Job Applications: AOS and AOC open. We are interested in qualified candidates from all areas of philosophy.
Me, after looking at the department page:
Me, after looking at the department page:
Just, at this point in the job cycle, I'd rather these departments be fucking honest about the nature of their "open" AOS and AOC than pretend to some legitimate interest in expanding their course and departmental offerings.
This would save me the trouble of generating more documentation and requesting letters (which we shouldn't fucking do in a goddamned pandemic) for jobs that will take one look at my AOS/AOC and then toss my application.
We KNOW this is what is happening, given the market.
We KNOW this is what is happening, given the market.
That said, it is probably not wise to say all of this out loud, as I'm on the market, but for FUCKS sake, someone has to say how utterly demoralizing it is for applicants to see an "open" search and then be confronted with the accrued history of marginalization in philosophy.
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