Category: Philosophy Job Market
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Where The Jobs Were In 2019-20 (guest post by Marcus Arvan)
In this guest post*, Marcus Arvan, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tampa, takes a look at the types of academic jobs…
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Search Committee Members: You Could Update The Jobs Wiki
A philosopher currently on the market writes in with a request to search committee members: update the jobs wiki.
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Application Fee for a Tenure-Track Job
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Milan is looking to fill a tenure-track position in applied ethics. To apply, send the university…
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What Should Search Committees Initially Ask For?
A reader draws my attention to the advertisement for an assistant professorship in philosophy at Duke University as an example of the problem of schools…
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New AOS: Public Philosophy & Prison Education
Marymount Manhattan College is looking to hire someone with expertise in both public philosophy and prison education, neither of which have been listed as areas of…
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What’s New at Academic Placement Data and Analysis?
Academic Placement Data and Analysis (APDA) is a project that aims to “collect, analyze, and distribute data on job placement for graduates of PhD…
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Campus Visit Horror Stories II
In 2015 I asked readers to share bad experiences they had while visiting campuses during their job searches. I would bet, alas, that the past…
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Trends in Philosophy Hiring by Area of Specialization
Aero Data Lab, “a collaboration of scientists, ethicists, and policy-makers interested in improving the quality of the clinical research enterprise,” has published an analysis of…
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What You Wish Someone Had Told You About the Academic Philosophy Job Market
What do you wish you had known about finding a job in academic philosophy, but didn’t, when you were a graduate student preparing to do so?
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Placement Patterns in the UK Philosophy Job Market
“Who gets to teach at good philosophy departments in the UK?” That’s the question taken up in the following guest post* by Philip Schönegger, a…
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Job Materials as PDFs Please
“Job candidates should submit their materials as PDFs. References should absolutely do the same with their letters. That is the end of my TED…
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A New Model for Conducting Job Searches in Philosophy?
“We typically get around 300 applicants. In our first pass through those applications, we read one and only one thing by every single candidate:…
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Marriott from Santa Cruz to Penn State
David S. Marriott, professor in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will be joining the faculty at Pennsylvania…
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Etiquette & Strategy for Switching Jobs and Outside Offers
A philosophy professor writes in with questions about when to let one’s current institution know one may be pursuing employment elsewhere, being recruited by…
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Meskin from Leeds to Georgia
Aaron Meskin, currently professor of philosophical aesthetics at the University of Leeds, has accepted an offer to become professor of philosophy and head of…
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Job Candidate Mentoring Program for Women
The Job Candidate Mentoring Program for Women in Philosophy is currently recruiting both mentors and mentees for the upcoming job market season.
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Diverse Teaching Experiences and the Philosophy Job Market
Graduate students in philosophy usually can teach in their own departments, but also sometimes have the opportunity to teach at other schools nearby, including…
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Philosophy Job-Market Mentoring Program
A mentoring program for those seeking jobs as academic philosophers is now accepting participants. The program is meant to complement the Job Candidate Mentoring…
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Which Conferences Should Philosophy Grad Students Attend?
A graduate student writes in with a question about conferences.
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Who Are Philosophers Less Willing To Hire?
George Yancey, a professor of sociology at the University of North Texas who works on anti-Christian attitudes in the United States, has researched bias…