Post by Permanently contingent on Dec 5, 2021 12:31:12 GMT -5
I've been in a couple full-time VAP positions and have adjuncted with almost always having 3 courses a semester at the same school. I've taught at a R1, a ~70% admission 4-year college, and everything in between. I have a MA in Sociology and my PhD is interdisciplinary from a respected institution and program. I had a postdoc at a very prestigious institution.
I should be putting together my application for tenure by now, and at most schools my teaching and research would rival those with tenure. I have more than a dozen publications in respected (but not high-prestige) journals. I'm getting cited quite a bit, with one article being cited in nearly everything published on the subject. If someone snaps me up in this cycle, they'll have two books from me by the time I start my second year.
The trouble is that each year I'm getting fewer interviews. Now I'm down to zero.
I know that the degree is a common barrier, even to the point of being rejected after a two-second look at my CV from many (perhaps most) search committee members. It doesn't seem to matter that each person on my doctoral committee has made a more significant impact on the social sciences than the top people in the hiring department.
I also know the research shows that after five years, someone has almost no chance of getting a tenure-track job. I was very aggressive in my search this year but have yet to have an interview. Think it's time for me to stop spending a dozen or more hours a week applying for academic jobs?
I should be putting together my application for tenure by now, and at most schools my teaching and research would rival those with tenure. I have more than a dozen publications in respected (but not high-prestige) journals. I'm getting cited quite a bit, with one article being cited in nearly everything published on the subject. If someone snaps me up in this cycle, they'll have two books from me by the time I start my second year.
The trouble is that each year I'm getting fewer interviews. Now I'm down to zero.
I know that the degree is a common barrier, even to the point of being rejected after a two-second look at my CV from many (perhaps most) search committee members. It doesn't seem to matter that each person on my doctoral committee has made a more significant impact on the social sciences than the top people in the hiring department.
I also know the research shows that after five years, someone has almost no chance of getting a tenure-track job. I was very aggressive in my search this year but have yet to have an interview. Think it's time for me to stop spending a dozen or more hours a week applying for academic jobs?