The Academic Job Search

This page is for graduate students who are looking for a job or who want to learn more about employment opportunities for M.A.s and Ph.D.s in English.

The Academic Job Search

"College and University Faculty" from the Occupational Outlook Handbook
English Department Home Pages Worldwide
Critical Comparisons of American Colleges and Universities
Publication: Getting Your Foot in the Door
Timetable for the Academic Job Search
The Vita and Faculty Cover Letter
College and University Home Pages
Texas A&M students on interviewing at the MLA Convention
Useful websites maintained by Mary Corbin Sies, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland at College Park:
  • Adademic Job Application Checklist
  • Academic Job Interview Advice
  • Academic Job Interview Questions
    • Peter Logan, Placement Director at the University of Alabama, provides this summary of the _MLA Newsletter_'s Summer 1997 job market report:
  • National Job Market for English PhDs
    • Michael Gamer, University of Pennsylvania, provides this brief and useful guide:
  • Academic Interviewing
    • Useful Background Resources
  • Sample On-Line C.V.
  • Social Sciences Data Center, University of Virginia
    • last updated: 09/19/97