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Category: Job Market
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I'm a graduate student at an adequate department (think top 40) with a strong placement record. [Perhaps those details don't matter but in case they do I've included them.] While I enjoy research and would be happy to make it my career, I…
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By Maja Sidzińska How well do mothers fare in graduate admissions in academic philosophy relative to fathers and those who aren’t parents? How well do they fare on the academic job market in philosophy? How well do they fare in achieving tenure and promotion in philosophy departments? And how well do they fare in publishing?…
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In our new "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I am wondering how the new president will affect the upcoming job market (especially in America)? More revealingly: is this recent political turn a significant hit to my chances of success given that I am a non-American grad student working on Black/Africana philosophy,…
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: want to gather wisdom from cocoon on how to handle lack of appreciation. Some explanation:1. past peers in a field that you left behind and who you perceived as less quality have risen to stardom and received extreme praise from your own…