Nicole’s guide to navigating faculty-position offers
Nicole Yunger Halpern
It’s happening.
Your inbox registers an email from the chair of a faculty-hiring committee. With trembling fingers, you click on the message. “We were very impressed…we’re delighted to offer…” Months of labor, soul-searching, strain, and anxiety give way to jubilation. You hug your partner/roommate/mom/dog; throw an impromptu dance party; and forward the email, prefaced with five exclamation points, to your mentor.1
As your heart rate returns to a level less likely to alarm a cardiologist, a...