January 15, 2012
At the MLA, a Ph.D. Candidate Navigates the Jobs Gantlet
Matthew Ryan Williams for The Chronicle
Javier Jiménez, a Berkeley Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature, reviews his notes before a job interview at the Modern Language Association convention in Seattle.
Seattle
It's the night before one of his big job interviews at the Modern Language Association meeting, and Javier Jiménez is in his hotel room, getting ready.
The 35-year-old graduate student, who is scheduled to earn his Ph.D. in comparative literature this spring from the University of California at Berkeley, is trying to ward off anxiety and abdominal pains.
"My worst nightmare is that I'll be in the middle of my interview and get diarrhea, and I won't be able to play it
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