What is the POD?  The POD is an active "paired open database" run by Lindsey Mirielli (Juniper Gardens, KU), Jessica Rodrigues (UNC), and Emily Singell (MU) that collects special education faculty job advertisements for each academic job market year.



















What is "open data?" As defined by opendatahandbook.org, "open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike." Open data allow for shared resources that can be leveraged by a wide group of researchers for the investigation of research questions for contributing new knowledge.

What does it mean to be "paired?" When open data is "paired," it serves two intertwined purposes. The Special Education Faculty Jobs POD not only serves the typical purpose of open data by providing a shared database that research teams and/or scholars can use for addressing research curiosities, but it also serves an outreach purpose: the POD supports individuals and institutions impacted by the special education faculty job market, including candidates who are searching for potential special education faculty job opportunities as well as institutions recruiting candidates for special education faculty positions. Total views accrued by the POD suggest its effectiveness in serving an outreach purpose; the 2023-2024 POD garnered more than 2,500 views from across the nation..
 
Is there a publication about this project? YES! We are proud that our article earned all three open-science badges. View our open-access 2025 RiSE publication here.



















*2025-2026 POD!* Data collection for this year's academic job market began on August 1, 2025.
Click here to access the spreadsheet.

2024-2025 POD: Our most recent completed POD is for the 2024-2025 job market. View the list here, 
and take a look at the map below that shows a breakdown of job advertisements by state for the 2024-2025 job market: