French 2010-2011

Position
Currently in TT job:1

PhD in hand, currently in non-TT job:12

PhD in hand, currently unemployed:

VAP:3

Adjunct:

Other: 1

ABD, but looking to defend this year: 4

Field
Francophone: 5

Medieval: 2

Renaissance: 2

17th: 2

18th: 4

19th: 2

20th/21st : 5

Other? Define:

SLA/Pedagogy (language and culture):

Linguistics and sociolinguistics: 1

Language Background
Native speaker: 3

Non-native speaker: 11

Heritage speaker: 2

Jobs
Appalachian State University (TT)

Boston College (Visiting, Spring 2011)

Central Michigan University (TT, Francophone Literature and Culture)

Colby College (Visiting, Contemporary French Studies)

College of William and Mary (TT, 19th and early 20th c. cultural studies)

Coventry University (UK): permanent job (no tenure system in the UK) at whatever level is appropriate to your career so far. Deadline 05-Oct-10.

Dartmouth College (Language Program Director)

Drew University (TT)

Drew University (non-TT, Second Language Acquisition)

East Stroudsburg University (TT)

Eckerd College (TT)

Elmhurst College ("professional track"??, perhaps will convert to TT)

Emory University - Oxford College (TT)

Franklin & Marshall College (TT, Francophone Studies)

George Mason University (TT, 17th and 18th-century French studies)

Georgetown University (TT, 19th-century studies)

Georgia Southern University (TT)

Georgia Southern University (TT, Modern French History)

Gettysburg College (TT, expertise in colonial/postcolonial studies an asset)


 * Are people who are applying for both Gettysburg positions mailing letters of recommendation twice?

Gettysburg College (1 year, non-renewable, replacement position, post-1789)

Indiana University (TT, French film studies)

Indiana University (Visiting, 1 year)

Indiana University-Purdue University (TT, Applied Linguistics)

James Madison University (TT, generalist)

Lake Forest College (Assistant Professor of French and Spanish. Specialization open. Position renewable, with potential conversion to tenure-track after the first year)

Long Island University (TT, Ability to teach Spanish or Italian a plus)

McDaniel College (TT, generalist w/ specialization in Francophone Studies)


 * Does anyone know if they are doing phone interviews instead of going to MLA?


 * I think they have an inside candidate. --> Yes, as I was looking at the website to work on my application, I noted that of the 2 professors, one is a Francophone specialist whom the ad seems to describe very well. She's in a visiting position, so it all made sense... Wish they wouldn't have asked for so many materials since it's clear that they've already got the candidate that they want.
 * Maybe if the new candidates are much better, they'll send their visiting insider home. No? Not sure insiders have a garantied spot... I might be naive though.
 * Being a visitor is not necessarily an advantage. Moreover, sometimes people who think they are inside candidates do not get the job.  This whole process is stressful and miserable enough.  I propose that us "outsiders" limit our speculations.

Middlebury College (TT, 19th-century literature and cultural studies)

Pepperdine University (TT, active Christian commitment?)

Princeton University (TT, contemporary and/or Francophone)

Reed College (Visiting, 1 year, possibly renewable)

Saint Michael's College (TT, "supportive of the mission of this Catholic, residential, liberal arts college")

Stanford University (TT, Francophone Studies)

Susquehanna University (TT, specialization in Francophone Studies preferred)


 * Insider candidate? They are not going to MLA and have a visiting already.
 * Yep... Insider candidate has it for sure... It's a speedy hire: should be completed before the MLA starts... So yep... Insider candidate has the job.

Union College (Visiting, 2 years, possibly renewable)

University of Connecticut (TT, assistant/associate, specialization in Francophone Studies)

University of Pittsburgh (TT, 17th/18th-century French Studies)

University of St. Thomas (TT, Medieval and Renaissance France)

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (TT, French and Arabic)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (TT, Specialization open, with preference given to Francophone, 20th and 21st Century, Early Modern)


 * Is anyone having trouble with their online application system? (solved; the documents just took very long to upload - 11/6)
 * I used it without problems today. 11/4
 * I completed two applications on their site (this position, plus one in Global Studies) on 11/5 without any problems.

University of Zurich (TT, Medieval)


 * I heard they have their eye on a Swiss-German candidate with fluent French currently finishing up at the Sorbonne.

Virginia Tech (TT, Specialization in 20th and 21st century French Studies)

Washington & Lee University (TT, asst, pre-Revolutionary literature and culture; film an asset)


 * Make sure you check to see if they got all of your materials; they are apparently not looking at the on-line applications at all.

Yale University (Director of Language Program, renewable )

Interviews Scheduled
(Schools with which interviews have been scheduled as well as means - MLA, phone, campus)

Phone interview scheduled with JMU

Phone interview scheduled with McDaniel (11/03/10, 11/04/10)

Phone interview scheduled with Susquehanna (11/05/10, 11/08/10)

Campus Visits Scheduled
James Madison University (11/10)

Yale University (11/10)