African American 2010

African American
# on the market: 16 (where is everyone this year?)

just curious: 

PhD Degree: African Diaspora/AAS-2

African American Studies: 1

English: 7

History: 4

Philosophy: 1

Interdisciplinary: 2

American Studies: 1

Comparative Literature: 1

Anthropology: 1

Can we please add links when we add jobs here? Not all of these positions are "literature" positions, so it's not always obvious where to find them. And if you're gonna share, you may as well go all out, right? Thanks.

Even though the application deadline has passed, I'm putting up a link for the multi-discipline Tennessee search. (Review began on Dec.1, but that's not a cut-off date)

Campus Visits Scheduled:

Arcadia University (11/10)

-"I'm writing to ask if you're still interested in the position and if you will be at the MLA." by email 12/4. (Q: Does this qualify as an interview request?) x2 Q: Has anyone heard back from Arcadia since receiving this email? (12/12) A: Yes, if you got this email, they want to schedule an MLA interview. Q: Has anyone actually scheduled an MLA interview with Arcadia? (12/14) A: MLA interview scheduled 12/14 (by email) x2

Q: Anyone know what the teaching load is at Arcadia University? A: 12 credit load (4 credit/class)

'Armstrong Atlantic State University' (12/1)

Interview requested (12/14) x3

'Alabama '(11/30)

African American Literature with a specialization in critical theory

Request for more materials (12/02)

MLA interview scheduled (by phone) (12/09) (x4)

(just to say, after the interview: smart and courteous people on this committee)-- Couldn't agree more! One of the most enjoyable interviews ever.

Alabama-Race and Gender/Afro 

-Request for more materials(11/25) x2

- phone interview requested (12/9) X2

what disciplines are you in? just curious. : )

Bard College (no date) link
 * Q: Has anyone heard anything?

-I think so. I posted the Simon's Rock job right when it was advertised, and this one was already up.
 * nope, not a word. (11/20)
 * I got an automated email acknowledgement. (11/21)
 * Is this different from the Simon's Rock position?


 * I think this is an inside hire. They have a visiting professor who is poised for the gig, I'd say.
 * Just received a request for a writing sample. (12/4) X3
 * Can the last posters clarify if this is Bard or Bard College at Simons rock? Thanks.
 * To clarify, I received a request for a writing sample from Bard (the one to which that link takes ya).
 * The request for a writing sample was from Bard College, not Simons Rock.
 * same as above.
 * E-mail request for interview at MLA (12/17) X2

Bard College-Simons Rock (11/15)


 * Ack. by mail (11/7)X2
 * Any pre-Thanksgiving news?
 * Any news after acknowledgment? Seems like there should be movement by now. (12/14)
 * phone interview requested (12/15) (X2)
 * any idea when they'll let phone interviewees know if they made the final cut?
 * They told me they would likely do a second round of phone interviews in mid-January and then proceed to campus visits in late January-early February. But the first phone interview was extremely rushed - 15 minutes???  Yours?
 * i think phone interviews are awkward to begin with, especially when there are so many people on the other end. it didn't seemed rushed to me, it felt like eternity :-)

Boston U (11/1)

ack. application x3

any news on this one?

-direct rejection, no sugarcoat, via snail mail (11/13)

Bowdoin College (11/30)

Any word on this one?

Did anyone here apply for this job?

Mm-hm. No news. (x2)

Dominican U (11/6)

--Does the Dominican job look like an inside hire to anyone else?

cant tell....? what is tipping you?

--Visiting prof has right profile, identical to job ad

--I don't think it's an inside hire. I had a campus visit there last year, and they mentioned they would be hiring for this position the following year, and I didn't get that feeling. Always a possibility I guess.

ack. application 11/9

--Where did you find the VAP's profile? I've searched the school's site, and the information I found only lists the courses he is teaching and a presentation he gave recently. I got an email asking for a MLA interview. Anyone else? Yes

A colleague of mine got an interview. I will say I interviewed at this school for the ethnic position last year (didn't end up getting it after campus visit), and the committee members were all very nice, cordial, and professional. Good luck! (12/3)

Eastern Michigan 

Fayetteville State U

MLA interview scheduled (12/21)

Florida Gulf Coast University (1/01/10)

George Washington (American Studies dept.-18-20c African American Culture) (12/1)
 * This one is also listed under the American Studies job wiki
 * AA form and acknowledgment (snail mail) 12/3)
 * phone interview scheduled (12/11)

Grambling State University (Early American or Af-Am) (11/20)

Phone interview scheduled and conducted (12/18)

Grand Valley State (assistant professor of American literature with a specialization in African-American literature) (11/03)

MLA interview scheduled (by email) (12/08)

MLA interview scheduled (by phone) 12/08

Indiana U-South Bend (11/1)

Iowa State: 

African and African American Studies search: Canceled (10/27) (I got this email too)

Kennesaw State: (11/15)

-emailed request for phone interview (12/8)

-what discipline, please?

-its a joint position in Afro/History/Philosophy.

-right, got that. question is what discipline are you, the phone interviewee, coming from.

-Sorry, I am in Afro.

Luther College:

Campus visits scheduled - early December (12/1)

Loyola University (12/4)

Q: Anyone know if Loyola is interviewing at MLA? (12/14) A: Yes, MLA interview scheduled on 12/9 (12/15) -- Q: Has anyone heard any news about campus visits?? (1/08)

Mississippi State(1/16)

Muhlenberg College (12/30)

-same one as last year????

-Looks like no hire was made.

-reportedly, admin was not pleased that everyone on the shortlist was white.

-Now that's a political mess...

-Ack. by mail (11/24)

Nebraska-Lincoln (11/2)

dossier request mid-November

Did you get an acknowledged email? I've heard nothing and had it in by the 11/2 deadline.

-No ack., just a dossier request email

-Phone interview scheduled (11/4)

Northeastern (11/30)

11/24 QUESTION: Where is the ad for this position?? I haven't seen it anywhere. Thanks

http://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/search.cfm?JobCat=76
 * Any word after immediate email ack? (12/14)

Ohio State any word here?

snail mail ack 1/5/10

Old Dominion University (until filled)

Rejection by mail 10/22

Skype interview; campus visit (11/8-10); request for additional materials (11/23)

Ole Miss 
 * Rejected via email, but file still active, whatever that means. (12/14) X3
 * conference interview request (12/11)

Portland State University (1/15) email ack 1/5

Stanford (11/2)

--MLA interview scheduled (12/3)

--le sigh...

--just received a nicely written rejection email. (12/11)

SUNY Buffalo (10/20 until filled) (literature of African Diaspora including Africa)

Phone interview on 11/06

U of Houston

--email requesting more materials (10/28) (11/02)

--snail mail dossier (and other materials) request (11/14)

--dossiers were part of the original application; confirmation card simply reminded applicants to make sure that they had asked for letters to be sent (11/22)

--Has anyone gotten an interview request from Houston?

--I emailed the English Department. They say that they are not interviewing at the MLA (12/10).

- Phone Interviews conducted on a rolling basis (12/4) [I had a video-conference interview as did a friend.]

- Email saying that they are still reviewing candidates and will take a little longer because their semester starts later than usual. Will update in January. (12/21) x3

--contacted about campus visit (12/15)

University of North Carolina, Greensboro (12/15)

ack by mail(12/21)

University of Wisconsin-Madison (11/1)

-any news???

-email stating the position is canceled! (12/14)

UNC-Asheville (12/1)

This job is not posted on H-Net. Is this job posting a mistake? I can't find it anywhere.

Sorry about that, I thought it was on H-net. I looked at my cover letter and apparently it was on the Chronicle. Good luck!

Thanks, but I'm not on the market. I suppose I'm a Wiki lurker. This job is part of the Africana Studies program, not the Lit. Dept. I'm very familiar with UNCA, and I know it would be an incredible place to work, especially as director of the Africana Studies Program. Good luck to you!

No problem. Thanks for your warm wishes, have fun lurking :)

UNC-Charlotte (12/7)

--could someone say where they found this listing (and/or the UNCA one)? I can't find anything on the school website or the chronicle. Thanks.

-H-NET.ORG

-Thanks!


 * Ack. by snail mail with signed paperwork to return. (12/19) X2

U of South Carolina (10/31)

-received acknowledgment by snail mail; status update, including mla interview decisions, will be made by mid-december. (10/31)

interview scheduled (11/30)

U of Washington (11/6)
 * rejection by email. (11/03) (12/18) x1
 * request for more materials (11/17) X2 (11/03) x1
 * Requst for video-conference interview and second writing sample (12/9)

U of Tennessee (12/1) [|link]

Ack by email. (12/3) x3

Williams 

-email ak. app

-any news?????

-according to the Ethnic Studies page, short list and interviews are already in order.

-Darn it! Thanks for the update, though...


 * I have searched for the BU, Williams, and William and Mary jobs and haven't found anything -- could someone post a link?...

where are you looking? go to their websites-williams and bu have the info on their dept. page under news (but...deadlines have past), and WM has it on their job site. good luck


 * If you are on for a campus interview, research online. Most of the AA program faculty are wonderful, but are not full hires in AA. Williams admin has a tough time supporting programs (if the genre didn't exist in 1793 when the school was founded, is it a legimate course of study? etc.) All of the VAPs and TTs have left Williams very quickly for various reasons, though the below may be the most sensational: Quick Takes: Williams Scraps Event Amid Organizer's Troubles - Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1DURwY
 * I too heard this about Williams. My mentor said its a good place to go in and get out quickly.
 * have they made an offer?
 * I doubt it. November would be very early for them to make an offer, and they often go to the their second or third choice because number one doesn't get hooked. And now everyone in the administration is freaked out by the fact that Africana Studies/Political Science has had an guy teaching there for two years w/o a BA who just plea bargained for credit card and student loan fraud to the tune of $800,000 (see link above). My guess it'll be a while. However, you can always contact the SCC.

any idea if an offer has been made at williams?

-just got a nice letter stating that they have "concluded the search" 12/21

-Ditto. Mine also states that my application will remain on-file.

Congratulations whoever you are!!!!! x1

Yale - Assistant/Associate Professor(s) of African American Lit (11/1/09) http://www.yale.edu/english/profiles/.../Ads%20for%20Assisant%20Prof.pdf Let us know if Yale has invited you. I always wonder if it is possible to submit to Yale jobs and be considered seriously if you are not invited to apply. *Has anyone been contacted for an interview?


 * I received an ack card from Michael Warner in English about one month ago - 12.11


 * So did I; does anyone know whether MLA interviews or campus visits have already been scheduled? 12-15

the interviewees are not present here.
 * My experience is that if you have not heard by now, you are not going to be interviewed. I am assuming that interviews have been scheduled, and

In my experience, search committees will call as late as December 22, especially when they have asked for everything up front, as with this position. So, pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will: assume that the interviews have been scheduled, but enjoy the surprise, if the phone rings. Best wishes to you all. --And, for what it's worth, the Ethnic Studies search contacted lucky contestants yesterday (12/16).


 * So please do post here when you have been contacted for an MLA interview as it does not seem that rejection letters will be emailed at the same time.


 * Rejection via postcard (12/18) (x3)


 * Anyone contacted for an interview yet?
 * yes, i interviewed at mla. i don't expect to be invited to campus. does anyone?

Valdosta State

Phone interview scheduled (12/9) (x 2)