NWSA 1997 -- ACADEMIC JOB SEARCHES IN WOMEN'S STUDIES SELECTED
BIBLIOGRAPHY  

compiled by Katherine Side
 
    This selected bibliography is intended as a list of resources useful
for academic job searches in Women's Studies.  While there are many good
accounts of women in academe generally, as well as reports from university
associations, councils, discipline based associations and individual
institutions some attempt has been made to limit this bibliography to
those items with specific information about academic job searches and/or
about Women's Studies.  Women's Studies is interdisciplinary and job
search information and postings are often cross-listed to other academic
departments;  it may be helpful to look for additional sources within
specific disciplines.

Please feel free to copy &/or circulate this selected bibliography,
compiled by Katherine Side.  If you have additional references and/or
comments please contact:  Katherine Side, c/o Graduate Programme in
Women's Studies, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario
Canada M3J 1P3 or (by e-mail) klside@YorkU.ca or kside@acs.ryerson.ca

GENERAL SOURCES

1.  Anthony, Rebecca & Gerald Roe  Finding A Job in Your Field: A Handbook
for M.A.s and Ph.D. (Princeton: Peterson's Guide, 1984).

--Covers strategies for the academic & the non-academic job search for
M.A. and Ph.D. graduates.

2.  DeNeef, A. Leigh & C.D. Goodwin eds.  The Academic Handbook 2nd Ed.
(Durham: Duke University Press, 1993).

--Section Two addresses 'Academic Employment'

3.  Heiberger, Mary Morris  The Academic Job Search Handbook 2nd Ed.
(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996).

--An invaluable resources that includes sample cover letters & C.V.s
Three chapters discuss interviewing, including the telephone interview.
Also included information about use of the World Wide Web in job searches.

4.  Moore, Richard  Winning the Ph.D. Game  (New York: Donn, Mead & Co.,
1985).

--Chapters 13-18 deal specifically with 'Turning Your Ph.D. into A Job';
includes sample cover letters & C.V.s as well as interview tips.

5.  Nelson, Cary  Manifesto of A Tenured Radical  (New York:  New York
University Press, 1997).

6. --- Will Teach for Food:  Academic Labour in Crisis (Minneapolis:
University of Minnesota Press, 1997).

--Not specifically about academic job searches, but an important resources
to help understand the climate in which job searches are taking place.

7.  Phillips, Gerald et al.  Survival in the Academy: A Guide to eginning
Academics (Cresskill: Hampton, 1994).

--Includes a chapter on 'Job Searches'

8.  Salmon, Phillida  Acheiving A Ph.D.: Ten Students' Experiences
(Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books, 1992).

--Not a how-to-guide, but provides stories of ten students' experiences
obtaining a Ph.D. at British universities.

9.  Profession (Modern Languages Association, 1994): 57-105.

--Contains eight articles about the academic job search in the 1990s.


SOURCES SPECIFIC TO WOMEN

1.  Aisenberg, Nadya & Mona Harrington  Women of Academe:  Outsiders in
the Sacred Grove  (Amherst:  University of Massachusetts Press, 1988).

--Deals with some of the problems faced by women in academe.

2.  Caplan, Paula  Lifting A Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide to Surviving
in the Academic World (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992).

--Chapter Seven includes sections on 'Beginning to Look for Jobs',
'Preparing Your C.V.', 'Interviews' & 'At the Time of Hiring'. Also
includes an extensive bibliography on the academic job search.

3.  Pascoe, Judith "What to Expect When You're Expecting"  Profession,
1994

--Article in the M.L.A.'s annual journal about job searching while
pregnant.

4.  Rose, Suzanna, ed.  Career Guide for Women Scholars (New York:
Springer, 1986).

--See Phyllis Bronstein's 'Applying for Academic Jobs:  Strategies for
Success' & Joanna Bunker Rohrbaugh's 'Issues Confronting Lesbian
Academics'

5.  Toth, Emily  Ms.Mentor's Impeccable Advice For Women in Academia
(University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997).

--Ms. Mentor, a crotechety character drawn by Nicole Hollander gives
spirited, detailed Q & A advice on such topics as 'The Job Hunt', 'The
Conference Scene', 'Slouching Toward Tenure' and much more".

6.  Vartuli, Sue ed.  The Ph.D. Experience:  A Woman's Point of View (New
York: Praeger, 1982).

--In particular, see Marion McNairy's article on 'The Job Hunt'.


SOURCES SPECIFIC TO WOMEN'S STUDIES

1.  Hembold, Lois Rita  "Getting A Foot in the Door," The Women's review
of Books (February, 1994).

--Practical advice about what search committees are looking for.  Written
by someone who spent "almost a decade as a lecturer & itinerant scholar" &
more recently has chaired two search committees in Women's Studies.

2.  Pedersen, Diana " 'Are You A Woman or An Historian?' A Feminist's
Guide to Surviving the Academic Job Interview"  Atlantis 18 no. 1 & 2:
168-176.

--Interview tips from a Canadian feminist historian who spent three years
on the job market before landing a tenure-track position.  The title
derives from a question the author was asked in a job interview.

3.  Gordon, Linda  'Successful Interviewing'  Perspectives, Newsletter of
the American Historical Association (November, 1989): 6-7.

4.  There are also some files (practical advice & shared experience) about
the academic job search on WMST-L.  To access these files send the
following message to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU

GET ACADEMIC SEARCH WMST-L
GET JOB MARKET1 WMST-L
GET JOB MARKET2 WMST-L
GET JOB MARKET3 WMST-L

(You must be subscribed as list member of WMST-L to receive this material;
there is no cost.  See the WMST-L User Guide
(http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/user-guide.hmtl) for more details.

5.  There is also a job-related web site at

http://www.higheredjobs.com/facpos3.hmtl