I feel both mildly offended and complimented by Aaron Dossey's
comments regarding new faculty hires. I'm offended because he asserts
what I have done recently is outside of the realms of reality, yet I'm
complimented because I have done it.
Starting this fall, I will be a new faculty member in a department and
at a university where I have no prior affiliation. I also have no
prior associates. I'm finishing a post-doc at a different university
in a different state; I didn't know the department chair, faculty,
staff, or anyone on the search committee; my advisors and supervisors
didn't have affiliations or associations with the department or the
university; and I am not a trailing spouse. So, I am a new faculty
member this fall who did get the job because of my CV and interviews.
For those of us who are new faculty, lessons and wisdom from veteran
faculty are greatly appreciated
Jordan
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Jordan M. Marshall, Ph.D.
School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Michigan Technological University
5936 Ford Court, Suite 200
Brighton, MI 48116
Office (810) 844-2701
Mobile (865) 919-9811
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www.jordanmarshall.com
On Apr 26, 2010, at 12:00 AM, ECOLOG-L automatic digest system <lists...@listserv.umd.edu
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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:58:02 -0400
From: "Aaron T. Dossey" <bugoc...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: lessons for new faculty members?
By the way: This seems like a strange topic considering: There don't
seem to be new faculty hires anywhere anyhow! Other than existing
faculty applying elsewhere to negotiate a better deal or because they
didn't get tenure, or the plethora of trailing spouse hires (which I
find extremely egregious and unethical, if not technically illegal in
some cases) - I am not aware of any legitimate "new" faculty hires -
whereby a postdoc or student applies to an ADVERTISED position at a
place where they don't know anyone, or don't know the chair or
anyone on
the search committee already, and actually gets the job because
their CV
and interview are the best of the bunch.
.... I could go on, but I have work to do. :)
Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
