Academic Careers

finding, applying, and interviewing for jobs in higher education

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History of Science/Technology/Medicine 2007-2008

Current Wiki Time: Thu May 17 07:59:40 CEST 2012

Last Page Update: 2008-04-20 22:41:47.0

Brooklyn College (U.S. history of medicine and public health)

2/6 - Has there been any word on this search?

California Institute of Technology

(job description)

Centers for Disease Control

I can't find this job online. Help!
9/28 - I think that the deadline has passed and the posting was probably removed.

Colorado School of Mines (STS)

(Deadline: 11/30/07)
11/24 - Received acknowledgment letter
12/7 - Phone interview scheduled
12/19 - Campus interview scheduled
1/17 - Sounds like they've moved on to the finalists, but I'm still waiting for a rejection letter. Any updates?
1/19 - Rec'd rejection letter in the mail.
2/28 - offer made

Florida State University (Department of Religion)

(Deadline: 10/22/2007, job description)
10/25 - acknowledgment of application received
11/14 - heard through grapevine that they've made an offer

Florida State University (FSU-Teach)

(Deadline: 12/1/2007, job description)

George Mason University (Dept. of Cultural Studies, STS/New Media +Global)

(Deadline: 11/12/07)
10/18 Further materials requested by e-mail.

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Deadline: 10/15/2007, job description)
11/23 - Received acknowledgment letter
3/3 - Received lame rejection letter: "I regret to inform you that you were not successful." Couldn't the letter just have said that they found someone else...?
3/18 - Lord, that's a late letter. Campus interviews wrapped-up in January. Anyone know who they hired?

Harvard University

(Deadline: 12/1/2007, job description)
12/4 Ack. letter received
1/16 3 job talks scheduled
1/28 2 more job talks scheduled

Iowa State University

(Deadline: 11/2/2007, job description)
11/27 - phone interview requested
01/25 - Campus interviews scheduled

Johns Hopkins University

(Deadline: 12/1/2007, job description)
1/28 Email response (to email query about timetable) said that they have drawn up a short list
3/28: Has anyone heard back after on-campus interviews?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Deadline: 12/1/2007, job description)
Has anyone received receipt of application letters?
1/14 no letter received though receipt was provided upon my inquiry
1/23 Shortlisted candidates have been contacted.

Michigan State University

(Deadline: 11/15/2007, job description)
1/7 Phone interview scheduled
1/18 Campus interview scheduled

Ohio State University

(Deadline: 10/15/2007, job description)
10/12 Received email acknowledging receipt of application.
On campus scheduled for 01/22
02/05 Notified that job had been offered and accepted

Olin College of Engineering (STS)

(Deadline 1/15/2008)

Oregon State University

(Deadline: 12/1/2007, job description)

Santa Clara University (STS and Organizations)

(Deadline: 10/1/2007, job description)
10/17 Phone Interviews scheduled
10/24 reported on soc blog: campus interviews scheduled

Sarah Lawrence College

(Deadline: 09/01/07)
10/5 Phone interviews scheduled
10/23 Campus interviews scheduled
11/07 Received rejection letter via snail mail.

Shippensburg University

(Deadline: 11/15/2007, job description)

Simon Fraser University

(Deadline: 10/31/2007, job description)
11/14 Received receipt of application letter.
12/4 - Received letter (dated 11/27) - Search has been cancelled due to budget cuts. May be run again next year.

Smith College (Science & Technology and Quant Methods)

(Deadline: 11/01/07)
11/15 notified about long-short list, request for add'l materials

Stanford University

(Deadline: 1/15/2008, job description)

Stevens Institute of Technology

(Deadline: 2/1/2008, job description)
Job offered and accepted.==University College London - Science & Technology Studies (Global Citizenship)
(Deadline: 11/26/2007, job description)

• email rejection on 12/6/07-sucks to get rejected, but I appreciated their speed and courtesy. (1/25)

University of California, Berkeley

(Deadline: 10/1/2007, job description)
Rumor has it that there were about ninety applicants for this position.
Received notice of conference interview on 10/18. They've chosen 12 applicants to interview at HSS, AHA, or by phone.
11/13 Email notifying me that I was not going to be invited for a campus visit.

University of California, San Francisco

(Deadline: 10/1/2007, job description)

University of Cambridge - 3 x 2-year teaching posts

(Deadline: 03/12/2008 job details)

University of Houston

(Deadline: 12/1/2007, job description)
11/23 - Received acknowledgment letter
12/11 - AHA interview scheduled (by phone)
1/23 - Has anyone heard anything about campus interviews?

University of Indiana, Bloomington (Dept of Gender Studies: Post-Doc: Gender, Race, & Science)

(Deadline: 11/30/07)
2/24 - Offer made and accepted

University of Leeds

(Deadline: 12/7/2007, job description)

University of Maryland - College Park

(Deadline: 10/25/2007, job description)
10/27 HSS interview scheduled
11/2 Paper mail acknowledgment of application
campus interviews scheduled
11/25 3 campus interviews held
12/7 Job offered and accepted

University of Massachusetts, Amherst/Five Colleges

(Deadline: 10/19/2007, job description)
12/3 Phone interview requested
12/21 Campus visit requested

University of Minnesota

(Deadline: 11/26/2007, job description)

University of Pittsburgh

(Deadline: 10/1/2007, job description)

University of South Carolina

(Deadline: 12/3/2007, job description)
12/18 Received acknowledgment letter
12/20 Phone interview requested
2/8 Anyone have news on this search???

University of Virginia, Studies of Women and Gender (Science & Tech and contemporary African American Women)

(Deadline: 11/15/2007, job description)

Virginia Commonwealth University

(Deadline: 10/15/2007, job description)
Phone interviews done & campus visit scheduled

Virginia Tech

(Deadline: 11/12/2007, job description)
11/01 Search canceled due to "budget cuts"
11/01 Confirmed with STS Department's Graduate Coordinator via email
11/01 See this link

Yale University

(Deadline: 9/17/2007, job description)
HSS interview scheduled
Snail-mail rejection letter received

Yale University (sociology of science, ethnic communities, and economic sociology)

(Deadline: 11/19/07)
11/15 reported on soc wiki: asked for additional materials