CUNY- Baruch

[bbb]

Any word on CUNY Baruch? I received an eo letter in the mail but that's it.

[me either]

I've heard zip as well.

[1]

I too would love to see some movement there and have heard not a word.

[typically]

For what it's worth, if memory serves me correctly most of the CUNYs have conducted their interviews in Feb/Mar in recent cycles.

[yet again]

The wiki reads that someone was contacted for additional materials/information. I guess they've made a long/short list?

[confirmation]

I can confirm the above. The email said that they have reduced the list of almost 400 (!) applicants "considerably." I took that as a long list, but I'm not sure how long.

[jz]

wow. 400! gender/movements/urban is a broad umbrella, but wow.

[well]

Well, my n=1 goes to show you that being in a top-3 program and having a famous advisor means jack squat when there are 400 applications for a teaching job.

[CUNY alum]

Dec 1, 2011 16:35:10 GMT -5 @well said:

Well, my n=1 goes to show you that being in a top-3 program and having a famous advisor means jack squat when there are 400 applications for a teaching job.

I went to a CUNY school and came to understand that it can even be a disadvantage to come with such a profile as yours, because the default assumption is that your interest in a teaching school is based on market forces and a desire to find someplace to bide your time until the opportunity to go elsewhere appears. Small liberal arts schools don't play by the same rules as the R1 departments; people don't just go from place to place and get replaced easily, because searches are expensive. Your task is, therefore, somewhat counterintuitive -- to establish that your Top 10 training did not lead you to covet a like placement, and that you are both capable enthusiastic to work in that type of environment.

One of the questions that I was asked at ASA was whether I could see myself in a place that prioritizes teaching. Coming from a Top 20 school, my CV reflects what I was taught to prioritize, e.g. publications at notable journals, lots of conference presentations, etc., and no reshuffling of the CV will hide the fact that I have done a lot to prepare myself for a research tract, so I have had to take extra steps to (hopefully) make myself appealing to teaching-intensive institutions.

[Any news]

The long list email/request for additional materials on 11/28 stated that the SC would be meeting next in "mid-December." Has anyone been contacted since that email for an interview?

[over until January]

So has anyone been contacted since the long list email, or should we assume this one is on hold until January?

[idk]

As another CUNY alum, I'll play devil's advocate and say that I've also seen people from top ten programs getting hired as mere Lecturers at one CUNY campus, so obviously it's not always a detriment to have that kind of background.

[Bummer]

The anthro wiki says campus interviews were scheduled for early Feb via email sent in mid dec. bummer.

[done]

"Baruch College’s Department of Sociology & Anthropology has finally completed its search process. Because we were carefully considering nearly 400 applications, we were forced to delay the interview process until the spring term. I can say that nearly everyone who applied was well-qualified and that selecting among the applicants was extremely challenging. We have hired Dr. Angie Beeman, a sociologist.

All of us here thank you for your interest and patience, and wish you the best of luck."

Congratulations, Angie!