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Post by anon on Oct 28, 2011 11:06:07 GMT -5
Any news regarding the Columbia search? Do you know if anyone has been invited already?
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Post by anonq on Oct 28, 2011 12:52:05 GMT -5
I believe they are still in the process of deciding who to invite and it will be another few weeks.
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Post by Anon on Nov 6, 2011 3:48:25 GMT -5
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Post by anon on Nov 6, 2011 9:26:29 GMT -5
One assistant prof, two postdocs, one abd seems to be the typical pattern this year...
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Post by celestial on Nov 6, 2011 10:05:57 GMT -5
stars are becoming clear
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Post by wow on Nov 6, 2011 10:14:11 GMT -5
ABD with two books!
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Post by wowee on Nov 6, 2011 10:38:29 GMT -5
How the fuck does someone write two books in graduate school? Very impressive.
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Post by eek on Nov 6, 2011 10:41:41 GMT -5
I'm sure the fellowships helped.
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Post by gender much on Nov 6, 2011 13:12:00 GMT -5
Not to be catty (since these four candidates are obviously excellent scholars and have envy-inducing records), but four white males? Really Columbia? Also Berkeley - their short list is also four white males (also with fantastic jaw-dropping CVs).
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Post by ehh on Nov 6, 2011 13:34:20 GMT -5
Why on Earth do departments list candidates on their websites?
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Post by wow on Nov 6, 2011 13:44:07 GMT -5
Very impressive, indeed! Congrats to all four!
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Post by toward diverse hiring on Nov 6, 2011 14:04:11 GMT -5
To "gender much":
Each of the individual candidates for the Berkeley position is very strong, but there were a *lot* of grad students surprised by how the list of finalists ended up looking...especially since it didn't represent the diversity of the (slightly longer) short list. Again, not a knock against any of the individual candidates, who have worked hard and are really impressive.
But if having a diverse faculty matters to you, either as your colleagues or your teachers and mentors, I'd encourage voicing your concerns to folks on the hiring committees at your institutions. I don't know how much difference it makes, but it seems important to let them know that we've noticed.
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Post by inequality on Nov 6, 2011 15:31:27 GMT -5
Another general pattern I am surprised by is that at least three of the four men basically specialize in inequality. As the previous poster says, these candidates are phenomenally talented individuals, but the bigger picture is that this is the top school in our discipline more or less selecting someone to shape the discourse about inequality.
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Post by not necessarily on Nov 6, 2011 15:46:03 GMT -5
Another general pattern I am surprised by is that at least three of the four men basically specialize in inequality. As the previous poster says, these candidates are phenomenally talented individuals, but the bigger picture is that this is the top school in our discipline more or less selecting someone to shape the discourse about inequality. I don't know that someone can actually be "selected" to shape the discourse about inequality in our discipline even if he is a professor at an elite institution. Excellent and monumental contributions to the discipline come from professors at all ranks. Peer review is blind, after all.
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Post by quaint on Nov 6, 2011 15:53:34 GMT -5
"Peer review is blind, after all." That's so cute.
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