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Category: Long Job-Market Journeys
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This third post on philosophers who were on the job market for a long time has an anonymous contribution. For more background on the aims of this series, and how to tell your story, see here. I got my Ph.D in 2003, from a decent place, with a new wife who was working part-time at…
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In this second post on philosophers who were on the job market for a long time, Mark Silcox (professor of philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma) tells his job market story. For more background on the aims of this series, and how to tell your story, see here. I applied for my first permanent…
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At the Cocoon, we are introducing a new series: personal accounts of philosophers who have been on the job market for a long time. We don't have a firm timeline for what "long" means, but a rough timeline is 3 or more years post-PhD. The idea is to collect testimonials – by people who are either…