French and Francophone Studies 2012-2013

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Position
Currently in TT job: 4

PhD in hand, currently in non-TT job:: 9 (VAP); 6 (Lecturer); 2 (Adjunct)

PhD in hand, currently unemployed: 4

Postdoc: 4

ABD, but looking to defend this year: 16

ABD in non-TT job: (VAP); 1 (Lecturer); (Adjunct) 2

Other: in formerly TT job being cut 1

Field
Francophone: 9

Medieval: 7

Renaissance: 10

17th: 3

18th: 5

19th: 8

20th/21st:11

SLA/Pedagogy (language and culture): 1

Linguistics and sociolinguistics: 3

Other? (Define)

Language Background
Native speaker: 11

Non-native speaker: 28

Heritage speaker:

Ashland University (Asst./Assoc. Professor of French, TT)
Deadline: "Applications review begins December 2012"

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Boston University (Assistant Professor of French, Specialty 17th century literature and culture with a secondary specialization in visual arts and/or music)
Deadline: December 7th

Request for Affirmative Action information (email) December 3rd

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * The MLA posting says to apply through Interfolio but doesn't seem to give any instructions on how to. Usually isn't there a link to their interfolio page? Has anyone contacted them about this?


 * Simply click on apply for thos position, right hand corner
 * Hah thanks. I'm an idiot!
 * Does anyone know if this is a repeat of the Late Renaissance/Baroque/Neo-classical search from last year?  Was that a failed search?
 * I guess last year's search could be considered a "failed search."  It seems they did not get what they wanted.  This year's description is much more specific.

Bowdoin College (Assistant Professor, Specialty French Lit & Cult of the 19th-21st centuries)
PAST DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin on Nov 9th

Request for more materials: Letters of rec requested 10/22

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Already a visiting assistant professor at Bowdoin who fits the description. Converting his position to TT Assistant Professor?
 * Was told it was a legitimate outright search
 * To the author of the above posting: did you expect them to tell you that their search is not legitimate?

Brown University (Open rank, 19th and 20th century French literature)
PAST DEADLINE: Upload all application materials to Brown’s Interfolio website by October 19th

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Bryn Mawr College (Language Lecturer)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview request via email 12/3 (x2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

California State University, Fresno - Asst. Professor, French
PAST DEADLINE  : 11/15/2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled on 12/01 (x4)--Did they schedule an interview with you or just inivte you to interview? I ask because they extended me an invitiation, but have not as of yet scheduled the date and time (12/05)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Five professional references that must be different from people writing three letters of recommendation??


 * please also send a credit report and the passwords to all social media sites :)--though copies of fingerprints are preferred.

Catholic U of America - TT Assistant Professor of French
PAST DEADLINE: 11/15/2012

Request for more materials: 11/29 (email) x5

Rejection: x7 (email). Personalized email, nicely worded - it gives a really good impression of that department.

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Preliminary interview email received Dec. 1st.

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

About the preliminary interview: Did you get a request for more materials and did you submit those prior to getting an interview?

^That was my question, too. I was under the impression that we had until this Friday (12/7) to submit additional materials (via Interfolio) and then the committee would draw up an MLA list from there. ???

I wonder if that's not a preliminary interview e-mail for the Clinical Asst Prof at CUA below... Maybe someone just wasn't careful with their post?

I doubt that it is for the Clinical position. They stated clearly in that job description that they're not interviewing at the MLA for the Clinical.

^ But it doesn't say that it is for an MLA... it just says "preliminary interview e-mail"... I say it's for the Clinical as well....

Catholic U of America - Clinical Assistant Professor of French
PAST DEADLINE: 11/15/2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Christopher Newport University - TT Assistant Professor of French
PAST DEADLINE: November 2, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news on this one, anyone? (12/3)
 * received eeoc questionnaire in the mail today but no other news (x3)

Citadel (TT, Middle Ages, 16th, 17th or 20th)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Anyone else having trouble attaching documents to the online application? (11/14)

College of the Holy Cross, Eleanor Howard O'Leary Chair in Francophone Studies
Please submit a cover letter describing research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, statement on teaching, academic transcripts, and three confidential letters of recommendation to https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/17675. Review of applications will begin on November 30, 2012 and will continue until the position has been filled. Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the MLA Annual Meeting in Boston in January 2013.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Cornell University (Lecturer/Sr Lecturer)
Application Deadline: November 30, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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Dartmouth College (Assistant Professor in Twentieth and Twenty First French Studies and Film)
PAST DEADLINE : October 26, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled by email, 12/4.

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Is there a link for this posting? I am unable to find it listed anywhere else, and it seems odd that it would appear on the list so long after the application deadline. A: It was listed on the JIL; you can find it amongst the expired listings.
 * Can anyone confirm whether the MLA interviews have been scheduled?

Denison University (Assistant Professor, Francophone Studies)
PAST DEADLINE : Nov 12, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled by email 11/30

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

These folks are kinda wierd--but still good luck to all of you!

^I didn't apply this year, but interviewed with them last year and thought that it was the most professional interview out of the ones that I had. They were really nice.

Dominican University (Assistant Professor)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): x1(email sent on dec. 5th)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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===Eastern Washington University (visiting Assistant Professor, Winter 2013)=== PAST DEADLINE: November 15, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): (11/21) 20-minute phone interview

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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Elmhurst College (Assistant Professor)
Application deadline: December 7, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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Emory University, (Advanced Assistant Professor or Beginning Associate Professor with tenure)
PAST DEADLINE: November 26, 2012.

Request for more materials: (11/21) contacted x 4, (11/29) x 3

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): x1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Florida Institute of Technology (assistant professor - French and Italian)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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Fordham University (TT Asst. Prof. - Medieval French Literature)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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Georgetown University (TT Asst. Prof. - Francophone Studies - Concentration in the Maghreb)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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Georgetown University (Lecturer)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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Harvard University (Preceptor in French)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA (11/27)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: Can we assume that we did not get it if we have not received an MLA invite? (12/03) / A: Yes, you can assume. In rare cases, schools will not call/email everyone on the same day, but most often they do.

Haverford College (PA) - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in French Language and French and Francophone Culture
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Where practical, materials may be submitted electronically via Interfolio (https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/1708).


 * Review of applications will begin November 1, 2012.

=== Illinois State University (Assistant Professor, 19th, 20th & 21st French Literature & Culture) ===

PAST DEADLINE: October 25

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): (11/19) Skype interview scheduled (x2) (12/3) Skype interview scheduled (x1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Just had a Skype interview with them (12/3), and they all seemed very nice!  I totally stammered and blanked through the whole thing, but at no moment did they do anything to make me feel uncomfortable, and were actually quite reassuring.

Kansas State University, Assistant Professor (20th and/or Francophone)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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Loyola University Maryland (TT Asst. Prof. French/Arabic)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at Arabic 2012-2013

Marquette University - (TT Asst. Prof., Generalist)
PAST DEADLINE: November 9, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): 11/30 (MLA scheduled)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - (TT Asst. Prof. of French, Contemporary)
PAST DEADLINE: November 9, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Has anyone been contacted yet?
 * no news is good news? no word here either.
 * Thank you, and good luck!
 * No news either! good luck.

McDaniel College - (Asst. Prof. of French, Specialization open, with strong preference for Francophone studies)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Nov 5-6 (x2) via Skype

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Scheduled for Nov 29-30

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Has anyone noticed that McDaniel's app asks you to upload your own three letters of rec? This couldn't be correct, could it? Has anyone applied, and if so, how did you submit letters of rec? / A: the application goes through without the letters, that you can later send via Interfolio. Good luck!


 * They already have a visiting in Francophone Studies. This might not be a legitimate search.


 * I agree with the poster above: the fact that there was no transparency (no deadline, for instance) seemed a little odd to me from the start...


 * When it says review of applications will begin immediately (like McDaniel did) that's what it means--they start looking at them and once they feel they have a good candidate pool to move forward with interviews, they do so.


 * McDaniel is very problematic: they have conducted their search for many years now, the department has a lot of issues, not mentionning the very rude interviewers. You WILL see this ad next year... good luck to all of you!
 * Could you please name a few of the issues you're thinking of so that we can  have a fuller picture? Thanks!
 * Mainly politics, from which naturally other issues derive, namely the inability to agree on a candidate for many years. I really do not mean to be negative here, so I sincerely wish all of you good luck.
 * I cannot say anything about the politics of this department, but I want to point out that they did hire someone two years ago as an assistant prof, who has moved to other pastures as of this fall.
 * And the person hired before the last one left too. Hmmm.......

McGill University - Asst. Prof. of French/ professeur adjoint (« essai et prose d'idées »)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Middlebury College - (Asst. Prof. of French, 17th- and/or 18th-century Literature and Cultural Studies)
PAST DEADLINE: October 31, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * This appears identical to a posting from 2009 (some of us have been doing this for a while...) - any thoughts on why this might be so?


 * The person hired in 2009 is no longer at Middlebury.


 * As a finalist for the job in 2009, I have a note: Middlebury is in a town of 8,000 (including students) that is about 2hrs 45mins from a big city (Montréal) and 1 hour from a big college town (Burlington-also the airport). I think that if you have family in the area or are able to bring your entire family to Middlebury, you have a good chance of making a life for yourself at an institution with incredible students. But, there is otherwise a great risk of isolation. My guess about the difficulty of keeping people in this deparment is, therefore, NOT (as rumors will state) because the department is somehow in bad shape or filled with contentious people (on the contrary, they all seemed lovely to me), but more likely because it's a hard place to settle down if you are young, single, or trying to balance a two body problem.
 * People will be contacted for MLA interviews in mid-december

Missouri Southern State University - one-year Assistant Professor of French (Renewable)
Application deadline is December 14, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

New York University - Assistant Professor of Francophone Literature
PAST DEALINE: November 16, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: Received email today (11/29) saying that they have received my application and will contact people for MLA interviews by Dec 14th. Not sure if this is the standard email that goes out to all applicants or not.

I received the same email this afternoon. Must be a generic one. x 3

Northwestern University (Lecturer)
Application deadline: December 1, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Princeton University - (TT Asst. French Renaissance)
Applications received by November 30, 2012 will be given full consideration.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Reed College (Visiting Assistant Professor of French)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled on 12/05/2012

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Rice University (TX) - Lecturer in French Lang. & Culture (Full-Time, 2 Yr. Renewable Appt.)
PAST DEALINE: Nov. 15, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: Any news here ? (12/5)

Rhodes College - Asst. Professor of French (3 Yr. Position), Medieval/Early Modern
Review of complete applications will begin November 26th

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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Rockford College (Assistant Professor)
Application deadline: December 15, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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Seattle University (Assistant Professor of French - African/Caribbean Lit)
Request for more materials:

Rejection: E-mail (12/2). I received the rejection email too. It was odd to get it on a Sunday, so early in the search process, despite the fact that my qualifications corresponded to the ad... Also, the email stated they had scheduled MLA interviews with candidates who have "more publications and more teaching experience."

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: Somebody had posted an MLA interview earlier today (12/05) and it has since been removed. Was the info incorrect?

I posted and deleted that  interview date. I initially posted it by mistake. Thanks.

St. Anselm College (Assistant Prof. 17th Century / Contemporary or SLA)
Review of applications will begin Dec 1, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Does anyone know why the status history on the MLA says that interview has been scheduled but they are still accepting application? I thoughts interviews are typically scheduled after application deadlines...in other words, is it worth my time applying?
 * I sent an email to the department last week with the same question, but never got an answer, so I take it that it's not worth applying anymore...
 * The deadline is December 1. I'm not familiar with the ADFL list statuses, but could it be that they put "interviewing at the MLA" because that's what they intend to do, as indicated in the body of the ad?

St. Lawrence University (NY) - Asst. Professor, Francophone African literature
Review of applications will begin November 1, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled 11/30/12 for mid-December

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Stony Brook University (TT, Francophonie, littérature-monde, bilingual cultural processes, and nineteenth-century French/Quebecois literature)===

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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 * This is a dead link. Any updates?

Southern Methodist University (Assistant Professor, long 19th century)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled by email (12/3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Texas Tech University (Generalist)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Phone interview 11/30

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD) - TT Assistant Professor of French
Application Deadline: December 1, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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=== University of Alabama Birmingham - Carter Endowed Professor of French & Proust Studies (Open Rank) ===

PAST DEADLINE:  Nov. 20, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of California, Berkeley (Assistant Professor, 20th and/or 21st century French literary and cultural studies)
PAST DEADLINE: November 9, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

=== University of California, Santa Cruz (Assistant or Associate Professor, French Applied Linguistics) ===

Review of applications will begin on October 31, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: Any news on this position?

Posted: 12/02/2012: I sent my application to UC, Santa Cruz, a while ago,(before their deadline ofcourse!) but did not hear anything from them...

University of Colorado, Boulder - TT Asst. Professor, 19th c. French Lit., Culture & Society
Consideration of applications will begin on Nov. 16, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Hawaii at Manoa - TT Assistant Professor of French Language
Upload all application materials to the Interfolio website: https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/20611 by Dec. 15, 2012. Skype will be used to interview short-listed candidates.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Hawaii at Manoa - TT Assistant Professor of French - 20th or 20th and 21st Century Studies
Upload all application materials to the Interfolio website at: https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/20610 by Dec. 15, 2012. Skype will be used to interview short-listed candidates.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Assistant/Associate Professor of French - Francophone Studies===

PAST DEADLINE: November 1, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled via email 11/30 (x2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Associate/Assistant Professor of French - 19th-Century Studies
PAST DEADLINE: November 1, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview requested via e-mail, 12/3 (x3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Indianapolis - Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor of French
For full consideration applications must be received by December 1, 2013.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Maine, Farmington - Assistant Professor
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * They had a failed search last year. For those applying, know that teaching is a top priority and that research is almost entirely unnecessary - pedagogical research would be best. Study abroad coordination would be helpful, but do keep in mind that it is extremely remote. Most students are first generation and interested in education. Nice community, but not for anyone with a research agenda or with a desire to live in a large or warm place.

University of Melbourne - A.R.CHISHOLM CHAIR IN FRENCH
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Memphis - Assistant Professor (2 positions - Francophone Literature and/or Culture, Translation, SLA, 19th c. French Studies)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Assistant Professor (Mediterranean Studies)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Assistant Professor (18th and/or 19th c. French studies)
Request for more materials: 11/06; 11/06; 11/01; 11/11

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (11/20) (x3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Assistant Professor (Francophone studies, with a specialization in the Maghreb or the Francophone Mediterranean) ===

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled by phone. (12/3) (x2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor (Early Modern/Renaissance France, interest in transmaritime literature welcome) ===

PAST DEADLINE: November 12, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled (12/3) (x3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * I heard that they specifically are looking to replace a retired 16th century person. "Early modern" seems vague here, but who knows.
 * Would those who were contacted for an MLA interview be comfortable sharing their period of specialization (if that is not too invasive)?  I'm just curious.

University of Pittsburgh (TT - Francophone: Caribbean, Sub-Saharan African, Black Francophone)
Requests for more materials: 11/17 (x4)

Rejection (no interview):

Preliminary interview scheduled (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visits:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIS:


 * They said they would contact people by 11/12 if interested. Has anyone been contacted for more material? Answer: Yes 11/17 (x5)
 * Confused: when people say they have been "contacted for more information," does this mean the letter they sent out acknowledging receipt of application and asking about ethnic background for diversity purposes, or have they asked for substantive application materials? / Given the wording, they have been asked for more materials.
 * To clarify--was asked for further materials. If they didn't ask you, you're out for now and you can turn your attention to your other apps.
 * Was the meanness necessary?
 * No meanness meant--sorry if it sounded curt. Just trying to help people see that if they move forward without you don't look back on it and focus attention on the apps that are still in play.

University of Rhode Island - Assistant Professor of French with Specialization in French Film
PAST DEADLINE: October 30, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Phone interview scheduled for 12/14

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of South Carolina, Columbia, Assistant Professor TT (18th and/or 19th c. French Studies)
Review will begin on Nov. 15th and continue until filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Southern Indiana, Assistant Professor TT (generalist)
Review will begin on December 1st and continue until filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): request made on dec. 1st + 1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Southern Mississippi- TT Asst. Professor of French
To ensure full consideration, complete application materials should be submitted to the Southern Miss website at https://jobs.usm.edu (job posting # 000244) by January 1, 2013.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Toronto, Assistant Professor TT (nineteenth-century literature and culture) ===

The closing date for receipt of applications is December 1, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Toronto Mississauga - TT Asst. Professor, Teaching & Learning French===

DEADLINE PAST: November 1, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Vermont, Assistant Professor / Romance Languages (pre-nineteenth-century literature and/or culture) ===

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Washington, Assistant Professor (modern period)
Request for more materials: 11/19 x6

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: was more info requested via email, hard mail, or phone? / A: email on Monday Nov. 19. Thanks!

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse - (Assistant Professor of French)
Review of applications will begin October 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Skype interviews Nov. 5-7

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: yes [see note below]

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Has anyone been invited for campus interview for this position. I had a skype interview but have not heard from them yet. // Yes, I know someone who has been invited for a campus visit, but I don't know when it will take place.

University of Wisconsin-Madison - TT Asst. Contemporary French or Francophone
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by December 1, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Wisconsin-Madison - TT Asst. French Medieval Literature and Culture
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by December 1, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - TT Assistant Professor of French
Initial review of applications will begin November 5, 2012.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Phone interview (20 min). 11/20 (X4)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES

Utica College - TT Asst. Professor of French
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Virginia Military Institute (Assistant Professor of French)
Review of applications will begin October 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Telephone pre-screening 11/12, 11/13, 11/19. Skype interview 11/28

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Has anyone figured out how to attach confidential letters of rec to the online application? (11/7) I was told letters could be mailed to: Virginia Military Institute, 100 Human Resources, Lexington, VA 24450 (11/8) Thanks! (11/9). The address I was given was VMI Human Resources / 305 Letcher Avenue / Lexington, VA 24450 (11/9)

Wellesley College - Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship - French
DEADLINE PAST: November 2, 2012. Candidates will be interviewed at the MLA conference in January 2013 in Boston.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: by e-mail 12/5 (x2)

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):telephone pre-screening 12/4 (x3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Yale University - Assistant Professor in Francophone Literature & Culture (focus on Maghreb and Beur lit and questions of immigration)
Deadline: Nov. 16, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Word on the Street
Is anyone using this site this year? I believe that everyone was so mean last year that no one is using this. The full list of jobs is not even here. / Everyone can update the list :)

There's probably not a whole lot going on at this point, as most of the deadlines have just passed or are coming up. I, for one, have been checking this site regularly, without adding anything. (11/05)

The biggest problem is that whoever added all of the subheadings under each job has made it really difficult to see when an update has occurred. It's taking 2-3 times longer to scroll through looking for updates now since you have to stop on each job rather than just scrolling through and noticing that there's new information on a job.

A fast, easy way to see if there are updates is to use the history tab and to compare the last few revisions. - Great tip, thanks! (11/13)


 * Subscribing to the RSS feed (link immediately below) is another handy way to check page updates. I have also just added a "Recent Activity" feed at the top of the page for everyone's convenience. [11/14]
 * That RSS feed at the top is super helpful. Thank you.

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Another Source for promising Tenure-Track jobs
to be found here: http://mlajobs.tumblr.com/

NEWS: MLA and Interfolio Team Up

 * MLA had its brightest idea ever, and announced it would be collaborating with Interfolio to streamline the application process. All the candidates did a happy dance and are eagerly awaiting the posting of actual jobs announcements. http://tinyurl.com/cnbak7r

Academic Room

 * To market yourself and promote your CV to academics in the field, you can create a profile in French Language and Literary Studies or European Studies on Academic Room.

=== Johns Hopkins University (Open Rank, 20th & 21st Century French Literature Specialist) - 2011 Deadline - POSITION FILLED ===

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Weird. Listing's been posted on HERC in August 2012, but the submission date for materials hasn't been updated (still 10/15/2011) - same story on JHU HR website.


 * I asked a graduate student attending JHU to confirm that the position has been filled. According to her, the hire from last year has reported for duty. So, unless he is there in some strange visiting capacity, it sounds like this posting is an error. I would definitely send an email to the department before putting any time/hope into this one!