Sociologist on "Meeting with Grad Students"
Ask them what they'd like to see in the new hire. I had students in one dept be very open about their need for mentoring (gave them a voice, but gave me a sense of how involved faculty were with...
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Because you somehow assume financial privilege exempts one from discrimination based on race? Are you really that naive? Money doesn't exempt you from discrimination, but in the contemporary US, being...
View ArticleSociologist on "Meeting with Grad Students"
We are conducting a search this year (VHRM). All of our grad students fill out evaluation forms on each candidate, independent of a formal sit down with them (though we do that too).
View ArticleSociologist on "Meeting with Grad Students"
Was this person a "market star"?Also wondering if it's the same department as the one where the market star's spouse came in, blew off the grad students, and got the job anyway because his JMC star...
View ArticleSociologist on "Meeting with Grad Students"
Depending on how comfortable you feel with this, you might also think about job market-specific advising you could offer to grad students. As we all know, that can be a source of considerable stress...
View ArticleSociologist on "UMass Boston - Urban"
Except now here: http://socjobs.proboards.com/thread/5165/umass-boston-urban?page=2
View ArticleSociologist on "Racial Discrimination Protests Ignite at Colleges Across the...
^ well put!Also, someone needs to give Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Obama the memo that we live in a postracial society, where Ivy League affiliation and wealth negates racism, ASAP...
View ArticleSociologist on "Racial Discrimination Protests Ignite at Colleges Across the...
Again, failing to fulfill your duties for all of your students by not meeting their most basic needs is not part of free speech"Most basic needs" -- good one! You almost had me believing you were a...
View ArticleSociologist on "Job market 2015: how are we feeling?"
I just want a f***ing job...I empathize whole heartedly. It's hard to remain positive... even with flyouts you're not guaranteed an offer and many of us and our colleagues are fated to be jobless. I...
View ArticleSociologist on "Job market 2015: how are we feeling?"
I'll add that I casually knew how hard the job market was for many years before being on it, of course, but was in no way emotionally prepared for the demoralizing helplessness of it all once you're...
View ArticleSociologist on "Meeting with Grad Students"
Departments vary, where some give students a reasonable say (maybe they have a representative on the committee), and sometimes they just pretend to give graduate students a say. Either way, you don't...
View ArticleSociologist on "How many applications?"
VLRM SC at PhD Granting program. A few years a back we had 130ish apps, but about 20% or so were disqualified automatically. Some people literally did not have a PhD or appear to know that they were...
View ArticleSociologist on "Racial Discrimination Protests Ignite at Colleges Across the...
^ well put! Also, someone needs to give Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Obama the memo that we live in a postracial society, where Ivy League affiliation and wealth negates racism, ASAP...I...
View ArticleSociologist on "More Than 140 Dead In Islamic Terrorist Attack On Paris"
Dailymail is 1/2 a step above Brietbart for being a reliable source... which means it's trash. Waiting for BBC or somewhere a bit more reputable. Yeah, I can't find news about this anywhere else. Oh...
View ArticleSociologist on "(when) Should I alert other departments if I get a fly-out?"
We assume you have other flyouts. The only time to tell us about them is if they have turned into offers.even then it's only relevant if you have an interview scheduled for some time after your...
View ArticleSociologist on "More Than 140 Dead In Islamic Terrorist Attack On Paris"
Oh right. Very little chance this was the work of Islamic extremists. Might want to improve your head not being in the sand skills.
View ArticleSociologist on "More Than 140 Dead In Islamic Terrorist Attack On Paris"
^"Hur dur... I was wrong but you are too"It is likely Islamic? Yes. Do we know that yet? No. Thought we were scientists that like strong evidence and all that... CNN and BBC aren't call this Islamic...
View ArticleSociologist on "Ithaca College is next to lose its president..."
I give up. What did the bad President do? I see firing him is vital to stop racism and a host of other "isms" but I don't see exactly what he did.Did you try looking?
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