How to become a professor?

tetrahedr0n
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:23:47 +0000

Quite the opposite. History is much, much harder, since there are far more applicants and far fewer open positions. And with every passing year, there are (relatively) fewer positions, given the current funding climate in the humanities.

Here’s a few more things you need to do: as a graduate student, you need have a famous adviser. Someone who’s in the top ten or so in your chosen discipline in the world. This person also needs to have some degree of influence and power at the universities you’re interested in. Their recommendation will go a long way towards securing you a tenure track position.