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Hi Anxiety, Would you be willing to share where the UW Superior job was advertised? I don't remember seeing it (but perhaps I did and just forgot). Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Annie | 03/01/2021 at 05:13 PM
@anon Re: PFO Hecht-Levi: When did you get that? I have still heard nothing. Maybe they lost my app.!? Has anyone gotten a Hecht-Levi interview?
Also: Cleveland Clinic is still deliberating.
Posted by: Anon | 03/01/2021 at 11:07 PM
Any news from NIH?
Posted by: bioethics forever | 03/02/2021 at 08:42 AM
@Anon: I got the PFO from JHU Hecht-Levi yesterday. It was a form rejection from Interfolio. All it said was, "Thank you for your interest in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics Hecht-Levi Fellowship Program. We have received an overwhelming number of highly qualified applicants this year, resulting in a difficult selection process. Unfortunately, we are unable to extend an offer for a position to you at this time for the 2021-2022 academic year of the Hecht-Levi Fellowship."
So, no indication here they've already made a final offer. They could still be deliberating, and I was just in the first batch of rejections.
Posted by: anon | 03/02/2021 at 09:28 AM
PFO from Penn State Berks...haven't heard from St. Bonaventure about second round interview
Posted by: Rene Rousseau | 03/02/2021 at 11:50 AM
I too have not yet heard anything regarding the Hecht-Levi, so I doubt that they lost your (our) applications.
Posted by: artur | 03/02/2021 at 12:00 PM
Has anyone heard back from the University of Calgary ethics position?
Posted by: not throwing away my shot | 03/02/2021 at 03:19 PM
I haven't heard anything from Calgary yet, but on Philjobs the deadline was pushed back untilearly March, I don't remember the exact date.
Posted by: circling the drain | 03/02/2021 at 04:42 PM
Thought I’d put it out there that my PFO from the UNC Chapel Hill post doc was actually filtered into spam by Gmail! So worth checking your spam if you’re waiting on them
Posted by: UNC | 03/02/2021 at 05:11 PM
PFO from Lawrence University of Wisconsin (https://philjobs.org/job/show/15702).
Posted by: blast from the past | 03/02/2021 at 05:26 PM
MindCore rejected me :(
Posted by: xmas | 03/02/2021 at 07:14 PM
@Annie, the UW Superior post was advertised here: https://philjobs.org/job/show/16554
As maybe you know, PhilJobs lets users search for expired ads using the 'more search options tab' in the search bar on the left side of the screen when you're using the browse jobs ad.
Posted by: superior search functionality | 03/02/2021 at 10:37 PM
PFO from NYU Shanghai
Posted by: anon | 03/03/2021 at 11:05 AM
Calgary wrote me this week to let me know they had added a document I sent separately (by email) to my file, so I'd guess they're still reviewing applications.
Posted by: re: Calgary | 03/03/2021 at 11:38 AM
PFO from Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity. (Fairly nice email, was sorted into spam so may want to check there if you're waiting on that!)
Posted by: UNC PostDoc | 03/03/2021 at 11:39 AM
@superior
I didn't. Thanks for that, I'm grateful.
Posted by: Annie | 03/03/2021 at 02:51 PM
Has anyone who interviewed first-round for the Northeastern AI Ethics teaching job heard back about a second round?
Posted by: wannateach | 03/03/2021 at 05:36 PM
@anon SBU, St. Bonaventure reached out for the second round of interviews on Feb 15th. Sorry.
Posted by: Postdoc | 03/03/2021 at 11:03 PM
PFO from Durham (Assistant Professor in Moral, Social and Political Philosophy)
Posted by: Durham | 03/04/2021 at 07:04 AM
Longlisted at Durham (Assistant Professor in Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy)
Posted by: polphil | 03/04/2021 at 09:25 AM
PFO from UNC-Chapel Hill (Asst Prof Position)
Posted by: UNC CH | 03/04/2021 at 01:05 PM
Has anyone heard anything from the MIT postdoc? (NC Ethics of Technology Fellowship)
Posted by: Anon | 03/04/2021 at 02:47 PM
@Anon - I wrote MIT in early February and they still had not sent out interviews. They were hoping to make progress by the end of Feb. Not sure if they did or not, but I have not heard anything either.
Posted by: Hey Nony | 03/04/2021 at 09:29 PM
Uninformative, form pfo from Durham philsci.
Posted by: Enough | 03/05/2021 at 01:44 PM
Has anyone heard anything about Rotman Institute (Western Ontario) postdocs or timeline? e.g. has anyone gotten a request for letters? [https://philjobs.org/job/show/16142] Thanks!
Posted by: Pottery Lottery | 03/05/2021 at 05:13 PM
I was long listed today for the Harvard Embedded EthiCS postdoc. It's unclear whether it was for the application due 12/31, or the application due 2/16.
Posted by: anon | 03/05/2021 at 06:23 PM
Berman Institute’s (at Johns Hopkins) Hecht-Levi Fellowships accepted by two candidates. PFOs forthcoming.
Posted by: paranoid_but_informed | 03/05/2021 at 09:48 PM
"assistant professorship in applied ethics, with a focus on technology, at the University of Twente" has scheduled interviews for longlisted candidates.
Posted by: recent phd | 03/06/2021 at 12:30 AM
Has anyone heard from Oklahoma State? I think they said they'd be meeting the first week of March.
Posted by: Anon | 03/06/2021 at 01:35 PM
Has anyone has heard from Bayreuth or Groningen?
Posted by: Anon | 03/07/2021 at 11:02 PM
@Anon at 11:02 PM: got a PFO from Groningen in the last few days of February. They said that they had selected some finalists at that point.
Posted by: SD | 03/08/2021 at 10:02 AM
@Pottery Lottery: I haven't heard of anything either from the institute. The same goes for my two other peers.
Posted by: miracle | 03/08/2021 at 11:12 AM
Oklahoma State is scheduling first round interviews.
Posted by: bioethics forever | 03/08/2021 at 03:35 PM
PFO from Belmont Abbey College.
Posted by: paranoid_but_informed | 03/08/2021 at 07:02 PM
WCU is doing first round interviews.
Posted by: akraticeleatic | 03/09/2021 at 02:10 PM
@akraticeleatic
Can I ask when you heard about WCU?
Posted by: Freedom.. | 03/09/2021 at 03:07 PM
@Freedom: My first-round interview with WCU was last week. My understanding is they completed all interviews as of last Friday, March 5th.
Posted by: paranoid_but_informed | 03/09/2021 at 03:51 PM
Has anyone heard about round 2 interviews for the tech ethics teaching position at Northeastern?
Posted by: wannateach | 03/09/2021 at 07:32 PM
Any word yet on second round interviews for Boston College (professor of the practice/pulse program)? I know it's probably early but the anxiety is real...
Posted by: hoping for boston | 03/09/2021 at 07:42 PM
University of Florida (TT, ethics and AI; https://philjobs.org/job/show/16626) has scheduled at least some first-round interviews
Posted by: florida | 03/10/2021 at 11:16 AM
PFO from the 'recruitment team' at St. Andrews.
https://philjobs.org/job/show/16278
Posted by: St. Andrews | 03/10/2021 at 11:19 AM
PFO from NIH Bioethics postdoc.
Posted by: sahpa | 03/10/2021 at 12:49 PM
PFO Muhlenberg VAP
Posted by: Hey Nony | 03/10/2021 at 01:13 PM
@sahpa: When did the PFO come through? I haven't heard one way or the other from NIH.
Posted by: Anon | 03/10/2021 at 01:50 PM
@sahpa, did the NIH PFO indicate where they were in their search process? I haven't heard from them yet so I'm curious.
Posted by: anon | 03/10/2021 at 02:09 PM
@sahpa: did the PFO from NIH include any information about where they are with their search?
I haven't heard one way or the other yet and I'm starting to worry they lost my application or something.
Posted by: Any more info on NIH? | 03/10/2021 at 02:25 PM
Has anyone heard anything about the Hogwarts job? I can't tell if the Defense of the Dark arts job is an inside hire?
Posted by: Cautious_wizard | 03/10/2021 at 03:59 PM
Official PFO from WCU.
Posted by: SD | 03/10/2021 at 05:26 PM
PFO from WCU.
Posted by: Losing all hope | 03/10/2021 at 06:06 PM
@Losing all hope & @SD: Had you previously received PFOs from WCU? Or was this after a first-round interview?
Posted by: paranoid_but_informed | 03/10/2021 at 07:34 PM
@paranoid_but_informed: I didn't get an interview, but had not received a PFO either until today.
Posted by: SD | 03/10/2021 at 07:48 PM
@paranoid...
Same. I didn’t get an interview and just got my PFO today.
Posted by: Losing all hope | 03/10/2021 at 09:34 PM
Uninformative hr pfo from St. Andrews senior lecturer position.
Posted by: Enough | 03/11/2021 at 12:22 AM
In answer to the followup questions about the NIH postdoc: I was given no additional information whatsoever. A PFO in the truest sense. Sorry I can't be of more help.
Received it yesterday, when I posted my comment here.
Posted by: sahpa | 03/11/2021 at 04:18 AM
any news about the Toronto Continental job?
Posted by: what up | 03/11/2021 at 05:51 PM
@wannateach i too have had radio silence since the first round northeastern tech ethics teaching position
Posted by: alsowannateach | 03/12/2021 at 01:21 AM
@what_up The final talk for the Toronto Continental job took place on March 5. Not sure if a decision has been made yet
Posted by: Fav | 03/12/2021 at 09:38 AM
The College of St. Scholastica (ethics/value theory broadly construed) is scheduling first round interviews.
Posted by: isthisreallife? | 03/13/2021 at 01:22 PM
PFO Georgia State (ancient). Search completed.
Posted by: anon ancient | 03/14/2021 at 01:24 PM
PFO Bristol Philosophy and Logic (ad has been scratched so I can't link it).
Posted by: Boooooooo | 03/15/2021 at 01:01 PM
Any update from WCU after first round interviews?
Posted by: One more shot | 03/15/2021 at 02:26 PM
@One more shot: I had a first-round interview at WCU, but no updates. Curious if anyone else has.
Posted by: paranoid_but_informed | 03/15/2021 at 02:33 PM
Same question for UMary. Did anyone with an interview there hear anything later? Or at Dixie State?
Posted by: ghosted | 03/15/2021 at 03:04 PM
@ghosted I had an on-campus (in-person) flyout at UMary and was believe (but am uncertain) that they've made the offer and it's been accepted (and not to me).
Posted by: re: reUMary | 03/15/2021 at 04:16 PM
@ghosted
I had a first-round interview with U Mary in the first week of February. They told me that their process was moving quickly, and that I should expect to hear from them "soon."
~6 weeks later and I haven't heard anything. So.... I'm assuming that I'm no longer in the running? IDK, pretty frustrating.
Posted by: VAP Life | 03/15/2021 at 04:27 PM
Any updates on the Durham Philosophy of Science job? I didn't get the PFO someone mentioned earlier, but haven't heard anything either way
Posted by: whatever | 03/15/2021 at 04:55 PM
University of Mary has had at least one fly out already, I assume more.
Posted by: rando but my info is good! | 03/15/2021 at 05:55 PM
Whatever,
There were two Durham philsci jobs.
One (basically open rank) has been longlisted. If you applied for that job and haven't heard back, then you've apparently been longlisted.
The other is more junior. As far as I know, longlisting hasn't taken place yet. Sucks, given that the deadline was back in January, but Durham is doing a tonne of hiring right now, so they are probably busy.
Posted by: Postod Anonymous | 03/15/2021 at 06:06 PM
how many continental positions U of Toronto was hiring for, anybody knows? was it 1 or 2 in the end?
Posted by: what up | 03/15/2021 at 09:12 PM
PFO st andrews ancient
Posted by: jj | 03/16/2021 at 10:58 AM
First round interview with WCU here also, but, like the others, no update. The hiring committee was supposed to meet Friday of last week to discuss finalists.
Posted by: What Is It Like to Be a VAP? | 03/16/2021 at 02:01 PM
Has anyone heard about Rotman Institute (Western Univ.) postdocs? The deadline was mid January.
Posted by: forget-me-not | 03/16/2021 at 02:54 PM
@forget-me-not, I reached out to Rotman, and they said that the faculty has narrowed down the applications; final decisions have not yet been made; and they are not hiring in foundations of physics this year. No further time-line updates.
Posted by: Rutroh Rotman | 03/16/2021 at 05:39 PM
@Rutroh Rotman, thanks for the update! I really appreciate it :)
Posted by: forget-me-not | 03/16/2021 at 10:03 PM
Dixie State has made an offer (for their 2-year position).
Posted by: J | 03/16/2021 at 10:38 PM
Durham junior philosophy of science job is finishing longlisting.
Posted by: Mahrud | 03/17/2021 at 10:47 AM
WCU has selected and notified two finalists. (I’m not one of them.)
Posted by: paranoid_but_informed | 03/17/2021 at 03:08 PM
PFO: University of Manchester (https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=19524)
Posted by: UK | 03/17/2021 at 06:19 PM
PFO from Manchester ("engaged philosophy" lecturer post)
Posted by: T | 03/17/2021 at 06:38 PM
Finalist for UW-Superior
Posted by: Anxiety is the Dizziness of the Job Market | 03/17/2021 at 07:42 PM
Arizona (career track, PPE) has scheduled interviews.
Posted by: PPE Man | 03/17/2021 at 08:24 PM
Mercyhurst is scheduling first round interviews.
Posted by: Rene Rousseau | 03/18/2021 at 02:58 PM
PFO, LSU (TT, ancient)
Posted by: anon ancient | 03/18/2021 at 05:12 PM
PFO from LSU and Georgia Southern University.
Posted by: Losing all hope | 03/18/2021 at 05:15 PM
PFO from Cambridge (two university lecturer positions)
Posted by: no cambridge for me | 03/19/2021 at 11:48 AM
I haven't been able to find any news on Rhodes. Anyone heard anything?
Posted by: rhodes? | 03/19/2021 at 01:08 PM
Does anyone know if University of Toronto Scarborough has made an offer yet?
Posted by: anon | 03/19/2021 at 01:31 PM
News on Western Kentucky (TT; epistemology, metaphysics, phil science) anyone?
Posted by: J. Belfort | 03/19/2021 at 01:38 PM
Applied to both Rhodes and Western Kentucky. Haven't heard anything from either...
Posted by: Sisyphus | 03/19/2021 at 02:27 PM
Anyone heard from Colby (Epistemology/Phil Science VAP)?
Posted by: Person | 03/19/2021 at 03:57 PM
PFO from Cambridge ("2 lecturers") and another from the Hecht-Levi fellowship
Posted by: Annie | 03/19/2021 at 04:06 PM
Has anyone heard from Society for Applied Philosophy on the
Short term postdoctoral research grants scheme 2021?
https://www.appliedphil.org/funding/sap-short-term-postdoctoral-research-grants-2021/
for
-- 15 February 2021, for awards to commence on 1 April 2021.
And it is like 10 days before the commencement.
Posted by: recent phd | 03/19/2021 at 04:52 PM
Things are winding down a bit so I wanted to thank everyone on this thread for their kindness and openness throughout the process. You have made a tough year easier to bear, and I am grateful. And best of luck to everyone who still has applications outstanding!
Posted by: postdoc #3 | 03/20/2021 at 10:23 PM
I'm not feeling great about the fact that people can get both (i) super competitive fellowships, and (ii) tt jobs that they defer for one year. People who create these fellowships shouldn't allow that esp during the years that there are like 10 things total available, but then again they don't care.
Posted by: anonymous | 03/21/2021 at 03:31 PM
Hong Kong Baptist University is scheduling first-round interviews for its TT position in ethics.
Posted by: HKBU | 03/21/2021 at 04:47 PM
@anonymous, re: tenure track deferral:
Do you have evidence that that's happening much this year? Genuine question.
Posted by: Are people deferring | 03/21/2021 at 06:17 PM
@anonymous/@Are People deferring
I would also be interested to hear about why you think this (also, genuine question).
Posted by: hope has left the building | 03/21/2021 at 11:22 PM
has st. scholastica scheduled round 2 interviews yet?
Posted by: saint | 03/22/2021 at 09:57 AM
Both people who got the nyu post doc fellowship also have tt jobs lined up (one is Berkley, another in Australian something university).
It's not anything they did wrong, it's just the fellowship itself. The fellowship has always been that way. I remember people taking it years ago while having a tt job lined up.
Anyway, I got nothing, so it doesn't feel great. Having a hard time working or doing anything these days.
Posted by: anonymous | 03/22/2021 at 11:13 AM
re: Marcus Arvan
Not trying to police this discussion here but can we please limit this space to news about interviews, rejections, etc?
Posted by: anon | 03/22/2021 at 11:40 AM