Does anyone know if GW (George Washington U) has an inside candi?
C: Good luck at MLA and Happy Holidays to everyone. Q: Don’t give up hope, writing people, calls are STILL going out on 12/20 & may continue! Q: A candidate with an MFA from a top-five program and good/great pubs vs. a PhD. with poor/no pubs: who wins and why? (Lets’ say that the job in question here lists workshops as its primary responsibility.) A: The best way to answer this question is to catalogue who gets what this year. If 25 of the 29 t-t positions go to PhDs, I’ll know I’m officially screwed. And will applaud my MFA students who are, increasingly, going that route, along with that other postponing-harsh-reality trend: the second MFA. A: Toss up. A: I’d argue it’s not even close to a toss-up. Some schools with search committees run entirely by Ph.Ds are going to always pick the Ph.D., but those ads usually say Ph.D. strongly preferred. If those are the only things in play – degree and publications – the person with the better publications wins; this is particularly true if the
