How to Be a Grad Student | Statement of Purpose | Conference Proposals
Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams | Job Market Information | Job Listings
Statement of Teaching Philosophy | Sample Job Documents
Professional Organizations & Resources | Other Rhet/Comp Programs
Print Resources | Rhetoric Resources | (Unsolicited) Advice
How to Be a Graduate Student
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Graduate School Statement of Purpose
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Conference Proposals
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Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams
See also: Professional Organizations & Resources below.
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Job Market
See also: (Unsolicted) Advice below and the When Should You Go on the Job Market? page (requires Case ID).
- "9 Interviews" (for a lighter look at the MLA interview & some useful links)
- Baron, Dennis. "The Hiring Season." Chronicle of Higher Education. 9 Nov. 2001.
- ---. "To Whom It May Concern: Reading Job Applications." Chronicle of Higher Education. 21 Dec. 2001.
- ---. "The Job Interview." Chronicle of Higher Education. 21 Jan. 2002.
- ---. "The Hiring Season: Completing the Cycle." Chronicle of Higher Education. 31 May 2002.
- Burmester, Beth. "The Economics of Completing the Dissertation and Getting a Job: Actual Expenses and Economic Considerations Relating to a National Academic Job Search and the Final Year of Dissertation Writing." Lore. Spring 2004.
- Highberg, Nels P. "Step by Step, Application by Application, It Can Happen to You." Lore. Spring 2004.
- Miller, Scott L., Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Bennis Blue, and Deneen M. Shepherd. "Present Perfect and Future Imperfect: Results of a National Survey of Graduate Students in Rhetoric and Composition Programs." College Composition and Communication. 48.3 (Oct. 1997): 392-409. (Available via campus connection to JSTOR)
- MLA. "Career and Job Market Information." (Various PDF files with analyses of recent job market information.)
- ---. "Information and Guidelines for Job Seekers." (Various articles and resources.)
- Moneyhun, Clyde. "All Dressed up and OTM: One ABD's View of the Profession." Rhetoric Review. 12.2 (Spring 1994): 406-412. (Available via campus connection to JSTOR)
- ---. "Still Dressed up but OTJ: Beyond the Quest for Perfection in the Rhet/Comp Industry." College Composition and Communication. 50.1 (Sept. 1998): 91-95. (Available via campus connection to JSTOR)
- Queen, Robin, and Anne Curzan. "In the Professions: Perspectives on the Academic Job Market." Journal of English Linguistics. 35.4 (Dec. 2005): 374-377. (Requires campus connection to SAGE publications.)
- Rude, Carolyn. "The Academic Job Market in Technical Communication, 2002-2003." Technical Communication Quarterly. 13.1 (2004): 49-71. (Available via campus connection to EJC)
- Stygall, Gail. "At the Century's End: The Job Market in Rhetoric and Composition." Rhetoric Review. 18.2 (Spring 2000): 375-389. (Available via campus connection to JSTOR)
- Thomas, Trudelle. "Demystifying the Job Search: A Guide for Candidates." College Composition and Communication. 40.3 (Oct. 1989): 312-327. (Available via campus connection to JSTOR)
- University of Washington. "Information for the MLA Job Seeker." (Requires Case ID)
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Job Listings
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Statement of Teaching Philosophy
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Sample Job Documents
NOTE: These materials require a Case-ID and password for access. The following examples are "real world" documents contributed by our very own graduates, and they are provided on the condition that you share-and-share-alike. After you've completed your own job search, please contribute your job documents (by sending them to kimberly.emmons@case.edu) to share with your colleagues. Thank you.
- > Sample Job Materials (Assitant Prof., Early Modern Literature) - Job Letter, Dissertation Abstract.
- > Brian Ballentine (Assistant Prof., West Virginia University, 2007) - Job Letter, Curriculum Vitae, Teaching Philosophy.
- > Darcy Brandel (Assistant Prof., Marygrove College, 2006) - Job Letter, Curriculum Vitae, Teaching Philosophy.
- > Kenneth McGraw (Assistant Prof., Roanoke College, 2009) - Job Letter, Curriculum Vitae, Teaching Philosophy, Dissertation Abstract, Writing Sample.
- > Gabriel Rieger (Assistant Prof., Concord University, 2008) - Job letter, Curriculum Vitae.
- > Chalet Seidel (Assistant Prof., Westfield State College, 2009) - Job Letter (Teaching First), Job Letter (Research First), Job Letter (Emphasis on Diverse Students), Curriculum Vitae, Teaching Philosophy.
In our recent (2007) job search, we are seeing a lot of websites supplementing applications. This appears to be the norm among tech-savvy applicants, and it offers you a chance to collect materials and present yourself to the hiring world more fully than with traditional paper-based materials. Consider browsing other Ph.D.-granting programs for recent (and soon-to-be) graduates for additional sample job documents. For example, the Center for Writing Studies at UIUC.
See also the When Should You Go on the Job Market? page (requires Case ID).
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Professional Organizations & Resources
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Other Rhet/Comp Graduate Programs
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Rhetoric Resources
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Print Resources
Barr-Ebest, Sally. "Gender differences in writing program administration" in Writing Program Administration 18.3 [1995] 53-73. (For a sobering look at the inequities along gender lines.)
Enos, Theresa, Ed. Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition. New York: Garland, 1996. (Available in KSL: PN172.E53 1996)
CCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric, 1987-1990. (Available in KSL: Ref Z5818.E5C44)
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(Unsolicted) Advice
See also the When Should You Go on the Job Market? page (requires Case ID).
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