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@Anon, so quickly? The posting was just like two weeks ago.
Posted by: warwick | 02/16/2021 at 01:48 PM
(nice/respectful) PFO from University of King's College (Limited Term position)
Posted by: any hope | 02/16/2021 at 02:31 PM
Yeah I got a rejection on Feb 9th from Warwick. Good luck to you!😊
Posted by: Anon | 02/16/2021 at 03:29 PM
Just confirming that I also got a quick-turnaround rejection from the Warwick job. *sigh*
Posted by: artur | 02/16/2021 at 05:44 PM
Has anyone heard anything more about the Desai post-doc since they contacted the long-list?
Posted by: anon | 02/16/2021 at 06:57 PM
Has anyone heard ... anything ... from JHU Hecht-Levi/Faden Bioethics Fellowship? Or Cleveland Clinic (second rounds)?
Posted by: WTAF | 02/16/2021 at 10:29 PM
re: Desai, I haven't heard anything new but guessing soon since Gideon said they'd make the decision by mid-February.
Posted by: anonpost | 02/17/2021 at 08:34 AM
@anon - I haven't heard about the Desai since being contacted for the long-list.
Posted by: long shot | 02/17/2021 at 08:34 AM
Has anyone heard anything about the postdocs at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy in Canada?
Posted by: open sesame | 02/17/2021 at 01:24 PM
Has anyone heard from Western Carolina since that initial "you've met the qualifications to be passed along for consideration" email?
Posted by: WCU hopeful | 02/17/2021 at 02:15 PM
Any news on the Penn MindCORE? Did those already go out?
Posted by: anon | 02/17/2021 at 04:29 PM
Re: UW-Evans (Applied Ethics and Justice). I emailed the contact person and was told that "at this time we have moved forward in the process. I anticipate formal notice will be given to applicants in the next week regarding selection/non-selection."
Posted by: UW-Evans | 02/17/2021 at 05:01 PM
@WTAF
Cleveland Clinic made an offer
I got a PFO from JHU Hecht-Levi/Faden Bioethics Fellowship when I asked what their timeline was.
Posted by: Disco2 | 02/17/2021 at 06:43 PM
@Disco2 Any chance you know if they took/are taking the Clev Clinic offer?
Posted by: WTAF | 02/17/2021 at 08:05 PM
St Mary's is scheduling interviews.
Posted by: SMU | 02/17/2021 at 08:31 PM
@UW-Evans thanks for passing this along! Much appreciated.
Posted by: WestCoastBestCoast | 02/17/2021 at 08:49 PM
Could I ask if the person(s) (who can remain anonymous) who received the offer from Pitt Center of Philosophy of Science post-doc plans to accept the offer? Or what other offers that person is waiting on?
I was notified that I was an "alternate", so any information about the relevant probabilities would be helpful.
Posted by: Pitt post doc offer | 02/18/2021 at 03:09 PM
Anyone heard from Cornell's Digital Life Initiative Postdoc, Upenn's Global Innovation Postdoc, or Wake Forest's Leadership Postdoc? Thanks.
Posted by: Hey Nony | 02/18/2021 at 04:07 PM
PFO from Niagara University, which was no surprise seeing as this is the first time I've heard from them since I applied!
Posted by: B | 02/18/2021 at 04:49 PM
@WCU hopeful
I also got that email and have not heard anything since.
The waiting game is killing me. I sent out 56 applications this year, and have only heard back from about 18 so far (mostly rejections, 2 emails that said "we are working on it and you didn't get cut yet, so sit tight.", and one shortlist).
Posted by: Freedom=nothing else to lose | 02/18/2021 at 05:35 PM
Any updates on any of the following? Thank you in advance:
Boston College (teach), Santa Clara U (lecturer), Mount St. Joseph U (TT, open)?
Posted by: hoagie | 02/18/2021 at 05:46 PM
Has Durham University scheduled interviews for the moral/social/political position?
Posted by: curious | 02/19/2021 at 07:56 AM
pfo from st olaf
Posted by: st olaf | 02/19/2021 at 10:20 AM
UNCW has made an offer which has been accepted
Posted by: Anon | 02/19/2021 at 10:43 AM
Any one hear from Belmont Abbey in NC? -Thanks
Posted by: Molly | 02/19/2021 at 11:37 AM
@molly I haven’t heard from Belmont Abbey either.
@curious I also haven’t heard from Durham.
Posted by: Another applicant | 02/19/2021 at 12:02 PM
Just a quick moderator's note on these job-market threads: I have noticed an increasing number of comment submissions recently that aim to disparage or spread rumors about particular individuals or institutions. I understand job-market frustrations very much. However, this blog, given its stated mission, is not the place for this kind of thing.
Commenters may of course discuss what they did or did not like about, say, a particular rejection notice for example. But I will not approve comments that just seek to vent disparaging comments about this or that institution or search committee being 'the worst' or 'awful', or whatever.
Again, I entirely understand the desire to engage in this sort of thing - but this blog isn't the place for it, and I won't approve these kinds of comments. Thanks!
Posted by: Marcus Arvan | 02/19/2021 at 02:46 PM
Marcus,
Fair enough.
But the communications in question, from the school in question, were exceptionally bad. That's why I attempted to post the comment. I have never given these things a second thought. Until now.
Posted by: Anon | 02/19/2021 at 03:43 PM
@WTAF Unfortunately, I don't know
Posted by: Disco2 | 02/19/2021 at 04:10 PM
University of Mary is scheduling in-person flyouts.
Posted by: tired tired | 02/19/2021 at 04:13 PM
Thanks Anon - I get it. I endured some shockingly poor treatment during my time on the market as well. So I totally understand the urge to vent and/or call out bad actors. This blog just isn't the place for it. I appreciate you understanding.
Posted by: Marcus Arvan | 02/19/2021 at 06:03 PM
Rhodes was an inside hire, right?
Posted by: Enough | 02/20/2021 at 04:05 AM
Enough, my read of the Rhodes job posting is that it's just announcing a Spring 2021 VAP position. (The posting doesn't include a rank, and the CV indicates only the VAP.)
Posted by: anon | 02/20/2021 at 09:00 AM
anon's response to Enough is correct. If you look closely at the recent appointment announcement from Rhodes it is categorized as 'junior/other' rather than 'junior/tenure-track'. So it's announcing the person's VAP.
There is no reason to suspect that Rhodes is doing any inside hiring.
Posted by: hire me outside | 02/20/2021 at 12:52 PM
Thank you for the correction, I hope you're right...
Posted by: Enough | 02/21/2021 at 06:46 AM
Any news about cambridge??
Posted by: Anonymous | 02/21/2021 at 05:13 PM
I am in a unique position to confirm that anon (2/20/2021 at 9:00am) and hire me outside are correct. Rest easy, Enough.
Posted by: Austin | 02/21/2021 at 06:01 PM
What does VAP mean?
Posted by: artur | 02/21/2021 at 10:39 PM
VAP = visiting assistant professor
Posted by: NH | 02/22/2021 at 09:51 AM
thanks, NH. And am I right that this means a fixed-term teaching position that pays much better than an adjunct?
Posted by: artur | 02/22/2021 at 10:59 AM
though to follow up on the rhodes thing, even though the recent hire thing on philjobs may have been for a spring 2021 VAP, what stops one from thinking that the person hired for that position won't be a favorite for Fall 2021 TT position given the description of the candidate they're looking for and VAP's AOS and AOC?
Just a thought.
Of course one shouldn't waste time worrying about such things and Marcus has often pointed out that its wrong to assume an internal candidate will get a job, but all the same, it's kind of a bad look to announce a recent VAP hire that just happens to have the exact same qualifications as the TT position you concurrently announced.
Posted by: anon | 02/22/2021 at 11:50 AM
has anyone heard any updates or an updated timeline re Princeton Desai?
anything from UNC post-doc?
is anyone planning on declining the Bersoff?
Posted by: waiting4ever | 02/22/2021 at 12:14 PM
Any news on the Arizona State bioethics lecturer position? Thanks.
Posted by: Vapping | 02/22/2021 at 01:32 PM
@waiting4ever: I haven't heard any updates about the Desai since the info about being on the long list, back in January. Also nothing about the UNC post-doc.
Posted by: anon | 02/22/2021 at 04:39 PM
Any news re: the Boston College job?
Posted by: bc | 02/22/2021 at 05:17 PM
Princeton Desai has made an offer.
Posted by: not the offeree | 02/23/2021 at 10:00 AM
Does anybody have any information about the two Harvard embedded ethics postdocs?
Posted by: Hopeful | 02/23/2021 at 11:46 AM
Any news on any of the following? Thank you in advance:
Rotman Institute (postdocs, PhilSci), Bilkent (TT, Turkey), and Boğaziçi (TT, Turkey)?
Posted by: what todo | 02/23/2021 at 01:19 PM
@what todo, Bilkent has moved into second-round interviews, not sure whether they've made an offer.
Posted by: bilkent | 02/23/2021 at 01:47 PM
Polite PFO from Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics (Harvard Ethics post doc) https://philjobs.org/job/show/15882
Posted by: tired tired | 02/23/2021 at 02:45 PM
PFO from Loyola (TT, bioethics) that ended with an encouragement to check out an HR link to other job listings and “qualifications” at Loyola, which seemed like a weird and impersonal touch. A good way to make it clear that the hiring committee itself didn’t bother to craft the rejection letters, I guess.
Posted by: Loyola | 02/23/2021 at 03:27 PM
PFOs from Princeton Desai and Harvard Safra.
Posted by: manny | 02/23/2021 at 03:31 PM
@bilkent, thanks for the update!
Posted by: what to do | 02/23/2021 at 05:31 PM
@hopeful - the first Harvard embedded ethics postdoc invited interviews (I reached out to them for an answer). I'm still waiting on any news regarding the second one myself.
Posted by: Anon | 02/23/2021 at 07:14 PM
Anyone hear from Durham or Manchester?
Posted by: Lee | 02/23/2021 at 07:22 PM
Muhlenberg VAP has sent out first-round interview invites.
Posted by: anon, anon | 02/24/2021 at 11:44 AM
western Carolina PFO
Posted by: anon | 02/24/2021 at 02:30 PM
@anon-When did you hear from Western Carolina?
Posted by: freedom... | 02/24/2021 at 03:24 PM
today; i got a response to an e-mail i had sent inquiring about the search:
"The committee chose ten semi-finalists, and I regret to inform you that you were not amongst them. Though it might sound cliché, the competition was extraordinarily tough. We had over 200 applicants, many of whom are very, very strong."
I suppose its possible they haven't notified the semi-finalists yet.
Posted by: anon | 02/24/2021 at 04:28 PM
Longlisted by Durham's Assistant Professor in Political Theory.
Posted by: recent phd | 02/25/2021 at 01:05 AM
Anyone hear anything about Oklahoma State?
Posted by: doin OK | 02/25/2021 at 01:28 AM
Has anyone heard from Georgia State Perimeter? They had two TTs and a Lecturer position.
Posted by: B | 02/25/2021 at 08:36 AM
Any update on the Islamic Philosophy position at Loyola?
Posted by: Loyola | 02/25/2021 at 09:22 AM
Polonsky Fellowship - invitation to the final-stage interview
Posted by: Polonsky | 02/25/2021 at 09:39 AM
PFOs from Carleton and both Roots of Responsibility postdocs
Posted by: Adrift | 02/25/2021 at 10:39 AM
PFO from Carleton
Posted by: circling the drain | 02/25/2021 at 11:03 AM
About Western Carolina -- has anyone gotten one of those "you're one of the 10 semi-finalists" emails from them yet?
Posted by: Anonaman | 02/25/2021 at 11:14 AM
PFO from Carleton.
@Anonaman- I have not gotten a "you're one of the 10 semi-finalists" email yet. I have also not gotten a pfo. My assumption is that they haven't sent out mass PFOs because the previous person who posted about this said they got their PFO after emailing WC. I decided to email them and ask about the status of my application. I will update when I know more.
Posted by: Freedom... | 02/25/2021 at 11:24 AM
@Anonaman, I haven't gotten a PFO from WC, nor have I gotten notice that I'm a semi-finalist. I did make it through the initial cut a couple weeks ago. But I have gotten *very few* interviews or PFOs this year so I think people just don't like to email me.
Posted by: doin OK | 02/25/2021 at 11:43 AM
@doin OK
I heard from Oklahoma State the following on 2/16: "Dr. Gelfand asked me to update you and let you know that the department will be meeting in early March to do a final review of applications and select finalists for first round of interviews."
Posted by: anon OK | 02/25/2021 at 11:46 AM
@adrift @circlingthedrain was the Carleton PFO a form letter type of email?
Posted by: also applied | 02/25/2021 at 12:20 PM
@ doin OK Oklahoma State sent out an email saying they'll meet in early March to select candidates for first round interviews.
Posted by: AnotherAnon | 02/25/2021 at 12:33 PM
@also applied, it was a pretty formulaic pfo sent by the dept. administrator. Loads of applicants, hard decisions, sorry we couldn't give better news, etc.
Posted by: circling the drain | 02/25/2021 at 01:38 PM
Thanks to both of you! I wonder why I don't ever get these emails that all other applicants get...
Posted by: doin OK | 02/25/2021 at 01:44 PM
@doin OK - you might want to check your spam / junk folder. Form letters and such can sometimes wind up in there.
Posted by: Hey Nony | 02/25/2021 at 02:20 PM
I still haven't heard either way about the JHU Hecht-Levi postdoc. Does anyone know if they've made decisions yet?
(A previous commenter mentioned they had received a PFO after emailing the JHU folks, so I emailed JHU as well about a week or 10 days ago, but have so far heard nothing.)
Posted by: anon | 02/25/2021 at 03:16 PM
Interview for McCoy Center for Ethics at Stanford.
Posted by: Manny | 02/25/2021 at 07:00 PM
Anyone heard from St. Andrews?
Posted by: jj | 02/25/2021 at 07:38 PM
How about Rhodes Memphis?
Posted by: Anxiously Awaiting | 02/26/2021 at 09:50 AM
PFO from Groningen.
Posted by: SD | 02/26/2021 at 10:50 AM
Someone a few weeks ago had news on U of Alberta (phil sc and tech) saying that they were going to meet in late February. Anyone got other news?
Posted by: Alberta? | 02/26/2021 at 10:56 AM
Has anyone heard from Mount St. Joseph? I’m assuming it’s normal to take a bit, their dept seems small...
Posted by: Ohio | 02/26/2021 at 11:05 AM
@bc first round interview request from Boston College came through Wednesday of this week
Posted by: Boston hopeful | 02/26/2021 at 11:12 AM
@ Alberta? I haven't heard anything from them either. They let everyone wait forever. I don't think I would be long- or short-listed for the job. But still, this is very disrespectful.
Posted by: open sesame | 02/26/2021 at 11:50 AM
Offer made for UMass Lowell postdoc in war/AI. Search closed for Georgia Southern. Interview requests sent for Western Carolina.
Posted by: paranoid_but_informed | 02/26/2021 at 04:19 PM
Has anyone heard anything from Penn MindCORE?
What about the second Harvard embedded ethics postdoc?
Posted by: anon | 02/26/2021 at 05:57 PM
@paranoid_but_informed did WCU send an email about interviews, or just make the withdrawals from Interfolio? Thanks!
Posted by: Paranoid also | 02/26/2021 at 06:15 PM
@Paranoid also: WCU sent an email. Sounds like they had 200 apps, but no word on how many semi-finalists they've selected or if they've contacted them. If your letters were solicited via Interfolio, it's a good sign.
Posted by: paranoid_but_informed | 02/26/2021 at 07:02 PM
PFO UW Evans School (Ethics & Justice). Search process "concluded."
Posted by: anon | 02/26/2021 at 08:06 PM
@Alberta & @open sesame my guess is that Alberta had to wait for the line to be funded (or not), and the provincial government just released the university budget today. 11% cut from 2 years ago. So my guess is that nothing disrespectful is happening and whether or not the search moves forward will be out of the department's hands.
Posted by: postdoc #3 | 02/26/2021 at 10:24 PM
PFO from UNC Faculty Diversity Postdoc.
Posted by: postdoc1000 | 02/27/2021 at 12:36 AM
Sesame and postdoc3: thanks!
Posted by: Alberta? | 02/27/2021 at 07:12 AM
@Ohio, I'm not sure what the deal with Mount St. Joseph University and their job is. They ran basically the same job ad last year, no one reported hearing back from them here (unless I missed something), and they didn't respond to my email(s) requesting an update.
I applied again this year and, again, haven't heard anything from anyone.
Posted by: Cincinnati Dreamin' | 02/27/2021 at 12:27 PM
Has anyone received any positive information from the UNC faculty diversity postdoc? I haven't heard anything from them, including the PFO
Posted by: UNC | 02/28/2021 at 12:46 PM
Santa Clara renewable term lecture position — just got a rejection email.
Posted by: Anonaman | 02/28/2021 at 03:19 PM
PFO from Santa Clara (https://philjobs.org/job/show/16418).
Posted by: santa clara | 02/28/2021 at 03:22 PM
Interview request from UW-Superior (lecturer position). Also, has anyone heard from Southeastern Oklahoma State?
Posted by: Anxiety is the Dizziness of the Job Market | 03/01/2021 at 03:51 PM
Has anyone been contacted about interviews for the Brown Political Theory Project?
Posted by: brown PTP | 03/01/2021 at 04:51 PM
Wondering if anyone with a first round at st. Bonaventure has heard back about a second
Posted by: anon SBU | 03/01/2021 at 04:53 PM
PFO from JHU Hecht-Levi post-doc
Posted by: anon | 03/01/2021 at 05:06 PM