More Congratulations Are In Order

Posted on March 12th, 2009 by Daniel Larison

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Good news from John Schwenkler: he has secured a teaching job, and he and his wife are expecting their second child in the fall. I’m very pleased for John on both counts. Now if he could just tell us how he managed to get an academic job in this market in philosophy, that would be really interesting.

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4 Responses to “More Congratulations Are In Order”

  1. John Schwenkler, on March 12th, 2009 at 2:03 pm Said:

    Thanks, Daniel.

    Now if he could just tell us how he managed to get an academic job in this market in philosophy, that would be really interesting.

    Step One: Have an exceedingly vague, barely articulate sense of where you’re going with your almost-entirely-unwritten dissertation.

    Step Two: Apply for exactly one job, in an AOS that is not your own.

    Step Three: ?

    Somehow I feel that this pattern isn’t going to generalize …

  2. Daniel Larison, on March 12th, 2009 at 2:11 pm Said:

    That’s where I went wrong–I finished my dissertation! Let that be a lesson to us all. :)

    Seriously, though, that’s great news. Good luck to you.

  3. nathancontramundi, on March 12th, 2009 at 2:27 pm Said:

    I’m going to take a little bit of credit for this, Daniel.

    Long ago, John asked for prayers, that he might be successful in his search for employment at Mount Saint Mary’s. I pass a Catholic church (a parish too modern for my tastes, but I walk by, nonetheless) at least twice daily between home and campus; a statue of the Blessed Virgin stands in front of the parish school. Along with my regular “Ave Maria,” I tossed in a prayer to Mary, Aquinas, and St. John Cantius on Schwenkler’s behalf.

    Add that to the pattern, and generalization you have.

  4. nathancontramundi, on March 12th, 2009 at 2:32 pm Said:

    That probably comes off as needlessly, tastelessly self-congratulatory (in a certain manner), when, of course, ’tis the Schwenk deserving of congratulations. Read my comment as “props” to Mary, rather than to me.

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