May 2026
Dr. Haage presented our data during the weekly seminar at Southern Illinois University (Department of Biomedical Sciences).
March 2026
Dr. Chris Smith presents our work at the National Postdoc Association meeting.
Towards a More Humane Process: Learning from the Experiences of Applicants on the Faculty Job Market
December 2025
Our Social Sciences paper is published!
Amanda L. Mollet, Ada Hagan, You Cheng, A. Kozik, Christopher T. Smith, Amanda Haage, Nafisa M. Jadavji
Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 2025
November 2025
Thank-you to Burroughs Wellcome Fund for funding our data analysis and updates to our dashboard!
May 2024
Increasing Transparency in the Academic Job Market
Presentation at NPA myPostdoc Monthly
December 2024
We're Launching a New Qualitative Survey!
This winter we’re launching a new qualitative survey! Funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, we’re conducting interviews with applicants throughout their job search process until Spring 2025.
August 2024
We Posted Our Fourth Manuscript!
An updated analysis of the Biomedical Science Faculty Job Market.
March 2024
We Presented the Data Dashboard at NPA 2024
Earlier this month Drs. Jadavji and Smith presented our data dashboard at the 2024 meeting of the National Postdoctoral Association. In addition to a poster session, we also gave a special workshop entitled “The Academic Job Market Workshop: Understanding Where You Stand.”
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Drs. Jadavji and Smith pose with the title slide for the dashboard workshop at NPA 2024.
February 2023
We submitted our third manuscript describing the humanities and social sciences job market, entitled “Beyond the Leaky Pipeline: A Quantitative Analysis of the Academic Job Market in Humanities and Social Sciences.” Thank-you for Burroughs Wellcome Fund for the funds!
November 2022
Welcome to Dr. Lily Cheng!
This fall we welcomed a new member to the research team, Dr. You (Lily) Cheng! Dr. Cheng (she/her/hers) is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School where she studies dementia. Dr. Cheng is a neuroscientist, data scientist, and science communicator.
Dr. Cheng joined the team as a volunteer to enhance our research with her knowledge and skills in machine learning.
We look forward to a great collaboration!
May 2022
We Submitted Our Second Manuscript!
“The U.S. academic job market survives the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic”
Our second paper analyzing the availability of academic positions and the response of applicants early and midway through the pandemic.