The Academic Job Market

The Department of English provides extensive support for graduate students on the academic job market. Our students have a thorough training in teaching as well as in research skills, and graduates of our program have obtained tenure-track positions at a wide variety of institutions, including the University of Wisconsin (Stout), University of Massachusetts (Amherst), University of Utah, SUNY Plattsburgh, Washington University in St. Louis, Hamline University, Eastern Illinois University, Otterbein College, Augsburg College, St. Vincent College, and Mount St. Mary’s College (New York).

Graduate students participate in a series of workshops on job search topics such as the application process, interviewing, job talks, and on-campus visits. We have a faculty roundtable discussion on the job market in the fall, as well as mock-interviews for students with faculty members in preparation for interviewing at the MLA convention.

Students can choose to have their job search materials managed through Interfolio. We provide sample application materials Login Required for students to use as well as up-to-date links concerning the academic job search. Job-seekers in their first and second year on the market are given a membership to the MLA to help support their job search.

Professor Katherine Scheil leads a job search workshop

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Last modified on September 25, 2009