Anglophone 2009

Anglophone and World Literature/Postcolonial
updated 11/24/08 11:10 am EST

Shall we do a headcount?

Add a number for yourself beside the appropriate category.

ABD (early):

ABD (nearly done - will defend by summer): 4

PhD in hand(defended in last six months): 1

PhD in hand (for a year or more, lecturer/adjunct non-tt position): 2

Visiting Asst Prof: 1

TT Assistant Prof: 2

Associate Prof:

Independent Scholar: 1

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Arcadia University(11/1/2008)
 * acknowledgement 10/30

Boise State (11/3/2008)
 * email ack -- 10/22
 * phone interview scheduled -- 11/14

Boston University (11/1/2008)
 * rejection letter 11/3 (x 3)
 * request for dossier/add materials 11/10
 * I'm confused about these postings. Three people got rejected 2 days after the deadline?  I JUST received confirmation that my application has been received and will be "carefully considered".  How could there have been requests for additional materials on the 10th?  Please elaborate, and confirm it's the right job! (11/20) A: Some SCs begin reading apps prior to deadline. That could explain the quick turn around on dossier request. Unless it says "Review begins" submitting stuff early can have its advantages.
 * I see, that makes sense. Next time will apply a month before the deadline!  Still wonder why the early rejection letters.
 * request for dossier and writing (11/21) -- and FYI: I turned mine in very early.
 * Not sure how much late or early applications matter. A provost at a liberal arts college where I taught thought late applications had an advantage. Most of mine have been right at the deadline or a few days earlier and I've always had MLA and on-campus interviews (going into year 3 of the job search). Any listening search committee members (not from BU but in general)have opinions on this?

CSU Los Angeles (11/26/2008)

Central Michigan (10/20/2008)
 * email ack 10/16, x2

College of Wooster (11/10/2008)
 * request for writing 11/10

Colorado State University (11/7/2008) [ad]
 * 11/6 email--search suspended :(

Columbia College of Chicago (11/1/2008) [ad]

Columbia University (post-1950, 10/31/2008)
 * request for writing (11/21)

Connecticut College postdoc (11/15/2008)

Denison (11/12/2008)
 * [didn't Denison run this search last year? Anyone know why again?] They had funding issues
 * request for writing and dossier (11/21) x2
 * What are your areas for those of you from whom dossiers have been requested? the ad called for people with interests in African, Caribbean or African Am lit. Are you Black Atlantic types or do you have more narrow specialties? A: I do traditional poco fields of Africa, Caribbean, and South Asia.

'''Earlham (11/17/08)
 * email ack 11/13, 11/18 (x2)

Evergreen State College (11/3/2008) [ad]

Florida State post-1900 (11/1/2008)
 * request for writing (10/22)
 * request for writing and dossier (10/23)

Furman University (11/20/08) Anglophone literary and cultural studies

Gonzaga (11/7/2008)
 * Ack by mail 11/14 (or so)

Indiana University (South Bend) (11/1/2008)
 * email ack -- 11/6
 * email ack -- 11/17

Lawrence University (11/15/2008)
 * snail mail ack
 * snail mail ack 11/19

Manhattan College (11/17/2008)

Oklahoma State University (11/3/2008)
 * telephone interview scheduled 11/13
 * snail mail ack. 11/21

Old Dominion University (12/1/2008) [ad]

Penn State University (10/30/2008)-
 * email ack. received 10/13
 * i heard this job has been cancelled (the African one) - (11/30)

Point Loma Nazarene (no date, posted 9/12/2008,  expires 12/5/2008, begin review immediately)

Rhodes College (11/3/2008)
 * email ack 10.30/ me too/ x3
 * email request for writing sample 11/21

 Roanoke College (11/1/08)

Rowan University (11/1/2008)
 * Email ack 10/15 / me too
 * Email rejection 11/13
 * Email request for writing sample, teaching info, and letters 11/17 / me too/ x3

San Francisco State University (11/7/08)
 * snail mail ack 11/17

Smith College African Diaspora, Black Brits, etc. (11/3/2008)
 * This job is on the African American page as well.

Stockton College (11/14/2008)

Trinity (Texas) (11/24/2008)

University of Alaska at Fairbanks (11/3/2008)

University of British Columbia (10/17/2008) ''"Literatures in English since 1945"
 * anyone know what they mean by that?''
 * I read it as anything post-1945: British, American, Postcolonial: Anglophone broadly defined. Anyone else?
 * rejection email 11/18 (x3)

University of California, Riverside (11/17/2008) [ad]
 * snail mail ack 11/11 x2

University of California, Davis (11/21/08)
 * Acknowledgement of application (11/15/08)

University of Chicago (11/3/2008)
 * email ack. 11/17 x2

University of Dayton (Comp Lit and Social Justice/anglophone lit) (11/4/08)
 * Dossier requests made
 * writing and dossier request 11/14

University of Illinois (African Literature) (11/15/2008)

University of Illinois (Postcolonial/Global Anglophone Literature) (11/4/2008)
 * Email ack 10/14;
 * request for writing (10/22)
 * request for dossier and writing (10/30 x2)
 * request for writing (11/03)

University of Mary Washington (11/3/2008)

University of Texas at Austin (10/1/2008) [ad]
 * job talk scheduled

University of Toledo (11/15/08)
 * Ack. by mail -- 11/15
 * ack. by mail -- 11/22

U of Toronto Mississauga (11/14/2008)
 * email ack -- 11/6

University of Tulsa (10/1/2008)
 * request for writing (11/5)
 * request for writing (11/6)
 * request for writing (11/13) x2

University of Virginia (10/17/2008)
 * Just heard that this was canceled due to budget -- anyone else get that notice?
 * (10/13)--yes.

Wake Forest University (10/31/2008)
 * snail mail ack 10/16
 * writing sample and dossier request 10/30
 * request for writing and dossier (11/3)
 * writing sample and dossier request

Yale University (11/1/2008)
 * snail mail ack 11/15

''I'm knocking on wood as I type this, but it looks like it might be a good year to be a postcolonialist--these are 5 interesting jobs, and the MLA JIL hasn't even gone live yet... (9/8/08)''

''I know! Now done with first batch of JIL (9/12/08) and still hopeful. There will be more next week.''

And then, there was the Economy.