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Category: Job Market
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Does does anyone (particularly those who often read job market writing samples or regularly serve as a reviewer) have any advice as to when on when one can or should use "Cf." according to our disciplinary norms? I am aware that there…
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: If one is an adjunct at one university, but at a different institution holds a research position (not TT), where does the adjunct work belong on a CV? Under 'Professional Experience' (i.e., as a professional affiliation) or under 'Teaching Experience'? I guess…
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: One of the more frustrating aspects of academia is how often senior faculty, including those tasked with supporting job candidates, assume that people on the market are young, naive, and not quite fully adult. Why is this the default assumption? I'm a…
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: Could members of search committees for non-tt positions weigh-in on their reactions when they see an application from someone in a tt position come across their desktop? How much rationale do you care to see in the cover letter as to why…