Because we help our PhD students to develop into well-rounded academics, our rate of placement in tenure-track positions has been impressive, particularly given the downturn in the academic job market. More than 80% of our Ph.D.s who do national searches find tenure-track jobs. Our recent success may also have been helped by the department's support for job seekers. Eight years ago we created the position of Job Placement Advisor; the Advisor is a faculty member in charge of running workshops and mock interviews for graduate students, as well as providing one-on-one advising for those students preparing for the job market. In the past few years, our graduate students have accepted tenure-track jobs at institutions such as University of Washington, University of New Mexico, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Eastern Illinois University, Xavier University, Valparaiso University, Baldwin-Wallace College, Ithaca College, and Lafayette College.
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