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1 – 200 of 288 Newer› Newest»What is going with UCLA's IR search? Is that on? Off?
"On," but just. Dept is in midst of employee review process (8-yr reviews for faculty). Source: Inside the department
Has anyone heard anything about the University of Dayton?
Colorado has made calls on a new round of interviews.
UDayton has held interviews.
any news on U of Toronto?
Is there any word on who DePauw hired?
Has Denison invited anyone for its international studies (not poli sci) position?
We have rumors on hires at Vassar and Lebanon Valley College. We are seeking to confirm them. If anyone at these schools can contact us (ir#rumormill#@gmail.com) [remove hashes] with confirmation -- or if the candidates themselves could contact us -- we'd appreciate it.
If you have information on interviewees at schools -- whether old or recent -- please let us know or post.
We also, of course, know about the information posted on the wiki. As we've noted before, we're not psyched about posting that kind of information here without confirmation.
Any news on St. Edward's University in Austin?
hi, just got this from the website at barnard college and from the link to the scholar's cv that Severine Austeserre (PhD NYU) is joining Barnard college for IR position starting JUl 2007. not sure why has not been posted in the board. But anyhoo, there is goes.
Responding to yesterday's question about the junior position at UNC: I was referring to the joint position with their "Peace, War and Defense" program. Good news is they are attempting to poach from another R1 institution, presumably opening a slot elsewhere in the future even if the slot is filled.
Wabash College is setting up campus interviews (first hand information).
Tufts has reposted its IR job, which was filled according to this blog. What's up with that?
From HigherEd Jobs
Tufts University
Posted: 02/07/2007 (Reposted Job: Initially posted on 08/11/2006)
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type:Full Time
http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175196077
Flagler College has a short list.
any news on northern kentucky?
Any word on UW Green Bay?
Re: Tufts
That their add is exactly the same as last time, including the November deadline, suggests that this may be simply a mistake…
Re: Tufts
The add is, indeed, a mistake. The position has been filled.
We have a received a number of rumors claiming that Erik Gartzke has accepted an offer at UCSD. These rumors are false.
Which part is false?
That UCSD gave him an offer?
That he made a decision?
That he said yes?
Cornell has cancelled its search for the year and hopes to launch it again next year or the year after Source: Email from the department.
Re: Gartzke and UCSD
As a faculty member at UCSD, I can tell you the following: as of today, the department has voted to make a tenured offer to Gartzke and the offer is currently being formulated by the higher-ups in the food chain. There is no formal offer that Gartzke could have accepted yet. And I guess there will be lots of bargaining even after that initial letter anyway. I don't anticipate a resolution very soon, especially considering that Gartzke has other competing offers to play with.
UCLA has job talks scheduled for Feb 22 and Mar 6. Source: Department e-mail.
Does anyone know if Seton Hall has made an offer and to whom?
Has Ole Miss made an offer and has it been accepted?
Who is giving the UCLA talks?
Who is UCLA interviewing? Juniors? Seniors IPE?
Re: UCLA -- the wiki shows Ethan BdM interviewing, which seems like a good fit given the comparative and methods faculty there
What happened with the Drake IR/CP search?
Does anyone know if the University of San Francisco has scheduled interviews yet?
James Vreeland @ UCLA, per department e-mail
The question is: is EBdM really IR?
Any news on Texas State-San Marcos?
2/17 1:32 -- Without attempting to plumb the epistemological depths of IR authenticity, if your implicit answer is "no, he's CP or AP," then by UCLA's lights that's another point in his favor.
IR tends to be a bit of a step-child in that department, so the greater the "synergy" (ugh, sorry, been reading in-flight magazines for "modern executives" a lot lately) between a candidate and CP, AP, or REP, the better.
RE: EBdM: Let's keep the comments about particular candidates out of this blog. Nowhere to go but downhill.
Received a letter from Lewis & Clark indicating they have filled the position. Does anyone have info on who accepted the job?
Re: 1:39 Feb 17th -- I think the comment was fair. Nothing personal, no challenging the individual's credentials or competence or character, and avoided engaging what counts as "real" IR. Simply pointed out that that particular department might prefer candidates whose work blends into other fields. A great candidate for, say, Chicago wouldn't necessarily be a great candidate at UCLA.
Frankly I think that might be an interesting discussion -- what does the IR core at XYZ U look like? Realist/traditional security? Globalization? IPE? Might (and again might not) explain patterns in candidates selected, offers made, and whatnot.
Have you read any of these blogs when they start commenting on departments and individual? They don't end up with the civil discussion you are looking for. Nature of the beast, ur, I mean, field. This is an IR rumor thread. Staying away from that sort of person/department specific discussion will degenerate quickly. Go to IR department discussion or American and Comparative blog to see the where this stuff ends up. Or start your own. Not here.
I have to agree with 8:37. A civil discussion of the issues 5:30 mentions would be nice, but it's not going to happen on an anonymous blog. I recommend starting one up in person at the ISA meeting next week. You won't be able to say insulting things with impunity, but maybe that's not such a bad thing.
EEgad! ISA meeting next week! Totally forgot! Midterm madness. Thanks for the reminder.
Anyone know what's up with some of the other LAC searches? They don't seem even to have made the Big Board. Think they're waiting to see who gets passed on the R-1 jobs?
Occidental College has made telephone interviews, to be followed by on-campus interviews
Any word on the GMU european politics job?
Rumor has it that Boston University has cancelled all of their hires for this year, including the IR one, for budget reasons.
Can anyone confirm/disconfirm this?
DePauw's IR position has been filled. Source: Email from the department.
Marquette International Development: faculty decided on a candidate for an offer.
source: dept chair
DePauw has filled its international relations position per a rejection e-mail.
From the UVA Politics web-site:
"The Department of Politics welcomes some of our new faculty members -- Dan Gingerich, Sonya Pandya, Melvin Rogers, Jennifer Rubenstein, and Vesla Weaver."
Green Bay has made an offer
Claremont made a job offer.
Denison's International Studies department has selected its finalists (this is different from the Political Science position that has been filled).
WE ARE MARSHALL has made a hire (source: rejection letter from department)
Marshall's position has been filled
Saginaw Valley State University has filled is IR/comp position
What is going on with the Ohio State and U Chicago searches? Any news?
Nancy Brune (Penn) has a job talk at UCLA. Source: department e-mail
The wiki board reports that UNC Chapel Hill: IR Position Accepted.
Anyone know who got that job?
Please not our policies on hiring rumors, including our insistence on some sort of confirmation (from candidate, department member, website, etc.).
The following quote from an email I got this morning is an answer to the UNC question:
"I am pleased to announce that the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense
and the Department of Political Science have offered the position to Dr.
Navin Bapat of Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Bapat has accepted
the offer and will join UNC in the fall.
On behalf of the search committee, I would like to thank you for
expressing an interest in the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, and I wish you the very best success in your career.
Sincerely,
Joseph T. Glatthaar"
I received a letter fro Lehigh that said they are postponing their search until next year.
Any word on the positions at Texas-San Antonio, Saint Mary's U, or Nebraska? Also, Miss State and Ole Miss?
Naval Postgraduate School, all searches completed. Src: letter from chair
Re 1:27 on the Naval Postgraduate School: Since your source is pretty reliable, I guess there'd be no damage done if you share a bit more from the letter. Searches "completed" means offers made and accepted? Any names?
I was told by someone in the department that Nebraska would not be making decisions on a shortlist until March 9.
I don't think Nebraska has come up with a shortlist yet.
Re: Anonymous said...
Naval Postgraduate School, all searches completed. Src: letter from chair
Did the letter mention any specific results of those searches?
How does BJPS compare to IO in terms of prestige/reputation? I have a piece that I sense could land in any of those two.
2:36 regarding Naval, no specifics. Just that searches had been pursued successfully.
Does anyone have any information about the Duke search? The information on the Wiki is pretty outdated.
any word on Saint Mary's U?
Mississippi State is still interviewing next week.
Ole Miss made an offer, but the person to whom the offer was made was waiting on Set Hall to make an offer. No knowldege whether Set Hall offered it to the Ole Miss candidate of choice. Any news?
If you have a choice between IO and BJPS, send to IO. IO is the top journal in the field.
The Department of Political Science at Haverford College invites applications for a one-year visiting position in global governance and/or comparative politics (any area except Latin America and Middle East). We are particularly interested in applicants with a specialization on gender. A Ph.D. at the time of appointment is preferred. The successful applicant will be responsible for teaching an introductory course on globalization, plus three additional courses and senior thesis advising. Although the specific combination of courses is open we are interested in candidates who could teach intermediate and advanced level courses related to global justice, women and politics, and/or comparative politics. Application deadline: March 30. Applicants should send a letter of application, vita, relevant teaching materials, graduate transcript and three letters of recommendation to: Globalization Search, Department of Political Science, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA 19041. Inquiries may be sent to: Craig Borowiak, cborowia@haverford.edu.
NOTE: This is unrelated to the Haverford IR search
Haverford College made an offer in its IR (Middle East) search.
Re: Lehigh. They are not postponing their search. They have made a hire.
George Mason (SPP) national security policy search has been cancelled due to budget cuts. Source: phone call to candidates.
St. Mary's (San Antonio) has made an offer. Per an email from the search chair.
Any news about the assistant prof position at West Point (w/ the Combating Terrorism Center)? Have any interviews been scheduled yet?
Since someone else opened this can of worms about comparing journals, how do ISQ and JCR compare?
I have a piece approporiate for either, but maybe a slightly better fit at ISQ. However, I know four separate people who received an R&R at ISQ, resubmitted, and then received a second R&R. Only one of the four has received a judgment on the second R&R [accept], so I don't have a good way to judge whether the second R&R is functionally equivalent to a "conditional accept" or whehter rejection is still a real possibility.
I really am uncomfortable sending a manuscript at a place where I can end up on an R&R treadmill of indefinite duration.
So, I would appreciate any thoughts on ISQ vs. JCR, or if others have experience on what the second R&R means at ISQ. Thanks.
5:05... Receiving a second R&R isn't that unusual, and I wouldn't let stories of other people's experiences deter you from submitting to ISQ (although JCR is also great). There are very few places with infinite R&R loops- APSR was known for this once, but even that has changed with the editors.
@5:05 - I went through three rounds of R&R at Conflict Management and Peace Science once. The editor was quite helpful and quite upfront about the paper's prospects. So, by itself, a second round of R&R is nothing to worry about. If, on the the other hand, the comments do not give you the impression that you progressing in some way, then you might want to reconsider.
If we must have this type of discussion (and I don't think it's a good idea) could we keep it confined to Job Market thread--or start a new Going Nowhere Fast thread?
This is 5:05 again. Thanks for the feedback. To 6:55--my great fear is/was becoming involved in something like the old APSR R&R woes. While I wasn't in the discipline yet, my advisors told horror stories that they went through. When I heard about four friends all getting a second R&R at the same journal, I became nervous. I'm at the end of third year--there could be real tenure consequences for me.
I think it is extremely helpful to know that a second R&R, if not common, is also not uncommon. Again, I greatly appreciate the feedback.
To 9:10, while I would enjoy even more feedback, you are right that this is a discussion that has the potential to go in a bad direction very quickly. I defer to the collective wisdom of the board (and the indivudal wisom of the moderator) on whether any more feedback is necessary and/or helpful.
Thanks again.
UT San Antonio has an IR Theory job opening (applications were being accepted from Jan 2007 to Mar 1, 2007). Didn't see this on the list... any news?
Any news on the IR position at Cal State San Marcos?
Email received today: Wash U Intl Development/Intl Conflict position search closed without an offer.
Cal State San Marcos has conducted phone interviews and has scheduled two individuals for campus visits (but this is a couple of weeks old). Source: personal communication with the department.
Haverford's offer was accepted.
Offer made by Green Bay has been accepted.
Source: letter from dept.
Ohio University's IO/IL offer was accepted.
i wanted to check what are the chances of a McGill graduate majoring in International Relations securing a tenure-track job in the U.S.? Any thoughts welcome ! thanks!
We (McGill) just placed a student at UT Arlington--with a combo of IR/Middle East. Will do better down the road with more IR candidates who will have pubs and numbers, both relatively rare until now. But no, not an extensive record of placing people south.
2:11 PM - since you seem to so be from McGill, perhaps you could assist - so where do McGill graduates go? If its usually Canada, which universities? How do they rate against grads from Toronto or UBC?
Paul Vasquez (ND) has accepted the tenure track position at Wabash College.
Any information about the searches in UT San Antonio or Pacific?
Most McGill students seem to have been placed in Canada or in their native countries (we have significant numbers of students from outside North America). Canadian placements include McGill, Toronto, Ottawa, Concordia, Queens, Dalhousie, Carleton, U of NBC, Guelph, Royal Military College, Ude Montreal, Brock, Laval, Western Ontario, Kings College.
Outside NA: Exeter, Lancaster, ITAM (Mexico), Bremen, American U of Cairo, St. Andrews (Scotland), Bilkent, UQAM, among others.
Omitted US schools (we are revising our list of placements): Reed, SMU, Notre Dame, Case Western.
Students have gotten post docs at Stanford, Berkeley, Olin, etc.
Don't know how this compares to UBC or Toronto, but those are the ones with whom McGill should be compared in Canada--the best three poli sci departments (although Queens and UdeMontreal are close).
Could the McGill conversation perhaps be conducted someplace else?
In a recent survey of IR scholars at Canadian universities Toronto and York were the top rated Canadian departments. These two were followed by York.
This survey did not ask what the best political science department was, but instead asked where was the best place to get a PhD in the sub-field of IR. The results make you wonder there are big differences between IR and Political Science ratings. Also makes you wonder if the size of the department influenced the results.
Anyone have any news on Nebraska-Kearney or Flagler?
Flagler had a short list about a month ago (?). I don't know what's happened since then.
Any news on UC Riverside (IR/CP) and UC Irvine (International Studies) searches?
If you check the survey, York respondents were overrepresented, suggesting the inflation of York's reputation. In terms of grants/capita, pubs/capita, McGill outperforms all Canadian departments. In terms of visibility in the US, it is probably Toronto first, then McGill, with York far behind a bunch of others.
In IR, York is known for post-modern stuff, whereas McGill is more mainstream.
And the depth of the comparative folks at McGill certainly add to the IR program.
Perhaps I am a bit defensive, but York is consistently over-rated in that survey.
Can we move this to the IR departments blog, or at least the job market string?
Yes, please do :-). The tone of these exchanges has been okay, but we can see how it might spiral out of control pretty quickly.
Colorado-Boulder has closed its IR search without a hire.
Who did Colorado-Boulder interview? And make an offer to?
Will they be searching again next year?
Anonymous said:
"I thought Colorado hired XXXX XXXX from XXXX?"
Note: please backchannel us with information about hires, or point towards hard sources.
There is a wiki that is unmoderated -- and outside our domain, as it were -- but we like to think our comparative advantage is confirmation for these sorts of rumors.
PS: the board should be updated within the next few days.
Has anybody heard anything about the IR job that York University listed very briefly in February(deadline was Feb 23)? Thanks!
Chapman, who took a job with Texas, had an interview with and offer from Colorado.
any news on the miami-ohio/hamilton position?
On the York position, I was told (around March 1) by someone in the department that they would be contacting candidates, doing interviews, and making an offer all by the end of March.
Any news on Northern Illinois, Baruch CUNY, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside IR/CP searches? Thanks.
Any news on Florida Atlantic IR/Comparative search?
If that is the Mideast politics search that they were running, then FAU has made a hire for the position.
Reported earlier, now confirmed:
Ani Sarkisian (UCLA) took the job at Michigan State.
Letters from schools:
Purdue (public policy) and Bush School (IPE) at TAMU have filled their positions. No names given.
Re: 5:38am FAU IR/CP position
As I know, there are two TT positions (Middle East and IR/CP) at FAU. Any ideas on the second line IR/CP position? Or there is only one line at FAU. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.
What's going on with CISAC's predoc search? Has anybody received an award yet?
Will [Colorado] be searching again next year?
Almost certainly, and probably for two IR slots.
MIT's website lists their placements this year:
http://web.mit.edu/polisci/grad/placement.html
From the Chicago website:
"Julie Cooper, Betsy Sinclair, and Jong Hee Park have accepted the Department's offers of assistant professorships beginning July 2007."
http://political-science.uchicago.edu/
http://www.poli.duke.edu/
grad/phd_place.html
What happened at UCLA? Any offer made?
Called UTSA to inquire about IR Theory position; spoke with Martha Luna who said "it's still under review." No other details.
Any news on Baruch College CUNY's IR/CP and Northern Illinois' CP/IR (Southeast Asia) searches?
FWIW, UTSA didn't get back to me after an *on-campus* interview for *four* months, after telling me they would meet and decide the following week. The letter said they were not allowed to get in touch sooner, suggesting it wasn't just an issue of laziness. Also, the Dean tends to interfere (by his own admission) with hiring decisions.
Comments were solicited on UCLA's candidates for a recruiting committee meeting on 3/15. Source: departmental e-mail
3/15 was a couple of weeks ago.
Is an offer out?
Correction: 3/15 was a couple weeks ago in CALENDAR TIME.
In UC-Standard Time it was practically yesterday afternoon. Source: 6 years of UC experience!
From the University of Virginia website:
"The Department of Politics welcomes some of our new faculty members -- Dan Gingerich, Jeffrey Jenkins, Sonya Pandya, Melvin Rogers, Jennifer Rubenstein, and Vesla Weaver."
Correction: 3/15 was a couple weeks ago in CALENDAR TIME.
In UC-Standard Time it was practically yesterday afternoon. Source: 6 years of UC experience!
10:54 AM, April 02, 2007
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Good point.
Someone with considerably less UC experience - but still enough to be familiar with your point!
Any idea if York has interviewed for the late IR positions it advertised?
Did Columbia end up hiring someone for their general IR slot? Any opening next cycle?
BRAUMOELLER is going to be at Ohio State beginning the 2007-2008 academic year. He is teaching, "Game Theory for International Relations."
See:http://adsd1.it.ohio-state.edu/masterschedule/msched.aspx
Select: Autumn 2007, Department: POLITSC
Course: 848
Any news on Baruch College CUNY's IR/CP and Northern Illinois' CP/IR (Southeast Asia) searches?
Re Baruch - they did interviews a couple of weeks ago (source: a friend of a colleague of mine who was interviewed). Sounded like they've been looking for someone doing China primarily. Don't know whether an offer's been made yet
West Point's CTC should have a short list by the end of the week.
What's the source for the West Point note?
Has West Point notified short-listed candidates yet?
Any information on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette IR/CP search? thanks!
The wiki is reporting that Erik Voeten is leaving George Washington to accept the Krogh Chair at Georgetown. I can confirm that that is true.
Any news on West Point? Did they come up w/ a short list yet?
5:31: Yes. That information appears to be true. We have received credible information that Voeten is moving to Georgetown.
West Point has called candidates for interviews.
http://www.princeton.edu/
~pcglobal/fellows2007-08.html
Could some confirm re West Point interviews? My information was they were still working on their short list.
11:15, yes, my friend (who's finishing her ph.d. at Columbia) is interviewing w/ them.
Any news on the University of Guam IR position, especially now that interviews were conducted? Thanks!
Does anyone know when the West Point interviews took place/will take place? Thanks!
Seyom Brown moves from Brandeis to SMU: "Seyom Brown, whose five-decade career in national security has taken him from the State Department to policy think tanks to academia, will be the new John Goodwin Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Southern Methodist University. He will assume the roles of professor in the Political Science Department and of Director of Studies in the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies."
http://www.smu.edu/newsinfo/releases/06146.asp
Is the Brown move to SMU related to the imminent announcement of the Bush Library going there? Political science departments tend to be the ones that benefit the most from presidential libraries, after all.
My understanding is that SMU has been searching for that position for a while, so I doubt that it is related to the library.
Marc Lynch from Williams College (IR/Middle East) is moving to George Washington University. Source: a letter to rejected candidates.
Any information on the status of the UT San Antonio search?
The wiki (if correct) says that the Michigan offer to Ethan BDM was declined. Does that mean he's got another offer? He was on the UCLA interview list and UCLA interviews took place long time ago - any news?
March Lynch announced that move on his Abu Aardvark blog as well (Williams to GWU).
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/
jobfiles/YV812.html
Could anyone confirm that Virginia's offer to Barbara Walter was declined? (source: wiki)
9:25 - yeah, it would be good to know whether Barbara Walter is staying at UCSD
Ethan BDM has turned down Michigan. He has offers at UCLA, NYU, and Chicago-Harris.
NYU would be best for EBdM. I'd bet he will go there.
I agree. NYU and EBdM would be a great match. And it would confirm NYU as one of the most successful places when it comes to hiring up and coming Associate Professors.
Not to mentioning cornering the market on BdM's.
What happened with Duke and Goldstein? That seems like a very odd development.
No one thinks it even a bit odd that NYU will have both BdM's if that happened?
I don't see anything odd there.
It's entirely transparent that the appointment would be well deserved. I.e. competing offers from, in fact, higher ranked departments (i.e. UMich, UCLA).
I got a rejection letter from UMass today, so it seems that at the very least they are reviewing applications for an IR position of some sort. The letter made it sound as if the review is in-progress.
Any senior moves still up in the air?
The management here: we've edited a comment about Goldstein's supposed offer from Duke: the gist of the speculation is "don't bet on the move."
Please don't impugn the motives of individuals when posting about possible lateral moves.
Deborah Avant (GWU) is moving to UC Irvine.
Is Ethan BDM related to Bruce?
Father and son.
Wouldn't be the first case of a Department having both father and son. UCLA has, or had (?), Richard Baum and Matt Baum.
Um... why does everyone (or perhaps the same person) care so much about the fate of E.BdM?
I would rather see people help fill in the big board- especially moves that might reveal openings for next year's market. For instance, any news on whether Stam is leaving Dartmouth, any more on searches that closed without hires, etc.?
Very true.
So, what's up with Stam?
let's not talk about bdm in particular, but about such cases - e.g., what happens in such situations (we have a few others besides bdm) when someone is tying a couple offers and when they make their choice, what happens to the places they've rejected - do they call up any of the other people on their short lists, or do they decide to do another search next year, etc.
A. Sartori ==> NWU
Who are other IR/Political Science profs with IR/Political Science kids?
J.D. Singer
Bruce Bueno De Mesquita
Susan Rudolph
Peter Gourevitch
Richard Baum
Ernie Haas
Robert Jackson
3:07 - do you know how many of those were at the same department at the same time? I'm not sure, but think only the Baums?
Robert Art
Wow, apetite for trivia is greater than I anticipated!
Barbara Walter turned down UVA's offer.
Where is Bob Art's son/daughter?
Sam Kernell of "Going Public" fame has a daughter getting PhD at Columbia.
Can't think of any aside from Baum's who have been at same department at same time.
David Art is a comparativist at Tufts.
Anyone know what's happening with Erik Gartzke? I keep checking, but never see any more info on this site or the wiki.
David Art (Bob's son) is a comparativist at Tufts
Who are other IR/Political Science profs with IR/Political Science kids?
Sam Krislov.
Gleditsch anyone?
And I heard Erik turned down TAMU, but that was 3rd hand.
That leaves Maryland and UCSD?
Gartzke turned down TAMU. Source: TAMU dept. head
re Erik, "That leaves Maryland and UCSD?" - does that mean Columbia's already out as an option?
I think that leaves Maryland, Ohio State, and UCSD. The outcome seems obvious if all esle is equal, but probably all else is not equal.
A Columbia student told me that Gartzke is definitely leaving. So if that's reliable, then yes, Columbia is out.
So is Stam moving?
Are there any tenure-track searches for 2007 that are still in the process?
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