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Position
Tenured faculty:

Currently in TT job:

PhD in hand, currently in non-TT job: (VAP) 3 ; (Lecturer) 7 ; (Adjunct) 1 ; Instructor: ; (Fellow) 1;

PhD in hand, currently unemployed:3

Postdoc:

ABD, but looking to defend this year: 11

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

Other: (Teaching high school)

Field
Francophone: 6

Medieval: 2

Renaissance: 4

17th: 1

18th: 1

19th: 4

20th/21st: 7

SLA/Pedagogy (language and culture): 1

Linguistics and sociolinguistics: 2

Other? (Define):

Language Background
Native speaker: 6

Non-native speaker: 16

Heritage speaker: 1

2017-2018 French and Francophone Studies - Full-Time / Tenure-Track Jobs
===Auburn University (AL) - Assistant Professor in French Linguistics - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE=== Deadline: Review of applicants will begin November 1, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Phone call (11/17) to set up a phone interview for 12/4.

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: next week (posted 1/17)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Search failed. Candidates who visited campus have not been contacted, but a visiting position has been posted and the online application status is "Closed without filling."

Boston University (MA) - TT Assistant Professor of Contemporary French Film (esp. Belgian) - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: Nov. 15.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):
 * [MLA INTERVIEW posted in header ~ 12/8]

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news on this one re: campus visits?


 * Someone I know had a campus visit. [posted 02.11]

===Bucknell University (PA) - TT Open Rank Position in French Studies (Francophone Sub-Saharan African or North-African) - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE=== Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 20, 2017 and continue until position is filled.

Request for more materials: 3 semesters of course evaluations w/interview offer (12/6); +1

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Request for video conferencing interview 12/13-14 (12/6); +1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Centre College (KY) - Asst. Professor of French (Generalist with spec. in Medieval, Early Modern, 19th C., or 20th/21st C. France) - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline: The review of applications will begin November 1. To apply, please go to http://apply.interfolio.com/44118

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Request for MLA interview (12/5) + 1

Rejection post-MLA: email rejection (2/28) [Note: I saw that someone else had posted here a few days ago about the email rejection, but that note appears to have been deleted for some reason]

Campus visit: by email, Jan. 22

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * This doesn't say tenure track, but it is rank of assistant professor. Anyone know if there's a chance that it is tenure track?
 * (1/21): Has anyone heard from them about campus interviews?
 * (1/22 8am) Not yet +1


 * Yes it is a tenure-track gig. However, during the interview they also mentioned the opening of a second position that is exactly the same, except that it's "only" a 2-3-year position. If my memory serves me right, the second position will eventually turn into something permanent. Hope that helps. Still no news about campus visits, though.
 * (1/25) Still no news x 3 (1/26)
 * Offer made and accepted

Columbia University (NY) - TT Asst. Professor of French - 20-21 c. Literature and/or Cinema - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 1, 2017 and continue until the position is filled. For more information and to apply, please go to: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=65198

Request for more materials: Following Skype interview (12/15)

Rejection: email 12/21 + 1

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype 12/7 (+1);

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: email 12/22 (+1)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Received email with information on upcoming shortlisting and interview schedule: shortlisted candidates to be contacted by 12/8, Skype interviews planned for mid-Dec, campus interviews Jan-Feb. [11/28]x4

--Any news since campus visits?
 * --> None.
 * -- How long its been since the visit?
 * The general timeline I got from the committee chair was that the last visit was in mid-February
 * I'm pretty sure Columbia is on spring break next week, so I'm betting they will make an offer this week at the lastest (if they haven't already)

===Davidson College (NC) - TT Asst. Professor - French and Francophone Studies (pref. N. Africa and Francophone Arab World) - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE=== Deadline:Completed applications and supporting materials must be received at http://employment.davidson.edu by November 6, 2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Received request for Skype interview week of 12/4

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * received email 11/22: long-listed candidates' references have been contacted (letters due Dec. 6), eventual short-listed candidates will be contacted for Skype interview in first two weeks of December
 * I know someone who had a campus visit here [posted 2/17]

Dickinson College (PA) - TT Asst. Professor - Early Modern and/or Enlightenment Period of French and Francophone Studies - CAMPUS INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline:  Interested candidates should submit their application by November 20. Apply at: https://jobs.dickinson.edu/postings/4171

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA requested 12/7

Rejection post-MLA: 3/16 (snail mail)

Campus visit: campus visit scheduled

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Dickinson College (PA) - TT Assistant Professor of French - Literature and Visual Culture of Francophone North Africa - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: November 20

Request for more materials: most recent teaching evals (w/campus visit offer 1/16)

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Request for MLA interview (12/7)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: offer to schedule visit (phone, 1/16)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Durham University (UK) - TT-equivalent Assistant Professor of French/Francophone Studies - Open Field (2 Positions) - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline: Submit applications before 31 October 2017 at midday (GMT)--application portal available through above link

Request for more materials:

Rejection:11/30 (x2)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * - I know someone (working in the UK) who got a campus visit about two weeks ago. [posted 17 Feb.]

Durham University (UK) - Full Professor of French/Francophone Studies - Open Field
Deadline: Submit application by 18 December at midday (GMT)--application portal available through above link

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Emory University (GA) - TT Adv. Asst. Professor of French and Francophone Studies - Early Modern (16th-17th c.) and/or Modern (1900-present) - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE=== Deadline: Submit your application here: http://apply.interfolio.com/45265, before November 20th, 2017

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/14)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: invite via email (1/15)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at European History 2017-18
 * Anyone want to weigh in on what "Advanced Assistant Professor" might mean? My impression is that they want to hire someone who already has a TT position, or maybe VAP...
 * "Advanced" means they want someone who has been in another position for several years, usually TT, but possibly VAP could count. It means they probably don't want to consider "beginning" candidates (ABD or very new PhD). [9/22]


 * Has anyone heard anything about this? Did they do both Skype interviews (for linguistic and adv.) at once?

Emory University (GA) - TT Assistant Professor in Second Language Acquisition and/or French Linguistics - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline: Submit your application here http://apply.interfolio.com/45204, by November 20th, 2017

Request for more materials:

Rejection: Rejection recieved via email January 9 2018 after Skype interview.

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Request for Skype interview (sent via email 11/27) for the first few days of December.

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * - I heard they selected three candidates for a campus visit. [posted 12/20]

Francis Marion University (SC) - TT Assistant Professor of French/Spanish - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: 1 Nov. 2017.

Request for more materials: I had a materials request in the last week of February, but I haven't heard back. Did anyone have a campus visit there? Thanks.

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype Interview (12/5)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:
 * Has anyone heard about campus visits?

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at Spanish and Portuguese 2017-2018
 * Any news ?

Georgetown University (DC) - TT Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies - OFFER MADE
Deadline: Cover letter, CV, two sample syllabi, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation must be received by November 20, 2018. Apply online: https://apply.interfolio.com/44836

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Request for MLA interview (12/17) (x2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made: Offer seems to have been made

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Anyone heard from them yet?
 * 12/13 Committee is meeting Friday 12/15
 * Is anyone who got an interview request willing to share their area of specialization, out of the 3 listed in the job ad (Cultural Studies; Contemporary Theater/Peformances Studies; Medieval studies)?
 * 1 Medieval
 * Email notification that they have selected a “provisional list of on-campus finalist interviewees.” (1/8) Anyone get an invitation?
 * I got the same e-mail, "your candidacy remains potentially viable for our position." No invite.
 * How did you know what date the committee was meeting?
 * There was some glitch with the app I submitted through the Interfolio system so they contacted me to ask me to resend a few materials and mentioned the committee would be meeting on the 15th
 * has anyone heard any updates? when they start/end campus visits?
 * Is anyone who got a campus visit willing to share their area of specialization, out of the 3 listed in the job ad (Cultural Studies; Contemporary Theater/Peformances Studies; Medieval studies)?
 * Yes - I know they invited two medievalists (at least) to campus
 * Does anyone know whether they've made an offer? Yes, offer made.

Gettysburg College (PA) - TT Asst. Professor of French - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline: To be assured of full consideration, all materials should be received by Monday, November 6, 2017. Apply at: https://gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/2288

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA or Skype (option given) interview requested 12/1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: 1

Offer made: 1 [posted ~ 2/10]  Offer accepted 2/12

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * NOTE: similar search was held last year. See: French and Francophone Studies 2016-2017
 * And the year before...
 * Actually, the previous searches were for someone in cinema/media. That's not the case here.
 * Actually the listing is so vague it could potentially be cinema (which is one of the few things that is not marked as anyone's specialty on the website). Just a word of advice so you don't get too excited if you get an interview: last year, a friend was interviewed, the search fell through after a campus visit I believe.
 * As I recall, they did invite candidates for campus visits last year, but then cancelled the search and wrote to finalists to say that their parameters had been too narrow and they wanted to redefine the position. (I had an interview but was not invited for a campus visit.) This is the third year in a row they have conducted a version of this search, so my impression was that they are just looking for someone who is the right "fit" and didn't feel that they found that with any of the cinema specialists who applied...

Grace College (IN) - Assistant Professor of Modern Languages (French) - OFFER MADE
Deadline: Nov. 1 for full consideration

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made: 2/21

NOTES & QUERIES:

Graduate Center, CUNY (NY) - Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor – Ph.D. Program in French - INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Open until filled with review of applications to begin on June 15, 2017.

Request for more materials:
 * SEARCH CANCELLED [posted 9/7/17]

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Per multiple sources, search cancelled. Follow-up emails never returned. Applicant pool considered utterly dull with no proven track-record
 * Can anyone else confirm ... post is still live on CUNY HR site as of 9/7/17?
 * Search is definitely NOT cancelled. Know someone who had an interview last week. [posted 11/9]

===Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) - TT Asst. Professor -  20th/21st C. French/Francophone Culture and Transnational/Global Feminism - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE=== Deadline: Review of applications will begin on September 20, 2017, and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 11/2 x 2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype requested 11/1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at Womens/Gender/Queer Studies 2017-2018

===Indiana University (IN) - TT Asst. Professor - Medieval French/Medieval Francophone Literature and Culture - OFFER ACCEPTED=== Deadline: Review of applications will begin on Dec. 1, 2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: (12/20)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype (started dec. 11th)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made: 1 - on 2/6

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * has anyone heard any updates?
 * Campus visits for finalists in progress (1/23)

Lafayette College (PA) - TT Asst. Professor of French - 20th-c. and Contemporary French/Francophone Lit. - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline: Applications will be accepted until November 30th, 2017. Apply online: https://apply.interfolio.com/46201

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): email 12-19 (MLA)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: call 1-12

Offer made: OFFER ACCEPTED - 03-09-2018

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Anyone heard anything yet?


 * I received an email to schedule an interview at the MLA yesterday, 12-19.
 * Have those who were interviewed at the MLA heard anything back yet

Lake Forest College (IL) - TT Assistant Professor of French - CAMPUS INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: o be ensured full consideration, all materials should be submitted electronically to frenchsearch@mx.lakeforest.edu no later than November 10, 2017. - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview requested (11/30) +1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Anybody has heard anything yet?

===Macquarie University (AUS) - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (equiv. to TT Asst. Prof. in Australian Context) in French and Francophone Studies=== DEADLINE: 29 MARCH
 * Not me, but (around Dec. 14) one of my officemates was offered a campus interview, mid-February.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * This position would be for a Lecturer (i.e. recent graduate Assistant Professor) or Senior Lecturer (more experienced Assistant Professor).
 * Note that this position is "permanent," which in the Australian context means "tenure track/tenured". There is two-year probationary period.

Manchester University (IN) - Assistant/Associate Professor of French - PHONE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: open until filled

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

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

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Middlebury College (VT) - TT Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline: Applications for this position will be accepted starting on September 1, 2017, and all application materials must be received by October 31, 2017 Nov. 22. Apply at: https://apply.interfolio.com/44352

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview requested on 12/13 + 1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: 1 + 1

Offer made: 1 - Offer accepted

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * It appears that they have redefined the search. It no longer states "Visual Culture" (it just reads as "Francophone Studies"), and the deadline has been pushed back to Nov. 22. The last I checked, it didn't look like the MLA JIL listing had been updated, though.

Midwestern State University (TX) - TT Asst. Professor of French - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: application deadline is January 31, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): email request for Skype interview (Feb. 12)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Penn State Erie (PA) - TT Asst. Professor of French
Deadline: open until filled (posted in MLA JIL 02/02/18)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Pennsylvania State University (PA) - TT Asst. or Assoc. Professor - French and Francophone Studies (20-21 c. Culture and Society) - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: Application received by November 1, 2017, will be considered for MLA interviews; those arriving later will be accepted until the position is filled. Apply online at https://psu.jobs/job/74179

Request for more materials: 11/20

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA scheduled (12/5)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: campus visit scheduled + 1

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Princeton University (NJ) - TT Asst. Professor - 18th c. French Lit. - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline: Applications received by November 15, 2017 will be given full consideration. You can apply for this position online at https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/

Request for more materials: 11/22

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (email 12/8)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Campus visit scheduled

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Queen's University (CAN) - TT Asst. Professor - French Literatures and Theories in Contemporary Contexts - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline: The deadline for applications is November 24, 2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Anybody heard anything ? Curious to know how many people apply to CAN jobs
 * I applied, and the director of the search committee confirmed receipt of my application. Said they would begin reading applications at the start of December. No news since then. Did you or anyone else apply?

Rhodes College (TN) - TT Assistant Professor of French (West African Francophone Studies) - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline:Review of completed applications will begin on November 15 and continue until the position is filled. Apply at: https://jobs.rhodes.edu/postings/2312

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 12/18 +1

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype (email 12/8)


 * Request for second follow-up interview at MLA (email 12/15)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: 1

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Has anyone heard anything post-MLA interviews?
 * No, but the school did have a couple of snow days. I would assume by the end of this week.


 * Any news re: campus visits?

===[https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=176557305&Title=Associate%20or%20Full%20Professor Rice University (TX) - Assoc. or Full Professor - Laurence H. Favrot Chair in French Studies]=== Deadline: Review of applicants begins on November 15, 2017. Online App. Form: https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/11689

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Roanoke College (VA) - TT Assistant Professor of French - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline:Review of applications will begin in early December and will continue until the position is filled. Apply at: https://apply.interfolio.com/45933

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (1/3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Invite for campus interview (phone 1/23)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Rowan University (NJ) - TT Asst. Professor - French and Spanish
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2017. All applications must be submitted through our online applicant tracking system: http://rowanuniversity.hodesiq.com/job-details.aspx?jobid=5471868

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at Spanish and Portuguese 2017-2018

===[https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=176555288&Title=Assistant%20Professor%2C%20Department%20of%20Modern%20Languages%20and%20Literatures%20%28Tenure-Track%20French%29 Saint Anselm College (NH) - TT Asst. Professor - Medieval, 16th or 17th-c. French and/or Francophone Literature] - OFFER MADE=== Deadline: Applications should be received by November 8, 2017 for full consideration.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview (email 12/7)

Rejection post-MLA: 1 (email received 03/14)

Campus visit: email 1/11

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * The application requires three letters of recommendation to be submitted by email in PDF format to the department assistant. I can do this via Interfolio, right?
 * Yes you can, but if you go on the MLA listing and hit apply on the tab on the top right, it will let you apply directly through Interfolio, which is easier.

Sam Houston State University (TX) - TT Asst. Professor of French
Deadline: March 30, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===San Diego State University (CA) - TT Asst. Professor - French and Italian Studies - PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW STAGE=== Deadline: Review of application materials will begin October 31, 2017 and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should apply via Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/43855.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):
 * From Italian 2017-2018: "Preliminary Interview Stage [posted 13 Nov.]"

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at Italian 2017-2018
 * on website it states "this job is no longer available." 10/13
 * Nope, it's still there both on Interfolio and on the department website.

Scripps College (CA) - TT Asst. Professor - French Studies - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: Review of applications will begin October 15, 2017 and applications must be received by November 17th to be considered. Applicants should send a letter of application, a C.V., and three current letters of reference to: Interfolio https://apply.interfolio.com/44051

Request for more materials: 11/30

Rejection: email 1/20 +1

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview requested by email 12/12 & 12/13

Rejection post-MLA: email 1/20

Campus visit: 1

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Anybody have/know someone who has a campus visit? I know the committee was still playing catch-up with Skype interviews last week, but they said they would be notifying finalists this week... (1/19)

Skidmore College (NY) - TT Assistant or Associate Professor of French - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: Applications due November 15. We will be conducting interviews at the January 2018, MLA meetings in New York, New York. Apply at: https://careers.skidmore.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=58382

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA scheduled (12/5) + 2

Rejection post-MLA:1/23

Campus visit: 1

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news ?

Soka University of America (CA) - Open Rank Professor of French Language and Culture - CAMPUS INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: To apply, please submit your application through Interfolio by November 17, 2017. Please apply by clicking on this link: https://apply.interfolio.com/44101

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): phone/video interview 12/13

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: email 01/05

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Any news?

Spring Hill College (AL) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Generalist) - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline:Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled, preference will be given to applications received by February 20, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview request 3/19 + 1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Stetson University (FL) - TT Asst. Professor - French and Honors Program - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE=== Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. [posted 10/30/17]

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: 01/29 (1+)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Tulane University (LA) - TT Assistant Professor of French Studies, French Medievalist - CAMPUS INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2017, and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * any news there? --> Skype interview stage posted in header...
 * any news on campus visits post skype? (1/6 no news here post Skype)
 * I heard from an acquaintance of an acquaintance they are onto campus visits (1/24)


 * Does anyone know if an they've made an offer?

University of Alabama (AL) - TT Assistant Professor of French - 20th- and 21st-C. Literature - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline:Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2017. Apply at: https://facultyjobs.ua.edu/postings/41835

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview requested (11/30) +1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * During the Skype interview they said that campus interview invitations for Jan./Feb. would be made by Christmas.
 * ^ I was told the same thing...should we assume that the people they selected for campus interview do not use the wiki?
 * Yes, I think it is safe to assume that they have moved forward with the campus visit stage. (1/17).

===University of Arizona (AZ) - TT Assistant Professor of Contemporary French Studies - OFFER ACCEPTED=== Deadline: Review of applications will begin on October 31, 2017. Online App. Form: https://uacareers.com/postings/19943

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): request for MLA or skype interview (email 12/19)+1

Rejection post-MLA: 1/22

Campus visit: campus visit scheduled

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Arizona (AZ) - TT Asst. Professor of French - Francophone Caribbean Studies - OFFER ACCEPTED=== Deadline: Review of applications will begin on October 31, 2017. Online App. Form: https://uacareers.com/postings/19941

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA/Skype interview requested on 12/15

Rejection post-MLA: 1/11

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Anyone heard from them yet? Was the deadline early enough that we should be giving up at this point?
 * CAMPUS VISIT posted in header ~2/16

===University of Arizona (AZ) - TT Asst. Professor - Intercultural Competence (2 Positions, incl. French) - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE=== Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 20, 2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Request for Skype in early Jan via email [12/21]

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:
 * CAMPUS VISIT posted in header ~2/16

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at Interdisciplinary Humanities and Liberal Arts 2017-2018, Spanish and Portuguese 2017-2018 and Ethnic Studies 2017-2018

University of British Columbia (CAN) - TT Asst. Professor of French, Medieval Studies - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: Applications are to be submitted by November 30, 2017 through the UBC Faculty careers website (http://www.facultycareers.ubc.ca/28002).

Request for more materials:

Rejection: "it appears unlikely that you would be invited to interview for the position." 2/2 Is this how Canadians reject people?

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: [see NOTES]

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * 12/13 Committee is meeting Friday 12/15
 * Campus Visits Scheduled [posted ~2/10]

University of Central Florida (FL) - TT Assistant Professor in French (Linguistics / 2nd Lang. Acquisition) - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately once the position is closed on January 18, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype/Virtual interviews conducted on 3/15.

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Central Oklahoma (OK) - TT Asst. Professor - French Language - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: Please complete the application at https://facultycareers-uco.icims.com/jobs/search?hashed=-435622368 by November 24, 2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview requested (12/4) +1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * (1/24) Anyone know if they have sent out campus interview invites?
 * (1/24) Yes, I know of someone who has been scheduled for a campus visit.
 * Thanks.

===University of Colorado Boulder (CO) - TT Asst. Professor - Medieval and/or Early Modern Studies (French and Italian) - ADDITIONAL MATERIALS REQUESTED=== Deadline: Review of applications will begin on Monday, November 20, 2017; applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Request for more materials: 12/7 writing sample requested

Rejection: 12/20 x 2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * A reliable source says that near-native fluency in French is much more important than fluency in Italian.
 * Also posted at Italian 2017-2018
 * 12/13 Committee is meeting Friday 12/15

University of Delaware (DE) - TT Asst. Professor of French - 19th c. - CAMPUS INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Review of materials will begin on November 1st, and will continue until the position is filled. Apply at: https://apply.interfolio.com/45635

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype (requested 11/14) +1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: email to schedule a campus visit received 12/12 x1

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news since campus visit?

University of Louisiana at Lafayette (LA) - TT Assistant/Associate Professor of Francophone Studies (Francophone N. America outside of Quebec, spec. Louisiana)
Deadline:

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of North Texas (TX) - TT Asst. Professor - French - OFFER MADE
Deadline: Review of Applications Begins: 10-17-2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: Rejection post campus visit, late Feb

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype, requested 11/1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Campus visit invitation extended Nov 22 via email for January

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Looking for a specialization in Applied Linguistics. It seemed pretty clear to me in the listing that they only wanted linguists in this position; what do you think?

University of Rhode Island: TT Asst Professor - SLA/Proficiency (Many languages)
Deadline: Full consideration Nov 15, second consideration Nov 30. ]

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Listed all over the place here due to multiple languages

Villanova University (PA) - TT Asst. Professor - French and Francophone Studies - OFFER MADE
Deadline: Review of application begins on October 17, 2017 and continues until the position is filled. Apply at: https://jobs.villanova.edu/postings/12275

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 3/15

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype (requested 10/23)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: heard today that a friend of a friend has a campus visit

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * In job listing: "Candidates may specialize in any area of modern French and Francophone studies. Cross-disciplinary interests in fields such as theater and performance studies, the visual arts, 19th and early 20th century studies, Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa and Francophone North American studies are especially welcome."
 * any news on this, since that Skype interview in October?
 * No news whatsoever. Does anybody out there know more?
 * surprising lack of info on this...anybody else suspecting inside candidate?
 * Pretty sure it's an inside hire. Spoke with someone who had some insight on their current faculty, and that's what they think.
 * The previous one was also an inside hire. That's quite disappointing.
 * Beyond disappointing, I think that if this is indeed an inside hire, the fact that they asked for so many materials (especially a "statement of contribution to mission," which can only be written as a document unique to an individual institution) is downright disrespectful to all of us who put in so much time and effort to apply.

Winona State University (MN) - TT Assistant Professor of French Language and Culture - CANCELLED
Deadline: For a complete job description and information on applying for this position, please go to http://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/winona. Review of applications begins 11/13/2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Anyone gotten an interview request yet?
 * (12/26) I haven't heard anything. Anyone else?
 * Search canceled: email 1/23x2

Yale University (CT) - Open Rank - 16th-17th c. French Lit - MLA INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: The application should be submitted online at http://apply.interfolio.com/43214. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:30/11

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA [12/1]

Rejection post-MLA: rejection via email (1/19)

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Yonsei University (South Korea) - TT Asst. Professor - pre-1800 European Literature
Deadline: Interested applicants should submit a short letter of application, dissertation abstract, and C.V. at at http://uic.yonsei.ac.kr/professorship/application.asp before February 19, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: via email

Preliminary interview (Skype):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at Comparative 2018, Medieval 2018, Italian 2017-2018 and Renaissance 2018

Alfred University (NY) - Visiting French Instructor
Deadline: Deadline for applications is March 15th.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: via email

Preliminary interview:

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Amherst College (MA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on January 16, 2018, and continue until position is filled. Candidates should submit electronically to https://apply.interfolio.com/47967

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): send an email 1/30 to schedule interview in Feb

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: email (2/14)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Auburn University (AL) - Visiting Asst. Professor of French
Deadline:Review of applications will begin March 5, 2018 and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES

Ball State University (IN) - Lecturer in French (begin Aug. 2018)
Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and will be accepted through January 1, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Beloit College (WI) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Language and Cultures, pre-20th century (one-year position renewable)=== Deadline: March 19, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Coastal Carolina University (SC) - Lecturer of French - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: open until filled (posted in MLA JIL 12/15/17)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):  Skype interview scheduled (2/25)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Colby College (ME) - Faculty Fellow in French Studies - 20-21 c. (1 yr. appt.) - OFFER MADE
Deadline: Apply at http://apply.interfolio.com/45467. Review of applications will begin on November 27, 2017, and will continue until the position is filled. Interviews will be conducted at the MLA in January 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: email (12/19)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA Interview request (12/12) +1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Colby College (ME) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French (3 yr. appt.) - CAMPUS INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Apply at http://apply.interfolio.com/45465. Review of applications will begin on November 27, 2017, and will continue until the position is filled. Interviews will be conducted at the MLA in January 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 12/19 x2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (email 12/11) +1 (email received 12/12)

Rejection post-MLA: 1/13

Campus visit: email 1/13

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * -the email does not indicate whether the interview is for the VAP or Faculty Fellow position
 * I received a request for an interview with Colby, I had to email back and ask which position I was being interviewed for. If you received it on 12/12 it's most likely for the Faculty Fellow position.

College of Charleston (SC) - Visiting Assistant Professor in French/Linguistics - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Review of applications will begin December 8, 2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype scheduled for Feb. 1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

College of Staten Island, CUNY (NY) - Lecturer in French
Deadline:

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Colorado College (CO) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline:

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Denison University (OH) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: For full consideration, candidates should visit https://employment.denison.edu to view full job ad and submit required materials by March 1st, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): skype 3/17

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Duke University (NC) - Instructor of French and Italian
Deadline: Applications received by March 30, 2018 will be guaranteed consideration.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Eckerd College (FL) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: For fullest consideration, materials should be submitted by February 1, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype 3/2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Florida Atlantic University (FL) - Instructor of French and Spanish (renewable)
Deadline: Not stated (posted in MLA JIL 9/29/17). All applicants must apply electronically to the currently posted position (#01004389) on the Office of Human Resources' job website (https://jobs.fau.edu)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at Spanish and Portuguese 2017-2018

Franklin & Marshall College (PA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French (2 Positions) - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: For full consideration complete applications should be received by February 20, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview request (March 7)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES

George Washington University (DC) - Teaching Instructor of French - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 3, 2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview (11/15) + 1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Georgia Tech (GA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Review of applications should begin on March 30, 2018 and continue until the position is filled. Interviews will be conducted virtually in mid-April.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Deadline: Review of applications will begin March 15, 2018 and will continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Indiana University (IN) - Visiting Lecturer in French
Deadline: March 18.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Kalamazoo College (MI) - 2 year Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE=== Deadline: Completed applications received by February 17, 2018 will receive full consideration

Request for more materials: 3/6

Rejection: 3/5

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype 3/6

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Kansas State University (KS) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Review of applications will begin April 6, 2018 and will continue until position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Loyola Marymount University (CA) - Instructor of French - ADDITIONAL MATERIALS REQUESTED
Deadline: Review of applicants will begin immediately, with a final application deadline of February 23, 2018.

Request for more materials: 1 (2/28) +1

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Reed College (OR) - Two-Year Visiting Position in French Literature and Language - POSITION FILLED
Deadline: Please send letter, CV, and letters of recommendation via http://apply.interfolio.com/45810 to Hugh Hochman, Chair, French search by November 17, 2017.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 2/13 x2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA Interview (request on 12/5) + 1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Anyone hear from them yet?
 * Rejection finally (2/13). Congrats to the candidate who accepted the job offer.

Rollins College (FL) - Lecturer, French (1 yr.) - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: Not stated. Apply link: http://jobs.rollins.edu/cw/en-us/job/492636/lecturer-french

Request for more materials:

Rejection: rejection and I'm pretty sure an offer has been accepted

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview requested (12/4)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: invitation for campus visit

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Saint Anselm College (NH) - Asst. Professor of French (1-3 yr. term)=== Deadline: Applications should be received by November 8, 2017 for full consideration

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Any news?

Southern Methodist University (TX) - Lecturer in French
Deadline: To ensure full consideration for the position, applications must be received by March 1, 2018, but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Truman State University (MO) - Assistant Professor in French (renewable up to 3 yrs.) - OFFER ACCEPTED
Deadline: Review begins Nov. 20.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 12/13 (Skype)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Campus visit stage (initially planned February 5)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

I don't think I have ever heard of anything like this: I was invited by the chair of the committee then basically disinvited by someone from HR. It was a surreal conversation, where I was asked invasive details about my permanent residence status, borderline illegal stuff, certainly very insulting (it's also apprently never occurred to this person that insisting on foreign multiple times in a conversation was the not the nicest way to say thing). The person seemed to literally not know a single thing about visa processing, although she claimed to handle them, had not idea what any of the legal permanent residence terms I was using meant, and seemed to be of the strong opinion that it was somehow all my fault. She called three times, every time saying she was in a conversation with the chair of the department, the provost, the dean of the faculty about this--it seemed she was arguing the loosing side, and was upset about it, but instead of solving that beforehand with all these people, she took it upon herself to just call me and harass me, asking to talk to my immigration attorney, and making it sound like I was most unhelpful when I started gettig mad at how upsetting this whole process was.

That was last Wednesday, we are now 7 days away from my supposed campus visit, and I still don't have any news. I think I can safely assume they have ghosted out of this, and I shall never hear back from them.

I have never seen anything like this--I was honestly shocked. I want to underline here that the department seem to have had nothing to do with this, and the people involved in the interview process were all extremely professional and nice.
 * Just wanted to say, so sorry this happened to you. It sounds really awful, considering how the whole job application process is already very demanding and stressful.
 * Thank you! It is super stressful already, so that makes it even all the more puzzling.

This is harrasing, borderline illegal, and most definitely reflects an anti-foreign discourse which is so prelevant in today's America (including academia). You should complain about this and maybe contact a few sites: Chronicle of Higher Education, MLA, and social media. On FB there is a group called "Decent Academic Manners" where you can post your testimonial. I am sure there are ways and means to keep your anonimity (if this makes you confortable) but don't let this pass. I wish search committees were more aware of how difficult it is for international students to maintain visa status. But what do they care? They can't even be bothered to send a letter of rejection after candidates spend 1000 + dollar to go to MLA. Don't feel bad for this! You wouldn't want to work in such an unfriendly place.


 * Actually the same thing happened to me, albeit in a less traumatic way. The Skype interview went well, they called my recommenders (so I figured I was short-listed), and they sent me an email asking me about my current visa status. They wanted to know, among other things, if I would need sponsorship to work for them. I answered (yes) and never heard back from them. That was 5 days ago.
 * They mention you need a work permit in the ad. I don't apply to these positions anymore. I got an email from University of Chicago Illinois 2-3 years ago about that same problem. I also got another email 2 years from Georgia Southern University that asked me about my visa status. Move on. Don't apply.
 * As an answer to the above, the OP mentionned their permanent residence status, which I am assuming means they either have it, or are in the process of getting it soon enough that it would not matter for the university, i.e. they would not have to sponsor the OP. In any events, I agree with the OP that the HR people should have informed the department before taking upon themselves to call the OP three times. And, quite frankly, a lot of these positions do say this, but a couple of years ago, you could still get a visa if you were an exceptional candidate. There *are* allowances they'll make for visa processing--my wife got a job that outright stated no visa sponsorship, and the institution did sponsor her, and even paid for the most expensive visa in her category. And, even without this question, however you cut it, why didn't HR inform the department it was not okay? Why was an offer of campus visit made? That's just plain silly, and a waste of everyone's time.
 * I don't remember seeing this in the ad, but in any events, if it was the case, why did HR call? Why simply not talk to the candidate?

University of California San Diego (CA) - Academic Coordinator, French - Linguistics (2 yr. appt. - renewable) - SKYPE INTERVIEW STAGE
Deadline: For more information about the position, including required qualifications and application materials, go to http://apptrkr.com/1123683. Review of applications will begin January 5, 2018; the posting will continue until position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 12/13 (Skype)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news on this position? Did anyone get a visit or an offer after the December Skype interviews?

University of Chicago (IL) - Instructor of Francophone African Literature & Culture (2 yr. appt.) - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
Deadline: Applications must be submitted through the University of Chicago's Academic Career Opportunities website, http://tinyurl.com/UofCfrancophone, by December 15, 2017. (extended from original deadline of October 15).

Request for more materials: 1

Rejection: 1/22

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview requested on 1/5

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Campus visit for mid-Feb requested on 1/18

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (MD) - Visiting Lecturer in French Sociolinguistics and/or History of the French Language (1 yr. appt, non renewable)
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on April 9, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Missouri-St Louis (MO) - Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor - Applied Language and/or Translation Studies and French (begin Jan. 2018)
Deadline: open until filled (posted in 10/6/17 MLA JIL)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Notre Dame (IN) - Visiting Asst. Professor of French (Medieval)
Deadline: Please submit a letter of application, CV, representative publication or writing sample (approximately 20 pages), teaching dossier and/or teaching evaluations, and three letters of recommendation by October 20, 2017 to the following link: https://apply.interfolio.com/44435

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of the Pacific (CA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Consideration of applications will close no later than March 15, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Weber State University (UT) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Screening of applicants will begin January 8, 2018.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Word on the Street
HIve mind feed-back requested: I went to few campus visits (fresh PhD, two forthcoming peer-reviewed articles in flagship journals in the field). In most cases the jobs went to people who were already in tenure-track at another institution and simply looking to move and/or got denied tenure. Also heard from colleagues about the same phenomenon. Is this the new normal?

Anybody know anything about the search at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario? http://www.queensu.ca/french/news/job-postings
 * NOTE: Added to list above (1/27)

Did anyone hear back from Francis Marion University after skype interviews? Thank you.

Has anybody heard of Centre College yet? Thanks!
 * I'm waiting to hear from Centre as well. I noticed they have more than a few language faculty members with PhDs from Chapel Hill. Of course, that doesn't mean they will keep hiring from Chapel Hill, but it makes me wonder.
 * Thank you for letting me know! :)

Anyone heard anything from Charleston or know of someone who has?

SUNY Purchase Francophone position -- anyone get an invite or hear anything? - CAMPUS VISIT STAGE
 * No, but I do know they offered to reschedule interviews for people who didn't make it to MLA. Those would have been early this week, so maybe they need a couple more days...
 * Still no word - but they must have their candidates by now (1/17)
 * Still no word from Purchase? I was asked for additional material right after the MLA interview, but I haven't heard back since then. Anyone else had the same experience?

Has anyone heard from Bucknell or Davidson, or know someone who has?
 * The post-MLA waiting stage is rough. I don't know anything about either of those. I haven't heard anything yet from the schools I interviewed with at the MLA either (1/12).

So if you're still waiting on MLA follow-up is it time to give up hope, or...what? Asking for a friend. (1/18)
 * I'd say your friend is probably not a top candidate, but s/he has to remember that their top candidates don't always work out. They sometimes have to go back to their longlisted candidates. If s/he hasn't received a rejection, there is still a chance.
 * Ah yes, good point, I will relay this to my friend.

Interfolio-users, I saw this written next to a delivery sent using Interfolio:  "X - DO NOT USE: Department of French (DO NOT USE)". Does this mean that my delivery was not sent, or did the school reject the delivery? -Big general question: is it reasonable for a person holidng a PhD in another romance language and a MA in French to apply to positions in French? at what level? any help here? thank you very much!
 * I haven't encountered that before. In any case, I would suggest contacting Interfolio customer service (help@interfolio.com). I had to get in touch with them about another issue, and they were very helpful and fairly prompt (response w/in 24hrs).
 * I guess if the position asks for a double speciality you could try your luck. They were some job offers that specifically encourage applicants who mastered another language to apply (Italian, Spanish, etc.). It is also all worth a try to directly ask your question to the search comittee by email. They are normally prompt to answer (at least in my experience). -Thank you for taking the time to answer! I'll do what you suggest.