how do I become a professor in the ivy league?

Answer 1

Step one -- get into a top PhD program.

Step two -- Write one of the best five or six dissertations that have been seen in years. I will help if you can publish while still a graduate student.

Step three -- get the support of your advisor and committee members

Step four -- send your application packet to Ivy League schools

Step five -- make a good impression when you interview at the yearly meetings for your topic's association.

Step six -- accept the invitation to visit the Ivy League college where you will meet people in the department and give a 90 minute lecture on your job market paper.

Step seven -- Go home and wait for the job offers to come in.

Step eight -- turn down better paying positions at Duke, Chicago and Stanford to accept one at Brown.

Answer 2

First off, you need to have a Ph.D. in your field. You also need to have published papers in well-known, peer-reviewed professional journals. Having experience writing successful grants is helpful, too. Sad to say, teaching experience is often not that important (whatever experience you get while a graduate student is probably enough).