Careers: May 2007 Archives

Yesterday was Yale's graduation ceremony. I attended for the first time since my own graduation in 2001. We had an excellent crop of graduate students who are going on to do exciting things.

I just finished reading part of Rob Knop's blog about his tenure denial at Vanderbilt University. It makes me aware of just how difficult the job market is and that getting a PhD is just the first step on a long and difficult road: http://scienceblogs.com/interactions/2007/05/the_astronomy_community_to_rob.php

A prospective doctoral student interested in the anthropology of Japan recently inquired about what schools I'd recommend. I posted a list last year but thought I'd update it for 2007 2012:

Ph.D. Granting Institutions with Japan Faculty)

• Canada: University of British Columbia - Prof. Millie Creighton
• USA-CA: Stanford University - Prof. Miyako Inoue
• USA-CT: Yale University - Profs. William Kelly, Karen Nakamura*
• USA-HI: University of Hawai'i (Manoa) - Prof. Christine Yano
• USA-IA: University of Iowa - Prof. Scott Schnell
• USA-MA: Boston University - Prof. Merry White
• USA-MA: Harvard University - Prof. Theodore Bestor
• USA-MO: University of Missouri at St Louis - Prof. Laura Miller
• USA-NC: Duke University - Prof. Anne Allison
• USA-NY: Columbia University - Prof. Marilyn Ivy
• USA-MI: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) - Prof. Jennifer Robertson
• USA-PA: University of Pittsburgh - Prof. Gabi Lukakcs

* Italics = denotes junior faculty member who may or may not be taking on graduate students.

M.A. Programs

• USA: Yale University, MA in East Asian Studies
• Japan: Sophia University, Interdisciplinary MA in Japanese Studies - Prof. David Slater
• Japan: Waseda University - Prof. Glenda Roberts

I'll keep updating this list, if you have any suggestions, additions, corrections, feel free to e-mail me or drop a comment below. Last updated: 2007/09/23