the entire faculty is gone!

Graduate School
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<p>I’m applying to art history MA programs-
My school has a small Art history faculty, about 20-25 total.
About half of them are communications professors
(the department is called “art history AND communications”)
Out of 10ish art history professors, about a half or more left last year and more are leaving after this semester.</p>

<p>So right now, I am left with professors/lecturers who are filling in the space for the moment, or who just got their Ph.Ds and thus very young, or who I never even met. </p>

<p>And because this major change in faculty member took place since I started going school, I don’t have any professor with whom I have taken more than one class. One professor I am actually familiar and have done research holds Ph.D in Communications, not art history.</p>

<p>oh, and the fact that the few remaining professors are specialists in Renaissance-18th century art doesn’t help: I’m more into Medieval, Asian, or 19th+ modern/contemporary art. Most classes I have taken are focused in the period I’m interested in, not classical. </p>

<p>What should I do? Who should I and how should I ask for recommendations?
Every year we have a whole new set of professors,
and next year I am again, taking courses with new professors.
I can’t come up with three names that I feel confident to ask for recs.</p>

<p>help me :(</p>

<ul>
<li>sorry about the long post. I’m just frustrated…</li>
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<p>From your description, that is a lot of internal politics going on (usually funding), transfer elsewhere if it isn’t too late. Don’t exclude the professors that have left for LORs. Truth be told, most candidates don’t have LORs from multiple places.</p>

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<p>well I’m applying to grad school, so it means I’m finishing my third year. so no, I think it’s a bit late for transferring…</p>

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<p>OK. If I were you, I will put my name down in the Dean’s calendar to discuss your specific situation. If those leaving professors go to a department where you plan to pursue your MA, ask them be your ally (or LOR) during the admission process.</p>