Clarissa's Blog

Well, it isn’t really an invention, but it’s a very funny contest:

Any job marketer who can provide documented proof that s/he sent a scan of his/her butt as “evidence of teaching excellence” will receive $100 via PayPal, from me.

I’m hearing that there are quite a few job ads this year that truly deserve this. And worse.

Jokes aside, I believe that the time has come for us to realize that there are completely unacceptable things that are happening on the academic job market. We should stop justifying them and start creating an intolerable environment for those of our colleagues who think it’s OK to use people’s desperation to exploit and humiliate them.