I think we’ve made it to the end of the job market posts. I planned on typing this one up a little bit later in February, but from the looks of it most of the folks I keep tabs on have packed it in for the year. Kroger also informed me that last week I [...]
Archive for January, 2009
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part XII)
Posted in job market horror! on January 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Novelty Act
Posted in vagaries of verse on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you who know me well may need to sit down and brace yourselves for the news I am about to relate: I, William H. Wandless, am using my oven. I should probably add “for baking,” since one never knows what mischief I’ll get into if left unattended.
I know full well that most humans use their [...]
Sex and the Single Professor III: or, The Live Socket
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fun fact: this site is the number one resource for all web surfers afraid of krakens. According to my rough estimate, that’s approximately everyone.
Fun fact redux: if you type “single professor” into your Google search engine, I’m third in line. By including “single professor” in the prior sentence–and this sentence too, as it turns out–I [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part XI)
Posted in job market horror! on January 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yes, I’m a filthy liar. Don’t act so surprised. Since the topics have occurred three times in various venues, however, I decided I’d continue my series on the joys of the job market jaunt with two more posts–one on the negotiation process and one on the aftermath. So here we go.
Let me begin by noting [...]
Tiptoe Through the Keywords: A Few Odd Notes on the Academic Job Search
Posted in job market horror! on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve got a few minutes today, so I thought I’d jot down a few thoughts and responses to the concerns that seem to bring readers to my posts on the academic job search in English. My keyword bin overfloweth.
1. Tattoos? Truth be told, there’s no telling how interviewers might respond to them. I’ve seen quite [...]
Saturday Shenanigans
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today a departure: I’m required by law to post something substantive o’er on MySpace, but since I realize I’m likely to be snowed in for the next 36 hours or so, I thought I’d get my work on. Accordingly, today’s mischief will double as a sample for my English 201H students, who have been asked to complete an [...]
A Year Without a Reader
Posted in Munchausen alert!, vagaries of verse on January 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Quietly, while no one was looking, I’ve slipped back into poetry mode. Shutter your windows and lock up your ampersands; everything that I can reach belongs to me.
A bit of a polyglottal thought today, as I was originally going to make a post o’er at my genre blog; Myspace is suffering from one of it’s intermittent [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part X)
Posted in job market horror! on January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve got a little extra time today, so let’s see if I can wrap up this miniseries (give or take an epilogue and/or curtain call). Without further ado: some thoughts on the on-campus research presentation.
1. Wrap up the packages. I’ll refine this first point as we go, but the gist is this: by the time [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part IX)
Posted in job market horror! on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve got some sexy syllabi to hammer out, so I’ll jump in with what I hope will be my penultimate post on the English job market. Today’s topic: the teaching presentation.
First, let me break to you the very good news: there are many, many ways to succeed. I’ve sat in on a mess of teaching [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part VIII)
Posted in job market horror! on January 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Allow me to begin with a slap in the face, one that I hope is bracing rather than insulting.
I paid visits to a couple job search blogs and wikis over the weekend, and I came across a recurrent complaint: seekers distressed by the fact that some universities had already made (or planned to make unusually early) contract [...]
