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); 4 (Adjunct)

PhD in hand, currently unemployed: 5

Postdoc: 4

ABD, but looking to defend this year: 18

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

Other: in formerly TT job being cut 1

Field
Francophone: 9

Medieval: 7

Renaissance: 12

17th: 3

18th: 5

19th: 9

20th/21st:12

SLA/Pedagogy (language and culture): 2

Linguistics and sociolinguistics: 3

Other? (Define)

Language Background
Native speaker: 11

Non-native speaker: 32

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:

Any news about this search (12/24)?

(12/24) Nothing

Bennington College (Assistant Professor of French, Francophone)
Deadline: 12/03/12

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): 12/12 - skype interview (12/21)

Rejection post- MLA  skype:

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): 12/11, 12/13 MLA interview scheduled (x2)

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.
 * Thanks for the input!
 * Question: To those invited for MLA interviews, were you contacted by phone or email? A: by email

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): MLA interview scheduled by email (12/19) (x5) (12/20)

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?
 * Okay, I'm back - one of my recommenders told me that a letter was requested on 10/22 (noted above) but I think it may have just been an automatic part of the online app as opposed to an actual person from the committee. Anyone else hear anything at all on this job? It has been quite awhile.

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): MLA interview scheduled by email (12/20)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Has anyone heard anything? (12/17) Nope. Nothing here.
 * Also heard nothing (12/20), but I am wondering if they did not already have a campus visit... See the eventthey had on 12/12. In the end, their "open rank" might have been targeted to some very special/famous full-prof !
 * It might have been, but who knows? I wish these places would make and share their decisions faster, so we wouldn't feel the need to speculate like this. It's really draining.

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

Rejection: 1

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview request via email 12/3 (x4)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Invited 12/18

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)

I got the date and time today, 12/06

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) x6

Rejection: x10 (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.
 * MLA interview

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....

Just to clarify: at this point in the search, we have requested additional materials but not invited anyone for an interview. Once the additional material has been reviewed we will contact applicants for MLA interviews. Nothing has gone out about the Clinical position yet. I hope this helps...
 * Thanks so much!

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

Request for more materials: 12/18

Rejection: 12/18

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Central Washington University - TT Assistant Professor of French
PAST DEADLINE:  10/30/2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

(12/15) Any news?

(12/15) No

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

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA scheduled via email 12/17 (x2)

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 (x4)

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

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled by email (12/06) + 2

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:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * (12/15) Any news?

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 (x2)

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? Yes. They have.

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 (x2)

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): x2 (email sent on dec. 5th)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

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

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): contacted on 12/10 via email for a Skype interview (+1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

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

Request for more materials: (11/21) contacted x 5, (11/29) x 3

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled via email 12/5 (x3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: x1 (by email 12/20)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Are the two people who have been contacted for Skype interviews applying at the rank of Advanced Assistant or Beginning Associate?

I was advanced Assistant until my program was cut.

I applied as an advanced Assistant.

I'm the one who posed the question, and I applied as Beginning Associate - was contacted for additional materials but have not heard about an interview. I'm sorry to hear about the program cut you've gone through. I hope one of you who replied to my query gets the position.

Thanks! Good luck to you in the job search.

Can anyone confirm whether any MLA interviews have been scheduled?

Not that I know of. Skype interviews are later this week.

For those who are participating in the Skye interviews: do you mind me asking what your area of specialization is? I'm just curious to know what they are really looking for.

Hello, all. I was longlisted (asked for writing materials) as per above but didn't get invited to Skype interview. Bizarrely though today (12/12) I got an email asking me to fill out an EO survey, and a thank you for applying. Did other people get this? Thanks but no thanks I suppose.

I also got the same bizarre email today (12.12). Like you, I was longlisted (asked for more materials), but am not on the short list for a Skype interview. I already filled out the EO survey, too, months ago. I wrote to the admin asst. today and asked her if it was mistakenly sent to me, and she responded and explained that the email was not intended for me. I'm sure the email you received today was not intended for you, don't sweat it. And honestly, I've been told by their former grad students that while they talk about interdisciplinarity and being able to bring new things to the dept, they tend to hire people that are a lot like them.

Thanks for the above comment - what a mess! Yes indeed, I'll put filling out that survey -- asking for me to do work for them after I've already been dismissed -- up at the top of my to-do list, right after I alphabetize my sock drawer. Per your insight, my hunch with this job was (a) they aren't very academically diverse and aren't inclined to get more so, and (b) I smell inside hire on this one. I also thought heading the email request for more materials with "Dear Candidate" was a nice touch also, very personal. Anyway, not to be bitter or anything. Seriously, I hope someone deserving lands this one. Best wishes to all.

If it makes you feel better (and I truly hope it does) you do not...want...to live...in Atlanta. Period. Carry on elsewhere and enjoy this one life! All the best.

It actually does make me feel a lot better. I also live in a place where we recently won the marriage equality issue for lgbt foks and I've come to the realization that not even Emory is worth that. Peace out.

So how did the interviews go?

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:

NOTES & QUERIES:

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

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): request for MLA interview (Dec. 6 x5)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

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

Rejection: email (12/17) x2

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Request for MLA interview 12/13 (phone)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Has anyone heard anything since their email notification in November ? Not yet.

Which email notification are you referring to? The one acknowledging receipt of applications?

Georgetown University (Lecturer)
Request for more materials:

Rejection: email (12/17)x 4

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

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

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

Rejection: 1 (12/20)

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): MLA interview scheduled on 12/17 (x2)

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-Skype:

Campus visit: (12/13) by e-mail

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

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

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled.

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: 12/19: ANY NEWS ABOUT THIS POSITION?

A: As posted above, requests for MLA interviews have been sent out.

Knox College (TT Asst. Prof.)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): (12/22) MLA interview scheduled via e-mail (x3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Congrats to those who got interviews! Did you submit well in advance of their December 21st rolling deadline? -- No, applied in the past week. -- I applied Dec. 8.

(OP) Wow, they acted fast! (12/22)

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): Email request for MLA interview (12/13) x2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

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

Rejection: 12/17 personalized, nicely worded, pretty long, and asked me to apply for future position at their department. (x4)

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

Rejection post Skype interview: email 12/12

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.......
 * The rejection e-mail is the same one I've received in previous years; I thought it sounded nice and personal the first time, too.
 * These people are good peoples, they just happen to be at an institution where there isn't a lot of support for foreign language study. They're doing what they can with what they've got.

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:

Request to fill out diversity form [12/19] x3

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: email, 12/19

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview + additional materials 12/14 (X 5) via email

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: personalized email (12/20)

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:Snail mail rejection, 12/15

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Did anyone hear anything on Dec. 14th?

I'm under the impression that folks who specialize in the Maghreb don't use the wiki, or don't want to post in it, because it seems impossible that neither NYU nor Georgetown have scheduled interviews yet... A: FWIW, when Georgetown did their 19th c. search two years ago, they scheduled their interviews on Dec. 17. Still a couple of days to go :)

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

I suspect this was not a genuinely open search.

What makes you think it was not a genuine open search? Is it because they sent a snail mail rejection so early on in the process? It does seem quite strange, but well, you never know...

I have never not been offered a first-round interview for this kind of job. But you're right: you never know, since at a school who hires Assia Djebar, anything is possible.

Thanks a lot for your input! I just wish I hadn't sweat it so much for my application, and spent money on Interfolio - like many other candidates... Oh well... I sometimes wonder how many "fake" ads there are out there.

This was a 100% legitimate search and still is.

So did anyone

hear anything yet?

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

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): skype interview 12/14 +3

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Ohio Wesleyan University - TT Asst. Prof. of French (Metropolitan)
Application deadline: review of applications begins Dec. 3

Request for more materials:

Rejection: rejection by email (12/22) (x4) Really disappointing. I wonder what they are looking for.

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA by phone (12/21)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Has anyone been contacted about this position? (12/21)         Also waiting on this... Saw that people were contacted about the Francophonie position. (12/22).

I have not received a rejection, but no interview either. I am wondering if anybody has received an interview request for that one, or if there is an internal candidate...

Judging from their website, there is an inside candidate for this position (with specialization in 18th-19th, medieval, and pedagogy) and for the Francophone position, too. They are both visiting asst. profs, hired last year (Fall 2011 or Spring 2012) when the 2 tenured faculty passed away. Of course, that doesn't mean this is not a legitimate search.

Ohio Wesleyan University - TT Asst. Prof. of French (Francophone Studies)
Application deadline: review of applications begins Dec. 3

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 12/22 (email) (x2)

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/21)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

12/19: Any news about this position?

12/21 Was contacted for an MLA interview

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): contacted for MLA interview 12/12 (x3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

(12/14) Received some sort of general two-line e-mail saying that they are evaluating candidates' files and will contact soon if they need more materials...

Yeah, I got the same e-mail--though it seems like they've already chosen their short list. The message I received had no subject heading and included the e-mail address of another candidate.

(12/20) Received e-mail requesting writing sample.

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

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled on 12/05/2012 (x3)

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   Search cancelled

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Any news here ? (12/5)

Nope (12/9)

Search cancelled (12/11)

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): E-mail request for Skype interview (12/19)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Has anyone heard anything? -- Nothing here (12/19) (x3)

Q: Congratulations to the candidate who received a request for a Skype interview! Did you get a sense whether Rhodes is conducting Skype interviews instead of MLA interviews, or if the Skype interview is a prelude to an MLA invitation? --- The e-mail stated that they are not interviewing at MLA. Skype interviews are being scheduled for post-MLA.

Thanks for the info. This looks like such a great position. Best of luck to you!

Rockford College (Assistant Professor)
(strong preference for Francophone Caribbean or Francophone Africa)

Application deadline: December 15, 2012

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): telephone interview scheduled via email 12/16. Phone interview scheduled 12/22. (x2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

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."

--Yeah, don't worry about these guys. I don't think they get to hire much because it didn't seem like they knew what they were doing. For one, you never cancel out your entire candidate pool immediately after inviting initial interviewees, because you just might need to go back to said candidate pool if no one accepts your job.

- See below, there are at least two of us who didn't receive a formal rejection or an interview request.

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

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.

I have not received a rejection letter nor an invitation for MLA interview. Anyone in this situation? A: Yes, but if someone has gotten an interview, it's presumably a rejection. At least we didn't have to hear about those with "more publications and more teaching experience." Perhaps that e-mail is on it's way still.

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): MLA interview scheduled on 12/11 (x5)

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?
 * NB: they modified their MLA job description and moved up the application deadline from dec., 15 to dec., 1.  I contacted them yesterday (12/9) asking if I could still apply considering I had the initial job description and deadline.  I received a one-line response telling me I couldn't, without even an applogoy.  That gives you an idea of this department.
 * What is everyone's field (contemporary/ SLA/ 17th) who got MLA interviews, if you feel comfortable sharing? SLA
 * I'm 17th

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:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * 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:

Swarthmore College (Lecturer)
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

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:

NOTES & QUERIES:

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

Request for more materials:

Rejection: E-mail (12/11) x6

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Phone interview 12/6 x4 - MLA interview scheduled by email 12/7 x5

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Any news  as of 12/06/2012?

(12/7/2012) Has anyone received a rejection email or letter for this position?

(12/7) I have not, but since some interviews have posted, it won't be long until I do get one.

=== 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): MLA interview requested by email (12/18) x2

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: 12/18 (nice, friendly and personnable email)

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

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Was it an individually addressed message or sent to an undisclosed list? Thanks!

A: individually addressed message

=== 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): phone interview (12/7)

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...

still nothing !? (12/6)

University of Central Arkansas (Asst. Professor of French, TT) Edit
Deadline: "Applications review begins December 1 2012"

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Any news about this search (12/26)?

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): MLA interview scheduled by email (12/7)x2

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:

Anything? (12/22)  the deadline was just a few days ago so i'm assuming we won't hear right away (12/23)

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):

Rejection post-skype:

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: via email 12/14 (x2)

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: email 12/6 (x2)

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

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Contacted 12/17 (x3)

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): e-mail request for phone/Skype interview 12/7 (x2).

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): Skype scheduled via phone (12/7) (x2)

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): skype interview requested by email (12/17)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

They have three visiting; two fit the description of their searches. - The job ad is very broad and the school has a lot of holes in their TT faculty, so of course they would have visitors who cover some of the things that need to be covered.

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

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): skype scheduled 12/6

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * anyone else?

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: scheduled 12/11

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.
 * I'm 100% 16th century. (x3)

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): video 12/11 (x3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visits:


 * anyone have any news re: campus visits here yet?

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.
 * Has anybody heard back from them after sending the extra material? nope (x2)
 * They've hired for this position the last three consecutive years--I've been interviewed two of the three times and each time they proceeded very slowly.
 * Were the other searches failed searches?
 * They have a visiting lecturer who fits the description (their own student).
 * They WILL NOT hire their own student--usually places are not allowed. It does nothing to build their program.
 * For those who interviewed in the past--did they send prompt notifications about rejection post-interview?

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): MLA interview scheduled via email on 12/11/12 (x4)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Received an email today saying that my application was received & is still under consideration. Did anyone else get this email? (12/17) Yes, I did. Chin up!

Are there others who have heard nothing?

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:

For those of you who had an interview, have you understood if they will contact us during the 2nd week of the Spring semester for campus visits, or if that is when the visits will actually take place? Thanks!

A: Next week the committee will contact references by phone and make the final selection for campus visits. Next, the top candidates will be approved by the dean and campus invites will go out. Ideally, campus visits will take place mid-January.

A: Thank you so much!

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 Texas, San Antonio (Senior Lecturer)
Deadline:

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Skype itw on Dec 5

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Scheduled on 12/17

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:


 * nothing yet ? (12/17)

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

Request for more materials:

Rejection: (email) 12/12 (x2)

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA Interview & request for materials (12/12) x 3

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

12/7 - Any news?

12/10 - Not for me. I'm also still waiting to hear (x3). Good luck! (x5)

Sorry to say this Department's best days are behind it for awhile.

I noticed the rejection emails but did they schedule a MLA interview with anybody? Do universities usually start with rejection emails?

^ They may have started with a first cut of those that didn't meet minimum requirements or just were not what they were after. Now they may be looking closer at the remaining pool to determine interviews. I know applicants to this position who have not received any word yet.

I would agree with the person who said that this Department's best days are behind it. I was an undergrad there in the 1980s/90s and there were some good professors there at the time. This department is *adrift* to say the least- all you have to do is look at their hires in French over the last 10 years. Seriously. And we wonder why French is on the decline in the US when we see the types of "researchers" and their esoteric publication records. -- Could I request that we limit this kind of vituperation to departments where candidates are walking into minefields and genuinely should be forewarned?
 * Anyone else still in limbos?
 * Yes, I'm in limbo too. (x5)
 * Were people contacted by phone?  By email? -- By email.

This department is far from a minefield. It's a wasteland.

The last two postings are dead on. I too knew it in 80s/90s and even a little later--all the great professors who made it what is was are gone. The recent hires are laregly disastrous. Wildly competitive colleagues who want to up you all the time. Haven't figured out how to keep French pertinent, like previous posting says. Depsite the land grant status of Vermont, it's a small place and small department that has to find ways to remain vital, which it no longer does. And in fact, the whole university has been going down the tubes the last 10 years for a host of reasons and owing to a host of decisions that are too numerous to elaborate.


 * I don't get it. If that's SO bad, why bother applying?
 * I'm not sure about other people posting, but I didn't apply for all the reasons others have elaborated upon.

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

Rejection: 12/18 (x4)

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): MLA 12/10 (x5)

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!

- Congratulations on the MLA interview! Was it scheduled via email, Interfolio, or phone? Thanks. / A: email on Monday Dec. 10.

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: Rejection via a public email list where one can see his/her name displayed along with those of other rejected candidates. How outrageous!

^^^ Strange, the rejection I received (12/8) was bcc'ed so there were no names... (x4)

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): MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/19) x3

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Email acknowledgement of app received 11/29 (with attached .pdf letter dated 11/27), stating they expect the initial review of applications to be completed by 01/30/13.

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): MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/19)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

12/12 - received confirmation letter which states that they "expect to make decisions by Jan. 30", i.e. after the MLA. (x4) Confusing. Any other word on this job?
 * I applied for a job at UW last year and encountered the same letter, which confused me. What it meant is that they planned to narrow it down to 3 finalists for campus visits by this date, but they conducted preliminary interviews at MLA in order to do so.
 * For what it's worth, a couple years ago they did Skype preliminary interviews, I think in late January. But I haven't heard anything about how they are doing things this year. --- A couple years ago, the Wisconsin job was posted late, MLA had already passed.
 * The wording of the email for the contemporary French position is that they anticipate to complete the initial phase by Jan. 30. It doesn't sound like they're going to the MLA. ---Same wording on the Medieval letter.
 * So, they also sent that email to applicants to the contemporary French position? I applied and have not received it, which leaves me wondering whether they received my application at all... (x3)

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

Request for more materials:

Rejection: via email (12/6) x9 (very nice and personalized e-mail, gives a good impression of the department)

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): Phone interview (20 min). 11/20 (X4); 12/6 MLA interview x2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Did anybody who had the phone interview receive a rejection email?

question: Is anyone who got an MLA (or phone) interview an early modenist? Not me (20th century Francophone).

Q: Does anybody know why they have both a phone interview and an MLA? I thought the phone/Skype interview usually replaces the MLA interview. Does this mean there will be no campus visits?

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

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): phone interview scheduled by email (12/18)

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 11/28x3

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 (x3)

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): telephone pre-screening 12/4 (x3), MLA interview scheduled (12/7) (x4)

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: 12/13

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone): scheduled 12/6.

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.

It seems to me a lot of universities have not yet given any respons to the applicants. Is this the way it usually is? What is the latest date they would contact an applicant for an MLA interview?

I've seen requests for interviews go out during the week after Christmas, though that is rare. The bulk of the requests should be out by Fri the 21st - and you should see several start to go out this week.

Last year, I had an MLA interview scheduled on Dec. 28 for Jan. 3. Just sit tight. We are all biting our nails along with you :)

I was contacted last year on either the 26th or the 27th. Pushing back the MLA to early January has extended the window of torture. Try to keep yourself busy! (I know:  easier said than done!)  ;)

Thank you, that is helpful! Good luck to everyone!

How is the market, this year, compared to 2011-2012?

I think the market looks better, in terms of the sheer number of jobs, but I could be wrong. (12/13)

The market is a LOT better for 19th century specialists this year - there were very few jobs for them last year. And of course 20th/21st francophone jobs constitute the majority of job postings. However anything 18th century or before is harder to find, and it's obvious from job postings that many departments don't really know what kind of early-modernist they are looking for. Jobs that two years ago were 16th century positions are now 17th, jobs that were 18th century positions are now 18th/19th... and as far as I can tell there isn't more than one bona fide Medieval position.

I do think that it depends on your specialty. For me, this is the worst of the three years I've been on the market in terms of jobs that fit me - Francophone/20th century culture. Another thing is that the jobs whose descriptions align with my profile are also open to beginning associates. It's hard to compete with this having recently defended! So I'd say it's worse, at least for me.

I find that interpreting the job market is like reading tea leaves. This year does appear better for 19th-century specialists. However, if you look at the candidates who got jobs last year, their specialties do not always match the job listing. Departments' needs can change from the time they post a job to the moment they make a hiring decision.

I get the sense that the job market has slowly gotten better since the financial crisis. Last year was particularly good for Francophone positions, and it also seemed good for mid-career assistant professors. This year is better for 19th-century specialists. Hopefully, over the next few years, the large pool of qualified and talented applicants will find jobs, and each specialty will have good years.

YES, this year is much better! http://chronicle.com/article/In-Abrupt-Reversal/136369/

In general it might be better as per the MLA report, but for my particular profile it's by far the worst of the last 4 years :( Also, there is a trend of jobs explicitly stating open to beginning associates, which is hard to compete with for those who are finishing or a couple of years out and have been adjuncting. One of my committee members theorized that since when people retire the lines tend to disappear, why not hire someone with more experience and is more of a guarantee to succeed. My own PhD institution had two endowed chairs retire and will take 2 years before hiring just 1 person to replace them (and this isn't even certain...).

I have a question about lecturer positions. Do SLA specialists typically get those? I am asking because I'm a lit specialist, but have a lot of experience (and love) teaching language and composition at all levels, at my home uni and also a local SLAC. Unfortunately it seems like I don't make the cut for such jobs.

Q: Did anybody hear anything from Georgetown, Ohio Wesleyan, Ashland, Northwestern, Rockford or U Iowa? - Rockford isn't due until tomorrow.

A: I haven't heard anything from Ohio Wesleyan (12/15); didn't apply to the others.

I applied to positions (13!)  that fit my area (20th/21st century (not Francophone)) and have yet to receive an interview. I am a semi-new PhD (2010), am currently an Adjunct  and have 4 publications (no book though) and am wondering if the book is the new benchmark, even for Asst. Profs. Anyone reading this post who has served on a search committee, would you be willing to offer any insight? Maybe it's just REALLY REALLY tough, but I'm wondering how do folks break in to the profession? Merci!

I don't have an answer but I can tell you I am in the same position as you: 20th/21st century, not Francophone. I have a feeling that our field has become one of the most competitive of all, since there are so few positions and we are so numerous! I am also under the impression that one now needs a book for an entry level position... The last thing is that it is hard to understand all of these search committees who seem to think that a specialist of Francophone studies can also teach contemporary France, but not vice-versa...

Have been on several hiring committees in recent years: I dont think folks expect a book. What we tend to want is the promise that there will be a book a tenure-time. > Not to get too much in the weeds, but how can a cover letter, research statement and CV convince a committee that a book will happen other than demonstrating ability up till now to publish and a continued research agenda?

It's just a matter of luck. A semi-new Ph.D. with 4 articles while working as an adjunct seems pretty good to me. > /Thanks for the encouragement.

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=== 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!