The academic job market was very different in 2006 than even a couple of years later. With the downturn came a flood of people staying on for grad school instead of looking for jobs - and with them came a flood of free labor for the universities.
She probably assumed with her Columbia degree she'd have no trouble landing something quickly, even with her artificial constraints.
She probably assumed with her Columbia degree she'd have no trouble landing something quickly, even with her artificial constraints.