I know that person has accepted another offer. So perhaps a new offer will be made soon.

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  594. Anon

    Anyone know if William Paterson has scheduled campus visits yet?

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  595. Anon

    Cornell made an offer a couple of weeks ago.

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  596. anonymous

    I applied for the Wake Forest teaching position but haven’t heard anything. Has anyone heard anything from Davidson for the VAP position?

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  597. Anon

    I know from a good source that UC Riverside will be interviewing more candidates next week.

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  598. DLewis

    the Clark PFO was my favorite PFO

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  599. Anon

    Wake Forest University postdoctoral fellowship in philosophy and bioethics Skype interviews are being scheduled.

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  600. Anon1

    Anyone have news on the University of Guelph late search in information ethics?

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  601. Anon

    Colgate University VAP first-round interviews are being scheduled.

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  602. Anon

    Fort Lewis College (VAP, Ethics) and Southern Utah University (TT, Open) started to schedule Skype interviews.

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  603. Ian

    Did anyone ever hear from the University of Central Oklahoma TT job?

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  604. Michel

    Amherst PFO came in a couple days ago.
    Ian: not me, and I haven’t heard a peep about it from the people I know who applied. I imagine it’s gone, or the line evaporated, though.

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  605. Anon

    Guelph has scheduled skype interviews

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  606. Phil job candidate

    Does anyone know if Wittenberg University (VAP) or Hamilton College (postdoc) has scheduled on-campus interviews? I know both have done first-round interviews.

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  607. A. Non. E. Mouse.

    PFO College of DuPage.
    Oakton Community College is scheduling on-campus interviews.

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  608. blah

    Has anyone heard from Wake Forest (3 year Assistant Teaching Professor), Davidson (multi-year VAP), or Bucknell (VAP)?

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  609. wondering

    Any word from Princeton?

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  610. wondering candidate

    does anyone know if University of the Pacific has made an offer to anyone yet?

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  611. Number three

    Also curious about the Assistant Teaching Prof position at Wake, if anyone has any info.

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  612. KA

    Denison (1yr VAP) has conducted Skype interviews.

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  613. Anon east coast grad

    Has anyone heard anything about the Instructor position(s) at Auburn?
    Or the Wake Forest Teaching Prof position?

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  614. Casey

    Tennessee State University has made an offer. Broward College is doing on-campus interviews.

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  615. anon

    Answering my own question (in case anyone else is wondering) Wittenberg University offered the position to someone, and that person accepted. Hamilton is waiting on official approval to invite candidates to campus but has started contacting finalists.

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  616. Anon

    Guelph is scheduling on-campus interviews

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  617. Anon who is dreaming of Spain

    Did anyone receive an offer from U Navarra (Spain)?

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  618. anon

    Has anyone already scheduled on-campus interviews with Guelph? I know they were supposed to be scheduled today.

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  619. KA

    Anyone heard from UMass Boston on their Lecturer position?

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  620. Anon1

    anon: yes, Guelph on-campus interview has been scheduled last week

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  621. Ian

    PFO from U Central Oklahoma

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  622. waitinginvain

    Any news on Stanford Online high school’s Philosophy position?

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  623. Throwaway Name

    Waitinginvain: I checked my application, and apparently is is “no longer under consideration” or something similar. You might check yours too.
    Has anyone heard anything about the Assistant Teaching Professor position at Wake Forest? Anyone reached out to the department?

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  624. Joe Bob

    Throwaway Name: This probably isn’t helpful but I haven’t heard anything about the wake forest position and haven’t reached out.

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  625. Recent Grad

    I also don’t have much helpful to add about wake forest, but I imagine they were inundated with applications and are taking a while to work their way through them. I expect it’s a similar story with U-Mass Boston and Auburn. It’s possible the search committees didn’t quite realize just how desirable these positions are in the current market.

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  626. annon

    UMass Boston has scheduled campus visits.

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  627. KA

    Has anybody heard from:
    Davidson College
    Bucknell University
    Middlebury College
    Washington University in St. Louis

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  628. anonymous

    KA: Middlebury started scheduling skype interviews a couple of weeks ago.

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  629. Casey

    The University of Tampa position has been filled.

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  630. KA

    Just throwing a few out there after having inquired about job search statuses:
    Conducting/has conducted interviews: Simon Fraser University, Auburn University
    Offer accepted: Davidson College

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  631. everythingisfine

    PFO from St. Anselm, Memphis, and Smith College

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  632. curious

    anybody know anything about that assistant director of undergraduate studies position that UChicago advertised?

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  633. KA

    I also reached out to Chicago: “We won’t know for a while about this. We’re still in the early stages of the search.”

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  634. RT

    @KA: Middlebury has made an offer
    @KA: Auburn has also made offers for its instructor positions

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  635. KA

    Bucknell VAP has conducted interviews.

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  636. California Uber Alles

    Anybody hear anything about CSU San Bernardino?

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  637. Boop

    Anybody heard anything from U Buffalo for their clinical ethics job?

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  638. Anon

    San Bernadino did Skype interviews the other week.

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  639. anony

    Towson Conducted First-Round Interviews

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  640. Anon

    PFO CSUDH, Hamilton and Southwestern made offers that were accepted. Has anyone heard from Miami University or Marquette University for VAPs?

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  641. Nona

    Miami University conducted Skype interviews a couple of weeks ago

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  642. PPT

    Has anyone heard from William & Mary?

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  643. philosophy grunt

    Has anyone who had a first-round interview with Miami University heard from the department since then?

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  644. Ernernermers

    PPT: William and Mary has made an offer.

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  645. curious

    Have anyone heard about the two positions at King’s College London? In continental and philosophy of science?

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  646. Greg Stoutenburg

    Hilarious PFO from Lynn University: “Dear #firstname#, Thank you for applying for the #job title# position at Lynn University…etc”

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  647. Recent Grad

    Haha! I read the pfo and deleted it without even noticing. Shows how much attention I give them. What a refreshingly honest pfo!

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  648. Reluctant

    Uninformative, form pfo from UC-Merced…

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  649. anon

    I contacted Wake Forest. They made the hire in May.

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  650. curious

    Hey all,
    This thing appears to have gone dormant for the 18-19 job cyclce, but did anyone hear anything from Wichita State University? They posted a job ad really late for a assistant/associate professor position with a may deadline. Thanks.

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  651. Anon

    Any news on Trent?

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  652. Anon

    I heard around mid-June that Wichita State had made a hire.

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  653. Reluctant

    Pfo from Eindhoven University of Technology…

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