Where will we be next year?
Of the dozen 2007-08 teaching jobs I've applied fo, the only development so far is that one search has been canceled.
Frankly, I don't have high hopes for any of these applications. Since I don't yet have my Ph.D. (coming in April!), my applications are going into "Pile B," to be referred to only if there is no suitable and available candidate in "Pile A." I have applied at colleges and universities in various (mostly small) cities across the easteren half of the United States, including the Rose Hlulme Institute of Science and Technology in Terra Haute and the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio.
Assuming I don't get a pleasant surprise from one of these institutions, my goal will be to get an anjunct job as close as possible to Kansas City, where Terry is living and working. A couple of months ago, I met with the heads of the history departments at Washburn University in Topkea and Benedictine College in Atchison. Both more or less told me I would be welcome to teach as an adjunct for the 2007-08 academic year. Over the next couple of months, I will try to confirm one position or the other.
The other thing I will be doing is presenting a paper at the Missouri Valley History Conference in Omaha at the beginning of March. My friend Rich Schneirov suggested networking at regional conferences, and this one presents the most convenient opportuntiy.
-- Norty