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Tenured faculty:

Currently in TT job:

PhD in hand, currently in non-TT job: (VAP) 5 ; (Lecturer) 2 ; (Adjunct) 1; Instructor: 1.

PhD in hand, currently unemployed: 1

Postdoc: 3

ABD, but looking to defend this year: 4

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

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Field
Francophone: 7

Medieval: 2

Renaissance:

17th:3

18th:

19th: 2

20th/21st: 10

SLA/Pedagogy (language and culture):

Linguistics and sociolinguistics: 1

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Language Background
Native speaker: 6

Non-native speaker: 6

Heritage speaker:

Amherst College (MA) - TT Assistant Professor, 17th or 18th c. French Theater
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2015, and continue until position is filled.

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Armstrong State University (GA) - TT Asst. Professor - Comp. Lit. (spec. French)
Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 7th, 2015. To apply, upload letter of application, curriculum vitae, unofficial transcripts, and three confidential letters of recommendation (with at least two addressing teaching) at http://jobs.armstrong.edu/postings/3834

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Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):  Skype 11/18

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Australian National University (AUS) - Assistant / Associate Professor in French  - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Applications close 26 October 2015.

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 * When were interviews scheduled?

Rejection post-MLA: Rejection via email (11/15)

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Beloit College (WI) - TT Assistant or Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Deadline: Send materials, including letter of application, CV, and three letters of recommendation by November 30, 2015, to [mailto:wacsearch@beloit.edu wacsearch@beloit.edu]. Please put “French search” in the subject line.

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Bryn Mawr College (PA) - Lecturer in French (Non-TT, Continuing)
Deadline: Applications received by October 15, 2015 will receive full consideration.

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College of Idaho (ID) - TT Assistant Professor of French - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2015. Send cover letter and CV to: [mailto:HR@collegeofidaho.edu HR@collegeofidaho.edu]

Request for more materials: materials requested (11/11) + 1

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Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (11/18)

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College of Mount Saint Vincent (NY) - TT Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Open until filled (posted 10/23/15)

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Furman University (SC) - TT Asst. Professor - 17th- and/or 18th-c. French Literature and Culture
Deadline: Letter of application and CV to be submitted to Interfolio by November 2, 2015.

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George Mason University (VA) - TT Assistant Professor of French / French Linguistics - CAMPUS INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: For full consideration, applicants must apply for position number F9041z at http://jobs.gmu.edu/. Review of applications will begin  August 14, 2015 September 30, and will continue until the position is filled.

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Rejection:

Preliminary interview: Skype (email sent 10/18)

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Campus visit: invitation extended for campus visit

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 * Question: Does it look like there is an inside candidate for this job?
 * Answer: No, as far as I can tell, they have no French Linguist currently on staff. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.


 * Job announcement on MLA now says review of applications will begin September 30.

Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Modern Languages, Chair
Deadline: Until Filled

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===Gettysburg College (PA) - TT Assistant Professor of French (20th- and 21st-Century Film and Media Studies) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED ===

Deadline: To be assured of full consideration, all materials should be received by Monday, November 2. Preliminary interviews will take place at the January MLA meeting in Austin.

Request for more materials: materials requested (11/11)

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (MLA): MLA interview scheduled (11/18)

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 * Apply at: https://gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/1488

Harvard University (MA) - Tenured or TT Professor in 20th and 21st c. French Literature and Culture
Deadline: Please submit your application through the ARIeS portal (http://academicpositions.harvard.edu) no later than November 1, 2015. ---> Deadline extended to Nov. 15.

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 * per the application website: "The deadline has been extended until November 15 though we will start reading dossiers as of November 1st."

Hope College (MI) - TT Asst. Professor - French Applied Linguistics - PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Applications are accepted online at http://www.hope.edu/employment/faculty. As part of the online application, candidates will need to upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, unofficial transcripts, and a personal statement of 1-2 pages in response to the mission of Hope College.Application materials will be accepted until November 2, 2015.

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Preliminary interview: phone call requesting 2nd interview & letters of recommendation 11/5

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Loyola University Chicago (IL) - TT Asst. Professor - 19th-21st c. Francophone Literatures and Cultures
Deadline: Review of applications will begin 15 October 2015 and continue until the position is filled. Preference will be given to applications received before 1 December 2015.

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 * They had the same search last year... Did not they hire someone already ???
 * it was for French (France). This year it's explicitly Francophone (non-France)

Rutgers University - Camden (NJ) - Assistant Professor of French (17-18th c.)
Deadline: Application packets received by November 13, 2015, will be given full consideration. Applications should be submitted online through Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/32092

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 * How are they asking for MLA interviews before the application deadline?? -They're not: they just mentionned in their ad they were going to the MLA.
 * I think your edits yesterday confused a lot of people; because of your edits, it may look like MLA and Skype interviews have been requested.

San Francisco State University (CA) - TT Assistant Professor, French
specialization in 18th century

Deadline: December 4, 2015.

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 * I got all excited about this position until I found the info (not mentioned on Interfolio but on their website) that it's for a 18iste (which I'm decidedly not). Bonne chance!
 * They have an inside candidate with these qualifications not listed on their website.
 * Really? So disapppointing

===Southern Connecticut State University - TT Assistant Professor of French=== Deadline: November 30th

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St. Lawrence University (NY) - TT Assistant Professor of Francophone Studies and Italian
Deadline: Interested applicants must apply online at http://employment.stlawu.edu, please give close consideration to the “special instructions to applicant” section. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2015.

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 * Also posted at Italian 2015-2016

Tufts University (MA) - TT Asst. Professor - French and Francophone Literature and Culture
Deadline: Review of applications will begin December 1, 2015

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 * The search was cancelled last year.And the seem to insist a little more this year on the Francophone part.

University of California, Irvine (UCI) - Tenured or TT Professor of French, pre-1800 and/or Modern French Thought
Deadline: Review of applications will begin December 4, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled (https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03151)

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 * Also posted at Comparative 2016

University of Central Arkansas (AR) - TT Assistant Professor of French (20th and 21st c. Francophone Cultures) - PHONE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 1, 2015 and continue until the position is filled (per MLA JIL 09/11/15 - applications open 09/01/2015 at https://jobs.uca.edu/postings/2139)

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Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): phone interview scheduled (11/16)

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University of Evansville (IN) - TT Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Review of applications begins Nov. 20, 2015.

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===University of Hawai`i Manoa (HI) - TT Assistant Professor of French pre-Revolutionary Studies=== Deadline: application review begins December 01, 2015

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 * More details: http://www.pers.hawaii.edu/wuh/Jobs/NAdvert/21976

===University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA) - TT Assistant Professor of Contemporary French Culture=== Deadline: Application dossiers should be complete by the priority deadline of November 18th, 2015, in order to ensure consideration by the search committee.

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Letters requested 11/17 (+2)

Did they contact you or your recommenders or was it a general message for all applicants?

===University of Massachusetts, Boston (MA) - TT Assistant Professor (Italian & French)=== Deadline: For full consideration, application materials should be submitted by December 1, 2015.

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 * Also posted at Italian 2015-2016

===University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA) - TT Assistant or Associate Professor in African Francophone Studies===

Deadline: Review of applications will begin 11-30-2015 and continue until the position is filled

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University of Miami (FL) - TT Asst. or Assoc. Professor of French (Modern - 1750-present)
Deadline: Preference will be given to candidates whose materials are received by December 7, 2015.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (MN) - Director of French Language Instruction
Deadline: Completed applications submitted by Dec. 1st, 2015 will receive priority consideration.

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 * Appointment will be 100% time over the nine-month academic year, beginning fall semester 2016. This is a potentially multi-year renewable position based on performance.

===University of New Hampshire (NH) - TT Assistant Professor in French Studies (Early Modern)=== Deadline: Review of applications will begin 15 December 2015. Initial interviews will be conducted via Skype in mid-January.

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University of New Mexico (NM) - Associate or Full Professor of Global French Studies
Deadline: December 01, 2015.

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University of Rochester (NY) - TT Asst. Professor of French (17-18th c.)
Deadline: December 01, 2015. However, Interfolio and the university's website says the deadline was Nov. 2, 2015?!

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 * Preliminary interviews at the MLA meeting in Austin.
 * Are you saying they have aready apprised you about the interview?
 * Did they contact Interfolio right away for letters to be uploaded?
 * Not in my case, no.

===University of South Florida (FL) - TT Assistant Professor in French and Francophone Culture (Film and New Media, Migratory Cultures)===

Deadline: review of applications will begin on Nov. 21, 2015.

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===University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (TN) - Assistant Professor of French (post-1800) - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE=== Deadline:  October 21, 2015

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===University of Virginia (VA) - Assistant/Associate Professor of French (Francophone Cultures of the Global South)=== Deadline: The deadline for submission is midnight (EST) on December 4, 2015.

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Utah Valley University (UT) - Assistant Professor - French
Deadline: Job Close Date: 11/15/2015

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 * Apply at: https://www.uvu.jobs/postings/17456

Vassar College (NY) - TT Asst. Professor of French
Deadline: Applications received by Nov. 1, 2015 will receive full consideration.

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 * - The posting is very specific so there is a possible inside candidate. One of their visiting professor seems to have exactly what they are looking for.
 * Their VAP is not a medievalist and has none of what they are looking for....AFAIK she's the only one there. It fits my research profile eerily well, though, so perhaps there is a research doppelganger out there...

===Villanova University (PA) - TT Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies===

Deadline: Application deadline is October 1, 2015. Apply at: https://jobs.villanova.edu/postings/8462

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 * Q: Inside candidate? This one looks like it does.

Wabash College (IN) - TT Asst. Professor of French - Generalist
Deadline: Nov. 2 (review begins)

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Wake Forest University (NC) - TT Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Nov. 1

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Weber State University (UT) - TT Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Screening of applicants will begin Nov. 2, 2016.

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Wesleyan University (CT) - TT Asst. Professor of French (16th-17th c.) - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: For full consideration, all materials must be received by October 9, 2015 midnight December 2, 2015 [EXTENDED]. Campus visits will take place in November.

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 * Got this today (11/06): "We have now finished our initial evaluations of the dossiers submitted to us and I am sorry to report that we have decided not to pursue your candidacy for the position."
 * did you have a skype interview?
 * no interview :(

Preliminary interview: Skype, October 13

Rejection post-Skype: November 19'

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 * Inside candidate? The current VAP at Wesleyan has quite an impressive CV. *sigh*
 * You never know. He might be applying for other jobs too.
 * Def inside candidate. The current VAP's profile fits the job description exactly!
 * Yes.
 * Definitely. His research interests were removed from the site, but the job description was written for him. (Early Modern French and European Literature, Thought, and Culture; Performance and Theater Studies in a Transhistorical Perspective; Queer and Gender Studies; Visual Studies; Critical Theory; Mobility Studies and Cross-Cultural Interactions)


 * Deadline just pushed back to december 2nd? That's weird, especially with an inside candidate.
 * It would be irresponsible not to speculate!
 * So here are some speculations - offered as such, without a shred of evidence: an administrator politely asked that this search conform to norms in the field in terms of dealines and interviewing schedule; a candidate who was particularly desired indicated a preference for other positions; or the applications received were too weak to provide two plausible candidates for on-campus interviews.  Of course, there is a better-than-even cahnce that none of these are correct, but the re-posting does seem to imply an unexpected contretemps.  I would further speculate that for those who have applied, but have not heard back, your race has been run; but for those who were waiting on the sidelines, now would be the moment to throw your hat in the ring.


 * Will there be another round of Skype interviews?

Yale University (CT) - TT Assistant Professor of Francophone Literature and Culture (focus on Maghreb/Beur/ Immigration Studies)
Deadline: Review of applications will begin Friday, November 13, 2015.

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Boston University (MA) - Lecturer of French
Deadline: Please submit via https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/6551 ... The application deadline is December 15, 2015.

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Brigham Young University (UT) - Associate/Assistant Professor or Visiting Professor of French
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Cornell University (NY) - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in French Language
Deadline: The deadline for applications is December 1, 2015.

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Davidson College - 2 yr VAP French and Francophone
Deadline: Applications must be received by November 23, 2015.

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Georgetown University (DC) - Assistant Teaching Professor of French (3 yr. term - renewable)
Deadline:  November 20, 2015.

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Lycoming College (PA) - Three-Year Visiting Assistant Professor of French - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: open until filled (posted in 10/30/15 MLA JIL)

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Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): PHONE INTERVIEWS DONE

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Campus visit: CAMPUS VISIT SCHEDULED

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New York University - VAP (2 yr. appt.) - Early Modern French Lit.
Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 12, 2015 and remain open until the position is filled.

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NOTES & QUERIES: Did anyone else have problems with their online application? Mine said my account didn't exist.

University of Colorado, Boulder (CO) - Instructor or Senior Instructor of French - Director of French Language Program (3 yr. Appt. - Renewable)
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on December 7, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled.

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University of Louisville (KY) - Term Instructor of French (1 yr. renewable)
Deadline: Applications completed by November 16th, 2015 will receive full consideration.

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===University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN) - Assistant Professor (Three Semesters - Jan. 16 to May 17; 19th century French and Francophone Literature)=== Deadline: Completed applications submitted by October 30th, 2015 will receive priority consideration. Deadline extended in 10/9/15 MLA JIL: "Completed applications submitted by November 15th, 2015 will receive priority consideration."

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Word on the Street
Answer re Armstrong: They telephoned to set up a Skype interview the first full week of December. Email from careers services saying they started reviewing application and are requesting letters. Link takes to the application form where you click "send" to the references previously entered during application process.
 * Why Saint Mary's College of Maryland is not listed here? I know they have a VP with an exact matching profile, is it a fake search? It looks like it!!!!
 * For Armstrong U, did they schedule the interviews via skype or it is just a clarification and if so how do you know? Also, the U of MA Amherst, did they sent e-mails requesting letters to candidates or to recommenders? Thank you.
 * I haven't heard from any institution I applied to (French and Arabic), and the vaste majority states that the application review will start on November 2nd, does it takes that long? I remember in my first year in the job market, I got my first response from Saint Olaf late October, was it an exception, or should I lose hope at this point (this is my third year in the job market and I am really worried :
 * Depending on when you started applying, it may be a bit early.
 * 20 jobs on the MLA JIL? Just 20??!??!???
 * It's still early, too early for despair!
 * They will post more jobs in the months November - January, but it still looks grimm. Come on, French departments, you can do better!
 * Is it just me, or are there not that many job postings this year? Is it still early?


 * Good read about internal candidates: http://feruleandfescue.blogspot.com.es/2013/08/job-market-conspiracy-theories.html    (And how fake searches are really rare. So let's stop being paranoïd.)
 * With all due respect to the previous poster, I do not believe it is paranoia afflicting job hunters. I have gone through interviews for "fake searches" only to be rejected and exhausted after the process and to discover that the department had, indeed, hired the inside candidate. In fact, this has happened every time I've been invited to a campus interview for a job with an inside candidate. So I think rather than labeling people as "paranoid" we should try to support each other and call a spade a spade.  Perhaps they are not "fake" searches but rather searches with an indiscriminately low probability for success. +2


 * Here's a new Vitae article on fake searches: https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1158-academic-job-hunts-from-hell-the-fake-search
 * I am sorry you had such a bad experience. I want to have more faith in academia since I am about to spend the rest of my life working in it.  There are fake searches, but they are not the vast majority, and my point was more than it is a waste of time to try to figure out if the inside candidate is a favorite or not (even is (s)he is, maybe (s)he will get a better offer elsewhere). And just like the article posted above (vitae) says, there might be another candidate from another campus who is a favorite as well, which would be hard to know. Therefore pretty much any job you will apply for might be one with a "low probability of success" like you said. You talk about supporting each other, well, that inside candidate is also on the job market so if they have already proven their worth, then good for them for getting the job (One of my friends was, and truly she is an awesome teacher and scholar, but for the record it was strongly is its favor from the start but never a 100% sure thing. She still had to work hard for the interview and the campus visit). I think the article from vitea makes some good points at the end as well, taking these are practice for example. I undertand how frustrating it can be if you have been through that multiple times though. For those of us back on the job market, we all had to deal with frustration and disappointment. Good luck to everyone new :)

Not many jobs. It also seems that only a few of the schools will go to the MLA -lots of Skype Interviews this year...


 * Dear French and Francophone friends, I hope that those of you who were in Paris yesterday are ok  It's a sad day for everyone, much gloomier than the day we find out that we didn't get the job we wanted.

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