Anglophone 2010

Anglophone and World Literature/Postcolonial
STATS:
 * PhD: 10
 * ABD: 10
 * Post Doc: 2
 * First time on market: 5
 * Three or more years on market: 2
 * Unemployed, looking for job:
 * Have short-term gig, looking for TT: 6
 * Have TT position, looking for new one: 5
 * Tenured but hankering after greener pastures: 2 (1 at a cc)

Notes and Gossip sections added at bottom.

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American University of Beirut (11/30 ) 
 * email ack (11/30) x1 (12/1) X3 (12/16) x1 (12/29)
 * request for phone interview (12/30)

Ball State University (11/15) 
 * email ack (11/11)
 * email request for writing sample, teaching philosophy, letters (11/20 x 2)
 * Anything since? Anyone???
 * MLA interview arranged by phone (12/13 x2)
 * I really hope they're not done!

Columbia College (11/1)
 * Has anybody heard from them? They advertised last year and canceled the search. I wonder what is happening this year?
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/08)(12/9) x2

Dickinson College (11/6)
 * Has anybody heard from them? Are they listed in another area (their ad was for "contemporary literature")
 * I just found them listed under "modern and contemporary British" but no follow-up there either. In their ad they asked for "any specialization in contemporary literatures in English" which also means they will have a deluge of apps, I presume.
 * They're also listed under 20-21st century American, and 5 people received requests on 11/12. Looks like they want an Americanist.
 * Ahhh...

Duquesne University (10/15) 
 * email request for writing sample & refs. (11/4)
 * MLA interview scheduled (12/2) (via what medium?) -- sorry, by phone
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/4 via telephone.
 * Rejection by mail (received 12/26) (2)

Eastern Illinois University (11/6/) [interested in anglophone & 20th/21st cent. British lit]
 * email ack. (10/28)
 * Anybody heard anything here?..nothing so far... (They're slow on the fiction search, too.)
 * somebody on the modern brit lit page says MLA interviews scheduled via phone (12/17) sighs...

Evergreen State (11/2) link


 * email ack. and online EEO (10/28)
 * email ack (10/29) and acks continue
 * rejection by mail (12/5, 12/7x3, 12/8 x2, 12/9, 12/10) [was a relatively friendly rejection letter, at least]
 * Anyone heard anything since 12/10? Rejection by mail, interview request by phone, but I've received neither. Nuts! (12/16)
 * Where do you see that someone has posted an interview request for this position? (12/16)
 * Nowhere - the email ack said interview requests would come by phone. (12/16)
 * Thanks, last poster, for taking the time to clarify. (12/16)
 * Email request for phone interview (12/18). I know of someone else who received same a couple of weeks ago. Since rejections are also coming in bits and pieces, it would seem that they are making decisions on a rolling basis. Phone interview was scheduled for the second week of January. Best wishes, everyone. QUESTION: When did you submit application? Thanks!   Answer:  Someone posted, then deleted "October 30."
 * Any rejections since 12/10? Anyone else still no rejection, no phone interview scheduled?
 * In the same boat. Assuming (correctly? wrongly?) that we'll get rejection letters after an interviewed candidate is selected. (1/4)
 * [It's so quiet that I hear nothing but] crickets... (1/4)
 * Huh? (1/4)
 * Hi same boat. I am "any rejections since 12/10," not crickets. I think crickets is a third person in our boat, who is expressing frustration, as in "Jiminy Crickets."
 * Oh - like when I said "Nuts!" above. How do you assess our situation, Any Rejections Since 12/10? (1/4)
 * Your scenario is one possibility. Another, though unlikely one, is that they haven't gotten to us yet (they were missing one of my references and contacted me a couple of weeks after the deadline about this). A third is that, since this process is filtered through HR and winter break has been going on, no one has let us know we are cut yet (I'm assuming emails for interviews come from someone on the committee, but I am not going to assume the same about rejections, which seem to be sent via snail mail). I suppose also rejection letters could have been lost. So, frankly, no idea. And people don't seem to be posting much about Evergreen. I suspect there have been rejections since 12/10/9 and also more phone interviews than the two reported. Oh, well, some Wiki is better than no Wiki...maybe?! Good luck. It's a good fit for me, and I imagine for you, too.
 * A very good fit for me. So why in heavens aren't they interviewing us?? (1/4)

Flagler College (11/13)


 * Letter saying positions canceled 12/19

Florida Gulf Coast University (Modern European) (1/01/10)

Georgia Gwinnett College

Harvard University (Transnational Anglophone) (10/26) link
 * additional materials requested Thursday, Nove 27th x2
 * interview requested by email 12/14
 * rejection received by email (12/19)
 * Q: Any campus visits scheduled? (1/4)

Hunter College (11/7)
 * email ack w/AA survey (11/03)(11/10)
 * info strongly suggests phone calls re: MLA intvws on 12/15 and 12/16
 * (What kind of info suggests this?)
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/16)

Keene State College (11/15)
 * mail ack 11/ 16, 11/30
 * rejection via mail (12/7 x4)
 * How many have not had a rejection letter but also have heard nothing else? Thanks. (x4)
 * MLA interview scheduled via email (12/9) x 2
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/9)
 * no letter nor email for me... (x3)
 * I am also in that boat. Sounds like it's intentional. A short list and a longer short list just in case?
 * I was one of those three and just got a mail rejection postmarked 12/11. (12/14)

Kutztown (11/13) link
 * mail ack and EOE sheet 11/17
 * MLA interview scheduled via email (11/24)

Lewis University (11/2) link (Note: requires Postcolonial and 19th Century American) Mesa State College
 * Request for dossier materials
 * MLA

Phone interview scheduled (Dec. 15) x2

Middle Tennessee State University (10/26)
 * Email ack (10/27), (11/5)
 * Email rejection from HR: 'you are no longer under consideration' (12/21) (x2)

New Jersey City University (12/15) (World Lit.)


 * Didn't someone previously say they'd had an MLA interview request?


 * A: yes you are right, I too remember seeing that someone was requested for MLA interview on 12/26.


 * That stinks! Note to everyone: please see "Notes" added below!
 * MLA interview request 12/27 for a 12/28 interview. Nice people. Said they'd be aggresively recruiting over the next few weeks.
 * Does this mean that they had MLA interviews, but will conduct more interviews after the convention?
 * I am not sure. I turned my app. in on the very last day it was due, so it's not like there are other apps. still coming in. I might have misunderstood (I was a bit dazed after an hour long interview) and what might have actually been said was that they were aggressively looking to fill the position and they'd be making decisions over the next few weeks. Sorry if I'm confusing anyone.

Portland State University (11/30)
 * MLA interview scheduled (12/09) (x4 via phone)
 * I did not get a phone call re: interviews, but just got an email saying that they were still in the process of determining who to invite to MLA. (12/15)
 * Me too and it came with an Affirmative Action form. (12/15) (x 6). Yes, me too, but I wonder if this is just a ruse to get everyone to fill out the AA form that someone forgot to send out earlier.  It's pretty clear that interviews have been scheduled already.
 * I know! That's what I was wondering. They may not realize we are already monitoring the progression here, and so send the email thinking we are in the dark about the schedule. But, on the other hand, there *could* be two rounds... I, for one, sent my app so that it arrive on the day.... But, as a realist, I assume they've already made their decisions, and the email is irrelevant and after-the-fact. (x3)
 * campus visit invitation via email (12/31) x2
 * willing to share your stats?

Roger Williams University (11/15)
 * email ack (11/10)
 * phone interview scheduled via email (12/7) x2
 * when is your interview for? just wondering... thanks :)

Rutgers University-South Asian Literature(s) (11/30)

Campus visit request via email (12/12)

Shenandoah University (open until filled) Link
 * email ack (11/5)
 * request for writing sample (12/15). Email stated that they had 100+ applications and that they'd not be in touch again until mid-January.

Skidmore College (10/15) [visiting position World Anglophone]
 * mail ack. with aff. action card (10/19), (10/24)
 * request for writing sample (10/20), (11/3) (x3)
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/9) x 3

St. Olaf College (11/1) link
 * email ack (10/15), (10/29)
 * Someone in Modern British said they had an interview scheduled (12/8)
 * Rejection via mail (12/14)(12/15)

SUNY Buffalo (African diasporic lit / African lit) (10/20 until filled)
 * I had a phone interview on Nov. 5th but haven't heard anything since. Anyone else?
 * I had an interview around then as well. In the interview, they said they were planning to get back to people within a week -- heard nothing since.
 * I never saw the ad for this job. out of curiosity, does anyone still have it?
 * I saw this ad in the Chronicle on 9/30- do a google/cache search. The ad said "until filled" and I ended up applying late, so don't know if I will even be considered
 * Offer extended to a candidate

Texas A&M University at College Station (11/1)
 * Mail ack and AA form (12/1)
 * a friend of mine tells me they had a departmental meeting to get the short list approved last Wednesday. A few more days to start contacting, though, s/he said. (12/9)
 * Anything???
 * Did anyone interview for this job at MLA? Is the search still going on?

Texas State University, San Marcos (11/2)
 * Postcard ack (11/05) (11/14)
 * MLA interview scheduled via email (11/19) x 4

U of British Columbia (10/9)
 * email ack saying review of apps has begun and is expected to last several weeks (11/06)
 * Didn't they advertise this same position last year?

Nope. Last year was a wider contemporary search; an appointment was made, not in poco
 * phone interview invitation via email (11/27) x2
 * on campus interview invitation via email (12/18)
 * would you be willing to verify your status e.g. abd, vap etc...?

U of Chicago (11/6) 
 * writing sample request via email (11/30) x3
 * email noted that MLA invitations will not be made until "shortly before the convention"
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/17) (12/18): x2
 * email rejection (w/ thoughtful wording) after writing sample submitted (x2) (12/21)

U of Hartford (10/28) :
 * Email ack. with AA form (10/29)(10/30)
 * request for dossier. (11/19) x 2
 * MLA interview scheduled via phone (12/9) x 2
 * Rejection letter via e-mail (12/10) (x5)

U of Massachusetts, Boston (11/30)
 * Has anyone heard from UMB? Will they be conducting MLA interviews or are they on a different schedule?
 * I also have heard nothing. MLA was not mentioned in job description, so they might be on a different schedule.
 * Email to set up an interview 12/21 x 5
 * Anyone know when they'll be getting back to MLA interviewees about campus interviews? (1/4)

U of Michigan, Ann Arbor (10/30)  don't want to gloat about having been scheduled for the interview, given the general unhappiness about the rejection letter, which I did not think was so bad!
 * Email ack stating that MLA calls would be made early Dec. (10/27), (11/04)
 * Rejection by email, "your expertise doesn't match our needs..." 12/9 (x10) -- did anyone get a different sort of rejection letter? - doesn't seem like it... --also, formatting is totally off and the name in the address line is either Ms. blank or Mr. blank, followed by no address. Nice touch. I know! I was surprised since their acknowledgment seemed in fact very considerate, even friendly!
 * Does this mean that they are not interviewing anybody?
 * I would imagine that if they were not interviewing anyone, the funding for the position had been cut, but if that had happened, we would have been apprised of that. So the best bet is that people who did make the cut are not here, or
 * MLA Interview Scheduled via phone ((12/9) followed with confirmation email (12/10)

U of Nebraska Lincoln (Ethnic Studies) (11/2) 
 * request for dossier materials by email (11/18)
 * ditto (11/18)
 * phone interview scheduled by phone (12/4) (x2)
 * If you don't mind me asking, were both phone interview requests made on the 4th? Have there been any since? When do they plan to do the interviews? TIA.
 * Yes. Interviews in progress already. Hmmm...
 * Request to fedex dossier (12/15) (by email or phone?) Email.
 * Request for phone interview (12/15)
 * Curious that they seem to be doing interviews and dossier requests in rounds.
 * Yup. Phone interview request (12/17).
 * Anyone heard anything else? I've not, since my phone interview in mid-Dec...assuming that's a bad sign, but the silence is puzzling

U of Nevada, Reno (10/29) 
 * Writing sample request (11/10)
 * rejection via email...sigh (12/10 x 7) ... more sighs...
 * So: they won't be interviewing at all?
 * MLA interview scheduled via phone (12/4)
 * E-mail rejection (12/29)

U of North Carolina, Greensboro
 * mail ack with AA form (11/23)(12/1)
 * Writing sample requested 11/20
 * Rejection by mail (12/29)

U of North Texas (11/6) 
 * Has anyone heard from them?
 * MLA interview scheduled via phone(12/7)
 * Rejection received via email (12/10) (x3)
 * I am REALLY curious about who they interview and hire, since a very highly qualified friend also applied and didn't get an interview either (12/21 - In response to the comments below - I am on the tenure-track, as is my friend, and I have been on search committees, so when I say "very highly qualified" I am not speaking from a grad. student perspective. I am referring to people who who have received more than 10 requests for interviews at other institutions and meet all of the qualifications stated in the job. ad, yet did not receive an interview request from UNT. I suspect it is one of those cases where the job. ad does not accurately reflect what the committee is really looking for. As for the rejection letter, it was a form letter from HR stating that they already hired another candidate, which must surely be a mistake, given that at least one person on here has an MLA interview scheduled).
 * In this market, there are surely lots of highly qualified people who won't make the cut of MLA interviews.
 * no email, no phone calls! Can't they throw rejection emails to everybody on the same day, at least? (by the way, I was on a SC last year-grad student rep-, and "very highly qualified" means X to us and Y to professors. I'm not being sarcastic (well, maybe just a little).  It's just that they have all sorts of departmental needs that cannot go into the ads (things unsuccessful applicants would never find out. I'm certain your friend's very highly qualified but honestly, I couldn't figure out what UNT wanted exactly from the ad.)
 * I also haven't yet heard a thing from them (12/14), so I assume that I'm out. Anyone else not get ANY response? (Nada here too 12/15)
 * Campus visit requested via phone 12/29.

U of Richmond (11/2) 

MLA interview scheduled via phone (12/09) x 4

Campus visit requested via phone 12/29. (Have TT position but trying to move; have declined three campus visits and kept three). You've had SIX campus visit requests since the MLA? Wow. What are you? Superwoman?

mind sharing your stats?

U of Texas-Pan American (World Lit.)
 * Writing sample and ref. letter request (11/18) the same (12/1)
 * rejection letter via mail (11/27)(12/1)
 * MLA interview scheduled through phone (12/09 +12/10 x 3). additional materials submitted 11/19 (x2), 12/3.
 * MLA interview (phone, 12/11)
 * received another rejection letter. Thanks, UTPA, for letting me know that "other applicants' qualifications more closely matched the requirements for the job" not once, but twice. (12/15)
 * Does any body know if on campus interviews are already scheduled?

Western Illinois University (11/23) 
 * email ack (11/30)
 * MLA scheduled

Westminster College (11/13) Yale (11/1)
 * Ack by mail 11/18 but nothing since then...
 * phone interview scheduled via phone (12/18)
 * Ack. snail mail (11/21)
 * sorry, misplaced my prior comment, it was intended for another search. I deleted it to prevent confusion.
 * Request for additional materials via email (12/2)
 * Interview scheduled by email (12/10)
 * Rejection postcard received (12/18)

NOTES:
Please, please, please be careful not to delete other peoples' comments! If you disagree with something, please just say so! Thanks.

I can't figure out how to add a school, but did anyone apply for the position at NYU in the Liberal Studies program focusing on global literature?


 * Even though it is not technically a post-doc (but instead a f/t, multiple-year, non-t/t line), someone listed it on the post-docs page, so I would suggest going there to keep all the info. together.

GOSSIP:
The Americanists and Modern Brits are having fun. Why not us, too?