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Alabama-Birmingham has scheduled Skype interviews
Posted by: Yanothernon | 12/03/2019 at 05:05 PM
Skype interview request from Chapman University.
Posted by: anon | 12/03/2019 at 05:17 PM
Any news on Texas Tech?
Posted by: An applicant | 12/03/2019 at 06:02 PM
Hey other ancient folks. Any word on any of the early ancient/history jobs? For example: UConn, Chicago, Pitt, UIC, and I guess it's probably too early for Hawaii.
Posted by: Candidate Number Five | 12/03/2019 at 07:06 PM
Not to sound passive aggressive or anything, but I don't understand how the questions help. If someone has some new and is here, they're probably here to post that news.
Posted by: 2ndstageofgrief | 12/04/2019 at 07:29 AM
As to the EEO requests, they tell you nothing useful. I just received one from Boston University...but I didn't apply to Boston. So, I went back through my records and see that I did apply to BU last year, so I HR is contacting applicants over a year after they applied...
Posted by: Rob | 12/04/2019 at 07:30 AM
U Chicago Stevanovich Institute postdoc interviews scheduled
Posted by: second time out | 12/04/2019 at 10:21 AM
Any news on George Mason University?
Posted by: Anon | 12/04/2019 at 05:01 PM
PFO from Duke (M/E/Mind Search)
Posted by: coastal_postdoc | 12/04/2019 at 06:04 PM
Georgia State has moved to Skype interviews
Posted by: someone | 12/04/2019 at 08:42 PM
Baruch College (CUNY) emailed me this evening to request additional letters...
Posted by: letters | 12/04/2019 at 10:18 PM
PFO from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (modern).
Posted by: anonamoose13 | 12/05/2019 at 09:05 AM
Lake Forest is scheduling APA interviews.
Posted by: Lake Forest APA | 12/05/2019 at 09:28 AM
Edinburgh has contacted some applicants to get their writing samples, so I assume this means they have made their long list.
Posted by: Edinburgh writing samples | 12/05/2019 at 09:29 AM
Coastal Carolina has moved to Skype interviews.
Posted by: anon | 12/05/2019 at 09:50 AM
@ someone 12/4/19 - which Georgia State job? I think their system advertised 3 jobs this year (Perimeter College, grad pedagogy lectureship and standard TT job).
Posted by: KA | 12/05/2019 at 09:54 AM
This psychology jobs wiki seems to indicate that Franklin and Marshall is already on flyouts:
http://psychjobsearch.wikidot.com/
Still haven't gotten a PFO
Posted by: second time out | 12/05/2019 at 10:45 AM
Sorry! The mind job. https://philjobs.org/job/show/13554
Posted by: anon above | 12/05/2019 at 11:19 AM
^to clarify which GSU job
Posted by: anon above | 12/05/2019 at 11:20 AM
Lake Forest APA: was the request by email or phone?
Posted by: Anonimus | 12/05/2019 at 02:09 PM
Bucknell scheduling interviews.
Posted by: someone | 12/05/2019 at 04:05 PM
U of York (UK) -- 3 jobs. PFO today, after being interviewed a few weeks ago.
Posted by: anoniny | 12/06/2019 at 12:00 PM
PFO from Durham (UK)
Posted by: anonuk | 12/06/2019 at 12:57 PM
PFO from Claremont Graduate University.
Posted by: Anon | 12/06/2019 at 02:45 PM
PFO from Santa Clara
Posted by: Anony | 12/06/2019 at 06:08 PM
Villanova is contacting about Skype interviews
Posted by: Joe | 12/06/2019 at 11:04 PM
George Mason has scheduled interviews.
Posted by: Anonymony | 12/07/2019 at 12:06 AM
Anonuk: which Durham job? Philosophy department or Classics?
Posted by: Europostdoc | 12/07/2019 at 12:20 AM
I know of first round interviews for both Loyola Chicago Soc/Pol and George Mason Moral Psych.
Posted by: Anon | 12/07/2019 at 01:00 AM
anonuk: Which Durham job is this for? The dept advertised a few if I recall? (Wondering if I should be excited about the silence)
Posted by: anontoo | 12/07/2019 at 01:03 AM
Skype at University of Washington
Posted by: anon | 12/07/2019 at 07:27 AM
Which washington? St louis or Seattle?
Posted by: Anon1 | 12/07/2019 at 09:20 AM
Also: if it is Seattle, it is the phil sc job, or the phil race job? Thanks
Posted by: Anon1 | 12/07/2019 at 09:25 AM
Which University of Washington position? Philosophy of science or philosophy of race/law?
Posted by: Unsure | 12/07/2019 at 09:32 AM
George Mason scheduled interviews for philsci? Campus or skype?
Posted by: Reluctant | 12/07/2019 at 10:09 AM
I think there were at least 3 jobs at Villanova this year. Joe, can you clarify which one you're referring to?
While I'm very thankful for those who share their updates, I'll second the suggestion of a previous commenter that it would be much more useful (and involve fewer headaches) if folks listed the specific job they've heard news about.
Posted by: VAP | 12/07/2019 at 01:27 PM
It's the continental/critical theory job at Villanova
Posted by: Joe | 12/07/2019 at 03:50 PM
UWashington (race/law) has requested interviews.
Posted by: anon | 12/07/2019 at 08:37 PM
@europostdoc & @anontoo: The Durham job was in Philosophy (https://www.dur.ac.uk/jobs/recruitment/vacancies/phil20-2/)
Posted by: anonuk | 12/09/2019 at 07:16 AM
Emory is scheduling interviews.
Posted by: SomeDude | 12/09/2019 at 12:02 PM
PFO from Villanova (NTT ethics job)
Posted by: VAP | 12/09/2019 at 01:09 PM
PFO from Trinity University (Ethics). They had over 230 applications.
Posted by: VAP | 12/09/2019 at 06:17 PM
UNL has requested interviews.
Posted by: Anonymony | 12/09/2019 at 07:56 PM
Ryerson (ancient phl) has moved to Skype interviews.
Posted by: anon | 12/09/2019 at 10:45 PM
The other post at Durham (open search 19-1) has moved to the stage of requesting letters.
Posted by: Anontoo | 12/10/2019 at 08:27 AM
Caltech (value theory) is scheduling Skype interviews
Posted by: anon3 | 12/10/2019 at 09:07 AM
SUNY Oswego? West Texas A&M?
Posted by: anon | 12/10/2019 at 09:47 AM
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo sent out interview requests for the TT Metaphysics job.
Posted by: Anon | 12/10/2019 at 10:08 AM
I've been told that West Texas A&M wont have decisions until January.
Posted by: Gradez4dayz | 12/10/2019 at 10:11 AM
On West Texas A&M: they ran this exact search last year and did not notify me of first-round interviews until January 22. I then had my Skype interview the first week of February. Total silence after that, until May 20, when I got an email that said that the search had failed, they had not hired anyone, and that they’d be running the search again this year (which is what they are doing now).
So I wouldn’t expect to hear from them for a long while.
Posted by: I would have enjoyed Canyon | 12/10/2019 at 10:50 AM
Any word on SFSU (philosophy of law)? I know interviews have already been scheduled for the applied ethics job, wondering about this one. Thanks.
Posted by: Sans Name | 12/10/2019 at 11:00 AM
Sans Name, the SFSU phil of law skype interviews have been scheduled too
Posted by: Anony | 12/10/2019 at 11:39 AM
Did anyone hear from Loyola Marymount (continental)?
Posted by: Anonymous | 12/10/2019 at 04:43 PM
Anybody know if Coe College has requested writing samples yet?
Posted by: curious | 12/10/2019 at 05:11 PM
If anyone has info on any of the following, I'd appreciate it:
Wash U in St. Louis (open), Pitt (modern), UBC (modern), Louvain (17th C), Weber State (ancient or modern), York University (non-canonical), Occidental College (non-canonical), Wayne State (open)...
Thanks and good luck everyone.
Posted by: yet another modern philosopher | 12/10/2019 at 06:22 PM
I know that Duke and WashU have sent out skype and campus invites respectively. (I am not a recipient of either.)
Posted by: DLB | 12/10/2019 at 07:05 PM
Occidental College (non-canonical) already scheduled interviews.
Posted by: SomeDude | 12/10/2019 at 08:19 PM
George Mason (phil sci) is scheduling firsr-round interviews
Posted by: Anon | 12/10/2019 at 09:37 PM
Any news from Baylor?
Posted by: Anon | 12/10/2019 at 10:12 PM
Pfo UC Cork
Posted by: Anon | 12/11/2019 at 07:51 AM
Anyone know if U of Scranton has proceeded to on-campus interviews or offers?
Posted by: AnotherOneOfUs | 12/11/2019 at 09:35 AM
Re: Baylor, assuming you mean the bioethics postdoc: I had a skype interview on the 21st of November but have not heard back
Posted by: A | 12/11/2019 at 04:20 PM
UC Irvine is scheduling flyouts.
Posted by: ANON | 12/11/2019 at 04:43 PM
ANON, which UC Irvine job?
Posted by: Mercado | 12/11/2019 at 05:22 PM
Hi - does anyone have any news about Fordham, Pitt, NYU or Indiana (all ethics)?
Thanks, and good luck to all.
Posted by: 1986 | 12/11/2019 at 06:20 PM
PFO from Baylor (not the Med school).138 applications.
Posted by: Pterodactyl Man | 12/11/2019 at 06:32 PM
Any word on Georgia Periameter?
Scranton has completed on-campuses. Baylor has completed first cuts.
Posted by: Random Man | 12/11/2019 at 06:44 PM
Loyola Marymount is moving on to on-campuses.
Posted by: Random Guy | 12/11/2019 at 06:48 PM
Texas Tech have just sent out interview requests.
Posted by: anon | 12/11/2019 at 08:42 PM
Any word on U of Alabama (metaphysics/biomed), Clemson, or Union College (NY)? Note: there was an earlier comment on Clemson's timeline but no follow-up about whether anyone heard from them.
Posted by: Ann On | 12/11/2019 at 09:00 PM
@Pterodactyl Man: Is this Baylor University? (https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177092916)
Posted by: anontoo | 12/11/2019 at 09:23 PM
I can’t find the ad now, but the Baylor University philosophy department (in Waco, TX) ran an Open search for an Assistant Professor of Philosophy. That’s the one I’m reporting on. I saw something about Baylor College of Medicine or something and wanted to be clear that the job I’m reporting on is not that. It’s stone-cold philosophy.
Posted by: Pterodactyl Man | 12/11/2019 at 09:49 PM
Thanks, Pterodactyl Man! Yes, that's the one for which this add is for. Thank you for clarifying.
Posted by: anontoo | 12/11/2019 at 10:13 PM
Is that the UC Riverside Phil Race/Feminist Philosophy job? Did they go straight to flyouts that fast?
Anyone have news about Pomona or the New School?
Posted by: anon | 12/11/2019 at 11:07 PM
@ Ann on: Alabama has contacted people for flyouts for that job.
Posted by: anonymous | 12/12/2019 at 01:14 AM
Does anyone have news about Utah (research ethics)?
Posted by: wondering | 12/12/2019 at 08:21 AM
1986: Fordham (Applied Ethics) has been conducting Skype interviews
Anon on 12/11: Pomona (Applied Ethics) is scheduling on campus interviews.
Thanks to everyone for their updates. Best of luck.
Posted by: On the Market | 12/12/2019 at 10:41 AM
anyone heard about any of the following?
Notre dame (ethics/political)
UNC (PPE)
UC Berkeley (Epistemology, Phil Science, Moral/Political, or Ancient)
Baruch College (Open)
USC (Social/Political/Legal)
NYU (ethics)
Cornell (Open)
WashU St Louis (Open)?
Princeton (Open)
Pittsburgh (practical)
UC Santa Barbara (ethics/social/political)
MIT (open)
UT Austin (Ethics)
Posted by: I hope not! | 12/12/2019 at 11:39 AM
@On the market: Are you referring to the Pomona job in European Philosophy (https://philjobs.org/job/show/13366)?
Posted by: Anonymous moose | 12/12/2019 at 12:02 PM
On the Market: Do you mean Cal Poly Pomona (Bioethics/Phil Law/Phil Science) or Pomona College (19th & 20th Century Continental)?
Posted by: Anon | 12/12/2019 at 12:07 PM
Has anyone heard from Villanova (ancient), Hawaii (ancient), Cal State San Bernardino (ancient), or Weber State (history)?
Thanks for all the info and updates, all.
Posted by: anon ancient | 12/12/2019 at 12:16 PM
Fordham philosophy of science has begun to schedule flyouts
Posted by: yanothernonymouse | 12/12/2019 at 12:29 PM
Add to anon ancient's list above: University of Illinois-Chicago (ancient), Pitt (ancient), UConn (ancient). Any news?
(also: lol, I somehow missed that Villanova job. Whoops!)
Posted by: another anon ancient | 12/12/2019 at 12:52 PM
Re clarifying questions from Anon and Anonymous moose: Cal Poly Pomona Applied Ethics is scheduling interviews.
Posted by: On the Market | 12/12/2019 at 01:06 PM
Any news on University of Washington (philosophy of science position)?
Posted by: Anon | 12/12/2019 at 01:08 PM
@another anon ancient, UConn (ancient) has apparently scheduled first-round interviews.
Posted by: anon ancient (#1) | 12/12/2019 at 01:08 PM
Thanks to Marcus for hosting this discussion, but I find the format less than ideal.
I've made a proper wiki for posting job information: https://academicjobs.wikia.org/wiki/Philosophy_2019-20
Since I think this will be more convenient for everyone, I suggest posting info there rather than, or at least in addition to, posting it here.
Posted by: Mike | 12/12/2019 at 01:35 PM
There already is a philosophy job wiki: http://phylo.info/jobs/wiki
USE IT Y’ALL!
Posted by: Anon | 12/12/2019 at 03:17 PM
It’s broken, anon.
Posted by: Anon2 | 12/12/2019 at 04:07 PM
Anon@3:17, it appears the Phylo Wiki has not been working (sufficiently well) for some time. I tried adding entries to it weeks ago. Unlike in past years, those entries haven't showing-up. I'm guessing from the paucity of entries that others have had a similar experience. Hence, the need for a new job wiki.
Posted by: Phylo Curious | 12/12/2019 at 04:09 PM
Mike: I posted a few updates on your wiki, but for some reasons the page doesn't show them
Posted by: Anon | 12/12/2019 at 04:15 PM
Is it common to be notified of first-round interviews by a phone call rather than email? I am very bad about answering my phone, but just received a Skype interview request that way.
Posted by: phone | 12/12/2019 at 04:58 PM
While this format is far from perfect, may I recommend we stick with it for the remainder of this job season? And perhaps someone can try to invent a better one for next season? This way all information remains consolidated in one place for the time being.
Posted by: Random Man | 12/12/2019 at 05:07 PM
Another ancient person here, appreciative of updates on the ancient jobs (here or on the new wiki, whatever.)
Hawaii's deadline for applications is December 31, so I don't think y'all will hear anything soon.
Posted by: ireaddeadpeople | 12/12/2019 at 05:14 PM
@ireaddeadpeople, be careful: the job ad for Hawaii is listed to expire on 12/31, but note that within the ad the review beginning date is listed as 12/1.
https://philjobs.org/job/show/14394
Posted by: anon ancient (#1) | 12/12/2019 at 05:56 PM
Indiana, Bloomington (ethics) is scheduling Skype interviews.
Posted by: Sans Name | 12/12/2019 at 06:12 PM