Chris Sula and I have revamped the Phylo site to create a new, publicly available jobs board to (ahem) supplement the JFP. The URL is http://phylo.info/jobs. As of today, we'll start accepting job postings from departments at no charge. Following Harry Brighouse's suggestion on Leiter's blog, though, we're requiring a link to an external site (e.g., an announcement on the department's web site) to verify each post's authenticity.
Anyone with questions or concerns about the jobs board is welcome to email us at jobs@phylo.info.
Now all we need is an alternative to the APA...
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Who runs the APA? I know it's run from the U. of Delaware, but who in particular runs it? How did they come to run it? Was there some procedure whereby they were chosen? Is there a procedure in place to change who runs it? These questions aren't rhetorical. I'm merely a curious, yet ignorant, grad student.
The sad thing is, once the October JFP finally drops:
1) it won't look nearly as good nor be nearly as functional as Phylo; and
2) will most likely contain few ads which haven't already appeared in other, superior venues.
Phylo is how the APA's website should have looked a long time ago.
11:49: If you look on the APA site under "About APA" - "Governance" you'll see the by-laws for national APA and each division. There are provisions for nominating committees, elections, etc.
The APA is unusual among professional organizations in being so highly decentralized - very strong divisions, with a weak national structure. That's always been true and it has contributed to the difficulty in governance.
This is fantastic.
I do think the APA serves well in providing content-conferences for a broad range of subfields. I like that there is a place I can go and listen to a sesssion not exactly in my area[s] and meet up with people who work in other areas.
For me, the real questions are how the APA services for jobs got so terrible and why joining the internet world took so long. At one point, the answer had to do with the [unofficial yet continued] power of some very old-timers. I don't think that is any longer ther case; so, what explains the level of incompetence?
This is fantastic.
I do think the APA serves well in providing content-conferences for a broad range of subfields. I like that there is a place I can go and listen to a sesssion not exactly in my area[s] and meet up with people who work in other areas.
For me, the real questions are how the APA services for jobs got so terrible and why joining the internet world took so long. At one point, the answer had to do with the [unofficial yet continued] power of some very old-timers. I don't think that is any longer ther case; so, what explains the level of incompetence?
I'm no longer even near to the centers of power, so I do not have the inside scoop. Perhaps someone else does?
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