Spanish 2010-2011

Position
ABD, not defending soon:2

ABD, defense date set: 11

ABD, no defense, almost finished: 11

PhD in hand: 15

Visiting Assistant Professor/Adjunct: 19

Assistant Professor: 12

Lecturer: 3

Member of a Search Committee: 3

Just browsing:

Field
Consider yourself a Generalist: 5

(Schools with which interviews have been scheduled as well as means - MLA or phone. Remember to mention the DATES. Put the most recent at the top.)
Definitely not the Medieval one: they canceled the search. A: Latino Lit.
 * Oberlin: MLA Interview (24 Nov) confirmed x3. Email contact.
 * Gettysburg College: MLA Interview (23 Nov) [which position? They had 3 different ads]
 * University of North Florida: Phone Interview (23 Nov)
 * 'Carnegie Mellon University': MLA interview (23 Nov) x2. (Is this for Golden Age?) [The ad just said peninsular, I think--not necessarily Golden Age.]
 * 'IUPUI' (Spanish Linguistics): Phone interview (22 Nov).
 * Bentley University: MLA interview (17 Nov) x3
 * California Lutheran (Senior position) (DATE?)
 * 'California Lutheran (Asst prof) '[does this mean someone got an interview here?] Given that the deadline isn't for over another week, I cannot imagine that CLU already scheduled interviews. Most likely, whomever posted this is either confused or a desperate jerk hoping others won't apply.''
 * Sonoma State '[does this mean someone got an interview here?] See above.
 * Tulane U: Phone interview: (12 Nov.)
 * UNC-Pembroke: Phone interview (date??)
 * Manhattan College: Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics: MLA interview: (date???)
 * Liverpool: Invitations to campus (Nov 25-26) and rejections sent by email on 11/11 (The rejections were sent via email, but how did you find out about the campus interview? Thanks!) (rejections only sent to longlisted candidates?, Thanks!) [The longlisted candidates received details about the dates and brief details about the interview, my guess (and only a guess) is that if you did not receive news of being on the longlist, you should not expect to be contacted. They had over 200 applications.]
 * UNC-Chapel Hill: Videoconference: 1 [When was it scheduled? Thanks!] It was scheduled on 11/07 for 11/18 [Has anyone else heard from UNC? Thanks!] (The internal word is that a guy from Iowa (ABD) got a videoconference interview for this week (11/18). It would be interesting to know how many other applicants received any news from the search commitee) [Have they only interviewed 1 person, or is the Iowa guy #2?] (No clue whether the Iowa ABD was #1 or #10, but the word around was that his interview was scheduled for this week. No other rumor has been spread before, so this may mean something) [Got it. Thanks.] Just FYI, I got a rejection letter from them yesterday (11/23). They must have someone in mind because I had all three of the languages they mentioned in their posting and still didn't get an interview. I know my portfolio does not suck THAT bad.
 * No me cabe la menor duda que tienen a un candidato porque pensaba que mi perfil podría encajar en lo que buscaban (PhD en Lingüística Hispánica Teórica desde el 2009 y, además de investigación aceptable publica en varias revistas y colaboraciones, el plus de bilingüe gallego-portugués de nacimiento) y esta semana he recibido la carta de desestimación. Me río de toda la parafernalia que montan al abrir plazas de profesor en este país cuando al final el sistema es endogámico desde el comienzo. Una vez más intentan vender al público este tipo de proceso de selección para ocultar la falta de profesionalismo e integridad en el mismo. Estoy impaciente por ver el nombre del candidato en la lista de profesorado el año que viene y deseando que sea uno que no se haya doctorado de Iowa, porque, de ser así, tendrían razón los comentarios de arriba, así como otros que he escuchado recientemente por personal del departamento.
 * Vaya,me siento totalmente expresad@ en el comentario anterior: sí, creo que lo de la meritocracia funciona en época de bonanza, pero después solo se trata de tener al candidato que mejor convenga a sus intereses. Muchas veces ese candidato es un tapado, como dicen en México. Qué buena cosa. Por lo demás mi sensación es que no quieren nativohablantes del espanol u otras lenguas romances, somos mala competencia. A ver, por qué este wiki no es todo en espanol?
 * Whittier College [does this mean someone got an interview here?] 
 * Whittier College [does this mean someone got an interview here?] 

Jobs
*George Mason: Assistant Professor of Latin American Culture
 * UC Berkeley
 * Boston University (Spanish Linguistics)
 * Lehman College (Spanish Linguistics)
 * UNC Charlotte (Spanish Linguistics and Translation)
 * Davidson College
 * University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
 * California Lutheran (Senior position)
 * California Lutheran (Asst Prof)
 * Colgate University
 * Columbia University (Asst Prof of Latin American Cultural Studies - since 1800)
 * Columbia Univesity (Asst Prof of Contemporary Latin American Cultural Studies)
 * Dartmouth College
 * Georgia Institute of Technology
 * Oberlin College
 * Portland State University
 * Sonoma State University
 * University of New Hampshire
 * University of Richmond
 * Middlebury College (Spanish Linguistics)
 * Wesleyan University
 * Temple University
 * George Washington University ( Assistant-Golden Age)
 * University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)- Assistant, Golden Age
 * University of Connecticut (Storrs)
 * University of Massachussets (Amherst)
 * West Chester University
 * Wheaton College
 * McDaniel: Assistant Professor of Spanish
 * University of Liverpool (UK). 3 permanent lectureships (= tenure-track equivalent) in Peninsular / Transatlantic Hispanic Studies. Closing date: October 15th. Start date: January or September 2011. Link to Chronicle ad
 * Swarthmore: does anyone know what happened to this job? It's on the JIL but seems to have been removed from Swarthmore's website... Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish (2011-2014) [13314] The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Swarthmore College seeks applicants for a non-renewable three-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, beginning August 2011. Teaching load is 5 courses per year, 3 or 4 of them in Spanish language and 1 or 2 in literature/culture. Essential qualifications include: PhD in hand by August 2011; strong commitment to undergraduate education; native or near-native proficiency in Spanish and English; ability to teach language courses at all levels as well as an introductory course in Iberian literature/culture; experience in teaching North American college students, and a lively classroom presence. Salary and benefits are competitive. The deadline for application is November 30, 2010.
 * Grand View University (Iowa): The Department of Modern Languages in the Humanities Division invites applications for an eight-month, tenure track faculty position. Appointment date is August 22, 2011. Candidates must have a Doctorate in Spanish, or ABDs will be considered. Candidates need to be committed to innovation and excellence in teaching, and be able to integrate language, culture, literature and curriculum at all levels, and have interest in traveling with students abroad and within the United States. Grand View is a university environment that embraces traditional and non-traditional students. (http://www.grandview.edu/aspx/employment/employment.aspx?gvu=1&jid=4608).
 * Manhattan College: Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics
 * Valdosta SU: Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics
 * UNC-Chapel Hill: Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics
 * University of Oregon: Assistant Professor of Spanish Applied Linguistics (socio or SLA)
 * U of Wisconsin-Madison: Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics
 * U of Virginia: Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics
 * Otterbein U: Assistant Professor of Spanish Education
 * St. Olaf: Assistant Professor of Spanish (Peninsular Lit/Culture)
 * Whittier College
 * College of Charleston
 * West Chester U
 * Carnegie Mellon
 * Reed College

Word on the Street
I know that this is a tough time, but most of the committees for which people are soliciting information won't meet/won't decide things for a long time yet. '''Hang in there, dudes, it's a long season, but things don't really get rolling until December, usually, and the MLA is later now that it was. '''

(Does not it sound like an inside commentary rather than a "word on the street" one? )

'''Sounds like good old fashioned good advice. Emphasis on the good.'''

Recieved same email on 11/13.
 * Does anyone know if Columbia University (lecturer position) interviewed at ACTFL?
 * No response, no receipt, no feedback... nothing!
 * Any news or inside info on George Washington University ( Assistant-Golden Age)?
 * Any news on University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)- Assistant, Golden Age. XV)-XIX does not mean Golden Age, actually means more contemporary than GA.
 * Any news on University of Connecticut (Storrs)??
 * Anything on University of Massachussets (Amherst), Medieval/Golden Age position??? Yes, I got a letter for the acknowledgment of receipt on 11/22. It said that they had all the documents of the application for the position in Colonial/19th century Latin America, and that they will contact the candidates to interview them in San Diego in December 2004. What???? Yes, nobody checked the letter they were using. It seems that they recycled one from another search. This shows a lot of incompetence. I know people in the department and this does not surprise me. I applied because I have family in the area but this institution is a complete mess. I would not be surprised if they cancel the position at the end (as they have been doing with others in the last years) because the university is completely broke and is suffering from serious budget cuts since 2003.
 * Any inside info on University of West Chester???? basically you do not want to accept an offer there. the PA State System of Higher Education is completely broken and they are firing either tenure-tracks and tenures...having said that, it implies that if there is a professor who is being fired from another spanish dept. of the 14th univ. of the system, they are forced by law to give him/her that position. sad, but so true. ---Still, a tenure-track with chance of firing would probably trump a series of visiting positions, ¿cierto? NOPE, and i know it for sure. you coul be hired, but once you accept they will tell you can loose your job at every moment, which has already happened to two people, one with tenure and another one in TT. --I'm failing to see how a job that might prove permanent is worse than the constant scrabble for new visiting positions, but that's me.-- I agree, I don't get why the possibility that something might happen should determine whether somebody accepts a job there, especially when no single tenure-track job anywhere is 100% safe these days... I don't see that much of a difference between this situation and what might happen anywhere else. I know somebody in the PASSHE system and they have told me that West Chester University is doing fine and they have not fired anybody, so...
 * Anyone knows about Wheaton College and their religious expectations on professors??? Increíble, insultante, medieval, etc. hay dónde quejarse? I really dont know but I was just wondering what this means " Wheaton College is an Evangelical Protestant Christian liberal arts college whose faculty affirm a Statement of Faith and the moral and lifestyle expectations of our Community Covenant ." I've heard stories (including a piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education): people have been fired for getting divorced and converting to Catholicism (from Chronicle story); I've also heard they have a saying: a praying knee and a dancing foot don't grow on the same leg. In other words, what the previous poster noted.they are a private institution and they have the right to do whatever they like. well of course they can. has that been called into question here? what they "like" does, however, happen to fall well outside of normative hiring practices and employment expectations. allow me to also politely point out that wiki users have the right to express dislike and fear of non-normative policies that are discriminatory, even if legally so. this is a blog about circulating information about jobs and institutions, with the ostensible end of helping people make personal career decisions. so i'm not sure how invoking the privateness of the institution is productive. Touchy touchy! The Wiki gets more interesting as people get more moody on the job market :) To answer the OP's question, just Google "Wheaton Community Covenant" (or even easier, look at it here: http://www.wheaton.edu/welcome/aboutus_community.html). I'd say it's pretty clear. Among other things, it implies you do not belong there if you engage in "sexual immorality, such as the use of pornography (Matt. 5:27-28), pre-marital sex, adultery, homosexual behavior and all other sexual relations outside the bounds of marriage between a man and woman (Rom. 1:21-27; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gen. 2:24; Eph. 5:31)." Don't even think about "drunkenness, orgies, and the like", and remember, "On-campus dances will take place only with official College sponsorship." Sounds like a hoot and a holler! ciertamente, tuve enormes ganas de mandarles pedir mis 12 dólares de vuelta, que fue lo que me costó el envío de documentos, y sugerirles que la siguiente vez pongan todas estas "condiciones" en su job posting bien clarito, digo, para evitar que la gente gaste creyendo que los derechos civiles existen y etc etc. Te entiendo...pero sí estuvieron bastante claras sus expectativas (fíjate en la cita subrayada de arriba, que te pide una declaración de fe y menciona el pacto comunitario). Antes de mandar solicitudes y materiales, no sería mala idea saber a dónde los estás mandando. Si te preguntabas, mirar el sitio de la universidad una sola vez habría sido suficiente. Pero igual, me gusta la voluntad de pedirles los 12 dólares :)
 * Any news from Manhattan C?
 * Received an email inviting for an interview for the MLA convention (Nov. 11).
 * Does anyone know if McDaniel plans to schedule MLA or phone interviews?
 * Has anyone heard from West Virginia U?
 * (Secondhand) - requested teaching evaluations November 10th, said application was incomplete without them. This was for the Hispanic Linguistics position.
 * I wonder when/where teaching evaluations had been requested, since it hadn't been announced in the MLA.
 * There are two positions: Tenure-track in Hispanic Linguistics, no teaching evaluations required. Teaching position in Lat Am: Teaching evaluations required.
 * Anybody heard from U. of Liverpool? The closing date was October 15 and they should be now inviting for interviews.
 * They sent emails to the "longlisted" candidates on Nov. 1, saying that they would be meeting on Nov. 4th to decide on the invitations to campus, candidates would be notified shortly thereafter.
 * Word is that next week they will be notifying the candidates who will be invited for a campus interview.
 * Any news (rejections? phone interviews? other?) from John Hopkins U (Lecturer position)?
 * Any news from SU of New York, C at Oneonta (Position in Spanish Linguistics)?
 * Any news from SU of New York, Purchase C?
 * Any news from U of Texas, El Paso?
 * Any news from Columbia C (Position in Spanish Linguistics)?
 * Any news from Carnegie Mellon?
 * Any news from Valdosta U? (Position in Spanish Linguistics)
 * Any news from Aquinas C? (Position in Spanish Linguistics)
 * Any news from Bentley U?
 * MLA interviews scheduled 11/17
 * Any news from Penn State (Spanish Basic Language Program Director)? They have a strong inside candidate.
 * Any news from U of Chicago (Golden Age position)?
 * Not yet. It might be too early though. they have someone in mind (inside info): very advanced assist (5th year)/early assoc. with a book on renaissance/baroque poetry...
 * Any news from Duquesne U (Spanish Applied Linguistics)?
 * Any news from IUPUI (Position in Spanish Linguistics)?
 * Any news from the C of the Holy Cross (Position in 19th-21st century Latin American poetry)?
 * Any news from George Mason (Assistant Professor of Latin American Culture)? Word is that they have emailed their "first round" picks and requested letters of reference. ....Were letters of reference not part of the original application? ; Do you know when they sent the letter request? A: Email sent 11/13. It said the search committee "has finished its review of almost 200 applications" and requested letters to be emailed (the original application just asked for a list of references).
 * Universite de Montreal: Contemporary Latin American Lit. - An insider's job? yes, and i know the candidate. besides, in canada they can play with the "canadian" card, which means if you are not canandian mos likely you are not gonna be considered. I've seen several ads from them over the years and this is the first that wasn't written in French (nor does the ad mention that it is a Francophone university).' En cualquier caso, se espera que el/la candidato/a sea canadiense y capaz de impartir cursos en español y en francés. All universities have their own expectations, but it seems to me that if this is, in fact, the U of Montreal's policy, then it would limit the talent pool they pull from drastically, possibly to the same extent as Wheaton (see conversation above). >>Would you criticize a university in Barcelona for expecting Catalan proficiency or a university in the States for expecting English proficiency? They speak French in Montreal. Hence, the expectation that the faculty speak French''. No, colega, el problema no es el idioma, sino la preferencia que dan a postulantes con habilitación legal como residentes o a ciudadanos canadienses.
 * Any news about St. Olaf?


 * Any news from UC Berkeley?
 * Any news about The University of Alabama? I am trying to apply on their web page but I cannot find the Spanish position they are offering. I found German one instead of Spanish.
 * The MLC webpage is totally obsolete (first hand knowledge). You need to go to www.as.ua.edu, and from there to faculty jobs, and you will find it there: https://facultyjobs.ua.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1290444370075
 * Transylvania U?
 * Centre College?
 * College of Charleston (Golden Age). Interview scheduled. NOT TRUE, STILL REVIEWING APPLICATIONS (Again: Does not it sound like an inside commentary rather than a "word on the street" one? ) It is true because they also called me for an interview on 11/23.
 * College of Charleston (Linguistics)?
 * Rhodes College? (Golden Age/Medieval)