French 2010-2011

Position
Currently in TT job:2

PhD in hand, currently in non-TT job:14

PhD in hand, currently unemployed:

VAP:5

Adjunct:

Other: 1

ABD, but looking to defend this year: 7

ABD in non-TT job: 1

Field
Francophone: 7

Medieval: 2

Renaissance: 2

17th: 2

18th: 4

19th: 3

20th/21st : 10

Other? Define: cinema 1

SLA/Pedagogy (language and culture): 1

Linguistics and sociolinguistics: 1

Language Background
Native speaker: 6

Non-native speaker: 13

Heritage speaker: 2

Jobs
Appalachian State University (TT)
 * Acknowledgement received 11/02 (email) (x2)

Boston College (Visiting, Spring 2011)

Brown University (Lecturer, 3 yr contract)

Central Michigan University (TT, Francophone Literature and Culture)

Colby College (Visiting, Contemporary French Studies)

College of William and Mary (TT, 19th and early 20th c. cultural studies)

Coventry University (UK): permanent job (no tenure system in the UK) at whatever level is appropriate to your career so far. Deadline 05-Oct-10.

Dartmouth College (Language Program Director)

Drew University (TT)


 * The ad reads "pending budget approval." Any idea on how likely it will be that the search won't get canceled?

Drew University (non-TT, Second Language Acquisition)


 * Search canceled.

East Stroudsburg University (TT)

Eckerd College (TT)

Elmhurst College ("professional track"??, perhaps will convert to TT)


 * Does anyone know what "professional track" means?

Emory University - Oxford College (TT)


 * Acknowledgement received 11/16 (letter)

Franklin & Marshall College (TT, Francophone Studies)

George Mason University (TT, 17th and 18th-century French studies)

Georgetown University (TT, 19th-century studies)


 * Acknowledgement received 11/03 (email) (x3)

Georgia Southern University (TT)

Georgia Tech (TT)

Georgia Southern University (TT, Modern French History)

Gettysburg College (TT, expertise in colonial/postcolonial studies an asset)


 * Are people who are applying for both Gettysburg positions mailing letters of recommendation twice?

Gettysburg College (1 year, non-renewable, replacement position, post-1789)

Indiana University (TT, French film studies)

Indiana University (Visiting, 1 year)

Indiana University-Purdue University (TT, Applied Linguistics)

James Madison University (TT, generalist)

Lake Forest College (Assistant Professor of French and Spanish. Specialization open. Position renewable, with potential conversion to tenure-track after the first year)

Long Island University (TT, Ability to teach Spanish or Italian a plus)

McDaniel College (TT, generalist w/ specialization in Francophone Studies)


 * Does anyone know if they are doing phone interviews instead of going to MLA?


 * I think they have an inside candidate. --> Yes, as I was looking at the website to work on my application, I noted that of the 2 professors, one is a Francophone specialist whom the ad seems to describe very well. She's in a visiting position, so it all made sense... Wish they wouldn't have asked for so many materials since it's clear that they've already got the candidate that they want.
 * Being a visitor is not necessarily an advantage. Moreover, sometimes people who think they are inside candidates do not get the job. This whole process is stressful and miserable enough. I propose that us "outsiders" limit our speculations.

Middlebury College (TT, 19th-century literature and cultural studies)


 * Acknowledgement received 11/17 (letter) (x3)

Pepperdine University (TT, active Christian commitment?)

Princeton University (TT, contemporary and/or Francophone)


 * Has anyone heard anything from them? Have they already scheduled MLA interviews? --> Nothing since the acknowledgment in mid-September.
 * I received a writing sample request about a month ago but have heard nothing since.
 * Requests for reference letters, 11/23.

Reed College (Visiting, 1 year, possibly renewable)

Saint Michael's College (TT, "supportive of the mission of this Catholic, residential, liberal arts college")

Stanford University (TT, Francophone Studies)


 * Acknowledgement received 11/02 (email)

Susquehanna University (TT, specialization in Francophone Studies preferred)


 * Insider candidate? They are not going to MLA and have a visiting already.

Union College (Visiting, 2 years, possibly renewable)

University of Connecticut (TT, assistant/associate, specialization in Francophone Studies)

University of Pittsburgh (TT, 17th/18th-century French Studies)

University of St. Thomas (TT, Medieval and Renaissance France)

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (TT, French and Arabic)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (TT, Specialization open, with preference given to Francophone, 20th and 21st Century, Early Modern)


 * Is anyone having trouble with their online application system? (solved; the documents just took very long to upload - 11/6)
 * I used it without problems today. 11/4
 * I completed two applications on their site (this position, plus one in Global Studies) on 11/5 without any problems.

University of Zurich (TT, Medieval)


 * I heard they have their eye on a Swiss-German candidate with fluent French currently finishing up at the Sorbonne.

Virginia Tech (TT, Specialization in 20th and 21st century French Studies)

Washington & Lee University (TT, asst, pre-Revolutionary literature and culture; film an asset)


 * Make sure you check to see if they got all of your materials; they are apparently not looking at the on-line applications at all.
 * Acknowledgment card received (11/19)

Yale University (Director of Language Program, renewable ) They have already picked their candadidates, received rejection letter on 11/9

Interviews Scheduled
(Schools with which interviews have been scheduled as well as means - MLA, phone, campus)

JMU - Phone interview scheduled

McDaniel - Phone interview scheduled (11/03/10, 11/04/10)

Susquehanna - Phone interview scheduled (11/05/10, 11/08/10)

George Mason - Phone interview scheduled (11/12/10)

Eckerd: Phone interview scheduled (11/16/10)

Pittsburgh - Phone interview scheduled (11/17/10)

Union College - MLA Interview scheduled by phone/ contacted by email (2yr)(11/18) x2

Princeton: MLA interview scheduled by email (11/23)

Dartmouth Skype interview scheduled by email (11/15/10)

Campus Visits Scheduled
Eckerd College: 3 campus visits scheduled.

James Madison University (11/10) --Is this really a campus visit that was scheduled? Isn't that quite early considering that they are accepting applications until 12/1 ? -- Yes, I called JMU and they said that they had closed the search. This was several weeks ago; Oct 27, I believe. --Wow. Thanks! -- Scheduled on 11/10 and will take place the first week of Decemeber.

Yale University (11/10)

Did they first conduct phone interviews? Idea on how many candidates were invited?

Four candidates were invited to Yale.