February 9, 2012
After Navigating the MLA Gantlet, a Graduate Student Decides on a Job and Discovers His Worth
Matthew Ryan Williams for The Chronicle
Javier Jiménez prepares for an interview at the Modern Language Association meeting in early January. Mr. Jiménez said that while he was at the conference he felt like a ghost, there but not visible to others because he was not a faculty member. Now that he has a job, he feels validated.
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Matthew Ryan Williams for The Chronicle
Javier Jiménez prepares for an interview at the Modern Language Association meeting in early January. Mr. Jiménez said that while he was at the conference he felt like a ghost, there but not visible to others because he was not a faculty member. Now that he has a job, he feels validated.
Javier Jiménez, the graduate student profiled by The Chronicle last month at the Modern Language Association's annual meeting, has made a decision about where he will work this fall. Mr. Jiménez's story illustrated what it is like to be a graduate student navigating the job gantlet at a prestigious academic conference.
Back in early January when he was at the MLA, Mr. Jiménez
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