Ph.D. from U.S. - work abroad as professor?

[iowaguy]

In general, what are the job prospects for a PhD from a top U.S. university working abroad as a professor?  (I'm personally thinking Latin America or Canada)

 

Is a post-doc still a necessity if one looks for employement abroad?  Any stories from anyone who has worked abroad as a prof (or knows someone who has)?  Thanks in advance!

 

[GeoLing]

I would love to hear about this, too,

[TakeruK]

A lot of profs I know at Canadian schools have US PhDs (some are American, while some are Canadians that go to the US for a PhD). In Physics/Astronomy anyways, you definitely still need post-docs! Post-docs are a part of your path to a tenured position, not a necessity that only exists in the US. It's actually somewhat rare to find a Physics/Astro prof at a Canadian university that did his/her BS, MS, PhD, and all post-docs in Canada. 

[coffeerocket]

ok

 

In Ireland or the UK which both have some of the most reputable universities and colleges you must be extremeley well rounded as an academic with years and years of post doc-ing and teaching behind you. Many professors who have obtained that position in the USA come to Ireland and the UK and expect to get a professorship and it will just not be given ... it is of the HIGHEST standard.

 

I know someone in the geography department ( I am in Science myself ) This lady was an associate professor in the states and she came over here with her husband and she was gob smacked  to be told she wont be able to be a professor and hold that title and grants.

 

Here is it very hard,  you cannot become a professor ( in science anyway I dont know about others but I presume its the same) withOUT running you own lab UNLESS you want to teach in a Institute if Technology in which case you would not earn the title professor.

 

I do think this is the right case, I have american and eu citizenship. I am only very early in my PhD but I think the USA hand out professorships too easily and here I think its just too hard so ...

 

In a way this is why I joined this site .. because I wanted someone to tell me what it is like the the USA with a PhD... what can you do .. can you lecture withouth having to ruyn a lab ? what is it like in industry working for a company?

[juilletmercredi]

I'm sure it varies by field, but in my field there's a decent demand abroad for professors with US degrees from top schools.  It also depends on where you want to work - Europe is difficult because they already have their own market of scholars, but I think it's easier in Canada and probably easier still in Latin America, although you may need Spanish.  I don't know whether you need a postdoc for Latin America, but it's my sense that a postdoc is still a plus in my field for Canadian positions.