A reader writes in:
I'm writing to ask if you could … post the following question: I'm looking for examples of philosophers who were promoted from Assistant to Associate within 5 years of receiving their PhD (not within 5 years of starting their job). In particular, I'm looking for examples of people who may have held postdocs or VAPs or other temporary roles before landing a TT, but still got promoted within 5 years of graduating. I imagine such cases might be rare, but I also suspect they exist.
Crowdsourcing examples of this on the Cocoon would be very helpful to me. Long story short, I am in the atypical situation where my admin is basically looking for an excuse to promote me as quickly as possible. But it needs to be justified to outside accreditors in Europe, so concrete examples would help establish precedent.
Indeed, it might be good to hear about cases of this, including the circumstances where it happens. Any readers have experience with this, either in their own case or with someone they know (e.g. in their department)?
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