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One of my pet peeves in job documents is when the job candidate coyly gestures toward a research conclusion, without actually coming out and saying what the conclusion is. I have no idea why so many job seekers are so … Continue reading
Category Archives: Teaching and Research Statements
For the Fall 2016 Job Market I am re-posting the essential job application posts. We’ve looked at the Cover Letter and the CV and the Teaching Statement. Today we look at the Research Statement. An expanded and updated version of … Continue reading
For the Fall 2016 Job Market I am re-posting the essential job application posts. We’ve looked at the Cover Letter and the CV; today we look at the Teaching Statement. An expanded and updated version of this post can now … Continue reading
The book inches closer to actually existing in the material world (August 4)! It has gotten some lovely blurbs by amazing people, like this one by the inimitable Rebecca Schuman: “If you would like your academic career to begin in … Continue reading
Love the blog? Now get it in handy book form–only $11.40! Available for pre-order now–comes out August 4! Buy it at all these places! It also makes a great gift for all those struggling grad students in your life! For … Continue reading
It may surprise you to hear that I edit Artist Statements, but I do. Not a ton, but enough that this post has become necessary. I want to urge everyone to read this excellent post on the subject by Ben … Continue reading
It is time that all of you grasped a simple yet profound truth of academic writing: adjectives are not arguments. Simply repeating the words: complex multivalent/multidirectional/multiplicitous unique diasporic transnational intersectional over and over in your documents, does not suggest that … Continue reading
[This is a repost] Too many of you are addicted to lists in your writing. What does this look like? Well, something like this: “In sum, my dissertation uses interviews, surveys, textual analysis, and internet research in order to explore … Continue reading
This is a re-post. Various readers and clients are looking ahead to the new jobs they are starting in the fall, and I want you all to have a very firm handle on the nature of a tenure track research … Continue reading
When writing job letters clients often struggle to understand the distinction between their dissertation TOPIC and their dissertation CONTRIBUTION. In the first dissertation paragraph you talk about the content of your dissertation–main argument, methodology, findings. In the second paragraph you … Continue reading