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Marcus Arvan, Fair enough. As someone on the job market, I know its insanity and ability across the board to wear people like me down—which is why I like to laugh about it. But I'll keep my wit out of this forum because not everyone can appreciate it. And I very much appreciate what you've done here—that you've set up this space for people who are applying to jobs to share their experiences.
Posted by: authenticity silenced | 12/13/2020 at 02:14 PM
Authenticity: I’m not offended and my feelings aren’t hurt. I just thought your post was potentially hurtful because it was too directed to a particular user and inappropriate for this space. I would certainly feel less comfortable posting anything about my personal struggles with the market here (including obsessively checking this thread!) if there was no conversation about where our community draws the line between levity and levity at someone else’s expense.
Posted by: Concerned | 12/13/2020 at 03:00 PM
Florida Gulf Coast scheduled first round interview
Posted by: recent phd | 12/13/2020 at 05:36 PM
PFO from Hamilton College (social and ethical implications of digital technology)
Posted by: circling the drain | 12/14/2020 at 12:53 PM
PFO Hamilton College Government or Philosophy job.
Posted by: postdoc no. 2 | 12/14/2020 at 12:54 PM
PFO from Hamilton
Posted by: post-doc | 12/14/2020 at 12:59 PM
CSUF has scheduled at least some first-round interviews.
Posted by: NA | 12/14/2020 at 09:25 PM
Any updates on the faculty position by the University of Alberta, Technology and Society Studies? The deadline was October 30th...
Posted by: anon | 12/15/2020 at 11:53 AM
PFO from Toronto Scarborough (Ethics and Applied Ethics with a focus in Biomedical Ethics)
Posted by: postdoc #3 | 12/15/2020 at 12:02 PM
PFO from Toronto Scarborough.
Posted by: circling the drain | 12/15/2020 at 02:15 PM
UNC (open/open) has scheduled interviews
Posted by: aLittleBirdieToldMe | 12/15/2020 at 04:24 PM
sorry, I meant: UNC (*junior*/open area) has scheduled interviews
Posted by: aLittleBirdieToldMe | 12/15/2020 at 04:26 PM
has anyone heard from Ryerson?
Posted by: curious | 12/15/2020 at 07:53 PM
Concerned & Marcus Arvan: It took me a few days to realize it, but y'all are absolutely right - this just ain't the place for that kind of stuff. Thanks for helping me to understand that, and my bad for being impetuous and not recognizing it sooner. All that being said, I want to wish eveyone on the job market the best of luck!
Posted by: authenticity understands | 12/16/2020 at 10:23 AM
PFO from University of British Columbia (TT, ethics)
Posted by: J. Belfort | 12/16/2020 at 03:05 PM
PFO from British Columbia (asst prof in ethics).
Posted by: Tom | 12/16/2020 at 03:50 PM
Bersoff offers were made.
Posted by: -_- | 12/16/2020 at 03:57 PM
PFO from Bersoff
Posted by: Please Find Ostrich | 12/16/2020 at 05:34 PM
PFO from NYU Bersoff
Posted by: Postdoc | 12/16/2020 at 05:39 PM
Johns Hopkins (open) are scheduling flyouts
Posted by: anon | 12/16/2020 at 07:29 PM
Re: Hopkins: like... actual honest to god flyouts? Jesus.
Posted by: Tom | 12/16/2020 at 11:04 PM
Has anyone heard anything from LSU about the Ancient Philosophy job?
Posted by: Anon | 12/17/2020 at 02:40 AM
Has anyone heard anything about Carleton?
Posted by: circling the drain | 12/17/2020 at 09:35 AM
Any news on Dartmouth?
Posted by: anon | 12/17/2020 at 10:23 AM
Have interview requests been sent out for UBC (TT -ethics)? I saw above that PFOs were sent, but I applied and have received neither a PFO nor an interview request.
Posted by: anon | 12/17/2020 at 10:45 AM
anon, I'm in the same place re: UBC. I'm guessing they have a long list they're trying to turn into a shortlist.
Posted by: in limbo | 12/17/2020 at 11:01 AM
Any info on Macalester?
Posted by: Mac? | 12/17/2020 at 11:10 AM
Ryerson (feminist philosophy) says they have made their long list of candidates and I am not on it.
Posted by: postdoc #3 | 12/17/2020 at 11:17 AM
Re: "Have interview requests been sent out for UBC (TT -ethics)? I saw above that PFOs were sent, but I applied and have received neither a PFO nor an interview request."
I'm in the same boat as you, anon. Looks like they just made a first cut.
Posted by: Ewe Bee Sea Tea-Tea | 12/17/2020 at 11:30 AM
Same here for UBC (TT ethics). I haven’t received any word at all.
Posted by: ? | 12/17/2020 at 11:34 AM
Has anyone heard anything about Toronto (Phil Science)?
Posted by: anon | 12/17/2020 at 11:51 AM
Any news on NYU Shanghai or the University of Toronto (Philosophy of science)?
Posted by: nobody | 12/17/2020 at 11:53 AM
Any news on Alabama or Toronto (philsci)?
Posted by: Sweet home Canada | 12/17/2020 at 11:53 AM
To Tom, re Hopkins flyouts: the flyouts are virtual
Posted by: same anon | 12/17/2020 at 12:29 PM
Mac: I'm also still waiting on any updates from Macalester.
Posted by: postdoc | 12/17/2020 at 01:30 PM
Just received the PFO from UBC (TT-ethics). I'm the same anon above who didn't receive the PFO yesterday.
Posted by: anon | 12/17/2020 at 02:25 PM
Yeah, I just received my rejection letter from UBC (TT-ethics). I had my hopes up because I thought they would have sent out all 1st cut rejections in one burst. I wish I hadn't checked this board and gotten my hopes up :(
Posted by: xmas spirit | 12/17/2020 at 02:56 PM
I am still in limbo w/r/t UBC. This is agonizing. :( I do feel like I'm also getting my hopes up.
Posted by: -__- | 12/17/2020 at 03:29 PM
I'm in the same boat with UBC. Haven't received my rejection yet, but probably will by tonight or tomorrow.
Posted by: circling the drain | 12/17/2020 at 03:51 PM
Re: UBC Ethics, TT
I'm also still waiting for any communication from them.
Thanks for the info!
Posted by: ? | 12/17/2020 at 04:12 PM
Does anyone have updates about the Utah Valley position (epistemology)? About a week ago someone reported a PFO from them, but I have yet to receive any communication.
Posted by: Utah | 12/17/2020 at 06:09 PM
Ah, finally got that sweet sweet PFO from UBC.
Posted by: circling the drain | 12/17/2020 at 08:06 PM
1st round interview scheduled for University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy and Governance.
Posted by: postdoc #3 | 12/18/2020 at 12:35 AM
Interviews for UW Evans School of Public Policy Ethics and Justice
Posted by: anon | 12/18/2020 at 12:40 AM
Also curious about LSU.
Houston looked like they'd be moving quickly - can anyone confirm that they've made an offer?
Finally, Georgia State, Ancient: real job or setup for inside hire? I'm not gonna waste my time if they're hiring the person there who does exactly what is in the job ad. [Mods, delete this bit if it's inappropriate.]
Posted by: too tired for a clever screen name | 12/18/2020 at 01:30 PM
Lawrence has sent out first-round interview requests (AOS metaphysics).
Posted by: anon | 12/18/2020 at 02:30 PM
Too tired: Without going into details, I am pretty sure (re: have good reason to believe) that the GSU job is a setup.
Posted by: oudeis | 12/18/2020 at 04:28 PM
Oudeis and too tired: I just want to say (on the basis of some personal experience) that a job can *be* a set up for an inside hire and yet result in the search committee taking other candidates very seriously and even hiring them above the inside person. I don’t know any details whatsoever about the Georgia State case, but my own experience is that while inside candidates may have an “inside track” on a given job, search committees generally want to hire the best person for the position—and if that turns out to be an outside person, then they may very well not hire the person they initially thought they probably would (the inside candidate). I personally know of multiple cases where this has happened.
Posted by: Marcus Arvan | 12/18/2020 at 04:38 PM
Invitation to virtual campus visit at UC Berkeley (TT, Open-ish).
Posted by: surprised | 12/18/2020 at 05:50 PM
PFO from Santa Clara Tech Ethics job.
Posted by: a postdoc | 12/18/2020 at 06:08 PM
PFO from Santa Clara University
Posted by: TGIF | 12/18/2020 at 06:11 PM
any news re: Toronto continental phil?
Posted by: hasan piker | 12/18/2020 at 07:53 PM
@suprised Did Berkeley go straight to campus visits or were there already first round interviews? Congrats :)
Posted by: postdoc1000 | 12/18/2020 at 07:54 PM
PFO from UBC. They must be sending them out one-by-one.
Posted by: Manny | 12/18/2020 at 08:22 PM
@postdoc1000 straight to campus visits!
Posted by: also surprised | 12/18/2020 at 08:49 PM
Has anyone heard from Eindhoven??
Posted by: before halloween | 12/18/2020 at 09:25 PM
Macalester has sent out first-round interview requests (AOS mind/language)
Posted by: Macalester | 12/20/2020 at 09:28 AM
First round interviews for LSU ancient job scheduled.
Posted by: Academic Dreaming | 12/22/2020 at 04:03 PM
St Andrews (lecturer, ancient) sends out email announcing that they will have a shortlist by late January '21.
I'm liberally going to interpret this to imply that I'm on the longlist without any further evidence, since there's not much cause for excitement this year.
Posted by: anon ancient | 12/23/2020 at 02:07 PM
I also got the same email from St. Andrews, but for the open area position. I don't know what to make of it. Did anyone get an email saying something different or didn't get an email at all?
Posted by: anon open | 12/23/2020 at 05:01 PM
You should not make anything of it. I got it too. It is clearly just a courtesy to applicants to let them know when they can expect to hear from the search committee about whether they’ve made it to the next stage.
Posted by: Jess | 12/23/2020 at 06:04 PM
I also got the same email, for the open position.
Posted by: Anon | 12/23/2020 at 06:17 PM
Toronto Scarborough sent out an email on the 24th (they had previously asked me for a second writing sample) saying that their search has had a small delay and that they will be in touch in early January when the university reopens.
Posted by: Hopeful | 12/27/2020 at 02:40 PM
Hi Hopeful, is that the position in the philosophy of science?
Posted by: ABD | 12/27/2020 at 05:55 PM
Utah Valley has scheduled first-round interviews for the epistemology position.
Sounded like they were either in the process of scheduling or had already scheduled interviews for their asian phil position as well.
Posted by: utah valley epistemology | 12/28/2020 at 11:00 AM
Has anyone heard from Washington and Lee? Also, the AOS and AOC in the job ad seem to exactly match with an internal candidate's AOS and AOC. Curious about this search. Any thoughts?
Posted by: anno | 12/28/2020 at 11:21 AM
@ABD no, this is the applied ethics/biomedical ethics one. The Philosophy of science opening is for the St. George campus, I believe.
Posted by: Hopeful | 12/28/2020 at 02:01 PM
@ Hopeful, thanks! Then I can still be hopeful about the job :)
Posted by: ABD | 12/28/2020 at 04:00 PM
Toronto philosophy of science has gone straight to (virtual) flyouts.
Posted by: Heard from a bird | 12/28/2020 at 04:52 PM
@ Heard from a bird, thanks for the update. I guess going straight to virtual flyouts is a new trend in this pandemic.
Posted by: ABD | 12/28/2020 at 05:52 PM
A few days late, but in case anyone else was waiting to hear: Georgia Southern has scheduled first-round interviews for their applied ethics position.
Posted by: Anon | 12/30/2020 at 11:14 AM
Has anyone heard from Baltimore City CC (open), CC of Baltimore County (open), or Southeastern Oklahoma State (open)?
Posted by: keeping tabs | 12/30/2020 at 12:47 PM
Any news about Carleton, NYU Shanghai, Brown, Dartmouth, Yale, Tübingen, CUHK, or UHK (all TT)? Thanks!
Posted by: waiting for many | 12/31/2020 at 08:03 PM
Waiting: I’ve applied to almost all of those. No word on my end.
Posted by: Lottery player n | 01/01/2021 at 11:27 AM
Waiting and Lottery: Brown has conducted first round interviews.
Posted by: ABD2 | 01/02/2021 at 09:24 AM
Any news on Union University, DeSales, St. Mary's, or Belmont Abbey?
Posted by: patientperson | 01/02/2021 at 09:18 PM
waiting: UHK (political) has conducted first round interviews.
Posted by: hk | 01/03/2021 at 12:05 PM
has anyone who had a first round interview with FGCU heard about second round*?
*which will apparently be in-person (!)
Posted by: anon | 01/04/2021 at 11:00 AM
Anon - no, I haven’t yet, even though they said they’d let us know in Dec. Waiting impatiently:)
Posted by: Anon2 | 01/04/2021 at 12:06 PM
Has anyone heard from the following places:
Princeton Desai Post Doc?
Dartmouth Society of Fellows and Mellon Post Doc?
Notre Dame (NDIAS) fellowship?
Posted by: xmas spirit | 01/04/2021 at 06:53 PM
Xmas spirit - yes, I got rejected from the Dartmouth Mellon postdoc a while ago; but I haven't, and I'm also waiting for the Princeton and the other Dartmouth one.
Posted by: anon2 | 01/04/2021 at 11:03 PM
Does anyone know if Notre Dame (the TT position) decided who to invite to "campus visits" after their first-round interviews?
Posted by: Waiting to hear | 01/05/2021 at 11:27 AM
Xmas spirit - I got a pfo from the Dartmouth Society of Fellows a while back! Haven’t heard anything from Dartmouth Mellon.
Posted by: Anon | 01/05/2021 at 12:58 PM
@Waiting, if I recall the wrap-up conversation correctly, Notre Dame tech ethics TT said that they wouldn't decide until "mid-January" and that the virtual fly-outs would be some time in February once their spring semester starts.
Posted by: postdoc #3 | 01/05/2021 at 06:15 PM
Thanks, postdoc #3! They didn't mention a timeline for making a decision to me, so this is very helpful.
Posted by: Waiting to hear | 01/05/2021 at 07:28 PM
Anybody heard if St. Norbert has decided who to fly out after Zoom interviews?
Posted by: J. Belfort | 01/05/2021 at 10:39 PM
@Waiting glad to help and best of luck!
Posted by: postdoc #3 | 01/06/2021 at 12:20 AM
Has anyone who was asked for a second writing sample by UT Scarborough heard from them since 12/24?
Posted by: anon | 01/07/2021 at 02:07 PM
anon @2:07pm: apparently the shortlist has been drafted, and is on a dean's desk, but no interview invites can be sent until s/he approves it.
Posted by: utscanon | 01/07/2021 at 03:07 PM
Wondering if anyone has heard from Cambridge or Yale?
Posted by: anon | 01/07/2021 at 03:30 PM
@utscanon did they email you again to tell you that, or is it something you found out by asking for more info? Any idea if the people who got the email on the 24th are the people on the shortlist?
Posted by: Hopeful | 01/07/2021 at 06:10 PM
Rejection from Michigan Society of Fellows
Posted by: Anonymous | 01/07/2021 at 07:15 PM
Rejected from the UT Scarborough job (I was one of those asked for a second writing sample in December).
Posted by: Anon | 01/07/2021 at 10:19 PM
Has anyone heard about the McMaster Phil Law job?
Posted by: Anon | 01/08/2021 at 07:17 AM
Anyone knows what happened with Alabama (phil med)?
Posted by: Sweet Home | 01/08/2021 at 01:38 PM
Had a first round interview at FGCU.
I've been given the complete run-around.
I contacted them and was told by the committee chair there was nothing they could tell me and to contact HR.
HR said search is still in process.
I informed search chair this is what I had been told by HR and she said she'd find out if she was authorized to tell me anything further.
TLDR: no official decisions have been made that I am aware but if I am reading between the lines, I did not make the next cut.
Can anyone confirm or deny that FGCU has moved to on campus interviews?
Posted by: anon | 01/08/2021 at 04:39 PM
Hi anon, I'm in a similar situation. I asked the HR there if the decision have been made yet, and she told me they have not made the decisions yet. I would not worry - it just looks like they're still deliberating!
Posted by: anon2 | 01/08/2021 at 06:18 PM
Rejection letter from Utah Valley U (epistemology).
Posted by: phil | 01/08/2021 at 07:34 PM
@phil: Did this rejection come after an interview with them? Or is this a general rejection letter?
Posted by: Interviewee | 01/08/2021 at 08:59 PM
@Interviewee: general rejection letter
Posted by: phil | 01/08/2021 at 11:08 PM