Anglophone 2010

Anglophone and World Literature/Postcolonial
STATS:
 * PhD: 11
 * 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)

American University of Beirut (11/30 ) 
 * email ack (11/30) x1 (12/1) X3 (12/16)

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.

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! ANS: October 30th

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)

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.)

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)

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???
 * Nothing yet. By the way, the "friend of mine tells me..." should probably be categorized under "heard it through the grapevine" or "gossip. It's best to post firsthand information here. (12/22)

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...?
 * rejection rec'd by email (12/22)

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 7
 * Has anyone gotten a phone call?

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).
 * Has anyone heard back since their interview and/or been invited to campus? Still holding out faint hope that there will be another round of phone interviews. (12/22)
 * On-campus interview request via phone (12/22).

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)

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

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)

U of Richmond (11/2) 

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

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)

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)