North American History - U.S. & Canada

Our Numbers?
Out of curiosity - how many people have we got active on this thing? Change the number below if you're here: 48 (Moved from the bottom of the page. This is just an imperfect measure of our numbers and perhaps overall accuracy . . .) Although - now obsessively checking TWO webpages instead of one! NOT anymore, alas, the deleting has begun again -how frustrating! (12/7) The other site has been moved but is working again, see link at bottom of this page. (12/8)

African American History
Let's all use this page as it has the most AFAM Jobs on it. I hope everyone is having better luck than I am, but let's really use this thing to help everyone out. 12/12 →Agreed. Anyone have info on the "repeat searches" from previous years? Places like Iowa State, Missouri, and Green Bay that had similar searches last year? 12/16


 * CUNY - Hunter College
 * Location: New York, NY
 * application deadline is 1 Oct 2008
 * received ack 10/10/2008

–Any Word? 12/15


 * Carnegie Mellon
 * Location: Pittsburgh, PA
 * application deadline is December 1, 2008
 * Approx. 120 applications received; committee currently reviewing folders (12/11)
 * "The search committee will be reviewing applications at the beginning of the year" (email 12/12)x2


 * Florida Atlantic University
 * Location: Boca Raton, Florida
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $62,600
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $52,663 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 18:1
 * median SAT score: 1015 to 1020
 * Phone interviews scheduled - they say they will bring finalists on campus before AHA
 * Invitation for campus interview 11/23


 * George Washington University
 * Location: Washington, D.C.
 * application deadline is December 1, 2008
 * Received Ack 11/5
 * Received Ack 12/13

–Any Word? 12/15


 * Haverford
 * receipt of materials confirmation (with notations of missing documentation) (11/2)


 * Hobart & William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY
 * ack letter:"will be reviewing applications at least until November 23"
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/15) X2


 * Indiana University - Bloomington
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $68,400
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $57,524 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 18:1
 * median SAT score: 1145 to 1165

They had a search last year-what happened? Has anyone rec'd anything? Heard Anything?
 * Iowa State University

♠I applied this year and last-never heard a word.x3


 * Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
 * application deadline is 15 December 2008
 * receipt of materials acknowledgement (11/3)

Any Word? 12/15
 * acknowledgment email (12/17)x3


 * '''Marshall University
 * Location: Huntington, West Virginia
 * receipt of materials confirmation (11/3)
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/5)
 * AHA interview scheduled (also 12/5)x4

- AHA interview arranged (12/16)
 * Misericordia


 * Muhlenberg College


 * '''Roanoke College
 * Location: Roanoke, Virginia
 * application deadline - none given "review of applications will begin as they are received."

- AHA interview scheduled (12/18)x2
 * how did they contact you? email or phone? (12/18)

Has ANYONE heard ANYTHING?
 * Southern Illinois


 * SUNY Oneonta
 * Had Phone interview today-very cordial and professional. 12/15


 * Texas Tech University
 * Location: Lubbock, Texas
 * application deadline is 14 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $60,900
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $51,217 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 18:1
 * median SAT score: 1085 to 1090


 * received request for more writing 11/21
 * that number of $51,000 is almost 10% higher than my sources tell me. Where did you get that number?


 * search committee still deliberating (12/11); request for dissertation copy
 * phone interview scheduled 12/13

Has ANYONE heard ANYTHING?
 * University of Kentucky
 * ack and aa survey rec'd (November)


 * University of Massachusetts - Amherst
 * application deadline is 10 Oct 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $66,800
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $56,179 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 17:1
 * median SAT score: 1135
 * called department on 11/10, department administrator said Af Am search is canceled
 * Do you know if this includes both the Civil Rights Movement position and the Social Theory and Historiography position?


 * the civil rights search has been canceled because of budget cuts (11/15)
 * received letter from search chair confirming search cancellation (11/21)
 * received letter from chair of Social Theory and Historiographical search confirming search cancellation (12/13)


 * University of Missouri - Columbia
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $58,200
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $48,946 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 17:1
 * median SAT score: 1165 to 1185

ALL UM system searches for ALL faculty, staff and student positions are canceled due to President imposed system wide hiring freeze.

—Has ANYONE heard ANYTHING?
 * University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Has ANYONE heard ANYTHING?
 * University of New Mexico
 * e-mail ack and aa rec'd (x2)
 * Contacted for on campus interview in January (12/16)
 * SC called tonight to tell me there was a snafu. The committee has to meet again in late Jan. and resubmit the candidate list to the dean. Then interviews will be scheduled. I hope this one doesn't get cancelled. (12/17)

Phone interview today (12/15) Very cordial and professional-a real plessure to talk with and whoever gets this job will be quite fortunate x2 Phone interview scheduled by email (12/18)
 * University of North Texas


 * University of Oregon
 * Location: Eugene, Oregon
 * application deadline is 31 Oct 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $61,900
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $52,058 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 18:1
 * median SAT score: 1105
 * Contacted by e-mail for interview via video conferencing next week. (12/3)

Has ANYONE heard ANYTHING?
 * University of Southern Maine
 * AHA interview scheduled by phone (12/17)x3

Contacted for phone interview, 12/7 x2
 * University of Wisconsin at Green Bay

Has ANYONE heard ANYTHING?
 * University of Wisconsin at Madison
 * Ack received via snail mail (12/11)x 2


 * Tufts University
 * Location: Medford, Massachusetts
 * application deadline is November 1, 2008
 * received e-mail ack (11/05)
 * rec'd email indicating that their search process is going on longer than expected. Despite 'deepening financial crisis,' they are still proceeding, but won't be notifying people until "well into the new year." They will not interview at AHA. (12/5)x 4

What does (12/5)x 4 mean? What is this x 4 mean?
 * x4 means that four people have received the same information
 * I disagree. As any elementary school math teacher can tell you, (12/5)x 4 = (2.4)x4 = 9.6
 * I disagree with the math teacher. This is history. Numbers and their relationship to each other are re-evaluated as necessary.


 * University of Wyoming
 * application deadline is 1 Oct 2008

Any Word? 12/15


 * Washington University - St. Louis
 * application deadline is 1 Oct 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $80,000
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $72,560 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 7:1
 * median SAT score: 1405 to 1450
 * received request for writing sample (10/20)
 * received request for more writing samples (11/05)
 * received request for more writing samples (11/17)
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/9)


 * Wesleyan University
 * application deadline is Nov. 15
 * joint appointment with African American Studies
 * This looks like it might be an inside hire situation. Does anyone have any info on this?
 * Apparently, there is a hiring freeze here - anybody hear about that?
 * (11/21)To clarify, on the Wesleyan Administration website, under FAQ, there is a question about "hiring freezes." The response is: "We are reviewing all positions currently open, and determining which need to be filled immediately, and which can be put on hold for the time being."  A quick call to AAS confirmed that the hiring freeze will not affect this search.
 * Remember that Af-Am is conducting this search, not history. I received an e-mail from the admin today (in response to a call from me) that my application is complete. She didn't say anything about a freeze. (11/21)
 * will interview at AHA
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/9)x2


 * West Virginia University
 * Application deadline is Nov. 15
 * contacted for AHA interview (12/9) X2
 * how did they contact you? Email or phone? (12/18)

Asian American History

 * University of California, Los Angeles
 * application deadline is 10 Oct 2008


 * University of Chicago
 * application deadline is 1 Oct 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $90,700
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $82,265 annually
 * The salary numbers on this page are ludicrous. Asst. professors in the history dept. at Chicago start at about $20,000 less than this.
 * student/faculty ratio - 6:1
 * median SAT score: 1360 to 1430
 * requested eoc/aa via email (10/17)
 * Any news? (12/9)


 * Wesleyan University
 * Location: Middletown, Connecticut
 * application deadline is 1 Oct 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $68,400
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $62,039 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 9:1
 * median SAT score: 1315 to 1395
 * Here's a quick heads up from the search committee chair: This is not a job in a history department, although we need someone who can work historically. Although it is not impossible that we would hire a candidate with a Ph.D. in history for this position, because of the mandate that we appoint jointly with English, you will need to be an interdisciplinary scholar who is a plausible candidate in literary studies. Hence it is far more likely that finalists for the position will have a degree in American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Comp Lit, or English. You are invited to contact me (cpotter01@wesleyan.edu) -- I am the search co-chair, and Director of American Studies -- if you are a historian and want some guidance. Best, Claire Potter, Professor of History and American Studies, Wesleyan University.
 * two points to Wesleyan for directness and information! way to embrace the wiki! (though Dr. Potter, some of us with history Ph.D.s actually DO cultural/lit work, so please read our cover letters and don't dismiss us out of hand!)

Chicano/Latino History

 * Case Western Reserve University
 * application deadline is 11 Nov 2008
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/11)

does anyone know how many people they're interviewing???


 * Texas A&M University - College Station
 * application deadline is 7 Nov 2008
 * student/faculty ratio - 19:1
 * median SAT score: 1165 to 1190


 * The University of Texas at San Antonio
 * application deadline is 17 Oct 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $67,000
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $56,347 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 24:1
 * median SAT score: 975 to 1010
 * phone interview (mid Nov)
 * surely they've brought people to campus by now...?


 * Campus interviews are scheduled for January.

Native American History

 * University of Utah
 * Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
 * application deadline is 7 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $68,700
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $57,777 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 13:1
 * median SAT score: 1105 to 1120


 * + AHA interview scheduled (12/12)


 * University of Massachusetts, Boston
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * Posting


 * I know a person who has an AHA interview for this job, but that person does not participate on this wiki. (12/15)
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/15)

U.S. and World

 * let's fill in these jobs as they come due?
 * US & WORLD NOW CANCELLED TOTALS (5): Ohio University, University of Illinois-Chicago, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, University of Washington (2 searches) . ..
 * it is fascinating that during an economic crisis - albeit based on the limited data presented here - the first type of job to go is of the "US & World" variety. My future article: "Epistemological Isolationism: History Job Cuts During the 2008 Economic Crisis." Needs a more catchy title...
 * Feel free to be in touch if you want to do any oral histories - and now, the perspective of a sad sap who actually thought US & World was a viable, long-term field.
 * The question is, was the field singled out or were these cancellations part of broad hiring freezes at these institutions. As far as I can tell the latter is the case. Can anyone point to other searches in these places that were not canceled?
 * Ohio U search is not canceled. They're conducting AHA interviews. (12/18)


 * "'Bucknell University U.S. in the world, 1945-present'"
 * deadline: November 3
 * anyone know if this is an inside hire? (11/22)
 * No, I do not know. Why?  I only know that they confirmed their receipt of my letters of recommendation.  I do not believe they would go to this trouble if it were.  It would be a shame if it were an inside hire, though.
 * I would hope not, too. According to the dept's website they have a VAP there now whose field of specialization is an exact fit with how the job was posted. That always makes me wonder. (12/1)
 * Good point. I imagine that that person will receive an interview.  However, my experience on hiring committees (restricted to grad school, sadly) has shown that such advantages are no guarantee. Indeed, such experience might raise the department's expectations of that person to an impossible level.(2 Dec.)
 * email invitation for AHA interview (12/3)


 * "'The College of New Jersey, U.S. in a World Context'"
 * deadline: November 15, 2008
 * e-mail ack (14 November)
 * will interview at AHA - anyone know timeline for decisions?
 * anyone? Bueller?
 * Nothing at all in terms of direct communication from them, except an ack. eons ago. A friend related a rumor that this search is under review and might not proceed due to budget cuts, but I have no idea how reliable that info is.
 * job ad stated "Interviews may be held at the American Historical Association meeting in early January"-so who knows?
 * AHA interview scheduled.
 * email invitation for AHA interview (12/10)
 * ditto - email invitation for AHA (12/10)

*"Ohio State University - US International History/Middle East"'''
 * deadline: November 1, 2008
 * any idea if there is an inside candidate for this one?


 * "Ohio University, U.S. in the World since WWI"
 * deadline: November 15, 2008
 * anybody hear from them, anything at all?
 * search canceled due to hiring freeze
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/15)
 * was the search reinstated?


 * "University of Illinois-Chicago, U.S. in the World"
 * deadline: November 17, 2008
 * Search is likely to be suspended (11/7)
 * Search officially cancelled, letters will go out shortly (11/20)
 * Rec'd letter confirming that the search is cancelled. Strangely, it also included an EEO form. . . (11/29)
 * AND the EEO form didn't even have a stamp attached to mail it back -- I wonder how many they'll get back?!


 * "University of Maryland-Baltimore County, U.S. in the Modern World"
 * deadline: November 15, 2008


 * Received ack 11/07
 * Search canceled according to letter from chair (11/28)x3


 * "University of Sheffield, America and the Wider World"
 * no deadline given


 * "University of Tulsa, U.S. Relations with the Wider World"
 * deadline: November 1, 2008
 * any word on this search beyond the initial ack?
 * no word here. Has anybody heard from them? (12/6)
 * Phone call to schedule AHA interview (12/10)


 * "University of Washington-Seattle, U.S. in the World"
 * deadline: app. review begins November 14, 2008


 * asked for writing samples, 10/30
 * asked for writing samples, 10/17
 * they will interview at AHA, and invite finalists to campus in Feb. or March
 * Has anyone not been asked for writing samples? I think they are requesting this from all the applicants.
 * What makes you think that?
 * Because it was part of my ack letter and because they have asked several people for writing samples before the due date - just assumed that. I hope I'm wrong.
 * I received a snail mail letter acknowledgment and a separate email request for writing several days later... hope for both of us your hunch is wrong.
 * I received a snail mail letter of ack and then a sep. email requesting writing samples several weeks later. I also know someone who applied and hasn't been contacted for materials. Why do we would think they would ask ALL of us for materials (that is a LOT to read/skim)? I sure hope not . ..
 * Any news on whether there is a hiring freeze going on at U. Washington?
 * Just heard from the other America and the World position at the Jackson School at U of W. They are cancelling their search - I imagine this will also be the case in the history dept.
 * Email from chair of search - search has been canceled.
 * Was this for the Jackson search or the History Department? (12/2)
 * Both searches have been cancelled - I received emails from both confirming the cancellation.
 * 3 US & the World searches cancelled -- so sad.
 * Confirmed by history search chair, all over.


 * "Vanderbilt University, U.S. and the World (open rank search)"
 * deadline: November 3, 2008
 * rcd. ack (5 nov.)
 * request extra material (11/19)
 * any news about this search and when they'll schedule interviews? AHA?
 * possible news and decisions to come next week (12/6)


 * has there been any news on this? I didn't hear anything last week (12/15)


 * Wake Forest University, U.S. as a World Power since 1898
 * deadline: November 1, 2008
 * any news about this position and timeframe? will they interview at AHA?
 * several colleagues have applied for europe jobs at WF in the past 3-years. they never received acknowledgments, or even rejection letters after the aha. WF also has a vap who conforms somewhat closely to the ad, which makes me think (pure speculation) that we will not be hearing from them.
 * Received ack letter - indicates they will interview at AHA. 11/24
 * AHA interview scheduled x3 (12/3).
 * Q: When did the int. req. happen? Any sense of timeline and numbers?
 * This morning (12/3) by email. No sense of numbers or timeline, though ack letter said they would be getting in touch this week.
 * Letter rec'd today (12/13) that application is no longer under consideration. Dept is to be commended for being so straightforward with this info. It is a huge relief to at least know where your application stands.


 * "Yale University, U.S. and the World"
 * deadline: November 25, 2008
 * received ack and diversity postcard (11/17)
 * no postage on the Yale postcard. I know times are tough, but seriously, Yale?
 * we assume they are doing AHA, is that right?
 * they've gone straight to campus in the past, but i don't know what the plan is for this one

U.S. History
Has anyone heard anything about the College of Charleston?
 * are you asking about the US women's history job? Just received a request for an AHA interview from them, 12/14.  BTW, why is there not a category for US women's history?

Has anyone heard anything about the US History job at Yeshiva University?
 * Yeshiva search was suspended in November.


 * Please post all jobs in the appropriate category and then list questions below.


 * Ashland University (Ohio)
 * application deadline 15 Dec 2008


 * Colgate University
 * application deadline is 14 Nov 2008
 * Does anyone know what this Colgate job is? Where was it listed?
 * It's on H-net, and elsewhere. Broad description "North American"
 * rec'd ack letter Nov. 28
 * phone invitation for AHA interview (12/6)X 3


 * Columbia College
 * Location: Columbia, Missouri
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * Rec'd ack letter, 2 Dec.


 * Drury University
 * Location: Springfield, Missouri
 * application deadline is 14 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $48,400
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $43,904 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 13:1
 * median SAT score: 1130 to 1160


 * East Carolina University
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * received ack via mail 20 Oct 2008
 * phone invitation for AHA interview (12/6)x2


 * Gonzaga University
 * surprised this was not up already
 * Colonial America through Reconstruction
 * application deadline is 10 Nov 2008
 * received notification of phone interview 24 Nov 2008 X2
 * Also received notification of a phone interview to be scheduled, and request for reflection on mission, but no follow up contact since.
 * Phone interview arrangement seemed really unorganized -most of the committee not present.
 * To the person above: Does that mean your phone interview has happened? I am in the same boat as the person above you: I was told I would have a phone interview, I sent in my reflection on Jesuit education, and the interview has yet to be scheduled, let alone happen.  Also, did they give any indication whether the next stage (for the successful) will be an AHA interview or straight to an on-campus interview?
 * It seems that Gonzaga, which is now on break, is disorganized, and that SOME scheduled interviews have taken place, and some not, and with everyone gone for the break, trying to do it now seems very odd. They are not doing AHA (a money issue for them, but I was thankful to save my money -did not apply to a single school that is requiring attending the AHA).
 * I had a phone interview (12/11)--the process seemed organized. [I'm not one of the above posters] (12/15)
 * Well, if they are not going to AHA, then maybe they are putting off further interviews until January. It would be nice of them to tell us this, though, instead of leaving us in the dark. (12/15)
 * Perhaps my hearing absolutely nothing is better than the confusion, but I doubt it
 * Interview scheduled. Apparently the adminstration attempted to institute a hiring freeze and it was unclear whether it would apply to this job or not, but it has now been decided that the hiring freeze will not cover this job and the search will move ahead as scheduled. (12/17)

Was told that the current telephone interviews (a dozen or so) are preliminary, with another round to come, those making the cut to expect email informing them so today (12/19)
 * Harvard University Business School
 * U.S.-open field: "public policy, economic history, political history, international history, legal history, or environmental history" esp. interdisciplinary interests
 * application deadline is 21 Nov 2008
 * transcript request (12/4) x2
 * Additional material requested (12/8)
 * Is that in addition to the samples requested in the original job ad? Deadline was only Friday 12/5 (according to H-net).
 * Apparently - they asked for list of publications and job talk paper.
 * Invitation to interview at the AHA, via email (12/8)


 * Loyola University Chicago
 * application deadline is 15 Sept 2008
 * requested AHA interview, 11/10


 * Northampton Community College
 * Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 * application deadline is 12 Sept 2008
 * student/faculty ratio - 22:1
 * link doesn't work; does anyone know the status of this one?


 * Pepperdine - VAP


 * Rutgers University - Camden
 * application deadline is 24 Oct 2008


 * Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
 * application deadline is 7 Nov 2008


 * University of California in San Diego - La Jolla
 * application deadline is 29 Oct 2008
 * request for writing samples 11/14
 * is there any news on this one? AHA interviews?  suspended search? (12/4)


 * the search is still on-going from ive been told
 * AHA interview scheduled by e-mail 12/17


 * Wake Forest University
 * Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $57,900
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $52,522 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 10:1
 * median SAT score: 1295 to 1325
 * Rec'd letter of rejection 12/15. Said AHA interviews had already been scheduled.
 * AHA interview scheduled (1st week of Dec.)


 * University of Michigan
 * Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * job in North American Religion, jointly with Program in American Culture
 * has anyone heard anything about the status of this search?
 * nothing at all except for ack.
 * AHA interview scheduled by phone (12/12)
 * All AHA interviews have been scheduled (12/16)

U.S. Colonial

 * Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008


 * Boston College
 * application deadline is 14 November 2008
 * Could someone please post the link? I haven't seen this ad anywhere.
 * http://www.h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=37123
 * additional materials and AHA interview requested


 * Brown University
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008

additional materials/ dissertation chapter requested 9 December 2008


 * Princeton University
 * application deadline is 13 Oct 2008
 * Writing sample requested 24 October 2008
 * Interviews scheduled


 * Southeastern Louisiana University
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008


 * Syracuse University
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * They did this search last year for an advanced assistant or associate professor. Anyone know why the search failed?
 * e-mail acknowledgment received, 10-16
 * ANY NEWS? (12/16)


 * University of Alberta
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008

Has anybody heard from them regarding interviews? I have heard nothing from them - rejection letter via snail mail (12-15) -They are starting to interview at the end of January. (12-15)


 * University of Iowa
 * application deadline is 1 Oct 2008
 * on-campus interviews scheduled for late January (there was no preliminary round of interviews). (12/15)

- Any word?
 * University of Southern Mississippi  early America


 * University of Victoria
 * application deadline is 30 Sept 2008

- offer accepted, job filled.


 * University of Virginia
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * rumor is that this search will be cancelled

yes, UVA searches are cancelled
 * According to the other wiki, someone called the department and was told that this search is still on (only the 19th-century search got canceled).
 * Notification of AHA interviews to finalists 12.9.08
 * This is strange. I was not contacted for an interview on 12/9 (that's not the strange part), but today, I received an e-mail from the search committee (addressed to "candidate," not to me) to notify me that all materials must be in before they can interview any candidate.  I submitted all of my materials before the deadline, though there were some conflicting directions as to what should be submitted electronically versus through snail mail.  Anyway, is it possible that they have not extended all their AHA invites yet, or is this just a poorly timed acknowledgment?  Did anyone else get this e-mail?
 * Yes, I also got it (and also have an interview)--the search chair explained it as being just a strange element of UVA bureaucracy. For some reason, they cannot legally inform us if our files aren't complete without calling all the applicants, so they recommend we check with the secretary ourselves. Nothing to worry about, just email her.
 * I did e-mail her, but got no response, which leads me to conclude that I'm not getting an interview (as I had assumed after the 12/9 posting). Did anyone get this e-mail who DIDN'T get an interview?


 * University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
 * colonial, revolutionary, Atlantic world
 * application deadline is 11-1 (online application)
 * received request for additional materials 11-14


 * campus visits scheduled


 * Wellesley College
 * application deadline is 7 November 2008
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/12)

U.S. Revolutionary/Early Republic

 * Auburn University
 * TWO Assistant Professors in US History, 1800-1850 (at least 1/2 in Old South)
 * application deadline November 1, 2008
 * invitation for on-campus interview 12/14


 * Berea College
 * pre-1865 (preferred subfields in Gender, Latin American, or Appalachian)
 * application deadline November 1.
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/8)


 * Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008


 * Coe College
 * application deadline 1 Dec 2008
 * Any news?


 * AHA interview scheduled by phone on 11-13


 * Princeton University
 * application deadline is 13 Oct 2008


 * '''Salem College
 * Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
 * Deadline: None given, "review of applications begins immediately/continues until position is filled"
 * Early ad says preliminary interviews may be conducted at the AHA - has anyone heard from them? (12/15)


 * Southeastern Louisiana University
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008


 * University of Alberta
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * nothing but the sound of silence (12.17)


 * University of Massachusetts - Amherst
 * application deadline is 3 Nov 2008


 * called Wednesday and asked if a hiring freeze in place. Departmental assistant said no and they are conducting a job search despite chancellor's announcement(10/22)**
 * received snail mail notice from SC that the early national search is canceled due to budget conditions, 20 November 2008.


 * University of North Carolina-Charlotte
 * Surprised this one is not listed --it had a Nov. 1 deadline and I got a writing sample request about a month ago. Anyone heard anthing else?

- AHA interviews scheduled last week (Dec 15)


 * University of Victoria
 * application deadline is 30 Sept 2008


 * '''University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
 * application deadline 14 November 2008
 * Any news here?
 * request for AHA interview last week (12/15)


 * Wofford College (colonial through early republic)
 * application deadline is October 1.
 * quick, friendly response from search chair after submitting c.v. and cover letter online.(9-19)
 * request for AHA interview via e-mail Dec. 9

U.S. Nineteenth Century

 * Brandeis University
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * received ack via email and note that the committee will be interviewing at the AHA
 * AHA page notes search suspended
 * does anyone know why? (10/9)
 * "a result of the current economic crisis"--email notification of suspended search.
 * called today, the Academic Administrator confirmed that this is suspended. (10/14)
 * they state that the search will not be conducted for at least this academic year.
 * This (and possibly the 20th century position listed below) is Jacqueline Jones's old position; she went to UT Austin.


 * Brigham Young University
 * Location: Provo, Utah
 * application deadline is 15 Sept 2008
 * student/faculty ratio - 21:1
 * median SAT score: 1235 to 1240


 * DePaul University
 * application deadline in 1 Dec 2008
 * received confirmation that they received application
 * Other site says telephoned to schedule an interview for AHA (12/10)
 * Interview scheduled for AHA by phone (12/10) x 2


 * Indiana University Northwest
 * U.S. history, 1865-present
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008


 * McKendree University
 * U.S. history, 1865-present
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * phone interview scheduled for 12-9


 * New York University
 * application deadline is 30 Nov 2008

any word?


 * Niagara University
 * U.S. history, 1877-present
 * application deadline is 14 Nov 2008
 * AHA invites out. I didn't get one. (12/12/08)


 * Old Dominion
 * application deadline in 15 Oct 2008
 * Received letter - Search suspended due to cutbacks in state budget (12/5/08)


 * Pittsburg State University
 * application deadline in 1 Nov 2008
 * Contacted for phone interview 12/11


 * Rutgers University-Newark
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008


 * writing sample requested 11/14


 * Salisbury University


 * Location: Salisbury, Maryland
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $60,200
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $50,628 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 18:1
 * median SAT score: 1035 to 1115
 * email notice - search canceled 11/10 x2 Note was much nicer than the one I received from Brandeis.

Slippery Rock University Deadline 12/15
 * Southeastern Louisiana University
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008


 * Trinity College
 * application deadline is unknown
 * was told search committee will begin to look at applications in mid-late September
 * received ack via email
 * committee review of applications will begin on or around Nov. 15
 * other webiste indicates AHA interview scheduled.


 * University of Alberta
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008


 * University of California - Riverside
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * Email invitation for AHA interview (12/5) X2
 * Just out of curiosity, what is your specialty?
 * Mine is antebellum South/slavery


 * University of Colorado - Boulder
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * see below for more informatio


 * University of Massachusetts - Amherst
 * UMass chancellor announced hiring freeze 10/18 due to economic situation**
 * called Wednesday and asked if a hiring freeze in place. Departmental assistant said no and they are conducting a job search despite chancellor's announcement(10/22)**
 * application deadline is 3 Nov 2008
 * rec'd letter last week (11/24) that search is off.


 * University of Texas - Arlington, US Social, Cultural, Political, 1880-1930
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * Ack. received in mid-October (sent in application very early), nothing since then
 * anyone know if this search is suspended?
 * received notification last week that my file was incomplete; I assume search is moving forward (12/5)
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/9) (x3)


 * Weber State University
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * Email from chair; the two advertised TT positions in 19th & 20th c. have been turned into one non-TT position (19th or 20th c.) on yearly contract due to state budget cuts. Recipients of email are asked to respond by Dec. 20 if they're still interested in being considered; those not responding won't be considered. (12/2)


 * Webster University
 * AHA interview scheduled 12/11
 * AHA interview scheduled 12/12 X2


 * Wesleyan University
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * Has anybody heard anything from them? ack? Any signs of life?
 * Did hear file complete from admin. asst. in mid-October, nothing since then (11/19)
 * Is this search still going on, or is it cancelled?
 * Emailed with dept. admin. and the search is still on, no other details though (12/4)
 * Anything going on there? (12/9)
 * Other site notes phone call for AHA interview (12/11).
 * AHA interview scheduled by phone (12/15)


 * University of Victoria
 * application deadline is 30 Sept 2008
 * request from search chair for reference letters (application instructions just called for contact info for referees)(10-10)
 * preliminary telephone interview (late Oct.)
 * any progress on this search? (11/20)
 * on-campus interviews scheduled (12/12 email)
 * huh? the other blog says this position has already been offered and accepted (12/12)
 * Let me clarify the above. Received email stating that on-campus interviews had already been scheduled: "has shortlisted and interviewed candidates" and that I was not one of them. I had not recalled what exactly it said. Sorry for the confusion. It was a brief, professional thanks for applying & good luck. No indication the offers had been made or accepted, but the interviews have been completed. (12/12)


 * University of Virginia
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * search suspended

U.S. Twentieth Century
How many cancelled/suspended 20th Century searches so far? 4? (Brandeis; Salisbury; Long Island U; one Weber State job; UMass Amherst reauthorized 12/17)


 * Brandeis University
 * Location: Waltham, MA
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $74,600
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $67,671 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 8:1
 * median SAT score: 1335 to 1370
 * AHA page notes search suspended


 * Brigham Young University
 * Location: Provo, UT
 * application deadline is 15 Sept 2008
 * student/faculty ratio - 21:1
 * median SAT score: 1235 to 1240


 * Cornell University
 * Location: Ithaca, NY
 * application deadline is 8 Oct 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $89,800
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $81,459 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 9:1
 * median SAT score: 1335 to 1395
 * the description for this position was so vague - anybody know what they are really looking for?
 * my advisor told me they are telling faculty they're interested in gender historians (???- so not what I would have expected from the ad. I'm wondering if *they* know what they want...)
 * received ack via mail (10/13)
 * rec'd ack and aa survey (10/17)
 * received ack and aa survey (10/18)
 * received request for writing samples, teaching materials, and publications (10/24) x 3
 * since the deadline was quite early, anyone know what is going on/why Cornell seems to be going so slowly?
 * I'm under the impression that they have a longer than usual short list and a lot of writing, teaching statements, and sample syllabi to get through. Either that, or they already culled a shorter short list I didn't make and am just comforting my delusional self.
 * simply out of curiosity (from someone who obvi did NOT make the short list) did this end up being a gender position? is there any rhyme or reason to the requests for writing samples and teaching materials?
 * I do not work on gender. x 2
 * Nor do I, and I was asked for a writing sample. But not for teaching materials, weirdly enough.
 * I was asked for pretty much everything I've ever written & all my teaching materials. For what it's worth, I do work on gender.
 * Three people have given/will soon give job talks. Two political history candidates, one civil rights historian. (12/4)

- received request for written materials (not teaching materials) today (12/11) (x2)
 * Does anyone know what is going on with this search?


 * CW Post University
 * Location: Brookville, NY
 * application deadline is November 14, 2008
 * The other wiki says this job search is canceled? 12/5

-Received a very nice cancellation letter from the chair yesterday.


 * Dartmouth College
 * Location: Hanover, NH
 * application deadline is November 1, 2008
 * 20th Century United States History, preference to long civil rights movement, comparative/transnational race, social movements
 * received ack via mail approximating mid-Feb for final decision (11/14)x4
 * received phone ack from dept assistant (called to confirm on 11/12)
 * AHA interview scheduled by e-mail. E-mail was sent to all candidates, so we all know each other's names and institutions. So tacky. (12/8)
 * agreed! one can only hope this was an administrative error


 * DePaul University
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * received confirmation that they received application
 * see above, AHA interview scheduled by phone (12/10)


 * East Carolina University
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * received ack via mail (10/13)
 * rec'd ack via mail (10/25)
 * *anyone heard anything here (beyond ack), e.g., request for materials? (11/8)
 * not a peep (11/22)
 * phone invitation for AHA interview (12/6)x2


 * University of Florida
 * Location: Gainseville, Florida
 * application deadline is postmarked 10 Nov 2008
 * US History since 1920
 * rec'd ack via mail (11/19)
 * rec'd ack via email (11/20)x5
 * requested writing sample and said would contact soon re: date/times for AHA interview. which i took as an invite, but . . . (12/8) x3
 * (from author of above post): def AHA invite.  Apparently my voicemail was acting up yesterday . . . (12/9)
 * received follow-up email yesterday scheduling the AHA interview (12/10)x2


 * Haverford College
 * Location: Haverford, PA
 * application deadline is October 31, 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $67,700
 * student/faculty ratio - 8:1
 * median SAT score: 1290-1490
 * rec'd aa survey and ack via mail (11/3). Spoke with receptionist about items listed as missing in my file. She said they have rec'd hundreds of applications and haven't bex2en able to get all files in order.
 * received ack and aa survey, file complete (11/6) x3
 * received ack and aa survey, missing recommendations (despite sending them 2x!) 11/8
 * anyone heard anything on this one? search still on? doing AHA interviews?
 * received AHA invite via phone (12/17)x2
 * do you mind sharing your specialty?


 * High Point University
 * Location: NC
 * application deadline 10.15
 * received ack vial email (10.16)
 * received request for syllabi (11/5)
 * phone interview scheduled (11.6) x3
 * AHA interview scheduled via email (12.8)
 * To the above poster: did you have a phone interview? Or are they talking to a new group of people at the AHA? (12/8)
 * Had a phone interview; then AHA invite.


 * Indiana University Northwest
 * U.S. history, 1865-present
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008


 * Johns Hopkins University
 * Location: Baltimore, Maryland
 * application deadline is 1 Oct 2008
 * student/faculty ratio - 10:1
 * median SAT score: 1360 to 1395
 * Is this to replace Dorothy Ross or is it a new line?
 * anybody know if this is a replacement or a new position?
 * probably, odd as it sounds, a combo. They've lost most of their young 20th cen (leaving or denied tenure), and Dorothy Ross who was the intell. historian there retired. This sounds a bit like Ross' position.
 * rec'd ack email and link to online aa survey (10/22)
 * * Four finalists invited for on-campus talks (11/07)
 * Great. At least a few of these depts. are moving fwd! Any news on how finalists were contacted, time frame, etc.? (11/07)


 * Loyola Marymount University
 * Location: Los Angeles, California
 * application deadline is 5 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $66,400
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $60,232 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 13:1
 * median SAT score: 1165
 * Anyone know what they mean by "evidence of teaching diverse groups of students"? Do they just want some sense of the student pop at colleges we've taught at?
 * Re evidence of teaching diverse students: yes, I think they want commentary on your instructional technique with diverse student populations. I asked for clarification and that was my takeaway.
 * received ack email (11/03)
 * AHA interview scheduled (11/25)
 * what do you work on? (12/2)


 * McKendree University
 * U.S. history, 1865-present
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * Phone interview scheduled for 12-9


 * The College of New Jersey
 * U.S. history, since 1877
 * Deadline: November 15, 2009
 * Interview invitation by email (12/10)


 * '''New School, Eugene Lang College
 * Deadline: January 15, 2009
 * Rumor is that there is an inside candidate for this position.


 * Niagara University
 * U.S. history, 1877-present
 * application deadline is 14 Nov 2008
 * AHA invite 12/9


 * Ohio State University
 * Gender History
 * Any news here?
 * Rec request for more materials 11/17
 * Any news??
 * AHA interviews scheduled (12/8)


 * Ohio University
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * if this is "US and wider world" received notice that the search is cancelled . . . (see above)


 * Providence College
 * Location - Providence, RI
 * application deadline is October 22, 2008
 * received acknowledgment letter and request to notify on AHA attendance plans (10/23)
 * received same acknowledgment (11/3)
 * notified for AHA interview by email (12/16)


 * Rutgers University, New Brunswick
 * Location: New Brunswick, NJ
 * application deadline is 30 Nov 2008
 * 20th Century U.S. Political History
 * Anyone know what is going with this search? Presumably they will interview at the AHA?
 * AHA invite (12/12)
 * Q: invite by email or phone? Thanks.
 * Email.


 * Salisbury University
 * Location: Salisbury, Maryland
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $60,200
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $50,628 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 18:1
 * median SAT score: 1035 to 1115
 * Still conducting searches but has a hiring freeze in place...(all of Maryland, it seems?)
 * It's official! Email from chair announcing cancellation. Formal letters to follow.

I applied and didn't receive anything. Good thing this board exists.


 * San Francisco State University
 * Location: San Francisco, CA
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * 20th Century U.S Political
 * the other board says they called for AHA interviews on 11/20
 * I only got my ack via mail w/AffAct survey today stating that they would be in contact mid-Dec re: AHA interviews (11/21) x2
 * any info on this? (12/3)
 * 11 AHA interviews scheduled from pool of around 200 total applicants (12/3)
 * Thank you. Q: Are the interviews already scheduled? (12/3)
 * I scheduled my interview via email. In addition, another person posted on the other board saying she/he had scheduled as well.  So, my guess is that most of the scheduling has been done. (12/3)


 * Shepherd University
 * Location: Shepherdstown, West Virginia
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * student/faculty ratio - 19:1
 * median SAT score: 1005 to 1015
 * will be conducting first-round phone interviews not AHA (11/18)


 * Southern New Hampshire University
 * Location: Manchester, NH


 * University of Colorado - Boulder
 * Location: Boulder, Colorado
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $72,300
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $60,824 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 16:1
 * median SAT score: 1125 to 1170
 * they are requiring that you have your letters of rec uploaded electronically--I emailed the hr people and then the chair of search to see if I could have them sent via mail and was politely but firmly rebuffed. Don't try. Interfolio will do this for you, however.
 * if your recommender is having problems uploading a letter, get in touch with the HR people - jobsatcu@cu.edu - they are exceedingly nice and will accept emails and upload letters from references
 * there has been talk that this search may be suspended due to UC's budget cuts, anyone know about that?
 * According to the other wiki they asked for writing samples as recently as 11/1. I, too, am paranoid that every search will be canceled
 * Nervous here too, have heard UC-Boulder is slashing budgets across the board, but will this search survive?
 * UC-Boulder is not suspending the search, nor were they ever considering suspending it.
 * Writing sample requested recently
 * A friend on the faculty told me that hiring freeze does not extent (at present) to searches already in process
 * Contacted via email to schedule an interview at the AHA (12/3)
 * Q: Any idea about total numbers and timing? Have all the interviews been scheduled?

Rec'd official notification today. All appointments made. (12/18)
 * How many focus on labor?


 * University of Massachusetts - Amherst
 * hiring freeze announced by chancellor 10/18**
 * application deadline is 3 Nov 2008


 * called Wednesday and asked if a hiring freeze in place. Departmental assistant said no and they are conducting a job search despite chancellor's announcement(10/22)**
 * rec'd ack via mail (10/25)
 * called dept today (11/10) and administrator said 20th C US search is still on; Af Am history is canceled.
 * received ack (11/17) x 2
 * any news on this one?
 * I never even got an ack letter (12/10) x2
 * I only got my acknowledgement two days ago, sent my file back in early October, I think they're moving at a snails pace.
 * any idea if they are interviewing at the AHA? (update 12/17 - yes)
 * Spoke to dept on 12/10. They will be interviewing at the AHA. The committee is narrowing the list down at the end of this week/beginning of next.
 * Invite to AHA on 12/12 followed by phone call that dean has 'suspended' search (not cancelled, but likely there will be no hire this year)
 * Ditto. It was disheartening.
 * Search was just reauthorized by dean and provost; AHA interviews will be rescheduled (12/17) x2


 * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 * Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * US History, 1930-present day, emphasis on political history
 * Apply online
 * SO easy to apply online//they should all do it this way
 * Will they be interviewing at the AHA? Anyone get a response from them AFTER submitting online?
 * Nope, but I was told they would be at the AHA.


 * Received AHA interview invitation via email (12/12). x4


 * University of North Carolina, Wilmington
 * Location: Wilmington, North Carolina
 * application deadline is 30 Nov 2008
 * US Political History, 1933-present day
 * Apply online
 * AHA interview arranged by phone (12/10)x 2


 * University of Toledo
 * Location: Toledo, Ohio
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * US Political History
 * received ack via mail (11/17)


 * University of Toledo
 * US Social and Cultural History
 * received ack (11/29)
 * Anyone heard from them about this other US job at Toledo? Job ad said they'd be interviewing at AHA.


 * University of Wyoming
 * application deadline is October 31, 2008
 * 10/8/08 received ack via email that they will begin reviewing in early November, will conduct telephone interviews in late November, and invite two candidates to campus in January.
 * received same prompt, courteous email ack (10/27/08)
 * writing samples requested (10/27) x3
 * submitted app via email on 10/28--no ack as of 11/7--perhaps too late for consideration? Early bird?
 * That doesn't seem right.. two days ahead of the deadline makes you early bird? Want to send another email making sure the chair received the first?
 * Has anyone heard anything more? I thought they would be setting up phone interviews by now?
 * They requested writing samples from me and I haven't heard anything more.
 * I suspect that this is an inside hire since they have a VAP who fits the ad. Can anyone confirm?
 * Well, that's the rumor on the other wiki but I can't confirm that it's more than a rumor.
 * Phone interview scheduled via e-mail. (12/1) x2


 * Weber State University
 * Location: Ogden, UT
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * received ack via email with a request for missing materials (11/7) X2
 * Email from chair; the two advertised TT positions in 19th & 20th c. have been turned into one non-TT position (19th or 20th c.) on yearly contract due to state budget cuts. Recipients of email are asked to respond by Dec. 20 if they're still interested in being considered; those not responding won't be considered. (12/2)


 * Warren Wilson College
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * ack letter rec'd (11/10)
 * rec'd letter stating committee's interest and requesting additional materials (12/12)


 * Whitman College
 * Location: Walla Walla, WA
 * application deadline: December 5, 2008
 * one-year VAP contemporary US
 * AHA invite (phone; 12/12)


 * Williams College
 * Any info/news here?
 * Received ack 11/17 x2
 * 140 apps received. 20 will be passed on to the entire dept in early Dec.:
 * any idea if they are interviewing at the AHA?
 * Received email offering telephone interview for next week (and explaining that because of the financial crisis, they are doing so instead of holding interviews at AHA; on-campus talks to follow in the week after AHA). (12/10)

Discussion

 * Is it verboten to put in names and topics of finalists before visits and offers?
 * YES!
 * It is verboten to put names before offers are accepted, and then you should share only the names of the person who got the job (not other finalists).
 * Agreed -- please no names of finalists, unless it's your own and you want to share.


 * Why all the secrecy about finalists? Have we all become Dick Cheney? I don't agree and plan on reporting the name of every finalist for every job I hear about. If its wrong, people can correct it.
 * You assume everyone whose name you post would be stalking this site to correct you.
 * That's just plain nasty. You have no right to post information about anyone but yourself.  You could seriously damage someone's career with this vindictiveness.
 * It's not secrecy, it's privacy - something Cheney doesn't respect.

Seriously, anyone who thinks the job market is "private" is naive beyond belief. Job talk, for one, are often promoted with undergrads and grad students often invited.
 * Fair enough, but topics or areas could be instructive as to what the search committee was looking for. For example, Hopkins had a fair number of historians of conservatism.
 * If you want to know about the specializations of the finalists for a certain job, just post a query under that job -- at least some of the folks with interviews will probably respond with that information, without getting too specific of course.
 * those who value their privacy can be glad you are not an economist where it seems to be standard practice to list everyone who is invited to campus. Naming names aside, do others think that implementing a similar table of relevant dates, etc. would be an improvement over our current scheme?

Civility and decency are critical to the success of these wikis. Posting personal information, threatening to track down the source of posters, or hijacking the wiki with crazy rants turns off lots of people who have good intelligence. Recall last year, when crazy drama caused the wiki to degenerate and someone to delete the whole thing. I definitely stopped posting information last year because the wiki culture turned creepy. Please, let's all be mellow and reasonable and make this system work for everyone.

-Also, plenty of finalists may be semi-secretly, or at least, below the radar on the market (i.e. leaving one t-t job for another). In those cases there are important professional reasons why secrecy should be maintained, despite many of our desires(my own included) to know who our *competition* is, so to speak.

- Agreed. Some of us could very likely lose our jobs if discovered to be on the market. The wiki should maintain everyone's privacy until the job offer has been accepted.

- what few search chairs/committee members who were willing to post informative tidbits to this wiki would likely be scared away by the prospect of another poster tossing out names.


 * the polisci version of this includes names at all stages, but they actually get jobs.

- I'm sorry, but I don't see how you can have a reasonable expectation of "privacy" when you give a public, advertised job talk on a particular campus.

- well, most job talks aren't public or advertised outside of the hosting department, which pretty well shoots the above argument.

- As of 11:20 am on 11/26 the other wiki is down. Error says "object not found" when I tried to load it. Hopefully it is just a temporary thing. Anyone know anything? (12/1) Working fine now...

Complaints/Venting re: history searches: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/History_2008-2009#Status_of_Job_Searches

Damn this wiki and all other wikis.
 * Looks like the deleting has begun again . . . the complaints/venting section has been removed (12/6)

NEW Complaints/Venting site: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:History_2008-2009

OTHER WIKI-http://wikihost.org/wikis/academe/wiki/u.s._north_america_2008-2009 :: *the content is empty on this other wiki now too. Why would anyone delete them?? For some reason, it has been moved: http://www.wikihost.org/w/academe/u.s._north_america_2008-2009*The deleting has got to stop. Why do we even do this when a few bad apples can really spoil the whole thing?!
 * When it has worked – and it has worked very well in past years – the wikis have really helped to open up a very secretive process. This deleting business makes me very sad. I just don't get it. Maybe something is just technically wrong with the other page???


 * A Modest Proposal in RE: Damning all Wikis. Perhaps, next year of course (it would be far too confusing to implement this in the middle of the year), we could, indeed, damn all wikis.  Hear me out:  Perhaps the wiki technology is NOT what we want; perhaps, what we want is a blog.  So, some one person volunteers to maintain a blog that consists of individual blog entries for each listed job; the blog is created once, each job receive its own entry, and all new pieces of information related to that specific job are then posted, anonymously of course, in the comments to the original blog entry.  So individual anonymous users cannot delete the entire blog entry, and they can't delete bits of information posted in the other user's comments.  They can only add, never delete.  Advantages:  No deletions.  Disadvantages: Requires the hard work of one generous, perhaps non-anonymous soul to set up and maintain the blog itself.


 * I like it...a lot


 * This may just be my own technological ignorance but is it possible to have posts to a blog be truly anonymous? Or would contributors be anonymous to the world but known to the person maintaining the blog? If there is a way to keep contributions truly anonymous, this would be really appealing...

1)Is this your first year on the market? 2)How many interviews do you have?
 * Just for fun, from someone who is experiencing the first job search year and finding it incredibly disappointing, I would be interested in knowing from those of you with prearranged AHA interviews:

The reason I ask is because everyone keeps assuring me that my 2nd year on the market will be completely different from this year as far as employer echo...anyone care to comment (without being too specific, of course)?

-It gets better over time but it is a disappointing process no matter what, as you have experienced already. In my opinion that is largely due to the nature of going hat in hand seeking jobs, even just interviews, combined with the lack of transparency and general unprofessionalism of so many search committees/university bureaucracies. Having PhD in hand is perhaps the biggest difference between history and other humanities/social science fields. That is, it is a MAJOR advantage to have completed your degree, as most history searches are so competitive, with pools so large, that non-PhDs tend to be "recycled" as one of the very first sort criteria, no matter their accomplishments/pedigree/etc. Based on limited experience from past years, this is a bad year to judge from. I think any information you gather re: "years on market" and "total interviews" will not be generalizable. The inordinate number of cancelled searches this year has been staggering. . . for job-seekers, committees, old-hat profs, you name it. That said, it is clearly a multi-year market process for virtually all of us. My numbers of interviews have increased every year, even this one; so there may be room for a touch of hope? Or perhaps not.

-well, last year I was ABD and this year I'm a fresh Ph.D., and I had much more interest last year. I chalk it up to this being a bad year, plus last year being a particularly good year for my specialties. The point is, don't assume you will be have better luck once you finish, it all depends on the specific jobs and committees each year.