African American

Last Updated: Dec. 11, 2:13 pm EST

Boston College (2 positions) Deadline: Nov. 1 application ack. 11/20 Dossier request: 11/14

Brooklyn College (Transatlantic/Caribbean) Deadline: Nov. 1 Application ack. 11/1 paper rejection letter 12/05

UC - Berkeley required a ridiculous packet (2 copies of sample, 2 copies of c.v., letter, 2 postcards) Don't they have a photocopier??? Deadline: postmarked by Oct. 26

Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo Deadline: 11/13

Cal-State San Bernardino Deadline: Nov. 1 Addl. Materials Request (via snail mail): rec'd. Nov. 3 MLA interview request: 12/6 (2)

Carnegie Mellon Deadline: Nov. 15 Writing sample request (by email): Nov 19 (4)

Chapman University Deadline: TBA Writing sample and dossier request: 11/16 MLA interview request: 12/3

Coe C Deadline: Nov. 9 MLA interview request: 12/11

U Connecticut Deadline: Nov. 10 Application Acknowledged: Nov. 5

Cornell Review begins: Oct 15; Deadline: Nov. 1

Denison University Deadline: Nov. 12 Writing sample and dossier request: Nov. 17 (2) [FYI: Anglophone/Poco site reports MLA interview scheduled 12/10.]

Grinnell College (IA) Deadline: November 1 Writing Sample & evals request: Nov. 14 (4)

U Illinois - Chicago Deadline: Nov. 15

Ithaca College (NY) No deadline posted.

Johns Hopkins U. Deadline: Nov. 1 (Isn't Nov. 1 for the American lit. (open rank) position? I think the Af Am deadline is Nov. 20.) Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 21 Writing Sample Request: 12/3

U Kentucky Deadline: early Nov. (3rd?) Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 14 Writing Sample Request: Nov. 13 (2) MLA interview: 12/7

Loyola College in Maryland Deadline: Oct 22 Dossier request: Oct. 29 Q: Any updates on this job? It's been a while.

U Maryland Deadline: early Nov. Writing Sample & Dossier Request: Nov. 18 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Dec. 1

U Massachusetts-Amherst Deadline: Dec 7 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Dec. 1

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

Mt. Holyoke Deadline: Nov. 16

U New Mexico Deadline: Nov. 19 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 21 MLA interview scheduled: 11/30

U of New Orleans Deadline: Nov. 2 "Seeking an Americanist in modern and/or contemporary literary and cultural studies w/specialization in one or more of the following areas: African-American literature, New Orleans or Louisiana lit., or lit. of the Americas" Dossier request: 11/7 MLA interview: 12/2 (2)

Northeastern Deadline: Nov. 10 dossier and writing sample requested 11/14; 11/20; 11/20; 11/20, 12/3

Northern Michigan University Review begins: November 19 Ack. app., AA form: Nov. 09 Dossier request: Oct 29

NYU-comparative African American and Anglophone Caribbean literature Deadline: Dec. 1

U. Penn Deadline: early Nov. writing sample request Nov. 15; Nov. 16 (2) Application Acknowledged, On-line Profile Completed: Dec. 1

Rice University Deadline: Oct. 15 Writing Sample Request (by email): Nov. 12 Nov. 20

Rhodes College Deadline: early Nov. (5th?) (Nov. 1st, I think.) Writing Sample Request: Nov. 20 (4) [FYI: A colleague rec'd. an MLA interview request on 12/7.]

Rutgers Deadline: Nov. 25

Rutgers-Camden campus (American literature with "special emphasis on Af-Am") Deadline: Nov. 15 Dossier, Transcript, Writing Sample Request: 12/4 (3)

Sarah Lawrence College Deadline: Dec. 1

U. of South Alabama Deadline: 11/16 MLA interview scheduled: 12/2

U. South Carolina (4 positions) Deadline: Oct. 31 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 3

University of Southern California Deadline: Nov. 1

Univ. of South Florida Deadline: applications accepted until position filled Application acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form completed: Nov. 12

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Deadline: Nov. 12 Writing sample & transcripts request: Nov. 14 MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 3

Southwestern University (TX) Deadline: November 1 Writing sample request: Nov. 15 (2) MLA interview scheduled: Nov. 29 (4)

Stanford "Assistant Professor of Literatures of the African Diaspora" Deadline: Oct. 19

U Tennessee - Knoxville Deadline: Nov. 1 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 7 Writing Sample, Dossier, & Transcript Request: Nov. 20

Tennessee State University Deadline: Dec. 7 Now posted at generalist_and_open

Texas A&M Deadline: Nov. 5 campus visit Nov. 30 MLA interview request 12/10

U Toledo MLA interview scheduled 12/7

Towson University (MD) Deadline: November 15 Ack. app, AA form: Nov 7 Writing sample, dossier, & teaching materials request: Nov. 24

Wake Forest University (NC) Deadline: Oct 31 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Oct. 22 Request for more materials: Nov. 2 (2) Q: I noticed that this job was listed last year as well. Anyone know what happened? They hired one person but were unable to agree on a second hire (department votes). Ah. Thanks for responding. MLA interview scheduled. Dec 5 (2)

Wellesley Deadline: Dec 1

Williams College Deadline: Nov. 15 Affirmative Action Form: Dec. 3

Virginia Wesleyan College Review begins: November 15 MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 6

College of Wooster (OH) Deadline: November 11 Writing Sample Request: Nov. 16 (2) MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 3

Xavier U. of Louisiana Deadline: Nov. 12