Do you ever see something online about a new #CriticalTheory or #CulturalStudies book that looks so compelling it makes you want to apply for a #PhD program so you'd actually have the time and motivation to read dense, brilliant books again? But then you remember the #AcademicJobMarket is a dumpster fire? No? Okay, just me, then

#EconJobMarket: The International Inequalities Institute at the #LSE is looking for labour markets research officer. #AcademicJobMarket https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/3420/0/374496/15539/research-officer-in-labour-market-research

Realized it’s the time of year that job candidates in #sociology and #demography negotiate academic job offers, so my annual offer:

If you’re negotiating an assistant professor job offer and are trying to develop a sense of the market range, I’m happy to share my own offer letters and some context about how the negotiations went. Email my work address if you want any such info.

Secrecy about pay hurts workers, so let’s be open.

#AcademicJobMarket

#introduction Hi there. I’m a #phd student in English at U Miss, graduating in May and on the #academicjobmarket for the first time. I’m interested in mid-century #modernism #feminist responses to the rise of fascism, transatlantic/transnational war literature, and #genderstudies. My dissertation focuses on four #womenwriters from the 1940s: #MarthaGellhorn #ElizabethBowen #PearlBuck and #RebeccaWest. Also interested in: #knitting #crocheting #openwaterswim #SciFi #fantasy #specfic

It's the "applications!" time of the year, so let me link these insightful and oh-so-helpful (and witty) slides by Rocco Servedio on how to write a research statement academic positions and postdocs, from the 2021 Learning Theory Alliance mentoring workshop:
https://let-all.com/assets/slides/How-to-COLT-Rocco.pdf

Lots of good stuff, meaningful advice, and Herman Melville.
#academia #academicjobmarket #researchstatement #hermanmelville