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Position
Tenured faculty: 1

Currently in TT job: 1

PhD in hand, currently in non-TT job: (VAP) 4; (Lecturer) 2; (Adjunct) 4

PhD in hand, currently unemployed: 1

Postdoc: 1

ABD, but looking to defend this year: 17

ABD in non-TT job: (VAP) ; (Lecturer) ; (Adjunct):

Other: 1

Field
Francophone: 10

Medieval: 1

Renaissance: 5

17th: 2

18th: 1

19th: 10

20th/21st: 10

SLA/Pedagogy (language and culture): 2

Linguistics and sociolinguistics: 1

Other? (Define):

Language Background
Native speaker: 9

Non-native speaker: 19

Heritage speaker:

Amherst College (MA) - TT Asst. Professor of French - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2014. Apply at https://apply.interfolio.com/25177

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/14)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * no news? Anyone?
 * no. I was not even asked for more materials, so I can only assume that I am out of the running.
 * nothing, no rejection nor interview

Ball State University (IN) - TT Asst. Professor, French and Arabic - OFFER ACCEPTED
Tenure-track faculty position available August 21, 2015.

Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. [posted 11 July 2014]

Request for more materials:

Rejection: Sent 1/8, says offer accepted

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 1

Rejection post-MLA: N/A

Campus visit: 1 [posted 10/31]

Offer made: [see above]

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Binghamton University, SUNY (NY) - TT Assistant Professor of Medieval Studies (Digital Humanities) - British or French Lit. - CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED=== Deadline: The search committee will begin reviewing applications on November 15, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):
 * From Medieval (English) 2015: "Skype interview via e-mail (x1) [posted 12/4]"
 * +1 in French (12/4)

Rejection post-MLA: 1 (by email, 12/29)

Campus visit: scheduled 12/24

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at Medieval Lit. (English) 2015
 * FYI for digital scholars who plan to include images with their writing sample: there is a 2 MB size limit.
 * was this campus visit for an English person and x-listed here, or have 2 ppl been contacted?
 * campus interviews were listed 12/24 on both English and French pages by the same poster - not clear what field of that person is (maybe both?) [12/27] <-It's in French. But there could be finalists in English too.

===Bowdoin College (ME) - TT Assistant Professor hexagonal and North African literature and culture of the 19th and/or 20th/21st centuries - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===

Deadline: Review of applications will begin on October 31.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): phone (11/18) MLA (12/15)+1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Has more than one interview been scheduled? It's rather tricky to update the whole section with "PHONE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED" unless it's certain several people have been contacted...
 * In quite a few searches, only a handful of people post updates; we have to rely on what we have, even if it's only one person posting.
 * can confirm there were multiple interviews scheduled/held
 * I had a phone interview with the search committee but haven't received any rejection notification since. Is that a standard procedure?
 * It never fails to amaze me the lack of professional etiquette in our profession--in general. If formal invitations to the MLA have been issued (about a week ago, it seems), then the committee (chair, member, etc.) has a basic professional obligation to send thank you notes to the candidates who took the time to have a phone interview. This is not rocket science. We are all busy, yes. But find some manners. And to the search committee: I wish you all the best with your search, and continued success with your program.

Brandeis University (MA) - TT Asst. Professor - modern French and Francophone Studies - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: First consideration given to applications received by December 1, 2014. APPLY at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4329.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/9)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Carleton College (MN) - TT Asst. Professor, 20-21 c. French Studies - CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: For full consideration, all materials must be received by October 15, 2014. We will interview at the MLA convention in Vancouver. Apply at: https://jobs.carleton.edu/postings/2011

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 12/09*2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (11/24) +2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: 1/13

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Did they schedule interviews or not? There was an update that said so, but it doesn't appear here?!


 * Yes, interviews have been scheduled.

Centenary College of Louisiana (LA) - TT Assistant Professor - Francophone Studies of the African Diaspora - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed beginning November 17, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled. Preliminary interviews will be held at the MLA in January.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA [posted 12/21]

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: Any news?

===Central Connecticut State University (CT) - TT Assistant Professor of French===

Deadline: January 30, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Clemson University (SC) - TT Assistant Professor of French (spec. 19th c. Lit.) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 14, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):MLA interview 12/12, (+1) 12/13 (+1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

College of the Holy Cross (MA) - Eleanor Howard O'Leary Chair in Francophone Studies
Deadline: Please submit, by December 10, a cover letter describing teaching and writing interests, curriculum vitae, and a statement on teaching, to http://apply.interfolio.com/27047.

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===[https://careers.insidehighered.com/college-saint-benedict-saint-johns-university/french-tenure-track-assistantassociate-professor/jobs/590315 College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University (MN) - TT Asst./Assoc. Professor of French] - CAMPUS VISIT SCHEDULED=== Deadline: Applications are accepted online only at http://employment.csbsju.edu. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: E-mail (12/9) (+3) (12/18, post-Skype interview: 1)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (11/20) (+2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

College of William & Mary (VA) - Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies (spec. Francophone Cultures of N. America) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 20, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 12/15 (+1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Columbia University (NY) - TT Assistant Professor, Modern (19-20th c.) or Renaissance French Lit. - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 1, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled, and extra materials requested (11/19)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Was this originally listed as only renaissance? If so, when was the Modern component added?
 * I think it was always listed as Modern or Renaissance, but I may be wrong.
 * AFAIK, it's always been listed as both indeed.
 * If you don't mind my asking,  when are Skype interviews scheduled for, and what additional materials were requested?

Dickinson College (PA) - TT Asst. Professor - 19th c. French Literature and Culture - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: For full consideration, all materials must be received by November 25, 2014. We will interview at the MLA convention in Vancouver.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 12/19 (via the kindest rejection email I've ever read) +1

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled (12/9) +2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Florida State College at Jacksonville (FL) - Professor of French
Deadline: open until filled (posted 01/09/2015)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

FYI: article about how getting tenure is more difficult at Florida State Colleges:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/01/02/judge-upholds-new-florida-rules-tenure-and-student-success

Gettysburg College (PA) - TT Assistant Professor of French – 19th Century Literature in Global Perspective - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 1, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: Rejection via snail-mail (12/9) *2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interviews scheduled via email (x3) [posted 11/21]

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * am I the only one who painstakingly wrote a "Statement of Research and Teaching Goals" only to discover in the Interfolio link they need to be separate? Not cool, Gettysburg ad writers.
 * yep, did the same. What a difference missing a plural can make (can I include that in my teaching goals somehow?)
 * I did the same thing! So frustrating!

Hillsdale College (MI) - Asst. Professor of French (Generalist) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 21, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA Interview Scheduled (12/9) +2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Hope College (MI) - Asst. Professor of Francophone Studies (Generalist) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 1, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: e-mail (12/03)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled x 1 (posted 12/01)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===James Madison University (VA) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Post Renaissance Metropolitan French Literature and Culture) - SKYPE / PHONE INTERVIEWS===

See jobs at http://joblink.jmu.edu to apply.

Deadline:

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype/Phone interview scheduled [posted 12/5]

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * What century is the target here?
 * I am as confused as you are. I assume it's about the 17th century, and the beginning of the 18th. But, in all fairness, eveything that's been written after the beginning of the 17th century in France is, in a way, post-renaissance literature. We should probably ask them?
 * Never mind. There is a recent Ph.D. listed as instructor on their site, and her profile fits the job description. So, yes, 17th and 18th century.

Johns Hopkins University (MD) - TT Asst. Professor of French Lit. (Renaissance - early 17th c.) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: All application materials must be submitted online via Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/25087 by October 24, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: snail mail 12/21 +1 (12/31)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled

Rejection post-MLA: snail mail 12/22

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Did anyone get an MLA interview?

===Linfield College (OR) - TT Assistant Professorship in Francophone African Studies=== Linfield College is seeking an Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies (Africa) beginning January 1, 2015.

Deadline: August 29, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 10/22

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Loyola University Chicago (IL) - TT Assistant Professor, Modern/Contemporary (19th-21st c) French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===
 * What is the problem with this department? I am tempted to apply, but being aware of the fact that 3 tenured assistant professors left whithin 5 years,  I am not sure I want to be there although the tenure aspect is very appealing. Any clue?
 * It's a very nice and congenial department with some great teachers and some excellent researchers.  I don't know about the third prof. but the two first assistant professors received very good offers from two of the top Francophone Studies programs in the nation. So that is definitely not the department's fault.

Deadline:  Applications received before 1 December 2014 will receive full consideration.

Request for more materials: [see NOTES]

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/16) (x2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * any news? have recommendations been requested? (posted 12/12)
 * letters of rec requested 12/15

Lyon College (AR) - TT Asst. Professor, Romance Languages
Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. (posted 09/09/14)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

New York City College of Tech, CUNY (NY) - Assistant Professor of Arabic and French
Deadline: Review of resumes to begin 11/4/14.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

This position appears to have been "re-posted," and now has a new deadline. So for those of us who applied during fall, I suppose we are not what they are looking for. Hmmm...

New York University (NY) - TT Asst. Professor of French - Contemporary Literature - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Applicants should submit a letter, a CV, a chapter of the dissertation or a publication and the names of three referees, via the "Employment" link on the NYU Department of French web site: http://french.as.nyu.edu/page/home. Review of applications will begin October 27, 2014, and remain open until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled 11/27/14

MLA interview: scheduled 12/12 (see notes and queries)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: 1/14

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Has anyone heard anything about this yet?
 * Nope; seems a bit early though, doesn't it?
 * Seems like they're scheduling in a piecemeal manner.
 * Has anyone been invited to the MLA since their skype interview? 12/10/14 - nope. 12/11 - rejected 12/12. Yes - MLA interview 12/12.+1
 * Can't wait to see who they place in this position.........
 * I really hope the committee will prove me wrong, but my guess is that the "lucky one" will be male, white, and possibly French :-(
 * Yes, it will be interesting to see how this one plays out. NYU has a major case of 'ivy envy,' and lots of attitude to boot...a total joke.

Northern Illinois University (IL) - TT Asst. Professor of French Studies (Generalist) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Preference will be given to complete applications received by December 5, 2014; however, applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Possibility to interview at MLA.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA 12/12 (by e-mail)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Northern Illinois University (IL) - TT Asst. Professor of French Linguistics
Deadline: Preference will be given to complete applications received by December 5, 2014; however, applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Possibility to interview at MLA.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Northwestern University (IL) - TT Asst. Professor, French Medieval Literature- MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: To be assured of full consideration, applications must be received by November 28, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview (email), 12/10, +2 12/12 (they seem to be scheduling them one at a time)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made

NOTES & QUERIES:

Ohio State University (OH) - TT Assistant Professor of Early Modern French - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 15, and we encourage submission before that date. However, applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: via email 12/29 x2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 12/8

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * When were MLA interviews scheduled? And were they scheduled by email or phone? (12/10)
 * Did anyone else get an MLA interview? I'm assuming this ship has sailed ... or they are scheduling piecemeal (and very late)? Any info appreciated.

Oklahoma State University (OK) - TT Asst. Professor, French Literature pre-1800
Deadline: December 5, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (by email 12/22)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Penn State University (PA) - TT Assistant Professor of Early Modern and Gender Studies - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Application review will begin November 20, 2014, and will continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials: Writing sample (publication) + Letters of recommendation (11/14) (x4)

Rejection: email 12/3 (x2), email 12/08

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled 12/4 (x4)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Anyone else had any trouble uploading documents, a message saying you applied already, when nothing had been uploaded yet?

===Salisbury University (MD) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Generalist) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===

Deadline: Please visit our website http://www.salisbury.edu/HR/Jobs/ to apply online. Applications received by November 15, 2014 will be given first consideration

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (12/11);interview held 12/16

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * position cancelled?
 * I still see it advertised.
 * Still posted on HR page (as of Sept. 16): http://www.salisbury.edu/HR/Jobs/single.asp?ident=1901

SUNY Geneseo (NY)- TT Assistant Professor of French (spec. Open) - CAMPUS VISITS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review of complete applications begins November 3, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):  Skype interview scheduled (11/10)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:  Campus visit scheduled (11/20)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * How many have been scheduled? It seems that they have an internal candidate too and she would certainly be a good fit.

Texas Tech University (TX) - TT Asst. Professor, 20th- and 21st-c. French Literature and Culture -SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline:  review begins immediately (posted at Chronicle 11/14/14)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):  Skype, 12/17

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * How come this has just been advertized and interviews are scheduled?
 * There are no interviews scheduled yet; it's a copy-paste mistake, which I corrected.
 * Someone posted (and deleted) a question about the site not working. It hates Safari but works fine in Firefox

Tufts University (MA)- TT Assistant Professor of French (20th/21st -Century French Literature, Film, and/or Cultural Studies)
Deadline: Dec. 15, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Reposting yesterday's comment (don't know why it got deleted...): does anybody find it strange that this opening is not advertised on the MLA JIL??


 * It was posted, it probably just expired.
 * Really? Have you seen it? I've been checking every week for 2 months and never saw it.
 * That's why it's important to check all of the job lists. Plus, HR does make mistakes. I know of more than one search where the deadline had to be moved because HR never sent out the job ad. In one case, it had only been posted on the university's website, and no one realized it until the committee tried to start reviewing applications.
 * Any news? It's been about a month now...

===Université Laval (Québec) - Professeur ou professeure en littérature d'expression française (Littérature des femmes)===

Deadline: Jan. 9, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Université Laval (Québec) - Professeur ou professeure en littératures francophones de l'Amérique du Nord===

Deadline: Jan. 9, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Université Laval (Québec) - Professeur ou professeure en littérature française - Roman français de la première moitié du XXe siècle===

Deadline: Jan. 9, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Arizona (AZ) - TT Assistant Professor of French (Contemporary Francophone Caribbean Culture) - CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===

Deadline: review begins 12-01-2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/17) +1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Scheduled via e-mail (1/11)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Calgary (CAN) - TT Assistant Professor, Québécois/French-Canadian Studies
Deadline:  December 10, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of California, Santa Barbara (CA) - TT Assistant Professor, “long” French Enlightenment (ca. 1670-1815) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 15, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled by phone 12/12 (+1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news on this one? (12/11)

University of Central Oklahoma (OK) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Generalist) - CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Please complete the application at http://jobs.uco.edu/postings/6270 by November 15, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled (12/5) (x2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Scheduled (1/14)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Does anyone have the answer to this question: if one sends the letters of recommendation via interfolio to the email address (as stipulated in the application instructions), then how does one submit the rest the application through the UCO HR site? Everytime I click "next" to finish the submission it tells me that my application is incomplete (and therefore will not be considered) due to the missing letters--but of course those have gone to the email address.
 * Yes! I encountered the same problem and emailed the HR Department. This was their reply: "To complete this application process, simply upload a Word document in place of the letters of recommendation, that states what avenue you will be using to submit the letters of recommendation (either have your references or Interfolio, email [mailto:jobs@uco.edu jobs@uco.edu] with the letters) and that the letters will be uploaded by Human Resources upon arrival. Once those letters are received, our office will replace the Word documents with the letters of recommendation."
 * Thanks for the tip!

===University of Colorado at Boulder (CO) - TT Asst. Professor of African Francophone Studies - CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/18) x2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: (1/16)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Dallas (TX) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Specialization in twentieth-century novel desirable, with interests in existentialism and Catholic authors.)===

Deadline: Review of submissions will begin October 1 and continue until November 15.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Seems like a fake search- they have a Visiting lecturer with same specialisation.

University of Denver (CO) - TT Assistant Professor of French (Francophone Studies) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Deadline for submissions is October 31, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: E-mail rejection (11/24) (+3)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): [see NOTES below]

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * so when they say Francophone, do they mean "outside of France"? I'm asking because that definition seems rather variable...


 * Are they converting the lecturer's position into TT, or adding to their team?
 * Based on the rejection e-mail, they have already identified "a" candidate who matches their criteria. Sure makes it sound like it was not a real search! What a waste of time!
 * Yes, and the lecturer there (phd 2010) totally fits the search profile, having lived in France and another area of the francophone world... That's weird, however, if they don't even do interviews... I wonder how it is justified to HR.
 * whether fake or not I cannot tell, but I know a person who has an interview with them at the MLA (posted 11/24)

University of Georgia (GA) - "Academic Professional" of French (Full-Time, Non-TT) - PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW SCHEDULED
Deadline: The committee will begin to review applications on November 7, 2014 and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Scheduled for 12/10 (1 total)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Now they are calling us "academic professionals"?

===University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL) - TT Assistant Professor in French Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education - CAMPUS VISIT SCHEDULED=== Deadline: Full consideration will be given to complete applications received by October 20, 2014. Applicants may be interviewed before the closing date, although no hiring decision will be made until after that date.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled 11/12 (x1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: scheduled 12/15

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Kansas (KS) - TT Asst. Professor - Francophone Studies - MLA / SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Initial review of applications begins 14 November 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview Scheduled [posted 11/12]; Skype interview scheduled 12/12 (+1 scheduled 1/14)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Louisiana at Lafayette (LA) - TT Assistant/Associate Professor of Francophone Studies (Francophone Louisiana)
Deadline: For initial consideration, applications must be received by December 15, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Louisiana at Lafayette (LA) - TT Assistant Professor of Francophone Studies (Québec)
Deadline: For initial consideration, applications must be received by December 15, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Maine - Farmington (ME) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Generalist) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Nov. 20

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype (scheduled via phone 12/9)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * AGAIN? 4th time in a row? What gives? Did the person they hired jump ship? Must be an awful place to work.
 * The guy they hired in 2013 is still there and serving as search committee chair. It might be about time for their senior faculty member to retire.
 * So who is the Search Chair? MLA says Dr. Clint Bruce but Interfolio says Dr. Sylvie Charron.
 * For anyone interested in this position, you should research the University of Maine system--and its current state of affairs. Check out a recent article in the Wall Street Journal (sorry, no link; from January 2015). The entire system is on the verge of bankruptcy. ***Many professors who are retiring are *not* being replaced by TT positions**. This is system-wide. And I do not need to be the first one to tell you that languages (particularly French) will be one of the first programs to get the 'ax'. Ask serious questions during any campus interview, and consider all of your options. It's a mess. Don't put all of your marbles in this basket.

University of Maryland Baltimore County (MD) - TT Assistant Professor of Linguistics (Creolist/French)
Deadline: November 20, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Any news about this position?

University of Mississippi (MS) - TT Asst. Professor of French (excl. Medieval and 20-21 c.) - CAMPUS VISITS SCHEDULED
Deadline:  open until filled (posted 09/16/14)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype Interview Scheduled (+1) (there's two interviews)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: scheduled (12/10)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of North Carolina Wilmington (NC) - TT Asst. Professor - French Media and/or Cultural Studies - SKYPE INTERVIEW SCHEDULED
Deadline: priority given to apps received by Dec. 20.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype, scheduled via email (01/06, posted 01/08)+1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of South Carolina, Columbia - TT Asst. Professor of Pre-19th c Cultural Studies - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2014

Request for more materials: 12/4 (x2)

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA, 12/4 (x3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of South Dakota (SD) - TT Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: The review of applications will begin December 1, 2014 and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: Any news?

===University of Toronto Mississauga (CAN) - TT Assistant Professor - Teaching and Learning French as a Second Language (Didactique du FLS/FLE) - PHONE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===

Deadline: All application materials, including the letters of reference, must be received by October 17th, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Phone Interview Scheduled 11/12 (x1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Virginia (VA) - Tenured Professor, French - CAMPUS VISITS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on September 21, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: scheduled (as of 12/4)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===[http://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=175966173&Title=Assistant%2FAssociate%20Professor%20in%20French University of Virginia - College at Wise (VA) - TT Asst. or Assoc. Professor of French] - CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED=== Deadline:  Not Stated - link to apply: http://jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=74603

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Phone Interview Schedule (12/05)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:  Scheduled 12/17

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

West Virginia University (WV) - TT Assistant Professor of French Applied Linguistics
Deadline:  Screening will begin February 2, 2015, continuing until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Visiting Positions / Limited Term Appointments
===Boston University (MA) - Lecturer in French=== Deadline: Preference will be given to applications received by December 15, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Catholic University of America (DC) - Clinical Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies (2 yr. renewable) - ADDITIONAL MATERIALS REQUESTED
Deadline:  Review of applications to begin on December 5. Interviews will be conducted by Skype.

Request for more materials: received an email on 12/31

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

College of Charleston (SC) - Instructor of French
Deadline: Applications must be received by December 1, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: News?

Connecticut College (CT) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French (1 yr)
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2015, and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: (01/05)+2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news? Are they doing MLA interviews?


 * What's going on with this position? It expires from the JIL in February, yet there is a "possibility" to interview at the MLA? Well, the MLA is just about upon us; something weird here. Stop playing games, please. Either choose your candidates in time for the MLA, with sufficient and appropriate notice, or make a selection in February/spring. My assumption is that they have a "pre-determined" applicant pool...or applicant.


 * It's not a great way to run a search. The chair's wife is listed as a visitor on the department website, but doesn't seem to currently be teaching any classes. Perhaps that's the answer...


 * Hmmm...............
 * Received auto-generated message from Interfolio that "while my credentials are impressive...blah...blah...blah...my qualifications do not meet the current needs of the department, etc., etc." My qualifications and background? What more do they want? A sex change? A disability? Bi-racial + blind in one eye and only one kidney? Would that force a non-rigged search? My credentials (and others', I'm sure) seemed to align pretty damn well with the criteria set forth. Complete BS. This is a total "inside" job. And all this over a ONE year position? Give me a break. They can have it. BUT, I can't wait to see who ultimately steps in and fills this job; the chair's wife, maybe? Just incredible...Moving on...

Cornell University (NY) - Lecturer / Senior Lecturer of French
Deadline: Applications must be received by Jan. 5, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * What does "Visa expedition funds are not available for this position" mean exactly ?
 * They don't sponsor visas for non resident/citizens

Drew University (NJ) - Asst. Professor of French (1 yr. appt)
Deadline: Applicants should submit electronically a letter of application, CV and three reference letters electronically to Professor Marie-Pascale Pieretti at [mailto:HR1214-9@drew.edu HR1214-9@drew.edu]. Review of applications will begin January 31, 2015 and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Indiana University (IN) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Submit letter of application, CV, and three letters of support by January 20, 2015 electronically via PeopleAdmin: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/1334.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Kenyon College (OH) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review begins Nov. 27, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (12/20)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news? [see above]

Lafayette College (PA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French (Generalist)
Deadline: The deadline to apply is January 9, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Loyola University New Orleans (LA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: February 1, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Luther College (IA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Review of applications begins December 17, 2014 

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: Any news for this position?

Rutgers University-Camden (NJ) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French - CANCELLED
Deadline: November 7, 2014.

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * --> any news?


 * -I thought this search was cancelled.


 * -That's what the MLA JIL said back in November.

===Sam Houston State University (TX) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French (Jan. 2015 - May 2016)===

Deadline: Review seems to begin immediately: https://shsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/11677

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Smith College (MA) - Lecturer in French - GOOGLE HANGOUT INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Submit applications at http://apply.interfolio.com/26285 with letter of application, C.V., teaching statement, and three confidential letters of recommendation. Applications received by December 1, 2014, will receive full consideration.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 1 via google hangouts (notified via email 12/19)+1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Alabama (AL) - Instructor of French
Deadline: Review of applications will commence in early January and continue until the positions are filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Calgary (CAN) - French Instructor, Contingent Term
Deadline: To ensure their full consideration, complete applications (including all reference letters) must be submitted by December 12, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Michigan (MI) - LEO Lecturer III: French Coordinator
Deadline:

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Nevada, Reno (NV) - Lecturer, French - PHONE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 10, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):
 * Q (11/22): When were phone intereviews scheduled?
 * November 21st.

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of North Carolina at Charlotte (NC) - Lecturer in French (3 yr. Appt.) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 10, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):
 * Q (11/22): When were SKYPE intereviews scheduled?
 * November, 21st.

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Oklahoma (OK) - Assistant Professor of French (Five-Year Ranked Renewable Term Appointment) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: review begins Dec. 1

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 12/11 (Skype request via e-mail) +2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Oregon (OR) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French, Medieval-Renaissance Literature and Culture (One Year, with poss. renewal up to two times)=== Deadline: review begins February 1, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Puget Sound (WA) - Visiting Instructor of French
Deadline: For the complete job description and to apply online, please visit http://apptrkr.com/555098. The initial application deadline is January 5, 2015.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Ursinus College (PA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French (2 yr.) - CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: review begins November 5th

Request for more materials:

Rejection: Hola mis compadres! I received a rejection email this afternooon. --> can you specify the date? Was it after a Skype interview?

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (12/4) +2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: scheduled (12/20)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

I assume this position arises this year because of a failed TT search last year? Does anyone know if this visiting job might lead into a TT?
 * -who knows! nothing really "leads" to a TT job, they would still have to advertise and go through the hoops.
 * – Wrong assumption
 * Wrong assumption?  Did they hire a TT person last year?  I know for a fact that they conducted a TT search.

Williams College (MA) - Visiting Assistant Professor in French (1 yr. Appt)
Deadline: Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV and 3 letters of reference by February 9, 2015 through Interfolio, using this link: http://apply.interfolio.com/28190

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Williams College (MA) - Visiting Asst. Professor of French (3 yr. Appt.) - CANCELLED
Deadline: Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV and 3 letters of reference by November 15, 2014 through Interfolio, using this link: http://apply.interfolio.com/25687.

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * This search has been cancelled. [POSTED 11/06/14]

===Winona State University (MN) - Instructor/Assistant Professor of French Language & Culture (Fixed-term, renewable)===

Deadline: January 31, 2015 (http://agency.governmentjobs.com/winona/default.cfm - search 'French')

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Word on the Street

 * The JobList is out. It is a rather dire year. +2 Let's hope it gets better with age. -doesn't seem like it.
 * Well, someone is all doom and gloom.
 * Well, with this market, if you're not doom and gloom you're either in denial, or you know more than we do. So, what's your secret?
 * Does anyone know at what time on Friday the MLA typically update the job list?
 * Should be updated by noon Eastern time.
 * Thank you
 * Let us remember the good times with this 2012 tumblr of whimsical job postings that aren't real but really could have been.  http://mlajobs.tumblr.com/
 * Thanks so much for reminding me of this gem. I had forgotten about it. If I recall correctly, there are actually a couple of "real" jobs sandwiched in with the fake ones. It's sad state of affairs when we can no longer tell them apart.
 * No mention of Hope college? I know it's probably not for everyone as it's a religious college, but if you are so inclined: http://www.hope.edu/academic/language/french/ (deadline: November 1). Sorry it's last-minute, don't have time to go through the editing process as I'm trying to finish my apps
 * Added above (10/30)
 * General question to all who read this wiki: does anyone else feel the pointlessness of applying to departments that already have VAPs?  It seems like something should be done to minimize these 'fake' searches.  It feels like a complete waste of time to apply to these jobs.
 * It is not pointless. Sometimes the VAP is not even given a campus visit (happened to people I know). Sometimes the department likes the VAP but the VAP wants out (because of their partner, geography, who knows). Sometimes VAP and department love each other but -- surprise! -- the VAP gets a job somewhere more desirable. You never know. Apply.
 * The searches are almost never "fake." Among the tenure-track searches I have witnessed that had an internal candidate (VAP/lecturer/postdoc), the majority did not end with the internal candidate being hired.
 * I'm one of those VAPs who was in a department where I didn't get hired for a TT position advertised that might, from the outside, have looked like it "fit me like a glove". I didn't even get an interview. It had a couple of effects on me: 1) I feel myself rooting for the internal candidate a lot more easily; after all, that person has already invested a lot of energy/time in the department, and even uprooted themselves and/or family to move to this place. 2) it made me realize that there's a big difference between a VAP and a TT person. VAPs are hired because there's a specific need: specific courses, already assigned to a departing prof, need to be filled, usually on short notice. For a TT prof, perhaps the department decides to move in a different direction; they had too many established profs leave so they want to hire an 'advanced TT' person; they think a person with a different specialization than the current VAP will attract more students; they want to make sure that the person they hire will get tenure and think a different candidate is more likely to have enough publications... etc. And yes, the VAP might be tired of being at that university... In hindsight, I'm glad I didn't stay forever, but that took a while to realize. I have to say though, there are a few instances on this wiki where I didn't bother applying since the requirements were so specific the ad seemed to be written specifically for an internal candidate (and my specs were slightly different). But if the description fits you, and you think you'd be a good candidate, go for it. Perhaps just don't be bitter if the VAP does end up getting the contract...
 * Does anyone know to what extent nationality affects universities' choices? Many application forms have a question about eligibility to work in the US, i.e. if the candidate would need a visa. Do you have a sense of how that factors in the decision process, if at all?
 * From what I understand, it is more likely to affect your chances for short-term positions, since sponsoring a visa is a cost and a risk that schools might not be willing to make for a one-year hire. Not only that, but since many of those hires happen late in the year, even a small delay in the visa application process can prevent the new hire from starting on time. For a TT hire, it's much less likely to be an issue. -- Makes sense, thank you!
 * The search for Williams College is back on (except now it's only for 1 year). http://www.mla.org/jil_listing?id=22501
 * I have questions about timelines, can anyone provide some insight?  Generally how long does it take for departments to notify candidates of campus interviews after the initial screening (via MLA or SKYPE/PHONE)? How long does it take for departments to notify candidates of job offers after campus interviews?
 * This might not be a very helpful answer, but it varies a lot. Some will get in touch within a day of finishing interviews. Others will take 2-3 weeks. Some that happen before or during winter break have to wait until the start of the next semester when the whole search committee (sometimes not all  members are present at the first interview) can meet to make a decision. Some places continue narrowing down finalists after first-round interviews by asking for more materials or calling references. Some places think they'll have an answer in a week, but then there's an administrative delay of some kind or another. Notification after campus interviews can be just as fast or slow. You can always ask the committee during your interview what their anticipated timeline is, but they don't always know for sure.
 * As the previous poster said, notification time varies wildly.  Generally speaking, however, positive notifications arrive much more quickly than negative ones.  For example, a search committee might not contact MLA interviewees who were not invited to campus until after an offer has been accepted by a finalist who came to campus -- as late as March or April, potentially -- because they are keeping open the possibility of inviting one of those people if things don't work out with the initial shortlist.  Likewise, the first person to receive an offer after a campus visit will hear sooner than the others. The rejections often don't go out until the search is complete, paperwork signed, etc. This is why so many candidates end up getting unofficially "rejected" by the wiki long before they hear from the search committee.  (And sometimes, in the worst cases, the committee never gets in touch at all.)  However, as the previous poster intimated, the whole  process is typically very slow, so not hearing from a committee doesn't always equal bad news. There's really no way to know, unfortunately, even if the committee has given you a sense of their timeline. I recommend meditating a lot, taking long walks, and staying off the wiki.
 * With many of the positions posted this year being on the East Coast and in the Midwest, I find it extremely rude that search committees notify candidates as late as mid-to-late December about Vancouver interviews. Vancouver is not exactly easy to fly into, and it is expensive. This brings up the lingering issue that the MLA conference/interviews should be revisited. And, who paid off the MLA to schedule Vancouver, anyway? Yes, someone bid that under the table--I promise you. In any case, why even bother to have interviews at this conference? By the time expenses are paid for faculty hotel rooms, air travel, etc., etc., just fly in your top three candidates to your own campus and interview them there. Save money. And hassle. And energy. Oh, this profession. And we wonder why things are the way...they are. We can write papers and articles; but business managers were are...not. The first mistake is tasking a group of academics with identifying new hires/faculty. Business is business. Do what's best for the students. It is not a pissing match. As a member of the search committee, you likely already have tenure. So calm down, and blow your own horn later. Get the job done; quickly and efficiently. You're not electing the next President of the United States.
 * Happy New Year everyone!
 * Is it normal to not get rejection letters, even if you're clearly out of the running? I applied for `20 jobs and only received 3 rejections. It seems cruel to not put candidates out of their misery!
 * Very normal, unfortunately! There are HR reasons for this. It's dumb, but should be expected.
 * It is indeed very normal and that is why the Wiki was created! :)
 * Whether it is "normal" or not to receive a rejection letter is beside the point. It is in very poor taste, and gives our profession a bad name. Who do these people (i.e., search committees) think they are? They are too busy? Give me a break; they're not running the world. Actually, and technically, HR departments (either directly or through these committees) are bound by employment laws to respond to each applicant in some form of writing. Laws vary from state to state, but they are required to respond. Gleaning notifications from a wiki is not sufficient. I mean, it appears as if committees are becoming so lazy that they refuse to even send out the ever-so-overused rejection form letter/mass mailing. I hope, for all of my rising and aspiring colleages, that your PhD programs are preparing you for alternative career tracks. I'm hearing from more and more junior colleagues (which I can certainly understand) that playing this game is becoming old. And fast. And without us, where will the future of humanities be? Not to mention, more specifically, language studies. Hmmm...On a brighter note, be proactive and fight hard for other jobs. Think about how you can use your skills in a different setting.
 * HEAR, HEAR.  Not to receive so much as an email rejection after a campus visit is beyond inexcusable. Personally, I've decided to leave academia.  Not because of lack of success on my part but simply because it has become clear to me that the "profession" isn't about education.  It's about ego and treating job applicants and junior colleagues with disdain and abuse.  Universities and job committees focus on things that just aren't important in life or in education.  Good riddance.  I hope that more junior colleagues face these truths and decide to take the road less traveled.
 * Note to search committees:  Do refrain from writing to job candidates after interviews about how great they are only to reject them a few weeks later.  It sends mixed messages and it reflects poorly on you, your search committee members, and your school.  You obviously disagree with other members and were railroaded by someone with more "authority".
 * Well put; HEAR, HEAR! And on that note, let me just remind everyone that these positions are first and foremost about the STUDENTS. Our first responsibility in this profession is to serve our students and "profess" our knowledge in a way that creates and fosters productive citizens. Even at the most prestigious of "research" institutions, students are paying for you/us to teach them; not for you to blow your own horn all day long. Sorry to tell you, but at the end of the day, what really matters is how we change lives. Not that book or article. Search committees: IT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT YOU, YOUR RESEARCH, AND YOUR FEARS THAT SOMEONE WILL OUTSHINE YOU. Get over yourselves, dear blessed search committees. Who will be the best fit for your students? This question is rarely even asked behind closed doors. Pathetic. I agree with the previous poster, I am just about over it...
 * I'm sorry to hear some of you have had awful interview experiences. I've encountered a handful of pompous or aggressive interviewers, but the vast majority have been respectful, and most of those conversations were pleasant even if I wasn't invited to campus. I never once had an interview in which the committee didn't care about teaching or how I would fit with their students, and I know for a fact that one job I didn't get precisely because my teaching demo was not well matched to their students (my bad; but I learned a lot from that experience). Do egos, self-interest, department/university politics and arbitrary preferences sometimes get in the way of picking the best candidate? Sure. Are we justified in getting angry when searches are conducted unprofessionally or without respect for candidates? Of course. But as comforting as it might be, I don't think you're doing yourself any favors by assuming every job you didn't get was because you're "better than them" and they're jealous of you or because you "care too much" about teaching. Saying that kind of thing makes you look like the intolerable ego. In fact, that might be the real reason you're not getting offers despite "professing your knowledge" so well.
 * Poster above me, I understand how the "don't blow your horn" poster can sound annoying and egomaniac, but I don't think blaming his/her situation (about which we know nothing) on the personality s/he shows on the wiki accurately reflects the job situation in our field. There are egomaniacs who have jobs and perfectly nice (and competent and good at teaching and research) people who are unemployed. I believe s/he is just letting off some steam, which is understandable considering the state of the job market in the humanities. Although I would not express my thoughts in the same way as Mr. or Ms. "don't blow your horn", the problem with our field is that there is no conversation about the state of the market, no move to reduce the number of PhDs, nothing. In fact, senior, established scholars actively deny there is a problem, even though they are on the first line, as they know too well that they don't place all of their students in TT jobs. So yes, people are going to get angry at the lack of transparency in hiring. Yes, when one sees that school X hires an ABD with no publication (but hey, s/he is sexy - more often an "he"), they're going to wonder what's going on. Yes, they're going to wonder about inside hires, spousal hires, etc. I'd rather we be angry than numb. I'd rather we be angry than we just wait to be crushed by the system. Telling someone "you're unemployed because you're a d***" is the same as the famous "there are always jobs for good people" we've all heard. It's just not true. One can be any combination of un/employed and "(not) a d***", and there are simply not enough jobs for good people. I wish we as a field could have a conversation about this, but as long as the "there are jobs for good people" mythology is in place, I don't see that happening. I think it's sad as it will continue to damage young scholars...
 * Yes, I know the market sucks, and I agree that not getting an academic job doesn't mean there's something wrong with you. I perfectly understand venting about the hiring situation as it stands. But that poster did not complain that s/he was misled into a bad market or that a particular job went to someone far less qualified or that tenure-track positions are dwindling in favor of adjunct and 1-year positions, etc. Rather, the poster suggests that search committees "fear s/he will outshine them" and don't care about teaching. This, in my experience, does not reflect reality. My point is that projecting an attitude that says "I'm better than you and too good for this department" in interviews is much more likely to tank your chances than actually being an outstanding teacher and scholar.
 * Hi, everyone. This is "blow your own horn." I understand your thoughts, and perhaps I was venting a bit; but I stand firm by my opinion that our profession is remiss with egomaniacs (of which I am *not* one). In my experience (and I have vast experience outside of academia as well), this behavior is much more pronounced in our profession. Yes: job hunting is terrible, regardless of your field. But languages, particularly French (for some odd reason), seems to be noticeably more filled with negativity. And do not get me wrong, I have received offer(s), and have been on recent interviews. And I do have an excellent position in a city that I love. But we always, if only out of mere curiosity, explore other opportunities when the job market is open; don't lie. What I have been able to do over these years is gain valuable insight, from the inside, into this merky situation. I agree with the poster above that there are TOO (TOOOOOOOO) many PhDs on the market. It's almost as if our degree is becoming, how sould I say, "mass" produced. The first step is to reduce the number of candidates. Indeed, this is the very first step toward making the market better for our future colleagues. So what does this mean? This means that TT faculty will have to STEP UP, teach basic language courses, and stop relying so heavily on TAs. And...drum roll...ACTUALLY TEACH. The market must become less saturated with candidates if we expect it to level out. And to that poster that thought I projected a "I'm better than you" attitude during an interview: you are completely wrong. I am very humble, sweet, and extremely outgoing. For me, for example, it was (once) a question of gender, coupled with other discriminatory factors, that kept me from getting [a] job with a [certain] institution. Completely illegal. And this is very prevalent, unfortunately. And I can tell you, for those of you who appear to be somewhat "in the dark," that people in this profession (in general) will smile to your face, praise your "accomplishments," and then will stab you in your back as soon as you leave the room. And this leaves me to my last and final point. Aside from reducing the number of candidates, search committees should be comprised of faculty and administrators from another college or university, thereby permitting an unbiased, less subjective review of a candidate's profile and potential "fit" in a given position. This would eliminate inappropriate and unprofessional discourse during the review. We do this for 'major' searches, so why not for junior colleagues? Allowing faculty members to tarnish a search with their own petty agendas (i.e., Will I get along with him/her? Will s/he assume some of my committee responsibilities? Or...I like her, but we really need a male on staff. Or...She seems nice, but only two publications? Or...great scholar, but look at these student evaluations; they're horrible!) is just not efficient or productive. This is why many Deans have to eventually step in and override a committee's hiring decision. Again, sorry to say, but the whole process is a mess and senior faculty are doing NOTHING about it--except protecting their own jobs. It really is pathetic. And I will end with the same point I ended with in my previous post: explore other avenues. There is a world of opportunity out there. DO NOT assume you will ever get tenure in this field. It's tough out there, but sometimes is even "tougher" in here...if you can even get in the door. Keep your options open, and do not let this "process" get you down.
 * What jobs outside of academia? No, I wasn't prepared for it...
 * Some of the things you list as part of the "petty agenda" seem like very legit concerns: lack of productivity or bad teaching should be problematic for a department. And giving admins more weight than they already have seems like a bad, no, terrible idea. Academia is in its current state largely due to inept administrators. Also, your rant above (in the ConnColl entry)  about gender, race, and disability seems to imply that minorities have less of a hard time on the job market. But if you take a look at who's been hired in the past five years or so, you'll see that for the most part, it's been white, cisgendered, able-bodied, conventionally attractive men and women. Sadly, that's the kind of bias there is in hiring. With that being said, the MLA convention is now upon us, so good luck to those of you who are going!
 * What I was implying, o' wise one, is that many of these searches are carried out, and completed, based on the 'wishes' and 'desires' of a small group of faculty members. If recent hires have all been "attractive" as you suggest, then how can we be sure that perhaps "less attractive" candidates were equally considered? How can we be sure that any level of fairness is *ever* present? This, again, is just one of several major flaws in this ridiculous process. Faculty complain all day long about administrators (blah blah blah), but do you really think allowing US (the "academics")  to "run" the show at the top would result in anything much better? What about working together? Now there's an idea. Can you honestly say that you and your colleagues get along so very well that, together, without oversight, you could balance the budget, gain needed funds from donors, and manage quirky faculty across several schools and disciplines? Right. But to return to the concern at hand, and as I suggested earlier, these searches should be carried out under VERY close scrutiny, and should be subject to strict reporting (and by this, I do not mean a "report" written by the Chair of the "Search Committee.") Search committees (quite often) are given way too much authority when it comes to identifying--and hiring--new faculty. It needs to change. AND, YES: THE VERY BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF YOU HERE AT THE MLA.
 * Good luck to all of you at MLA and in SKYPE interviews and on campus.  I am an old (okay maybe not that that old) tenured person, an administrator, and someone who has hired many people and sat on various searches.  In response to all that has been said, I wanted to add that the market is very tight.  No doubt about it.  A decent tenure-track position can draw 100 or more applicants.  There is one job, and 100 or more qualified people to screen.  In the private sector, the numbers are often much more skewed (many more applicants... hundreds) so it's still not as bad as it could be.  Hiring committees are composed of people who have lived a while and who are very very careful when hiring, and for good reason. We have to fight very hard to get tenure lines.  If the candidate we choose doesn't get tenure, in this day and age realistically we often lose that line permanently.  So we have to assess very carefully (and it's not easy) how likely the people we interview are to be able to meet the tenure standards at our institution (and these standards vary widely).  Research productivity at a research-centered institution matters very much.  So does the ability of the person's project to find a press (and in many cases it must be a university press).   Finding a press is harder than finding an academic job, let's leave it at that, and the selection process has less to do with the quality of the project than its market appeal.  Tenure at a research-focused institution also depends upon numbers of expert outside reviewers reading all of your research at tenure time and affirming that it is significant and impactful.  In colleges where teaching counts, we have to look very hard at each candidate's teaching, their ability to teach the things we need, and the "fit" of any particular candidate for our students--and students vary from institution to institution.  And we do care about personality, because one bad hire can seriously impact the entire atmosphere of a department (I could tell you horror stories).  Hiring choices are rarely pre-determined, and in my experience committees are fair and they work together and listen to one another.  Decisions in my experience have typically been made by strong concensus.  It's hard for applicants to see that, because they can't see all of the variables in play or the inner workings.  So good luck! Take a deep breath.  Be yourself,  Be passionate and convincing about your work.  Talk about it clearly and in detail and have some idea where you are going with it.  Be positive (if I detected some of the negativity on this wiki in an interview, it would negatively impact my read of the candidate).  Be confident about your work, but also humble (you still have alot to learn). KNOW about the institutions where you are applying.  Have thought hard about how you would fit.  Be open to positions other than tenure-track at Tier I.  I know people in really good jobs at places you have never heard of! Take all interviews seriously and give them equal weight.  If you spend your energy on your "dream" job and try to wing the rest, you might cost yourself the job that was the best fit for you.  Prepare rigorously for job talks and teaching demonstrations and target them to the individual institution.  And above all GOOD LUCK again.  People do get jobs, and they do get tenure, and they do get their happily ever after (until they are talked into being an administrator anyway). <-- this person rocks!
 * Thank you for taking the time to provide some very helpful info.