In this episode, we are talking about the academic job market! We challenge the notion that academia is meritocratic. We highlight how fraught applying for academics job can be for many marginalized folks, especially those who are first-gen, working-class, racialized, and queer. We wonder whether typical job market advice, such as moving anywhere there is a job and prioritizing top schools (R1 schools for Americans) over other schools makes sense. And we also address ways to try to take back agency in a fundamentally messed up and inequitable structure.

Joining us today is https://maryannesmendoza.wordpress.com/ (Dr. Mary Anne S. Mendoza) (https://twitter.com/MaryAnneSMM (@MaryAnneSMM)), Assistant Professor of Political Science at CalState Pomona, and https://wgsi.utoronto.ca/person/robert-diaz/ (Dr. Robert Diaz), Associate Professor in the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto.

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Related Links

https://hookandeye.ca/2017/03/16/guest-post-have-they-thought-about-what-theyre-asking-the-inequity-of-job-applications/ (Have they thought about what they’re asking?: the inequity of job applications)

By Alana Cattapan

(https://hookandeye.ca/2017/03/16/guest-post-have-they-thought-about-what-theyre-asking-the-inequity-of-job-applications/)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/04/15/job-market-academics-is-nightmare-heres-one-way-fix-it/ (The academic job market is a nightmare. Here’s one way to fix it)

By Colin Dickey

(https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/04/15/job-market-academics-is-nightmare-heres-one-way-fix-it/)

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/02/27/study-student-evaluations-teaching-are-deeply-flawed (Even ‘Valid’ Student Evaluations Are ‘Unfair')

By Colleen Flaherty

(https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/02/27/study-student-evaluations-teaching-are-deeply-flawed)

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/10/09/first-generation-phd-student-describes-her-struggles-opinion (The Hidden Challenges for Successful First-Generation Ph.D.s)

By Bailey B. Smolarek

(https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/10/09/first-generation-phd-student-describes-her-struggles-opinion)

Transcript

Transcript will be posted approximately one week after the episode launches at https://www.academicaunties.com (academicaunties.com).