Skip to content
Anna A. Meier
  • Home
  • About
  • CV
  • Writing
  • Teaching
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Resources

Author: Anna

what to keep from virtual interviews (and what to throw away)

June 28, 2021 Anna

This is the second in a series of reflections on going through the academic job market during COVID. Part 1,…

Continue Reading →

what it’s like being on the academic job market during COVID-19

June 27, 2021 Anna

This is the first in a series of reflections on going through the academic job market during COVID. Part 2,…

Continue Reading →

we need to talk about publishing

April 6, 2021 Anna

Last week, I submitted yet another article to the never-ending churn of academic peer review. As someone at the tail…

Continue Reading →

teaching while PhDing, or, against the cult of generalization

February 11, 2021 Anna

I used to be adamantly in favor of first-year graduate students serving as TAs, an opinion based on my own…

Continue Reading →

where to look for academic job postings in political science

November 17, 2020 Anna

tl;dr: If you’re only looking at APSA eJobs, you’re missing a ton of stuff! Here is a list of resources…

Continue Reading →

the job market as individualism

September 3, 2020 Anna

Ever since I was little, my body has refused to pay attention to my brain’s stress responses—or, rather, lack thereof.…

Continue Reading →

the job market is here to breed chaos

August 9, 2020 Anna

Lately I’ve felt horribly naïve. I suppose it started once job postings started and I began putting relevant ones into…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: job market

day in the life

July 7, 2020 Anna

7 a.m.: Alarm goes off, which means it’s time for my daily allotted hour of I am Sad and Alone.…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: job market

the academic job market is the worst, except for all the others

June 24, 2020 Anna

Hi, I’m going on the academic job market this fall! Please hire me. For years, I’ve had trouble understanding what…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: job market

On writing “The Idea of Terror”

June 10, 2020 Anna

Fun fact: no one in grad school teaches you how to write a qualitative research paper. If you’re like me,…

Continue Reading →

Post navigation

Page 2 of 3
← Previous 1 2 3 Next →
Copyright © 2025 Anna A. Meier