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human
First time on the job market... advice welcome

I am a media studies PhD candidate graduating in June 2015 and have been sending out job applications since July of this year. A few weeks ago I received an email from a small liberal arts college in the Midatlantic region to schedule a Skype interview; I was asked to come for a campus visit just two days afterward.

The school is a small liberal arts college with a minimal research focus, and it sounds as though I could have tenure in as little as four years. However, my advisor (I go to a R1 school in the Pacific Northwest) is extremely research-oriented, and she fears that my research output would be stymied by this job and that I would essentially prevent myself from moving to another school in the future if I take the job (should I receive an offer, that is). She also believes that it's a "red flag" that I was asked to interview in person so quickly.

Frankly, I believe I'm a far better teacher than I am a researcher, and I think a liberal arts college would be a good fit for me. Plus, nothing is going to stop me from conducting research; in fact, the faculty was discussing the possibility of creating a brand new standing research pool of undergrads specifically for experiments and studies. When thinking about this whole situation, what should I really take to heart, and what should I take with a grain of salt? Advice is welcome.
gpt
A job like that can work out just fine. But you need to make sure you understand job expectations prior to accepting an offer. There are many situations where you would have the course and service load of a teaching position but with added research obligations due to pressures on the department from the administration. Be very careful if that comes up. Being encouraged to do research is one thing, being expected to do it without being given time and resources is another.