By Wudan YanOver the past 4 weeks, Amol Pohane—a postdoc at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), Amherst—learned that he’s no longer in the running for several faculty jobs.
It’s not his fault. Four universities informed him that they were canceling or postponing job searches because of COVID-19 disruptions.
He’ll have the option of reapplying—or having his original application reviewed—next year, the universities told him. But that’s little comfort for Pohane, who was banking on landing a faculty job this year.As a citizen of India, his visa is set to expire in September.
He harbors dreams of landing an academic position in the United States. But if he can’t find a job by August, he’ll have to leave the country and bring the rest of