I honestly cannot believe that as a technology-focused school, we don't have an automatic scanning/sensor-checking system in Green Library, so that we can just walk through. I'm so tired of scanning books manually every single time, and waiting in the line to show them my bag. It's just unbelievable. Why isn't there an initiative to work on doing this automatically?
I am a 5th-year PhD student in the humanities with two coadvisors. I've applied to about 10 things so far, large and small (fellowships, postdocs, teaching lectureships), and I've never been able to get a positive result using Advisor #2's letter (not even an initial interview). I have gotten a couple small things using only Advisor #1's letter.
Additionally, Advisor#2 is extremely passive and has not given me any signficant feedback on my dissertation. When I send him application materials, asking a specific question, he responds with a one-line email saying "Seems fine to me." I talked to the Chair about this, and she said, "I wouldnt worry about it. He's supportive." But I'm really doubtful because we haven't done any work together on anything, and I have no idea what he thinks about my dissertation, which I worked extremely hard on
Does anyone have any advice?