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'''Last Updated: Wednesday, Jan. 30, 12:20 am EST

Boston College (2 positions)  Deadline: Nov. 1 application ack. 11/20 Dossier request: 11/14 MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/21) Brooklyn College (Transatlantic/Caribbean)  Deadline: Nov. 1 Application ack. 11/1 paper rejection letter 12/05 UC - Berkeley  required a ridiculous packet (2 copies of sample, 2 copies of c.v., letter, 2 postcards) Don't they have a photocopier??? Deadline: postmarked by Oct. 26 Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo  Deadline: 11/13 Cal-State San Bernardino  Deadline: Nov. 1 Addl. Materials Request (via snail mail): rec'd. Nov. 3 MLA interview request: 12/6 (2) Carnegie Mellon  Deadline: Nov. 15 Writing sample request (by email): Nov 19 (4) MLA interview request: 12/17 (2) Rejection letter, regular mail: 12/22 Campus Scheduled

Chapman University  Deadline: TBA Writing sample and dossier request: 11/16 MLA interview request: 12/3 Snail Mail Rejection: 12/14 (My cat dropped the rejection letter in his water bowl.) Coe C  Deadline: Nov. 9 MLA interview request: 12/11 (2) Rejection via e-mail: 12/14 Campus visit scheduled: 1/3 U Connecticut  Deadline: Nov. 10 Application Acknowledged: Nov. 5 Any word on this one??? It's 12/18? Good question. I've been wondering the same thing! A friend is interviewing for this job. I also applied and haven't heard anything. Cornell  Review begins: Oct 15; Deadline: Nov. 1 Campus visit scheduled Denison University  Deadline: Nov. 12 Writing sample and dossier request: Nov. 17 (2) [FYI: Anglophone/Poco site reports MLA interview scheduled 12/10.] MLA interview scheduled: 12/10 Campus scheduled Grinnell College (IA)  Deadline: November 1 Writing Sample & evals request: Nov. 14 (4) Q: Any interview requests yet? Any campus visits scheduled yet? (1/16) U Illinois - Chicago  Deadline: Nov. 15 Ithaca College (NY)  No deadline posted. Interview Scheduled: Dec 11 (2) Soundly rejected by snail mail: 12/13 Campus visit scheduled: Jan. 7 Johns Hopkins U.  Deadline: Nov. 1 (Isn't Nov. 1 for the American lit. (open rank) position? I think the Af Am deadline is Nov. 20.) Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 21 Writing Sample Request: 12/3 anything on MLA? U Kentucky  Deadline: early Nov. (3rd?) Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 14 Writing Sample Request: Nov. 13 (2) MLA interview: 12/7 Any word on campus visits at this school? (1/8) Yes--4 campus visits scheduled, including 1 VAP, one UK grad.

Loyola College in Maryland  Deadline: Oct 22 Dossier request: Oct. 29 (2) Q: Any updates on this job? It's been a while. MLA interview scheduled 12/17 (2) Jesuit statement requested 12/31 (post MLA) U Maryland  Deadline: early Nov. Writing Sample & Dossier Request: Nov. 18 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Dec. 1 Rejection Letter: 12/12 (4) MLA interview scheduled 12/8 U Massachusetts-Amherst  Deadline: Dec 7 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Dec. 1 MLA interview scheduled: 12/13 (2) Rejection letter, regular mail: 12/22; 12/31; Any word on campus visits at this school? (1/8) campus visit scheduled

U. Missouri Columbia  Deadline: Nov. 23 Ack. letter rec'd 11/19 Dossier/writing sample request: 11/27 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 30 MLA interview scheduled by phone: 12/10

Campus visit scheduled: 1/8 Mt. Holyoke  Deadline: Nov. 16 Affirmative Action Form Completed: Dec 14 Has anyone heard back from Mount Holyoke (for the 3 yr post)? (1/21) U New Mexico  Deadline: Nov. 19 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 21 MLA interview scheduled: 11/30 Campus interview scheduled: 1/4 U of New Orleans  Deadline: Nov. 2 "Seeking an Americanist in modern and/or contemporary literary and cultural studies w/specialization in one or more of the following areas: African-American literature, New Orleans or Louisiana lit., or lit. of the Americas" Dossier request: 11/7 MLA interview: 12/2 (2) Campus visit invitation: 1/3 Northeastern  Deadline: Nov. 10 dossier and writing sample requested 11/14; 11/20; 11/20; 11/20, 12/3 MLA interview scheduled by phone: 12/12 Campus scheduled

Northern Michigan University  Review begins: November 19 Ack. app., AA form: Nov. 09 Dossier request: Oct 29 Phone interview scheduled: 1/3 Rejection letter, regular mail: 1/10

Northwestern University African-American Studies Any interviews/campus visits scheduled yet? (1/21)

NYU-comparative African American and Anglophone Caribbean literature  Deadline: Dec. 1 Writing sample request by phone: 12/8 U. Penn  Deadline: early Nov. writing sample request Nov. 15; Nov. 16 (2) Application Acknowledged, On-line Profile Completed: Dec. 1 Rice University  Deadline: Oct. 15 Writing Sample Request (by email): Nov. 12 Nov. 20 MLA interview: 12/3 Rejection sent: 12/10 University notified finalists Q:when? Rhodes College  Deadline: early Nov. (5th?) (Nov. 1st, I think.) Writing Sample Request: Nov. 20 (4) [FYI: A colleague rec'd. an MLA interview request on 12/7.] Rutgers  Deadline: Nov. 25 Rutgers-Camden campus (American literature with "special emphasis on Af-Am")  Deadline: Nov. 15 Dossier, Transcript, Writing Sample Request: 12/4 (3) MLA interview scheduled: 12/18 Campus Visit Scheduled Sarah Lawrence College  Deadline: Dec. 1 MLA interview scheduled by email: 12/18 Campus visit scheduled, 12/31 U. of South Alabama  Deadline: 11/16 MLA interview scheduled: 12/2 Campus visit invitation 12/30 U. South Carolina (4 positions)  Deadline: Oct. 31 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 3 MLA interview scheduled by phone: 12/11 University of Southern California  Deadline: Nov. 1 Univ. of South Florida  Deadline: applications accepted until position filled Application acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form completed: Nov. 12 Dec. 17: Received e-mail that "search has not been funded. We will keep the applications and revive the search should funding be granted later. If you wish to withdraw your application, please let us know"(2). Official letter confirming e-mail message arrived on Dec. 21. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville  Deadline: Nov. 12 Writing sample & transcripts request: Nov. 14 MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 3 Southwestern University (TX)  Deadline: November 1 Writing sample request: Nov. 15 (2) MLA interview scheduled: Nov. 29 (4) E-mail rejection: 12/17 Campus visits scheduled Stanford  "Assistant Professor of Literatures of the African Diaspora" Deadline: Oct. 19 E-mail rejection: 12/20 St Mary's U (Canada)  "Literature of the Black Diaspora" Deadline: February 15, 2008 U Tennessee - Knoxville  Deadline: Nov. 1 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 7 Writing Sample, Dossier, & Transcript Request: Nov. 20 Tennessee State University  Deadline: Dec. 7 Now posted at generalist_and_open Texas A&M  Deadline: Nov. 5 campus visit Nov. 30 MLA interview request 12/10 U Toledo  MLA interview scheduled 12/7 Towson University (MD)  Deadline: November 15 Ack. app, AA form: Nov 7 Writing sample, dossier, & teaching materials request: Nov. 24 Rejection letter, regular mail: Dec. 24; Wake Forest University (NC)  Deadline: Oct 31 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Oct. 22 Request for more materials: Nov. 2 (2) Q: I noticed that this job was listed last year as well. Anyone know what happened? They hired one person but were unable to agree on a second hire (department votes). Ah. Thanks for responding. MLA interview scheduled. Dec 5 (2)

Why did someone erase the Wake Forest info? Someone posted that they had received an invitation for a campus visit on 12/30. Please don't erase other people's info!!!

Wellesley  Deadline: Dec 1 Williams College  Deadline: Nov. 15 Affirmative Action Form: Dec. 3 Rejection via e-mail: Dec. 14 (2) Q: If rejections have been received, has anyone out there been invited to interview? MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 14 (2) Campus Visit Scheduled Virginia Wesleyan College  Review begins: November 15 MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 6 Campus visit invitation: Jan. 9 College of Wooster (OH)  Deadline: November 11 Writing Sample Request: Nov. 16 (2) MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 3 Campus Visit Scheduled Xavier U. of Louisiana  Deadline: Nov. 12