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'''2008-2009 ETHNIC/AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES JOB MARKET '''

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I'm on the Market: 21 (2 Latin American Studies)

I'm just curious: 0


 * Just curious...How many of you will have/have a PhD in AAS vs. traditional fields?
 * I am in an ethnic studies program.
 * I have a PhD in history.
 * I'm in an interdisciplinary PhD program.
 * Finishing PhD in related humanities field (3)
 * completing PhD in African American/Diaspora Studies
 * I'm completing my PhD in Sociology
 * I have a Ph.D in African American Studies
 * I have a Ph.D. in American Studies.
 * I have a Ph.D in African American Studies

Bard College at Simon's Rock-(2 positions AAS)

Bowdoin (African American Studies)

Connecticut College-Postdoc (Center for Race and Ethnicity)

Colorado State University
 * heard that they have already brought candidates to campus (11/25)
 * Is this a literature position?
 * No, not a literature position.

Columbia (CSER and English)
 * requested writing sample (11/20)
 * more info on this one on the English wiki page, under Other Ethnic American

Columbia (CSER and Anthropology)
 * requested letters (11/11)
 * rejection letter (dated 11/7)

Dickinson (African American Studies)
 * request for phone interview (11/7)
 * invited for campus visit
 * did anyone else apply for this one?

Hampshire (African American Studies)
 * request for additional information (11/22)

Ithaca College (CSCRE)

Muhlenberg (African American Studies)
 * request for phone interview (12/1)
 * ditto. Shortlist is 13, they will bring 3 to campus early Jan.
 * they called me today for a phone interview 12/1

NYU (African American Studies/Gallatin School of Individualized Study)
 * request for additional info (11/12)
 * did anyone hear anything else from NYU? Or anything about a timeline?

NYU (Latino Studies)


 * Has anyone heard about the Latino studies position. Deadline was in October and not a peep...
 * Request for additional information (11/20)

UC-Berkeley

UC-San Diego
 * Requested additional writing samples 10/21
 * Was this in addition to the writing sample they requested with the application?
 * yes
 * I GOT A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFO BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET. HAS ANYONE ELSE??
 * Rejection letter (11/13)
 * Also got a request for additional material on 10/21, but have heard nothing yet. Request also indicated finalists would be notified week of 11/10, so...
 * Rejection letter (11/19)

UC-Santa Cruz (Latin American Studies)
 * search cancelled (postponed?) due to UC budget cuts

University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (Indigenous Studies)

University of Colorado-Boulder

University of Massachusetts-Amherst (African American Studies)
 * has anyone heard if this search is still going forward (i know u mass imposed a hiring freeze early- september- but it sounded like some searches might proceed...)
 * this search has been cancelled (11/22)
 * search cancelled letter received today (12/2)

University of Minnesota
 * Has anyone heard about the Chicano Studies position?
 * Not a thing.

University of Nebraska (Africana/African American Studies)

University of New Mexico (Africana)

University of Oregon
 * Got an email about being on the "long short list" 11/24
 * 11/24: was this in response to an email you sent them? Or one that they sent to candidates more generally? Thanks.
 * Neither. They asked for more materials (some were missing from my app I guess) and said I was on the long short list.  I hadn't emailed them and it was not a general email sent to candidates.
 * Contacted via e-mail for an interview via video conferencing next week. Was told to find a video conferencing facility in the yellow pages. (12/3)

University of Redlands
 * Any word on this job?
 * I haven't heard a thing (12/4)

University of Wisconsin (Afro-American Studies)

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2007-2008 ETHNIC STUDIES JOB MARKET

Schools in alphabetic order. List positions that are NOT from History and English departments. Put field in parenthesis, list requests, interviews, campus visits, offers with dates.

Amherst

(Asian American)

-Request for phone interview (12/12) -Rejection letter rec'd (1/5/)

Arizona State

(Asian American)

Boston College

- received acknowledgement of application & AA form (12/1) - Received rejection letter (2/1)

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

- telephone and email request for phone interview (12/7)

CSU Northridge (Afro-Carribean)

DePaul (Latin American) (International Studies)

Fort Lewis (Co) (Native American)

Ithaca College, Center for the Study of Race, Culture and Ethnicity

(ethnic, diaspora, global) - Requested more materials - Phone interview scheduled (12/1) - Campus visit scheduled (early Feb)

Iowa State

(Asian American) - Any news?

-Got a cryptic phone call 1/29 that a short list had been made, was I still available, but no campus visit offer. They said they would call back next week.

-Heard that candidates have been invited. Don't know if this is true or just a rumor (2/17)

Kansas State University (KS)

(Ethnic Studies)

- Complete silence--no acknowledgment, no nothing. Anyone know anything?

Metropolitan State University (MN)

- Phone Interviews scheduled (Dec) - Four Candidates invited to campus (Jan)

Minnesota State U Mankato (MN)

(Native American)

- Received phone call in early March that search deadline had been extended to late March. No contact since.

NYU

(Latino) - Notified finalists (2/15)

(Asian American) - Requested additional materials (12/1) - Invited three candidates for on-campus-interviews (12/19)

Rutgers

(Asian American)

San Francisco State

(American Indian) - two candidates short-listed (11/15)

(Chinese American) Any news?

Sonoma State

(Ethnic Studies)- campus interviews scheduled for January

SUNY Buffalo

(Asian American and/or Asian Diaspora Studies with a focus on the Americas) - Phone interview scheduled according to American Studies wiki (11/12), - campus interview scheduled

SUNY Stony Brook

(Asian American Lit.)

UC Berkeley

(Native American) - three candidates invited for campus visit & job talk (11/5) - 1st candidate job talk (11/26)

UC Riverside

(South Asian Media)

UC Santa Cruz

(Latin American and Latino studies) campus visits scheduled

UC San Diego

(Mexican)

(African American/African Diaspora) - sent rejection letter (2) 12/3 - job candidates invited

(Af-Am - Ethnic Studies and the Urban Studies and Planning Program) - rec'd rejection letter 12-3-07 - job candidates invited

U of Colorado at Denver

(Asian American)

- rec'd rejection letter 1-27-08

U of Hawaii

(Asian American) - Interviews at ASA, campus visits late Nov. according to American Studies wiki Job offered (12/6)

U of Maryland College Park

(Asian American Public Policy) - rec'd rejection letter 1-27-08

U Mass - Amherst

(Native American) - AA forms sent (11/17) - syllabi requested (11/27)

U of Michigan - Rec'd letter that search was canceled 1/3/08

(South Asian Media)

UIC

(Latin American and Latino Studies) - made an offer

UIUC

(joint with history, 19th and 20th c.) - request for the entire diss (late-Oct.)

U of Oregon

- phone/conference interview scheduled - campus visit scheduled - when did they contact you to schedule campus visit? (11/26)was this for the AFAM or the Caribbean position?

UT Austin

(Asian American/Anthro)

-Request for additional materials (11/26)

UT Austin (American Studies/Mexican American) Have picked their finalists (2/14)

USC

(Chinese Diaspora or the African Diaspora in the Americas or Chicano/Latino American history)

University of Virginia

Writing Sample requested 12/18

University of Washington

- received acknowledgment via letter with AA link (11/5) - asked for writing sample (11/16); asked for dissertation (11/28)

U Wisconsin - Madison

(Native American [cluster hire]) - search failed last year - job talks scheduled (11/29)

Wellesley

(open)

-Request for writing sample (12/12)

Williams College

(2 yr postdoc Asian American)

-Campus visit scheduled (12/9)