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Posted by: Marcus Arvan | 03/22/2021 at 12:30 PM
Ok folks, if you have news on the second round of interviews for Florida AI Ethics, please share!
Posted by: Florida | 03/23/2021 at 11:20 AM
@Florida, I had a first-round interview, and have not heard about a second-round. I was told second-rounds would be notified sometime in the beginning of April?
Posted by: alsoFlorida | 03/23/2021 at 11:27 AM
Thanks alsoFlorida: I had the first one as well, and was told that selected candidates will hear this week about a second round. Or maybe I misunderstood!
Posted by: Florida | 03/23/2021 at 12:04 PM
@Florida: Really! Strange. I was told the second round interview would take place the second week of April, and people would be notified the week before that. I interviewed a week ago, maybe things changed since then?
Posted by: alsoFlorida | 03/23/2021 at 12:41 PM
Anyone heard back regarding a second round interview with St. Scholastica? Or have any info on when people would be notified?
Posted by: thenorth | 03/23/2021 at 05:19 PM
PFO from the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Stanford University.
Posted by: what's left | 03/23/2021 at 05:38 PM
Rhodes scheduled first-round interviews.
Posted by: Rhodes? Rhodes. | 03/23/2021 at 07:49 PM
St. Scholastica is scheduling campus visit (second round) interviews.
Posted by: Duluth | 03/24/2021 at 02:12 PM
St. Scholastica is scheduling second round interviews.
Posted by: Rene Rousseau | 03/24/2021 at 02:18 PM
Any word about any of the following? Thanks in advance: Central State (open, TT), Southeastern Oklahoma State (open, TT), or University of Richmond (VAP, ancient?)
And I'm assuming that no one has word on Mount St. Joseph's (open, TT), right? This is two years in a row of them posting an ad and then not responding to emails requesting updates.
Posted by: so many applications, so few interviews | 03/24/2021 at 03:06 PM
as someone who interviewed with Mount Saint Joseph last year, I can tell you that their communication is very poor. After the interview, I had to reach out to them to find I hadn't made it to the next round.
I can only assume this year's search is the same as last year but I don't know that for sure
I have reached out to them this year only because I know who chairs the search and they have told me only that the search is still active.
Posted by: anon | 03/24/2021 at 06:06 PM
has anyone heard anything from muskingum?
Posted by: anon | 03/26/2021 at 09:36 AM
PFO from Berkeley
Posted by: not surprised tho | 03/26/2021 at 11:40 AM
Very interested to know if anyone ended up hearing from Florida this week!
Posted by: checking in | 03/26/2021 at 05:17 PM
@checking in: I know of at least one virtual campus visit for the Florida AI ethics TT position that has been scheduled
Posted by: anon | 03/26/2021 at 05:25 PM
@anon ah shoot, okay. Thanks for the info!
Posted by: checking in | 03/26/2021 at 05:42 PM
Durham Assistant Professor in Moral, Social and Political Philosophy (PHIL21-54), Reference number: 20000936
PFO (was longlisted)
Any news on Durham Political Theory?
Posted by: recent PhD | 03/26/2021 at 07:17 PM
Shortlisted at Durham for the moral, social, and political philosophy position. @recent PhD, I got a PFO from Durham political theory weeks ago, so you’re likely still in the running there if you haven’t heard anything.
Posted by: polphil | 03/27/2021 at 10:40 AM
Both MIT and Notre Dame tech ethics decided to hire no one. I guess there just aren’t any good philosophers looking for jobs.
Posted by: Tech Ethicist | 03/27/2021 at 12:00 PM
Tech Ethicist: did you hear back from MIT and ND saying that they hired no one?
Posted by: Question | 03/27/2021 at 01:13 PM
@question: No, but I have testimony from multiple, independent reliable sources. I feel justified in reporting it, given their reliability.
Posted by: Tech ethicist | 03/27/2021 at 01:34 PM
Thank you tech ethicist
Posted by: Question | 03/27/2021 at 01:53 PM
@ Tech Ethicist In ND's case, it could be because the director of the Tech Ethics Center is leaving and maybe they didn't want to hire someone for that position when they need a new director.
Posted by: disappointed ND hasn't announced this tho | 03/27/2021 at 04:58 PM
MIT did not make any offers. Notre Dame made at least one offer but the candidate accepted another job.
Posted by: clarification | 03/27/2021 at 08:53 PM
Arizona, Department of Political Economy and Moral Science (PPE, career track) has scheduled first-round interviews
Posted by: J. Belfort | 03/27/2021 at 11:59 PM
Any news on University of Calgary?
Posted by: circling the drain | 03/28/2021 at 07:00 PM
Insider knowledge: A Hecht-Levi Fellowship was accepted but later retracted, so there might be another opening soon.
Posted by: paranoid_but_informed | 03/28/2021 at 11:08 PM
Oslo is scheduling zoom interviews for the Philosophy of Logic postdoc:
https://philjobs.org/job/show/16802
Posted by: anon1 | 03/29/2021 at 06:47 AM
Has anyone heard anything regarding any of the other recent philosophy of logic post-docs (uconn, concordia, etc.)?
Posted by: LogicallyAnonymous | 03/29/2021 at 02:14 PM
Still interested to hear about Western Kentucky (TT, epistemology, metaphysics, mind, science, language) and Maryland (lecturer, PPE)
Posted by: The Muffin Man | 03/29/2021 at 05:04 PM
Does anyone know if University of Toronto Scarborough has made an offer, and if so, whether the offeree is likely to accept?
Posted by: anon | 03/29/2021 at 06:40 PM
Does anyone know if Durham Environmental Phil has made an offer?
Posted by: can't focus | 03/30/2021 at 04:53 AM
Does anyone know whether NYU bioethics (faculty fellow) has made an offer which was accepted?
Posted by: a | 03/30/2021 at 10:16 AM
Still trying to track down some info on the NIH bioethics post-doc. There was a PFO reported on here awhile ago, though several others reported not having heard one way or the other. Has anyone else received either a PFO or interview request?
Posted by: NIH info? | 04/01/2021 at 04:50 PM
I'm echoing these questions - Muskingum, Central State, and Calgary.
Posted by: feelingdefeated | 04/01/2021 at 06:31 PM
PFO Institute for Practical Ethics (UCSD)
Posted by: are we there yet | 04/01/2021 at 09:28 PM
@paranoid_but_informed was this for the general Hecht-Levi bioethics postdoc or for the mental disorder one?
Posted by: Wondering | 04/04/2021 at 06:12 PM
@Wondering: It’s the general Hecht-Levi bioethics postdoc.
Posted by: paranoid_but_informed | 04/04/2021 at 09:45 PM
PFO from the University of Connecticut's Humanities Institute
Posted by: Anon | 04/06/2021 at 12:26 AM
PFO McCain Postdoctoral position at Mount Allison University
Posted by: Anon | 04/06/2021 at 09:31 AM
PFO Dartmouth postdoc - Political Economy Project
Posted by: anon | 04/06/2021 at 10:52 AM
PFO; muskingum
Posted by: anon | 04/06/2021 at 11:20 AM
Albion and NOVA Southeastern are scheduling first round interviews.
Posted by: Rene Rousseau | 04/06/2021 at 12:29 PM
PFO occidental college
Posted by: No jobs for me | 04/06/2021 at 12:39 PM
Has Muskingum scheduled interviewers?
Posted by: anon | 04/06/2021 at 12:44 PM
If anyone hears from Denison in Ohio, please report back!
Posted by: anon | 04/06/2021 at 09:28 PM
Any word about Bilkent?
Posted by: Anon | 04/07/2021 at 05:51 AM
Bilkent made an offer
Posted by: Bilkent | 04/07/2021 at 10:55 AM
Anyone got any word on Calgary?
Posted by: Anon | 04/07/2021 at 12:33 PM
any updates on the Florida tech ethics job?
Posted by: Anony | 04/07/2021 at 01:29 PM
Anyone ever hear anything about positions at Depauw, Wake Forest, or Rotman?
Posted by: Anon not the Q sort | 04/07/2021 at 02:34 PM
Anony: at least one virtual campus interview has been scheduled the week after the first round of interviews - someone posted the update on this website. I don't know if other interviews have been scheduled (but I'm inclined to think so)
Posted by: No more Florida for me | 04/07/2021 at 04:06 PM
Texas A&M International U (VAP, open) is scheduling finalist interviews
Posted by: deep in the heart | 04/07/2021 at 05:20 PM
PFO from Howard
Posted by: Anon | 04/07/2021 at 11:21 PM
Florida Gulf Coast University hired one of their own alumni for their TT position from earlier this fall/spring
Posted by: anon | 04/08/2021 at 11:23 AM
PFO from Rhodes; PFO from Villanova, VAP
Posted by: anon | 04/09/2021 at 11:29 AM
PFO from Rhodes. Any word from Western Kentucky University TT?
Posted by: Sisyphus | 04/09/2021 at 04:03 PM
Out of curiosity I logged in to the mount st. joseph employment portal and it showed my application as inactive and it notes there that the position has been filled...
Posted by: no longer looking at how affordable it is to live in ohio | 04/09/2021 at 06:00 PM
Did anyone hear about the position at NYU, Abu Dhabi?
Posted by: KTF | 04/10/2021 at 10:11 AM
PFO Eindhoven
Posted by: anon | 04/11/2021 at 12:11 PM
Phone interview request for SUNY Buffalo sent out on Friday (clinical assistant professor--NTT)
CU BOULDER: request for teaching video sent out today (three year instructor--NTT)
Posted by: rural juror | 04/12/2021 at 10:28 AM
Has anyone who had a first round interview at UT Dallas heard anything?
Posted by: please | 04/12/2021 at 11:31 AM
PFO Yale---logic, language, science. Ad: https://philjobs.org/job/show/16770
Posted by: anon1 | 04/12/2021 at 01:15 PM
Rhodes has moved to 'on-campus' interviews.
Posted by: rhodes | 04/12/2021 at 01:53 PM
Please: UT Dallas contacted finalists two weeks ago. Good luck.
Posted by: Anon | 04/12/2021 at 05:13 PM
Thanks for everyone's help here. I accepted a position as a HS teacher and consider myself out of the hunt for college philosophy jobs. Happy with the decision. Best wishes to all of you!
Posted by: Anxiety is the Dizziness of the Job Market | 04/13/2021 at 12:01 AM
PFO Wake Forest leadership postdoc
Posted by: Anon | 04/13/2021 at 02:09 PM
PFO from Wake Forest Leadership Postdoc followed by news of a new ad on Philjobs. Does that mean they didn't like the pool they got the first round? I don't think I've seen anything like this before.
Posted by: aanon | 04/13/2021 at 06:59 PM
Longlisted at Calgary (TT/Ethics)
Posted by: Calgary | 04/13/2021 at 10:40 PM
Any news on Manchester (open)?
Posted by: anon | 04/14/2021 at 04:02 AM
@aanon - the new Wake Forest postdoc listing is slightly different than the old one. It's a two year position instead of one, and it's a "character education" position rather than a "teacher-scholar" position.
Posted by: Hey Nony | 04/14/2021 at 10:45 AM
@PLease, I just got a PFO from UT Dallas. Had a first round there.
Posted by: anon | 04/14/2021 at 11:56 AM
WCU has made an offer, and it has been verbally accepted (wasn’t me, I was just the other campus visit).
PFO Riverside CC
Posted by: Akraticeleatic | 04/14/2021 at 12:41 PM
PFO Oklahoma State
Posted by: wake me when this is over | 04/14/2021 at 01:04 PM
PFO from Calgary
Posted by: circling the drain | 04/14/2021 at 06:31 PM
Any news on U Richmond (VAP, ancient?)
Posted by: anon ancient | 04/14/2021 at 08:37 PM
I've received neither a PFO nor any indication I'm on the longlist at Calgary. Anyone else still in the dark? It's strange that some places do it this way!
Posted by: anon | 04/15/2021 at 09:46 AM
Anyone hear anything from North Hennepin CC? (Posted on HigherEd Jobs but not PhilJobs). Deadline was Monday, April 5.
Posted by: Late Season Hopeful (Irrational?) | 04/15/2021 at 10:43 AM
@anon regarding Calgary - same boat.
Posted by: Hey Nony | 04/15/2021 at 11:24 AM
@Hey Nony and @anon I have also heard nothing from Calgary.
Posted by: sameboat | 04/15/2021 at 01:10 PM
Re: Calgarian PFOS - I've had this delayed PFO thing happen to me a few times, and the only thing I can think of is that there is one hapless admin sending out individual PFO emails instead of one mass "Dear applicant" email. I always seem to get these emails last, and I'm guessing it's because my last name comes at the end of the alphabet.
I personally take some solace in the thought that my PFO is part of a long, tedious task!
Posted by: postduck | 04/15/2021 at 02:43 PM
Anyone who had a first round at Florida for their AI get a PFO yet? I know there are rumors that interviews have been scheduled, but I haven't gotten anything.
Posted by: AI Anon | 04/15/2021 at 04:56 PM
My own Calgary pfo fresh in.
Posted by: Lottery player n | 04/15/2021 at 06:20 PM
@AIAnon: I had a first round and haven’t heard anything yet. I assumed someone had been hired but yeah I haven’t heard one way or another!
Posted by: NoPFO | 04/15/2021 at 07:06 PM
Interviews for Western Kentucky TT have been scheduled.
Posted by: A Name | 04/15/2021 at 07:35 PM
Denison is scheduling interviews.
Posted by: anon | 04/15/2021 at 09:35 PM
Has anyone heard from Central State or University of Indianapolis?
Posted by: is it over yet | 04/16/2021 at 09:37 AM
PFO Calgary, PFO Oklahoma State
Posted by: still hoping | 04/16/2021 at 11:39 AM
PFO Southeastern Oklahoma State (open)
Posted by: oh well | 04/16/2021 at 12:00 PM
PFO Calgary
Posted by: Mayor of PFO City | 04/16/2021 at 03:37 PM
Did anyone else apply for the Besl Chair in Ethics/Religion and Society at Xavier?
Posted by: literature interloper | 04/16/2021 at 06:24 PM
Literature interloper: yes. Final interviews are scheduled for next week.
Posted by: Rural juror | 04/16/2021 at 07:45 PM
@literature interloper - I did, haven't heard anything yet.
Posted by: Hey Nony | 04/16/2021 at 08:09 PM
Pfo Merton college
Posted by: Lottery player n | 04/18/2021 at 10:48 AM
PFO St. Scholastica
Posted by: dum dum da dum | 04/18/2021 at 05:19 PM
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (Epistemology/Phil.Sci.)scheduled the first-round interviews this week.
Posted by: drummer | 04/19/2021 at 11:01 AM
Maryland (PPE, https://philjobs.org/job/show/16878) is scheduling interviews
Posted by: Anonvap | 04/21/2021 at 09:29 AM
Has anyone who was longlisted at Calgary heard from them yet?
Posted by: anon | 04/21/2021 at 04:24 PM
Has anyone heard from Molloy or University of Indianapolis?
Posted by: wondering | 04/21/2021 at 07:57 PM