African American

Last Updated: Dec. 17, 10:50 am EST

Boston College (2 positions)  Deadline: Nov. 1 application ack. 11/20 Dossier request: 11/14 Brooklyn College (Transatlantic/Caribbean)  Deadline: Nov. 1 Application ack. 11/1 paper rejection letter 12/05 UC - Berkeley  required a ridiculous packet (2 copies of sample, 2 copies of c.v., letter, 2 postcards) Don't they have a photocopier??? Deadline: postmarked by Oct. 26 Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo  Deadline: 11/13 Cal-State San Bernardino  Deadline: Nov. 1 Addl. Materials Request (via snail mail): rec'd. Nov. 3 MLA interview request: 12/6 (2) Carnegie Mellon  Deadline: Nov. 15 Writing sample request (by email): Nov 19 (4) Chapman University  Deadline: TBA Writing sample and dossier request: 11/16 MLA interview request: 12/3 Snail Mail Rejection: 12/14 (My cat dropped the rejection letter in his water bowl.) Coe C  Deadline: Nov. 9 MLA interview request: 12/11 (2) Rejection via e-mail: 12/14 U Connecticut  Deadline: Nov. 10 Application Acknowledged: Nov. 5 Cornell  Review begins: Oct 15; Deadline: Nov. 1 Denison University  Deadline: Nov. 12 Writing sample and dossier request: Nov. 17 (2) [FYI: Anglophone/Poco site reports MLA interview scheduled 12/10.] MLA interview scheduled: 12/10 Grinnell College (IA)  Deadline: November 1 Writing Sample & evals request: Nov. 14 (4) U Illinois - Chicago  Deadline: Nov. 15 Ithaca College (NY)  No deadline posted. Interview Scheduled: Dec 11 (2) Soundly rejected by snail mail: 12/13 Johns Hopkins U.  Deadline: Nov. 1 (Isn't Nov. 1 for the American lit. (open rank) position? I think the Af Am deadline is Nov. 20.) Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 21 Writing Sample Request: 12/3 U Kentucky  Deadline: early Nov. (3rd?) Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 14 Writing Sample Request: Nov. 13 (2) MLA interview: 12/7 Loyola College in Maryland  Deadline: Oct 22 Dossier request: Oct. 29 (2) Q: Any updates on this job? It's been a while. MLA interview scheduled 12/17 U Maryland  Deadline: early Nov. Writing Sample & Dossier Request: Nov. 18 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Dec. 1 Rejection Letter: 12/12 (4) MLA interview scheduled 12/8 U Massachusetts-Amherst  Deadline: Dec 7 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Dec. 1 MLA interview scheduled: 12/13 (2) U. Missouri Columbia  Deadline: Nov. 23 Ack. letter rec'd 11/19 Dossier/writing sample request: 11/27 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 30 MLA interview scheduled by phone: 12/10 Mt. Holyoke  Deadline: Nov. 16 Affirmative Action Form Completed: Dec 14 U New Mexico  Deadline: Nov. 19 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 21 MLA interview scheduled: 11/30 U of New Orleans  Deadline: Nov. 2 "Seeking an Americanist in modern and/or contemporary literary and cultural studies w/specialization in one or more of the following areas: African-American literature, New Orleans or Louisiana lit., or lit. of the Americas" Dossier request: 11/7 MLA interview: 12/2 (2) Northeastern  Deadline: Nov. 10 dossier and writing sample requested 11/14; 11/20; 11/20; 11/20, 12/3 MLA interview scheduled by phone: 12/12 Northern Michigan University  Review begins: November 19 Ack. app., AA form: Nov. 09 Dossier request: Oct 29 NYU-comparative African American and Anglophone Caribbean literature  Deadline: Dec. 1 Writing sample request by phone: 12/8 U. Penn  Deadline: early Nov. writing sample request Nov. 15; Nov. 16 (2) Application Acknowledged, On-line Profile Completed: Dec. 1 Rice University  Deadline: Oct. 15 Writing Sample Request (by email): Nov. 12 Nov. 20 MLA interview: 12/3 Rejection sent: 12/10 Rhodes College  Deadline: early Nov. (5th?) (Nov. 1st, I think.) Writing Sample Request: Nov. 20 (4) [FYI: A colleague rec'd. an MLA interview request on 12/7.] Rutgers  Deadline: Nov. 25 Rutgers-Camden campus (American literature with "special emphasis on Af-Am")  Deadline: Nov. 15 Dossier, Transcript, Writing Sample Request: 12/4 (3) Sarah Lawrence College  Deadline: Dec. 1 U. of South Alabama  Deadline: 11/16 MLA interview scheduled: 12/2 U. South Carolina (4 positions)  Deadline: Oct. 31 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 3 MLA interview scheduled by phone: 12/11 University of Southern California  Deadline: Nov. 1 Univ. of South Florida  Deadline: applications accepted until position filled Application acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form completed: Nov. 12 Dec. 17: Received e-mail that "search has not been funded. We will keep the applications and revive the search should funding be granted later. If you wish to withdraw your application, please let us know." (2) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville  Deadline: Nov. 12 Writing sample & transcripts request: Nov. 14 MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 3 Southwestern University (TX)  Deadline: November 1 Writing sample request: Nov. 15 (2) MLA interview scheduled: Nov. 29 (4) Stanford  "Assistant Professor of Literatures of the African Diaspora" Deadline: Oct. 19 U Tennessee - Knoxville  Deadline: Nov. 1 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Nov. 7 Writing Sample, Dossier, & Transcript Request: Nov. 20 Tennessee State University  Deadline: Dec. 7 Now posted at generalist_and_open Texas A&M  Deadline: Nov. 5 campus visit Nov. 30 MLA interview request 12/10 U Toledo  MLA interview scheduled 12/7 Towson University (MD)  Deadline: November 15 Ack. app, AA form: Nov 7 Writing sample, dossier, & teaching materials request: Nov. 24 Wake Forest University (NC)  Deadline: Oct 31 Application Acknowledged, Affirmative Action Form Completed: Oct. 22 Request for more materials: Nov. 2 (2) Q: I noticed that this job was listed last year as well. Anyone know what happened? They hired one person but were unable to agree on a second hire (department votes). Ah. Thanks for responding. MLA interview scheduled. Dec 5 (2) Wellesley  Deadline: Dec 1 Williams College  Deadline: Nov. 15 Affirmative Action Form: Dec. 3 Rejection via e-mail: Dec. 14 (2) Q: If rejections have been received, has anyone out there been invited to interview? MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 14 Virginia Wesleyan College  Review begins: November 15 MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 6 College of Wooster (OH)  Deadline: November 11 Writing Sample Request: Nov. 16 (2) MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 3 Xavier U. of Louisiana  Deadline: Nov. 12