Film and Media Studies 2009-2010

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Austin College
Assistant Professor, Media Studies, Department of Communication Studies

Review Begins: 15 October 2009. Job description

Request for phone interview 11/05.

Any update after the phone interviews?


 * An offer was made following campus visits (12/15)


 * I heard it is a U Chicago PhD

Received rejection letter (1/13) (x3)

Beloit College
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Film and Emerging Media

Deadline: Nov. 1 2009

e-mail ack. rec. 12/2 (no MLA interviews; phone interviews, then campus visits in Jan.) (X5) email also says there were 136 applicants

Phone interview scheduled 12/4

Campus visit scheduled 12/17

Carleton College
Tenure-track, Media and/or Film Studies, Department of Cinema and Media Studies

''Deadline: November 15. ''Link.

There's an internal candidate. (10/29) That seemed pretty clear from the website and ad, but do you have additional confirmation? What phrases on the website/ad give you this impression? I don't feel any signal there, nor do I know about an internal candidate. The ad describes a candidate with the exact areas of expertise of their current VAP. What does VAP refer to? I'm a novice in the market:) Visiting Assistant Professor. 

There is a VAP here who just won a dissertation award from the Broadcasters Education Association. (11/4)

Is this internal candidate for the Canadian job or the more generalist job? Or they really only hiring one? ''This posting is for Carleton College in Minnesota, not Carleton University. ''Whew, thanks for clearing that up. I can't be the only dummy.

How can a VAP win a dissertation award? Assistant Professors have usually PhinisheD their Ph.D.s? (11/12) Right. The person finished it and that's why he's a VAP. And while he's there, it won an award. Making him far more likely to get hired than you or me.

''Please stop deleting the above information. Its not slanderous or inaccurate--but such behavior can create animosity on this site.''
 * Email acknowledging materials received (11/19). (x3) Timeline: phone interviews in December, campus visits for finalists in January/February.
 * Any word on phone interviews? phone interview (12/30)
 * HAD interview on 12/30, or asked for interview on 12/30? had interview on 12/30

Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
Tenure-track, Assistant Professor (two positions)

Deadline: Until filled, review beginning November 15

Position I: Canadian, European, or other National Cinema

Position II: theory, historiography, moving image technologies

email asking if I am a Canadian citizen (11/20) (X5) I believe they are obligated to ask this of all candidates, so  I consider it an ack. really.

Any update on these searches? There must be something going on by now... nothing here either.... crickets.... Still nothing?

Spurred on by the above posting, I decided to email the secretary who had send me the acknowledgement asking if I were Canadian to just check the status of the search. On 1/4/10 she sent me a friendly reply that the committee were still reviewing applications. It sounds like nobody has been notified one way or the other so far. Hope this helps. ''Thanks very much for doing this. They sure are taking their time!''

Catholic University of America
Assistant Professor, Media Studies (new media)

Deadline: Until position is filled.

Request for additional material 10/23. (x2)
 * Skype interview scheduled 11/4 (x3)
 * Any updates after Skype interviews? nothing yet 12/12
 * rejection letter received by mail (no dossier requested) 12/7 (x2)
 * rejection letter after skype interview. (x2) 12/18 Good luck to the finalists! (x2)

Chapman University
Tenure Track, ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE, OR FULL PROFESSOR OF FILM STUDIES (Asian Cinema)

Deadline: Oct. 2009 Job description

Contacted for phone interview 11/11.

12/22 rejection letter via post

12/26 rejection letter via mail--I was a finalist, so they must have made a hire.

Clark University
Associate/Advanced Asst Professor of Screen Studies

Deadline: 5 Oct. 2009

Anyone hear anything from Clark yet?

Email request for more materials, 11/12 (x3)

Phone interview scheduled 12/10

Anyone hear anything from Clark since the phone interview? Was told at the time they would decide about campus visits week of 1/18.

Denison University
Tenure-track in Media Studies, specializing in international/cross-cultural media, Dept. of Communication

''Deadline: Until filled (review will begin Oct. 12). ''Link.

Phone interviews scheduled as of 10/30.

11/10: Any update after the phone interviews?

12/12: Campus interviews have been complete; offer forthcoming.

12/16: Offer accepted; search successfully completed.

Drexel University
Film Studies, Department of Cinema & Television

Deadline: November 2, 2009. Link.

Timeline? Any info on plans for interviews? The MLA is in Philadelphia, but this isn't an English department... ?

Minimal application: any reference contacts or requests for additional materials? I did accidentally send in a packet application via snail mail, only to receive a friendly email back telling me to apply online instead (not sure how I missed that)--so I guess there's someone there checking apps, and looking out for applicants at least.


 * Phone interview Dec. 11, told visits would be scheduled two weeks later for Jan. (no update/word since)
 * Was the phone interview with Drexel? Has anyone else been requested for interview?  I've heard absolutely nothing from this department: no acknowledgement of materials, timelines etc. 1/7/10.
 * Phone interview was with the job search committee on 12/11

Duke University (Women's Studies)
Asst. Prof in Visual Culture (popular media, digital technologies, or film)

Deadline: Oct? Nov. 2

Fordham University
Asst. Professor in Film/Television

Deadline Dec. 9th Link

Acknowledgment email (12/9) - (x3). Campus invites to go out by end of January.

additional materials (recommendations, syllabi, etc) requested (12/11)

Any follow up on this?

Fordham University
Asst. Professor of New Media

Is anyone else having trouble emailing electronic submissions to "newmediasearch@fordham.edu"? +1

Deadline Jan 12th. Link

Georgetown University
Asst. Professor of Film and Media Studies

Deadline: 5 Nov. 2009 Link?

Dossier (recommendations, writing sample, syllabi) request: Nov. 19 (x8)

MLA interview scheduled by phone, Dec. 13 (x2)

Just now received ack. promising prompt notification of those who will not move on (12/17). Weird. (x10) Very weird. Since MLA interviews have already been scheduled, my guess is there is just some sort of miscommunication or lag time between the administrative staff and the actual search committee. Right?

Non-Bcc'd rejection email, 1/5. Nice. (x2) Even with the wiki providing heads-up, it still hurts. At some point committees should embrace this wiki. Otherwise, it can make them look at best inconsiderate or sloppy, and at worst, like liars (yeah, you just now passed me over).

Has anyone received any post-MLA news about campus visits? 1/14

No, haven't heard anything since MLA (1/14).

Georgetown University
Asst. Professor of Communication, Culture and Technology

Deadline: 15 Jan. 2010 Chronicle Posting

Grambling State University
Assistant/Associate Professor/Program Director, Film Studies, Department of Mass Communication

Hope College
Assistant Professor-Video/Film Production, Mass Media

Phone interview on 12/18, dossier (student productions, course evals, personal statement and teaching philosophy) requested.

candidates will be selected for campus visits in early February (1/21)

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Assistant/Associate Professor of Media Arts & Science

Deadline: 1 Feb 2010. Chronicle Posting

Jacksonville University
Asst Prof of Film (Tenure-Track)

Deadline: open until filled Job Description

Keene State College
Assistant Professor in Film Studies

Deadline: 1 January 2010

Snail Mail acknowledgement of materials received. (1/15/10)(x1)

Any other receipt acknowledgements? Phone interviews? ''Submitted materials via email, no ack as of 1/21. Should I worry?''

Submitted materials via snail mail, and no ack as of 1/21.

FYI- I just got back from an on-campus interview at Keene State for a position in a different department, and I REALLY liked the school, faculty, students, etc. Best of luck to the candidates for this Film position- it'll be a good job to get (1/22)

Kenyon College
Assistant Professor in Film Studies (Dance & Drama Department)

Deadline: 15 Nov. 2009 

Phone interview: 12/5 Q: You had it on that date or they scheduled it on that date?

A: Had it. Q: Any other phone interviews out there?

Lafayette College
Asst. or Associate Professor, Cinema and/or Media Studies

Deadline: 1 Nov. 2009 (MLA interviews)

received email confirmation of materials (forgot date, sorry)

Any requests for additional materials yet? I would expect these should go out by 12/1, yes?

11/12 - Job materials returned without enclosed letter or explanation. (Classy!) (probably just a mail error, or wrong address)

*Do you mean they actually repackaged and reposted your materials to you without explanation (i.e. it wasn't just the same package returned to sender)? Yes, this is what I mean. - Were your materials late? Any sign of a reason? Seems very strange.

11-24 Request for completed dossier (rec letters, writing sample & portfolio) received (x5)

12-15 MLA interview requested (x3)

1-12 Invited for campus visit in February. (Did you have an MLA or Skype interview?)MLA interview

BCC rejection email 1/21

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor, Contemporary Lit and Media

Deadline: 20 Oct. 2009

* 10/29, 11/5 Email acknowledging receipt of application materials and stating that they will be in touch if they want further materials. 11/12- request for writing sample (x11, 11/13) Anyone hear anything since writing sample request? 12/10. ''No, nothing. (x2) Nothing as of 12/14.'' -MLA interview scheduled by phone 12/15 (x3) FYI There are 2 interviews, including mine, also logged on the 20thc. lit page, where the same job is also listed.

--Had an interview at MLA 12/29; just got rejection email.--''that's awful. Sorry to hear it. I hope that wasn't your only reason for going. ''thanks for the kind words. fortunately, it wasn't--got to meet up with a wonderful mentor who I hadn't seen in almost ten years.

--Had an interview at MLA 12/28; got my rejection email on 1/4 from the Chair of the SC.

Campus visits scheduled for mid-Jan. (scheduled at MLA) (x2)

Messiah College
Asst. Professor, Tenure Track, Film and Media Studies

Did anyone apply to this job? Wondering how many applicants actually met their unusual criteria....

Started to, and then just couldn't stomach all the religious questions. (x4)

Deadline: 15 Oct. 2009

Miami University
Asst. Professor in Comparative Media Studies

Review Begins: Oct. 26 2009
 * Anyone hear anything yet?
 * Based on the previous job announcement on the Meida Anthropologist listserv (posted by the chair of anthropology dept at Miami Univ), this position is more likely to be for anthropologists (which means candidates whose PhD degree is earned in anthropology) than any other field.
 * Actually, from what I have heard (and understood from ads) they are hiring for four different positions to create a new dept. Perhaps Media Anthropologist was one of those positions, but I believe the scope is broader than just that.
 * Has anyone received a receipt/confirmation of submitted materials?
 * received email acknowledgment back on 10/28; request for phone interview 11/18 (x4)
 * phone interviews done, campus invites should go out week of 12/7
 * campus invite received 12/7 (x4), scheduled for January (heard they are inviting 4 candidates to campus)
 * Does anyone know about the other positions, since the ad did suggest that there were potentially multiple hires?
 * Heard there's 1 position maybe 2 if they have candidates they really want

Middlebury College
Tenure-track, Comparative Media Studies, Department of Film and Media Culture

''Deadline: 2 November 2009. ''Job description and discussion
 * Q: I've seen "Comparative Media Studies" in a few listings this year, and I'm not sure what "Comparative" refers to. Is this for transnational (as in the sense of "comp lit") media studies, or media studies that especially emphasizes, um, comparing different media? Or is it simply a puffed-up name for media studies?
 * My answer (as the person who drafted the job description) is that we're looking for someone interested in the connections and interactions between media, rather than a singular format. It need not be concerning texts (as in adaptation studies), but could focus on industry, user/viewer practices, technologies, etc. Pragmatically, it also resonates within other academic areas (comp lit, comp politics). - Jason Mittell

Received diversity form via snail mail, Nov 4, postmarked Oct 29. x 3 (dated Nov 3rd)

Received interview request for late-November.
 * Incorrect - no interviews have been scheduled as of mid-November. Some requests for more info have been sent out, but apps are still being reviewed. -JM
 * so nice to have a member of the SC dispel the rumors. Why on earth would someone lie about this?
 * I like to err on the side of good faith, so maybe it was a mistake trying to post on a different job. But the anonymous internet breeds the inexplicable...


 * I just posted an update on this search. -Jason Mittell
 * Received request for additional materials.
 * Email received 12/1, scheduling phone interviews for 1st & 2nd week of Dec. (x 3)
 * 12/15 email notifying me that I'm out of the running. 3 finalists have been invited to campus.

Montana State University-Bozeman
Assistant Professor in Film and Related Media Studies

Deadline: Feb 1st, 2010 Job Post

I'm surprised at how low that salary is: "$40,970 per academic year appointment. Tenure track position."

$40K buys an awful lot of cattle! ... or $40K in MT is a lot more than $50K in NYC.

The New School for General Studies
Associate or Full Professor of Media Studies Faculty

Deadline: 12/15/09

1/20 Any news?

The New School
Assistant Professor of Film Studies

Deadline: 12/15/09

1/20 Any news here? (x2 )

New York University
Assistant Professor: Media, Culture, Communications (Media Advocacy)

Deadline: November 17, 2009

Receipt letter postmarked 11/24 (x3) - any news on this position?

I heard they already made a long-short list.

Campus visit scheduled 12/23

New York University - Abu Dhabi
Open rank positions in Film and Media History, Theory and Criticism

''Deadline: December 15, 2009. ''

Any news here?

Northwestern University
Asst. Professor in Screen Cultures

Deadline: 20 Oct. 2009

''Q: Has this opening been canceled? I haven't been able to find the ad in recent days. ''A: It's still posted on the NW jobs site. Search for post number 15006.-- Thanks, that was a great help. A. I just received an email asking to fill in a self-identification questionnaire, so my guess is it's still going ahead. (x3)

I heard they may not hire at all and are just fishing. (10/29) ''That would be consistent with information I've received in the past about their general hiring practices. But it doesn't hurt for people to apply I suppose.''

(11/4) Job talks are set for mid November. All are assistant professors elsewhere.''Really? Phone interview scheduled 11/05''

Any update since the job talks?

-12/11: Rejection letter by snail mail: "We have completed our current search... over 200 applicants... we have chosen to pursue another candidate." Dated 12/4.

--''Did they end up hiring anyone? The rejection letter I received was vaguely worded about that.''

yes, hired an assistant prof elsewhere (1/12)

Asst. Professor in Media Production

Deadline November 1 2009

Has anyone heard anything back from NW re: this job yet? Dec 15 - Nothing yet (x2).

1/20 Any news here?

1/21 still nothing... thanks

Oakland University
Assistant Professor, Cinema Studies / English

Specialization in world cinema, historical periods following World War II

Deadline: January 4, 2010

AA forms received by mail; letter says SC will meet in mid-late Jan to decide who to interview by video, followed by campus interviews in early Feb.

Skype interview requested (1/21) (x2)

Randolph College
Assistant or Associate Professor,Communication Studies

Deadline: November 15, 2009, then open until filled Job Description

Dossier request on 12/17

Ack. received (12/17) (x2)

Rollins College
Assistant Professor, Critical Media and Communications

Deadline: December 10, 2009

12/14 - received rejection letter via email x6

The wording of the email was kind of harsh, huh? x2 made me cry, had to delete and purge it from inbox immediately :(

I wish they had told us how many applicants they had received.

I'd like to know how many applicants had all the desired qualifications indicated in their online application: a book + knowledge of final cut pro/dreamweaver/etc. + films or media installation credits...etc, etc. for an Asst. Prof rank! (x2) -- I wish some of the preferred qualities (evidenced through the online application) were itemized clearly through the description, so I would have known not to bother applying.

They have an internal candidate. It seems like the position was written for her.

-I'm not so sure about that. They do have an internal candidate, but it seems like they're looking for someone a bit more senior.

Nevertheless-- phone interview, 12/17.(x2)

St. Olaf College
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Film Studies

Deadline: Nov 7 2009

Emailed on 1/6 for phone interview during last week of January. (x2)

Stanford University
Assistant Professor, Art History (African American art history, film studies, diasporic studies or visual culture_

Deadline: November 30, 2009

Surely they must have moved by now - anyone get a phone interview?

Syracuse University
Assistant Professor, New Media Studies

Deadline: November 16, 2009

Email confirming receipt of application X 4 (most recent 11/18)

Dossier request (writing sample, letters of rec) 11/20 (x5)

Email asking to resubmit application online (11/30) (x4). What's this about (beyond the excuse given)? Did everybody who applied get this? a: I didn't get a dossier request like others above so I imagine it is just a formality they are requesting from everyone. ''a: Ditto other answer—it's probably for EOE record-keeping. ''So they're making everyone resubmit the application, regardless of whether we're still in the running? (I'm another who got this e-mail but not the dossier request.) (x4 - anyone willing to write the search chair and ask whether the search is still open before we actually submit our applications, lol?) Way to salt the wounds.

12/15 email requesting interview at MLA (x3)

1/4 anyone hear anything after MLA? ''a: in my mla interview they said they would choose and notify two finalists by the end of the convention. I received a vague email a couple of days after mla ended in response to my "thank you for the interview" email that didn't say anything either way. At least two ways to read that: 1) I am not a finalist, 2) despite their intentions, they have not chosen finalists, yet. Did anyone hear anything more concrete? (x2) ''

''Same story for me. Anyone out there get a campus invite?''

1/6 received email invite for campus visit.

Texas Christian University
Asst. Prof. in Media Industry Studies

Deadline: 15 Nov. 2009 Job description

Towson University
Asst. Professor, Electronic Media and Film

Deadline: December 01, 2009

Email rejection, 12/16

United Arab Emirates University
Open Rank, Fine Arts (preference for visual or film arts) Chronicle Posting

Deadline: Until filled

University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Asst. Professor, Telecommunication and Film in area of Media Studies Chronicle Posting University Posting

Deadline: Review begins January 6, 2010


 * Be aware: the postings request letter, cv, reference names, and make mention of "other materials". When you sign in to their system the following are also requested: Teaching Philosophy; Administrative Philosophy; Research/Scholarship/Creative Activities Statement ; Class Schedule.
 * I don't believe they're all "required," however.

University of Arkansas
Assistant Professor of Communication (Film Studies)

Review Begins Dec. 15th Deadline for full review: Jan 1st Job description


 * Has anyone successfully applied to this job? My emails keep getting rejected. (Successfully applied; no problems/rejected emails.) (x2)


 * Affirmative action form received (snail mail) (Dec 18)


 * Any news on this one yet? Request for phone interview on 1/15; conducted phone interview on 1/17.

University of Edinburgh
Lecturer, Persian and Film Studies

''Deadline: 10 September 2009. ''Link.

University of Edinburgh
Teaching Fellow/Programme Organiser, Film Studies

''Deadline: 14 September 2009. ''Link.
 * Q: Has anyone heard anything back in regards to the University of Edinburgh positions? I imagine that they have been flooded with candidates given the shortage of jobs so just trying to gauge...
 * A: They were meant to be holding interviews in October? Have they happened?
 * Job candidate selected. It appears that they have gone with a local. 29/10

University of Hartford
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinema

Deadline: December 1, 2009

Affirmative Action form email received 12/8

Has anyone heard anything about this search? Never received confirmation of application received or Affirmative Action form e-mail...

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Asst Professor of Media and Cinema Studies

Deadline: November 6 2009

• request for add'l materials, reference letters and writing sample (10/28) (x9) (11/10)

heard that they may have someone in mind, person who was invited to give a lecture earlier in the fall (11/12) -- Q: ''I didn't see any lecture announcements for this fall on their website. Was it an unannounced event? '' WAS IN SEPTEMBER

Campus visit scheduled for post-Thanksgiving. (11/18)

Offer made, week of 12/7 and accepted. (UChicago Phd, current VAP) Actually, former VAP, now postdoc (both elsewhere. NOT inside candidate). ''How many people actually interviewed? The timeline gets hazy after the initial round of additional materials. ''No interviews. They jumped straight to campus visits (3 candidates). Had to move fast because they were afraid they'd loose the line. ''I see. Thank you for sharing.''

University of Maryland
Assistant or beginning Associate Professorships in Digital Media

Deadline: Dec. 15th 2009 Post

Request for "e-mail interview" (questions to be sent early next week, with a two week turnaround for answers) (1/14) (x6)

Those who got the "email interview", Since this is a mulitple disciplinary position can you say what the area you applied for?

Hard to say. Women's Studies is probably primary, but they could situate me (for one) in Art or Communications as well.

Similar, I said comm or american studies are likely primary, though I could put placed in several other departments.

Same here; I could be placed in Am. Studies, Women's Studies, or Art.

Same here. Could be placed in Comm, American Studies, or Women’s Studies.

Heard through the grapevine that this job should be 'interesting' b/c reportedly an administrator told all of the departments participating in this job call that this was the only way they would get a hire this year- if there was an interdisciplinary position such as this. Just something to be aware of for the finalists.

University of Michigan (English)
Assistant or Advanced Assistant Professor - Digital Environments/Digital Humanities Cluster Hire

Deadline: Oct. 30 2009

Hear that they may go another way with this and do a big, full prof hire. (11/9) please clarify--does this mean they may cancel the other two positions as well (in Communications and American Cultures) in favor of one senior "digital environments" position?

The communication studies hire -- not the quantitative job, the visual representation job -- is the cluster hire for "digital environments." They have been courting a very senior person. That is all I have heard. (11/10)

I'm confused about this - are they looking at a senior person for the Communication position or the English position? Neither of these positions seem to have contacted candidates.

I received a letter (I think it was a letter—can't recall the format) in late October stating that calls for this position (the English one) would be made the week of 12/7.

Edit: it was an email (dated 10/26): "Between now and early December, we will be identifying candidates whose work and qualifications seem to us to be particularly well-suited to our departmental needs. Then, pending final approval of the search at the College level, we will interview these candidates at the MLA (Modern Language Association) Convention in Philadelphia at the end of December. Those whom we plan to interview can expect to hear from us during the second week of December (December 7-11)."
 * rejection email 12/9 (x5)
 * MLA Interview scheduled 12/9

University of Michigan (Program in American Culture)
Asst. Professor - Digital Environments/Digital Humanities Cluster Hire

Deadline: Oct 15 2009
 * Phone Interview scheduled week of 11/9
 * 11/21 - Contacted for on-campus interview in January

University of Michigan (Communications)
Asst. Professor - "Visual Representation, Digital Visual Cultures" - Digital Environments/Digital Humanities Cluster Hire

Deadline: Sept 25 2009 Campus interviews conducted.

University of North Carolina, Wilmington (Dept of Film Studies)
Asst Professor of Film Studies

Deadline: Nov 15, 2009

Phone interview scheduled 12/4

Phone interview: 12/9

Campus visit: mid-January

University of Minnesota, CSCL Department
Asst. Professor (Specialization in Visual Cultures and New Media -- Film & TV in Particular

Deadline: Nov. 10th ''Last year, this same position (and a senior one just like it) was pulled because state funding wasn't there. They might be facing a similar spot and are waiting for the go-ahead (or not) from higher ups. Just a guess, though.''
 * Has anyone heard anything from the SC for this one?
 * Still nothing on this one? Seems late in the game.

''That was remarkably helpful. Thanks to everyone for being so willing to share, and good luck to each of you! I suppose it does beg the question of whether Minn should have stated upfront that they were looking for an A-G expert.''
 * Inside source tells me 450 apps received. MLA invites forthcoming.Wow--good luck to the finalists.
 * MLA interview scheduled -- 12/18 (+4)
 * Would people mind posting their discipline and field?
 * Sure, I'm a Comp. Lit Ph.D. and I do avant-garde film and lit.
 * This poster is Film Phd, comp lit minor, avant-garde media and crit theory -- seems to be a trend
 * ditto
 * I'm a film Ph.D., doing American film history, visual theory, critical theory; experience with avant-garde, but certainly not my central specialty
 * I'm a film ABD, doing film and media theory; again, experience with avant-garde, but my central focus is theory
 * I'm a film PhD, some a-g, more of of historian of technology and aesthetics.

"Many schools simply remain internally divided about what they want, and while a majority may be leaning in one direction, it is easier to do a broader description in order to achieve consensus with the minority. This does not mean the minority has no chance, but nor does it mean schools are obligated to specifically say this is exactly what we want. They may not know for absolute sure."

And further, job descriptions are often written before search committees are even constituted--thus the possible shift here from "film and tv in particular" to an avant-garde focus.

''The point remains, nevertheless--departments in general (Minnesota included--when you get 450 applicants, someone overshot) could do a much better job of narrowing announcements, so as to save time for both folks applying and for those committee members who have to wade through it. I know some departments like to keep it broad because they don't know what they'll get, but I wouldn't say that that's a particularly thoughtful course of action, especially given how much the market's already over-flooded. Good luck to everyone.''

As one of the 450+, I really appreciate learning more about what's going on with this search. Best wishes to the advancing candidates, and thank you for sharing your status. (X2)

Called for campus visit--1/4 - Strange, and disheartening: After my interview, the search chair told me they would not be sending out invites for campus visits until after their semester started, on 1/19.

Yes, the SC chair told me the same thing - also disheartened...
 * Rejection letter received by email (01.11) Rejection via e-mail states 495 applicants received (1/12)--(x2)--I appreciatively found it to be a very thoughtful email.

University of Rhode Island
Asst. Prof, Film Media

Deadline: 1 Dec. 2009 Job Description

Skype interview scheduled week of 12/21 (x2)

Any other updates on this position? I haven't even gotten a confirmation of application.

I've heard from a well-placed source that campus invites have now been extended. (Do you know how many have been invited? I also wonder how many they interviewed on Skype)

1/22 - Any news on this?

University of North Carolina, Wilmington (Film Studies Dept)
Asst Professor of Film Production

University of North Dakota
Asst. prof film, new media, digital humanities
 * request for additional materials 12/5 (x3)
 * request to schedule phone interview 12/16 (x2)
 * request to schedule phone interview and then a second email saying oops, that was a mistake, I didn't make the cut. Ouch! Did this happen to anyone else?

University of North Florida
Asst. Professor in Rhetoric/New Media

Deadline: Nov 2 2009

Request for more materials: 11/16 (x4) Request for MLA interview, email: 12/9 (x2), campus invite, email: 1/15

University of South Florida
Asst. Professor if Film and Video

This is for a position in an interdisciplinary Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies with B.A. and masters programs in Humanities and in American Studies

Deadline: 2 Dec. 2009 Job Description

Acknowledgment: 11/20 (via email, with EOE form), 12/2

Strange email from HR about online application. Why? 12/4 (x6) It is strange. I wonder if every applicant received this, but it was the first I heard of an online app.

Are people re-applying online? A: I asked the staff person who sent the ack if one should. Will post if she answers.

Response to inquiry about online app: "You do not have to do anything at this point. Since your application was mailed in, we uploaded it to our online site and the system has automatically generated an acknowledgment which is what you received." (12/7) Thanks for doing that' (x2).

Ack. email says requests for more materials (sample syllabi and writing sample) are slated for early December.

Received email asking for more materials. It says they are down to a pool of 16. 12/17 (x4)

Request for phone interview: 1/20 (x4) - Pool is now down to 8.

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Asst. Professor in Digital Culture

Deadline: Nov. 1st Jan. 22


 * Phone interview scheduled (11/24, see Film, Drama, and New Media page: http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Drama,_Speech,_Film_%26_New_Media)
 * Anything after phone interviews?
 * Position was re-posted to The Chronicle on 12/25 with a review date beginning 1/22/2010; An email to the search chair confirmed that they are still reviewing applications.

University of Toronto
Asst. Professor French and francophone Cinema

Deadline: Nov. 1

Phone interview requested - 12/7 (x3)

Campus visit invitations made - 12/17

Associate Professor, Cinema Studies, Global Cinema

Deadline: Feb 15, 2010

Link to posting:

University of Western Ontario
Assistant/Associate Professor, Film Studies (world cinema specialization)

Deadline: applications will be reviewed from 15 October 2009 until the position is filled. Link.

• request for additional materials (course syllabus) 10/23

• campus interview scheduled - when were you contacted for the campus interview? 11/3

Young Harris College
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies / Mass Media

preliminary group interviewed at NCA (After inquiring about process, I was informed at job fair that I was not one of them. ouch). 11/12

Deadline: Open until filled Job Description

Wayne State University
Asst. Professor of Film and Media Studies Deadline: 2 Nov. 2009
 * Where was this job listed? I could not find it anywhere, including Wayne State's job web site...


 * It is on SCMS, posted Sept. 19.


 * Application will be available on the Wayne State site in "early October."


 * request for additional materials (writing sample + dossier) 10/14 (x2); 10/21 --even though the deadline's not for another week? yes. Heh, I think that was a rhetorical question, but thanks for keeping us updated! Looks like they are moving fast, maybe there's a feared hiring freeze on the horizon.


 * Request for additional materials 11/2 (x2)

-skype interview request for january (12/10 x3)
 * Request for additional materials 11/3 (x2)
 * Request for additional materials 11/5
 * Request for additional materials 11/4
 * Request for additional materials 11/6
 * Request for additional materials 11/16 (X3)
 * Okay, got it. Is there anyone they're not requesting additional materials from? (Besides me). (x6) (assume many more since there is more incentive to share good news)--:) 
 * Rejection email 11/23 (x7) (actually two emails in quick succession that said the same thing; thanks for the timeliness, but one would have been enough--I know, I hear you; I felt the same at first. However, while I'm not happy with how WSU handled some things [the whole situation screams either inside candidate or rushed search for $], I think the double email was just HR carelessness and nothing personal.) (I'm sure it was nothing personal; this is the third time I've applied to this Dept, and the third time I've gotten double rejection letters. They used to send two papers ones. Which I guess makes up for some of the schools that never send any.) *** Those who were rejected, did you receive a request for additional materials? Doesn't seem like that mishandled if you didn't make their (seemingly large) short list and then received the notice of rejection--never fun news to get, but it is courteous of them to let you know. Also, with the seeming size of the short list, I doubt it's an inside candidate. But who knows? I agree. Getting things done quickly doesn't seem like hurried search either. Seems slated for MLA interviews (of which it seems none have been offered yet) which puts it on the same time line as everyone else, no? Illinois also requested materials from a lot of people, apparently, despite the rumor now that there was always an inside candidate there. Also, the specific concerns with WSU mostly I think relate to how they contacted so many people well before the deadline had even arrived, and how the actual window for people to apply online was so small--both of which look fishy to someone on the outside (shades of Fordham from last year). But of course the school can do whatever its wants ultimately. And I've heard they are not doing MLA.
 * Rejection email from the search chair; after submission of additional materials (12/9).

- has anyone heard NOTHING yet from the dept? no requests for writing sample. no rejection. no skype interview. 12/10

Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat as me or if my application got lost in the ethernet. Same boat as you.
 * Any other post-materials rejections?

- Rejection letter via snail mail, after submission of additional materials (12/12). x8 ; (12/23)

Discussion:


 * Yes, I think its amusing that so many people insist on posting the 'good news' long after its been established that WSU is requesting more information from some folks. I figured this wiki was for news, not redundancy. Anyway, good luck to those (quite a few) still in the running.
 * This website is also for sharing detailed information which helps fellow applicants at every stage. As someone who is "still in the running," it is helpful for me to know how many people have been contacted and I appreciate all "redundant" postings.   (x3)--sorry, folks, I wish you the best in the job hunt, but in this particular instance, it was excessive.  Whether from gloating, inattentiveness, or just sloppy layout design, this section looks a little silly--which was the original point.  As someone still in the running elsewhere, I can appreciate the extra information, but I'm also smart enough to know that there's a certain point where, if they haven't even started interviewing yet, then its safe to assume there are still a lot of people in the running.  Keep perspective--be grateful you're still in it, and don't waste energy on dumping on the have-nots who were just jokingly commiserating between themselves in the first place.
 * Yes, I agree with the previous poster. Pls. do not conflate what is the neutral revelation of information, which is the intention of such a site, with gloating, which is neither the intention of the site nor necessarily of the poster.--there is no such thing as 'neutral' information on this site. Whether its the person who keeps (not so) conveniently posting job information right after the deadline has passed, whether its the person who incorrectly stated Middlebury was already interviewing, whether's its the person who keeps deleting information about a certain inside candidate, or whether its the person who claims information here is harmlessly 'neutral,' everyone here has an active investment in what does and does not get posted. Best of luck to everyone.
 * Annoying that people delete things from this page/listing. Really? That petty?

General Discussion
'''Is anyone else nervous yet that there have been so few jobs posted? You can count the number of film and media jobs so far on one hand. This time last year it seemed as though there were three or four times as many film jobs already posted (granted, several were canceled ultimately), with deadlines in Sept. or Oct.'''

Can others confirm this observation? The first week of August is still very early in the cycle. At the very least, though, we can be thankful that stacks of applications won't be trashed due to pulled positions.

'''It was admittedly subjective, that's why I threw it out there, to see if others felt the same. If my observation is wrong, please feel free to correct! To clarify, it seemed like last year places like UW-Milwaukee, Michigan, Ohio State, Ohio, South Carolina, Catholic University, SUNY-Brockport, Minnesota, etc., were already posted (and all had relatively early deadlines). And those were just places in my field. It seems like this year its only Drexel and Grambling, at best (again, for my field). But like I said, happy to be wrong.'''

''Sorry to say, but you are NOT wrong. In fact, all of the unrealistic optimists telling us applicants during the canceled searches last year, that this year would be better, have been proven unequivocally wrong. The week around the labor day "holiday" is the biggest week in terms of positions being released and opened. This week has been relatively dormant, however. August is a bit early, as the person who wrote above correctly stated, but September? Nope, September is *not* early. Perhaps matters will change *a bit* a week from now, but that is not likely either. Here's why ...''

''... it isn't too complicated to figure out what has happened. One only has to understand how the tenure-track cycle works in terms of line approvals and releases. Last year, the economy tanked in September and October, and its recovery has been very slow since. The tanking, however, was too late to result in cancellations across the board as after all, the money had already been budgeted and accounted in the previous academic year (of course, many cancellations did occur, but most searches persisted). The planning for 2010-2011 job openings that are released and announced in the prior 2009-2010 academic year, however, was done in 2008-2009, that is, during the year that the economy went to hell. In other words, tenure-track searches work on a three-year cycle. The first year is the planning and budgeting and proposal year. The second year is the actual search, that is, after all the bureaucracy that requires tons of time for approvals to happen, has finally been completed. The search itself, of course, takes many months (anywhere from four to eight, and that's not accounting for "extended" searches that reject all finalists / on-campus invitees), but generally result in a hire for the following academic year, that is, the third year. Since last year was a HORRIBLE year for planning and budgeting to occur, we are all experiencing the effects of this in this second year. As depressing as it may seem, most of us will have to wait two years from now before we have a realistic shot at beginning tenure-track work. Time to account for plan-B's folks, because this year is going to be way worse than last.''

'''I'm not disputing that there are likely less jobs this year, but do remember that last year, many departments knew that their universities might be facing freezes, so there were internal reasons to speed up a search, and post it early, to get in under the wire. This year, by contrast, many universities (and departments) are being a lot more cautious, and thus approvals for new lines are happening later (Sept)'''

Depressing. Check this out. One of the largest communication departments in the country has NO openings for 2010-2011 (see &lt;http://academicaffairs.ucsd.edu/aps/adeo/recruitment/socsci.htm#Communication&gt;). That's sad and also a sign of the times.

Is there any chance that this page could be reorganized by institution rather than process (like the Humanities Post-Docs page)? Last year, it took forever to scroll through the entire wiki just to find updates on specific positions.... ''Not a bad idea. . . if someone wants to take the time. I will say that last year, I just went to the history and recent changes page, so that I knew immediately if anything had been added and what that information was. Big time saver.''
 * Consider it done!


 * I am surprised to read all the doom and gloom on this page. If you look on the Film, Drama, and Speech section of the JIL, film jobs FAR outweigh speech or theater! I am a theater person and I am so envious of all the film openings I see. It seems to me that several job listings are missing on this page...I will try to update! '
 * I'm surprised how few ads specify whether phone interviews versus conference (not to mention which conference) interviews will be used. 
 * Please post this information with each job, especially if you have information not found in the ad, or if you have to nerve to ask and get a straight answer.