Academic Search

Beyond the Professoriate: Academic Job Market Boot Camp August 24-28, 2026 | 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Doctoral students and postdocs entering the academic job market today face fewer available positions and significantly more competition than in previous years. In this environment, a strong application package is essential to… Read More

As a scientific researcher, you likely are familiar with what a career path would look like conducting research in academia, industry or government, but you may be less familiar with the wide variety of independent research institutes that exist and also employ PhD scientists at various career stages, including as… Read More

AdvancED is hosting two Teaching Statement Office Hours sessions. Anyone working on a teaching philosophy for job applications is welcome and encouraged to stop by! These sessions will begin with an optional 30-minute mini-workshop on teaching statement best practices; the rest of the time will be dedicated to… Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center’s monthly Women in the Academy series announces: Daring to Lead: Women’s Pathways in Higher Education Melissa Gresalfi, Ph.D., Dean of Residential Colleges and Residential Education and Dean of the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons Jeremi London, Ph.D., Associate Provost… Read More

Date(s) March 4, 2022 (11AM-12PM PT, via Zoom) May 25, 2022 (11AM-12PM PT, via Zoom) Registration Links Registration link for March 4 here. Registration link for May 25 here. Program Summary Our program is one of 21 NIH-funded Institutional… Read More

You may hear academics throwing around terms like “hard money” and “soft money” when talking about salaries. What do these terms mean, anyway? This blog post explains the difference.  … Read More

Gaeun Seo, senior associate director of graduate student career development in the Center for Career Development at Princeton University,  shares some insights to help early-career job candidates better prepare for this stage of the faculty hiring process in his article from “Inside Higher Ed”: Tips for Successful Screening Interviews… Read More

Belmont is currently hiring for 3 biology positions as well as Biology/Anatomy & Physiology and Chemistry.  To learn more, see additional openings and to apply, please see job postings at: https://belmont.csod.com/ats/careersite/search.aspx?site=10&c=belmont   Assistant Professor of Biology We are now accepting applications for a qualified Assistant Professor… Read More

We hope you consider participating in this important survey about the faculty job market.  https://und.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9nIisIlMqqrYlTL Last year a group of former and current postdocs launched a collaborative study to bring transparency to the overall stressful and opaque process that is the faculty job… Read More

SLACs and You: Teaching at a Liberal Arts College Sponsored by the Graduate School Career Development Thursday, January 30th, 2020 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Alumni Hall, Rm 201 Speaker: Lee M. Jefferson, PhD (Vanderbilt PhD alum, Religion), Nelson D. and Mary McDowell… Read More