Graduate Student Resources
Preparing for Careers in Academia Workshop
Resources compiled by Dr. Lisa Logan, Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, English and Women’s Studies 4/18/2007
Resources for the Academic Job Search
“The Campus Interview.” University of California, Berkeley, Career Center Website. 25 March 2005. http://career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDhiring.stm#THE%20ON-CAMPUS%20INTERVIEW
“The Campus Visit.” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate College Website. Online. 24 March 2005. http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/CareerServices/AcademicJobs/Interviews/CampusVisit.html
“Chronicle Careers Homepage.” The Chronicle of Higher Education Online. 25 March 2005. http://chronicle.com/jobs/
Doneday, Anne. “How to Prepare for Academic Interview.” http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/wsweb/Anne_Donadey/prep.html Focused on MLA (Modern Language Association), but page provides links and tips that can be used for many fields.
Gamer, Michael and Anne K. Krook. “Job-Interviewing Handout.” Online. 24 March 2005. http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/interview.html
“Interviewing and the Job Talk.” The Career Center, University of Michigan Student Affairs Website. Online. (24 March 2005). http://www.cpp.umich.edu/students/gradservices/academic/interview.htm
Jones, Andy. Resources to Aid in the Academic Job Search. Online. 25 March 2005. http://cai.ucdavis.edu/caihandouts/joblinks.html
Montell, Gabriella. “Academic Job Searching for Dummies (or, 10 Easy Ways to Avoid Unemployment).” Chronicle of High Education. 16 March 2001. Online. http://chronicle.com/jobs/2001/03/2001031601c.htm
Sies, Mary Corbin. “Academic Job Application Checklist.” http://www.otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobchecklist.html Summarizes the general process from start to finish, including timelines and expectations for applicants.
_____. “Academic Job Interview Advice.” http://www.otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobadvice.html Interview dos and don’ts.
_____. “Questions One Should be Prepared to Answer for Job Interviews.” http://www.otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobquess.html List of sample questions.
Excellent Career Placement Websites: Advice for Ph.Ds in all disciplines with links to resources about entire job process.
The Career Center, University of Michigan Student Affairs. http://www.cpp.umich.edu/students/gradservices/academic/index.html
Career Center, University of California-Berkeley. http://career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDs.stm
Career Development Center, Brown University. http://www.careerdevelopment.brown.edu/grads/acad_app.php#insts
General Resources for Job Searching and Thinking about the Academic Profession
Berube, Michael. The Employment of English: Theory, Jobs, and the Future of Literary Studies. New York: New York UP, 1998.
Formo, Dawn M. and Cheryl Reed. Job Search in Academe: Strategic Rhetorics for Faculty Job Candidates. Virginia: Stylus, 1998.
Goldsmith, John A., John Komlos, Penny Schine Gold. The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Graduate School Through Tenure. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2001.
Heiberger, Mary Morris, and Julia Miller Vick. The Academic Job Search Handbook, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1996.
Hall, Donald E. The Academic Self: An Owner’s Manual. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 2002.
_____. Professions: Conversations on the Future of Literary and Cultural Studies. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 2001.
Nelson, Cary. Manifesto of a Tenured Radical. New York: New York University Press, 1997.
Showalter, English, et al. The MLA Guide to the Job Search: A Handbook for Departments and Ph.D.s and Ph.D. Candidates in English and the Foreign Languages. New York: Modern Language Association, 1996.
Toth, Emily. Ms. Mentor’s Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1997.
Additional Helpful Links for Academic Job Searching
Academic Careers Online
Chronicle of Higher Education Classified Ads
Higher Ed Jobs
Inside Higher Ed
Modern Language Association Job List