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Position
Tenured faculty: 1

Currently in TT job: 1

PhD in hand, currently in non-TT job: (VAP) 4; (Lecturer) 2; (Adjunct) 4

PhD in hand, currently unemployed: 1

Postdoc: 1

ABD, but looking to defend this year: 17

ABD in non-TT job: (VAP) ; (Lecturer) ; (Adjunct):

Other: 1

Field
Francophone: 10

Medieval: 1

Renaissance: 5

17th: 2

18th: 1

19th: 10

20th/21st: 10

SLA/Pedagogy (language and culture): 2

Linguistics and sociolinguistics: 1

Other? (Define):

Language Background
Native speaker: 9

Non-native speaker: 19

Heritage speaker:

Amherst College (MA) - TT Asst. Professor of French - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2014. Apply at https://apply.interfolio.com/25177

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/14)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * no news? Anyone?
 * no. I was not even asked for more materials, so I can only assume that I am out of the running.
 * nothing, no rejection nor interview

===Ball State University (IN) - TT Asst. Professor, French and Arabic - CAMPUS VISIT SCHEDULED=== Tenure-track faculty position available August 21, 2015.

Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. [posted 11 July 2014]

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 1

Rejection post-MLA: N/A

Campus visit: 1 [posted 10/31]

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Binghamton University, SUNY (NY) - TT Assistant Professor of Medieval Studies (Digital Humanities) - British or French Lit. - CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED=== Deadline: The search committee will begin reviewing applications on November 15, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):
 * From Medieval (English) 2015: "Skype interview via e-mail (x1) [posted 12/4]"
 * +1 in French (12/4)

Rejection post-MLA: 1 (by email, 12/29)

Campus visit: scheduled 12/24

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Also posted at Medieval Lit. (English) 2015
 * FYI for digital scholars who plan to include images with their writing sample: there is a 2 MB size limit.
 * was this campus visit for an English person and x-listed here, or have 2 ppl been contacted?
 * campus interviews were listed 12/24 on both English and French pages by the same poster - not clear what field of that person is (maybe both?) [12/27] <-It's in French. But there could be finalists in English too.

===Bowdoin College (ME) - TT Assistant Professor hexagonal and North African literature and culture of the 19th and/or 20th/21st centuries - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===

Deadline: Review of applications will begin on October 31.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): phone (11/18) MLA (12/15)+1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Has more than one interview been scheduled? It's rather tricky to update the whole section with "PHONE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED" unless it's certain several people have been contacted...
 * In quite a few searches, only a handful of people post updates; we have to rely on what we have, even if it's only one person posting.
 * can confirm there were multiple interviews scheduled/held
 * I had a phone interview with the search committee but haven't received any rejection notification since. Is that a standard procedure?
 * It never fails to amaze me the lack of professional etiquette in our profession--in general. If formal invitations to the MLA have been issued (about a week ago, it seems), then the committee (chair, member, etc.) has a basic professional obligation to send thank you notes to the candidates who took the time to have a phone interview. This is not rocket science. We are all busy, yes. But find some manners. And to the search committee: I wish you all the best with your search, and continued success with your program.

Brandeis University (MA) - TT Asst. Professor - modern French and Francophone Studies - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: First consideration given to applications received by December 1, 2014. APPLY at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4329.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/9)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Carleton College (MN) - TT Asst. Professor, 20-21 c. French Studies - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: For full consideration, all materials must be received by October 15, 2014. We will interview at the MLA convention in Vancouver. Apply at: https://jobs.carleton.edu/postings/2011

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 12/09*2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (11/24) +2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Did they schedule interviews or not? There was an update that said so, but it doesn't appear here?!


 * Yes, interviews have been scheduled.

Centenary College of Louisiana (LA) - TT Assistant Professor - Francophone Studies of the African Diaspora - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed beginning November 17, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled. Preliminary interviews will be held at the MLA in January.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA [posted 12/21]

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: Any news?

Clemson University (SC) - TT Assistant Professor of French (spec. 19th c. Lit.) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 14, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):MLA interview 12/12, (+1) 12/13 (+1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

College of the Holy Cross (MA) - Eleanor Howard O'Leary Chair in Francophone Studies
Deadline: Please submit, by December 10, a cover letter describing teaching and writing interests, curriculum vitae, and a statement on teaching, to http://apply.interfolio.com/27047.

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===[https://careers.insidehighered.com/college-saint-benedict-saint-johns-university/french-tenure-track-assistantassociate-professor/jobs/590315 College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University (MN) - TT Asst./Assoc. Professor of French] - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED=== Deadline: Applications are accepted online only at http://employment.csbsju.edu. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: E-mail (12/9) (+3) (12/18, post-Skype interview: 1)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (11/20) (+2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

College of William & Mary (VA) - Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies (spec. Francophone Cultures of N. America) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 20, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 12/15 (+1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Columbia University (NY) - TT Assistant Professor, Modern (19-20th c.) or Renaissance French Lit. - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 1, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled, and extra materials requested (11/19)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Was this originally listed as only renaissance? If so, when was the Modern component added?
 * I think it was always listed as Modern or Renaissance, but I may be wrong.
 * AFAIK, it's always been listed as both indeed.
 * If you don't mind my asking,  when are Skype interviews scheduled for, and what additional materials were requested?

Dickinson College (PA) - TT Asst. Professor - 19th c. French Literature and Culture - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: For full consideration, all materials must be received by November 25, 2014. We will interview at the MLA convention in Vancouver.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 12/19 (via the kindest rejection email I've ever read) +1

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled (12/9) +2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Gettysburg College (PA) - TT Assistant Professor of French – 19th Century Literature in Global Perspective - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 1, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: Rejection via snail-mail (12/9) *2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interviews scheduled via email (x3) [posted 11/21]

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * am I the only one who painstakingly wrote a "Statement of Research and Teaching Goals" only to discover in the Interfolio link they need to be separate? Not cool, Gettysburg ad writers.
 * yep, did the same. What a difference missing a plural can make (can I include that in my teaching goals somehow?)
 * I did the same thing! So frustrating!

Hillsdale College (MI) - Asst. Professor of French (Generalist) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 21, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA Interview Scheduled (12/9) +2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Hope College (MI) - Asst. Professor of Francophone Studies (Generalist) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 1, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: e-mail (12/03)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled x 1 (posted 12/01)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===James Madison University (VA) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Post Renaissance Metropolitan French Literature and Culture) - SKYPE / PHONE INTERVIEWS===

See jobs at http://joblink.jmu.edu to apply.

Deadline:

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype/Phone interview scheduled [posted 12/5]

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * What century is the target here?
 * I am as confused as you are. I assume it's about the 17th century, and the beginning of the 18th. But, in all fairness, eveything that's been written after the beginning of the 17th century in France is, in a way, post-renaissance literature. We should probably ask them?
 * Never mind. There is a recent Ph.D. listed as instructor on their site, and her profile fits the job description. So, yes, 17th and 18th century.

Johns Hopkins University (MD) - TT Asst. Professor of French Lit. (Renaissance - early 17th c.) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: All application materials must be submitted online via Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/25087 by October 24, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: snail mail 12/21 +1 (12/31)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled

Rejection post-MLA: snail mail 12/22

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Did anyone get an MLA interview?

===Linfield College (OR) - TT Assistant Professorship in Francophone African Studies=== Linfield College is seeking an Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies (Africa) beginning January 1, 2015.

Deadline: August 29, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection: 10/22

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Loyola University Chicago (IL) - TT Assistant Professor, Modern/Contemporary (19th-21st c) French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===
 * What is the problem with this department? I am tempted to apply, but being aware of the fact that 3 tenured assistant professors left whithin 5 years,  I am not sure I want to be there although the tenure aspect is very appealing. Any clue?
 * It's a very nice and congenial department with some great teachers and some excellent researchers.  I don't know about the third prof. but the two first assistant professors received very good offers from two of the top Francophone Studies programs in the nation. So that is definitely not the department's fault.

Deadline:  Applications received before 1 December 2014 will receive full consideration.

Request for more materials: [see NOTES]

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/16) (x2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * any news? have recommendations been requested? (posted 12/12)
 * letters of rec requested 12/15

Lyon College (AR) - TT Asst. Professor, Romance Languages
Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. (posted 09/09/14)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

New York City College of Tech, CUNY (NY) - Assistant Professor of Arabic and French
Deadline: Review of resumes to begin 11/4/14.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

This position appears to have been "re-posted," and now has a new deadline. So for those of us who applied during fall, I suppose we are not what they are looking for. Hmmm...

New York University (NY) - TT Asst. Professor of French - Contemporary Literature - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Applicants should submit a letter, a CV, a chapter of the dissertation or a publication and the names of three referees, via the "Employment" link on the NYU Department of French web site: http://french.as.nyu.edu/page/home. Review of applications will begin October 27, 2014, and remain open until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled 11/27/14

MLA interview: scheduled 12/12 (see notes and queries)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Has anyone heard anything about this yet?
 * Nope; seems a bit early though, doesn't it?
 * Seems like they're scheduling in a piecemeal manner.
 * Has anyone been invited to the MLA since their skype interview? 12/10/14 - nope. 12/11 - rejected 12/12. Yes - MLA interview 12/12.+1
 * Can't wait to see who they place in this position.........
 * I really hope the committee will prove me wrong, but my guess is that the "lucky one" will be male, white, and possibly French :-(

Northern Illinois University (IL) - TT Asst. Professor of French Studies (Generalist) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Preference will be given to complete applications received by December 5, 2014; however, applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Possibility to interview at MLA.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA 12/12 (by e-mail)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Northern Illinois University (IL) - TT Asst. Professor of French Linguistics
Deadline: Preference will be given to complete applications received by December 5, 2014; however, applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Possibility to interview at MLA.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Northwestern University (IL) - TT Asst. Professor, French Medieval Literature- MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: To be assured of full consideration, applications must be received by November 28, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview (email), 12/10, +2 12/12 (they seem to be scheduling them one at a time)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made

NOTES & QUERIES:

Ohio State University (OH) - TT Assistant Professor of Early Modern French - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 15, and we encourage submission before that date. However, applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: via email 12/29 x2

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 12/8

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * When were MLA interviews scheduled? And were they scheduled by email or phone? (12/10)
 * Did anyone else get an MLA interview? I'm assuming this ship has sailed ... or they are scheduling piecemeal (and very late)? Any info appreciated.

Oklahoma State University (OK) - TT Asst. Professor, French Literature pre-1800
Deadline: December 5, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (by email 12/22)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Penn State University (PA) - TT Assistant Professor of Early Modern and Gender Studies - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Application review will begin November 20, 2014, and will continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials: Writing sample (publication) + Letters of recommendation (11/14) (x4)

Rejection: email 12/3 (x2), email 12/08

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled 12/4 (x4)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Anyone else had any trouble uploading documents, a message saying you applied already, when nothing had been uploaded yet?

===Salisbury University (MD) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Generalist) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===

Deadline: Please visit our website http://www.salisbury.edu/HR/Jobs/ to apply online. Applications received by November 15, 2014 will be given first consideration

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (12/11);interview held 12/16

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * position cancelled?
 * I still see it advertised.
 * Still posted on HR page (as of Sept. 16): http://www.salisbury.edu/HR/Jobs/single.asp?ident=1901

SUNY Geneseo (NY)- TT Assistant Professor of French (spec. Open) - CAMPUS VISITS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review of complete applications begins November 3, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):  Skype interview scheduled (11/10)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:  Campus visit scheduled (11/20)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * How many have been scheduled? It seems that they have an internal candidate too and she would certainly be a good fit.

Texas Tech University (TX) - TT Asst. Professor, 20th- and 21st-c. French Literature and Culture -SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline:  review begins immediately (posted at Chronicle 11/14/14)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):  Skype, 12/17

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * How come this has just been advertized and interviews are scheduled?
 * There are no interviews scheduled yet; it's a copy-paste mistake, which I corrected.
 * Someone posted (and deleted) a question about the site not working. It hates Safari but works fine in Firefox

Tufts University (MA)- TT Assistant Professor of French (20th/21st -Century French Literature, Film, and/or Cultural Studies)
Deadline: Dec. 15, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Reposting yesterday's comment (don't know why it got deleted...): does anybody find it strange that this opening is not advertised on the MLA JIL??


 * It was posted, it probably just expired.
 * Really? Have you seen it? I've been checking every week for 2 months and never saw it.
 * That's why it's important to check all of the job lists. Plus, HR does make mistakes. I know of more than one search where the deadline had to be moved because HR never sent out the job ad. In one case, it had only been posted on the university's website, and no one realized it until the committee tried to start reviewing applications.

===Université Laval (Québec) - Professeur ou professeure en littérature d'expression française (Littérature des femmes)===

Deadline: Jan. 9, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Université Laval (Québec) - Professeur ou professeure en littératures francophones de l'Amérique du Nord===

Deadline: Jan. 9, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===Université Laval (Québec) - Professeur ou professeure en littérature française - Roman français de la première moitié du XXe siècle===

Deadline: Jan. 9, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Arizona (AZ) - TT Assistant Professor of French (Contemporary Francophone Caribbean Culture) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: review begins 12-01-2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/17) +1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Calgary (CAN) - TT Assistant Professor, Québécois/French-Canadian Studies
Deadline:  December 10, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of California, Santa Barbara (CA) - TT Assistant Professor, “long” French Enlightenment (ca. 1670-1815) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 15, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled by phone 12/12 (+1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news on this one? (12/11)

University of Central Oklahoma (OK) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Generalist) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Please complete the application at http://jobs.uco.edu/postings/6270 by November 15, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview scheduled (12/5) (x2)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Does anyone have the answer to this question: if one sends the letters of recommendation via interfolio to the email address (as stipulated in the application instructions), then how does one submit the rest the application through the UCO HR site? Everytime I click "next" to finish the submission it tells me that my application is incomplete (and therefore will not be considered) due to the missing letters--but of course those have gone to the email address.
 * Yes! I encountered the same problem and emailed the HR Department. This was their reply: "To complete this application process, simply upload a Word document in place of the letters of recommendation, that states what avenue you will be using to submit the letters of recommendation (either have your references or Interfolio, email [mailto:jobs@uco.edu jobs@uco.edu] with the letters) and that the letters will be uploaded by Human Resources upon arrival. Once those letters are received, our office will replace the Word documents with the letters of recommendation."
 * Thanks for the tip!

===University of Colorado at Boulder (CO) - TT Asst. Professor of African Francophone Studies - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA (12/18) x2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Dallas (TX) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Specialization in twentieth-century novel desirable, with interests in existentialism and Catholic authors.)===

Deadline: Review of submissions will begin October 1 and continue until November 15.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Seems like a fake search- they have a Visiting lecturer with same specialisation.

University of Denver (CO) - TT Assistant Professor of French (Francophone Studies) - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Deadline for submissions is October 31, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection: E-mail rejection (11/24) (+2)

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): [see NOTES below]

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * so when they say Francophone, do they mean "outside of France"? I'm asking because that definition seems rather variable...


 * Are they converting the lecturer's position into TT, or adding to their team?
 * Based on the rejection e-mail, they have already identified "a" candidate who matches their criteria. Sure makes it sound like it was not a real search! What a waste of time!
 * Yes, and the lecturer there (phd 2010) totally fits the search profile, having lived in France and another area of the francophone world... That's weird, however, if they don't even do interviews... I wonder how it is justified to HR.
 * whether fake or not I cannot tell, but I know a person who has an interview with them at the MLA (posted 11/24)

University of Georgia (GA) - "Academic Professional" of French (Full-Time, Non-TT) - PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW SCHEDULED
Deadline: The committee will begin to review applications on November 7, 2014 and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Scheduled for 12/10 (1 total)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * Now they are calling us "academic professionals"?

===University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL) - TT Assistant Professor in French Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education - CAMPUS VISIT SCHEDULED=== Deadline: Full consideration will be given to complete applications received by October 20, 2014. Applicants may be interviewed before the closing date, although no hiring decision will be made until after that date.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled 11/12 (x1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: scheduled 12/15

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Kansas (KS) - TT Asst. Professor - Francophone Studies - MLA / SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Initial review of applications begins 14 November 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA interview Scheduled [posted 11/12]; Skype interview scheduled 12/12

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Louisiana at Lafayette (LA) - TT Assistant/Associate Professor of Francophone Studies (Francophone Louisiana)
Deadline: For initial consideration, applications must be received by December 15, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Louisiana at Lafayette (LA) - TT Assistant Professor of Francophone Studies (Québec)
Deadline: For initial consideration, applications must be received by December 15, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Maine - Farmington (ME) - TT Asst. Professor of French (Generalist) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Nov. 20

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype (scheduled via phone 12/9)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * AGAIN? 4th time in a row? What gives? Did the person they hired jump ship? Must be an awful place to work.
 * The guy they hired in 2013 is still there and serving as search committee chair. It might be about time for their senior faculty member to retire.
 * So who is the Search Chair? MLA says Dr. Clint Bruce but Interfolio says Dr. Sylvie Charron.

University of Maryland Baltimore County (MD) - TT Assistant Professor of Linguistics (Creolist/French)
Deadline: November 20, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Any news about this position?

University of Mississippi (MS) - TT Asst. Professor of French (excl. Medieval and 20-21 c.) - CAMPUS VISITS SCHEDULED
Deadline:  open until filled (posted 09/16/14)

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype Interview Scheduled (+1) (there's two interviews)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: scheduled (12/10)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of North Carolina Wilmington (NC) - TT Asst. Professor - French Media and/or Cultural Studies
Deadline: priority given to apps received by Dec. 20.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of South Carolina, Columbia - TT Asst. Professor of Pre-19th c Cultural Studies - MLA INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2014

Request for more materials: 12/4 (x2)

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): MLA, 12/4 (x3)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of South Dakota (SD) - TT Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: The review of applications will begin December 1, 2014 and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES: Any news?

===University of Toronto Mississauga (CAN) - TT Assistant Professor - Teaching and Learning French as a Second Language (Didactique du FLS/FLE) - PHONE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED===

Deadline: All application materials, including the letters of reference, must be received by October 17th, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Phone Interview Scheduled 11/12 (x1)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Virginia (VA) - Tenured Professor, French - CAMPUS VISITS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on September 21, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: scheduled (as of 12/4)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===[http://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=175966173&Title=Assistant%2FAssociate%20Professor%20in%20French University of Virginia - College at Wise (VA) - TT Asst. or Assoc. Professor of French] - CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED=== Deadline:  Not Stated - link to apply: http://jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=74603

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Phone Interview Schedule (12/05)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:  Scheduled 12/17

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

West Virginia University (WV) - TT Assistant Professor of French Applied Linguistics
Deadline:  Screening will begin February 2, 2015, continuing until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Visiting Positions / Limited Term Appointments
===Boston University (MA) - Lecturer in French=== Deadline: Preference will be given to applications received by December 15, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Catholic University of America (DC) - Clinical Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies (2 yr. renewable) - ADDITIONAL MATERIALS REQUESTED
Deadline:  Review of applications to begin on December 5. Interviews will be conducted by Skype.

Request for more materials: received an email on 12/31

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

College of Charleston (SC) - Instructor of French
Deadline: Applications must be received by December 1, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Connecticut College (CT) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French (1 yr)
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2015, and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news? Are they doing MLA interviews?


 * What's going on with this position? It expires from the JIL in February, yet there is a "possibility" to interview at the MLA? Well, the MLA is just about upon us; something weird here. Stop playing games, please. Either choose your candidates in time for the MLA, with sufficient and appropriate notice, or make a selection in February/spring. My assumption is that they have a "pre-determined" applicant pool...or applicant.


 * It's not a great way to run a search. The chair's wife is listed as a visitor on the department website, but doesn't seem to currently be teaching any classes. Perhaps that's the answer...


 * Hmmm...............

Cornell University (NY) - Lecturer / Senior Lecturer of French
Deadline: Applications must be received by Jan. 5, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * What does "Visa expedition funds are not available for this position" mean exactly ?
 * They don't sponsor visas for non resident/citizens

Drew University (NJ) - Asst. Professor of French (1 yr. appt)
Deadline: Applicants should submit electronically a letter of application, CV and three reference letters electronically to Professor Marie-Pascale Pieretti at [mailto:HR1214-9@drew.edu HR1214-9@drew.edu]. Review of applications will begin January 31, 2015 and continue until the position is filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Indiana University (IN) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Submit letter of application, CV, and three letters of support by January 20, 2015 electronically via PeopleAdmin: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/1334.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Kenyon College (OH) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review begins Nov. 27, 2014.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (12/20)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * Any news? [see above]

Lafayette College (PA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French (Generalist)
Deadline: The deadline to apply is January 9, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Loyola University New Orleans (LA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: February 1, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Luther College (IA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Review of applications begins December 17, 2014 

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Rutgers University-Camden (NJ) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French - CANCELLED
Deadline: November 7, 2014.

NOTES & QUERIES:


 * --> any news?


 * -I thought this search was cancelled.


 * -That's what the MLA JIL said back in November.

===Sam Houston State University (TX) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French (Jan. 2015 - May 2016)===

Deadline: Review seems to begin immediately: https://shsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/11677

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Smith College (MA) - Lecturer in French - GOOGLE HANGOUT INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Submit applications at http://apply.interfolio.com/26285 with letter of application, C.V., teaching statement, and three confidential letters of recommendation. Applications received by December 1, 2014, will receive full consideration.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 1 via google hangouts (notified via email 12/19)+1

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Alabama (AL) - Instructor of French
Deadline: Review of applications will commence in early January and continue until the positions are filled.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Calgary (CAN) - French Instructor, Contingent Term
Deadline: To ensure their full consideration, complete applications (including all reference letters) must be submitted by December 12, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Nevada, Reno (NV) - Lecturer, French - PHONE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: November 10, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):
 * Q (11/22): When were phone intereviews scheduled?
 * November 21st.

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of North Carolina at Charlotte (NC) - Lecturer in French (3 yr. Appt.) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 10, 2014

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):
 * Q (11/22): When were SKYPE intereviews scheduled?
 * November, 21st.

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Oklahoma (OK) - Assistant Professor of French (Five-Year Ranked Renewable Term Appointment) - SKYPE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: review begins Dec. 1

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): 12/11 (Skype request via e-mail) +2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

===University of Oregon (OR) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French, Medieval-Renaissance Literature and Culture (One Year, with poss. renewal up to two times)=== Deadline: review begins February 1, 2015

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

University of Puget Sound (WA) - Visiting Instructor of French
Deadline: For the complete job description and to apply online, please visit http://apptrkr.com/555098. The initial application deadline is January 5, 2015.

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Ursinus College (PA) - Visiting Assistant Professor of French (2 yr.) - CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
Deadline: review begins November 5th

Request for more materials:

Rejection: Hola mis compadres! I received a rejection email this afternooon. --> can you specify the date? Was it after a Skype interview?

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone): Skype interview scheduled (12/4) +2

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: scheduled (12/20)

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

I assume this position arises this year because of a failed TT search last year? Does anyone know if this visiting job might lead into a TT?
 * -who knows! nothing really "leads" to a TT job, they would still have to advertise and go through the hoops.
 * – Wrong assumption
 * Wrong assumption?  Did they hire a TT person last year?  I know for a fact that they conducted a TT search.

Williams College (MA) - Visiting Assistant Professor in French (1 yr. Appt)
Deadline: Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV and 3 letters of reference by February 9, 2015 through Interfolio, using this link: http://apply.interfolio.com/28190

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Williams College (MA) - Visiting Asst. Professor of French (3 yr. Appt.) - CANCELLED
Deadline: Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV and 3 letters of reference by November 15, 2014 through Interfolio, using this link: http://apply.interfolio.com/25687.

NOTES & QUERIES:
 * This search has been cancelled. [POSTED 11/06/14]

===Winona State University (MN) - Instructor/Assistant Professor of French Language & Culture (Fixed-term, renewable)===

Deadline: January 31, 2015 (http://agency.governmentjobs.com/winona/default.cfm - search 'French')

Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (please specify: Skype, MLA, phone):

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

NOTES & QUERIES:

Word on the Street

 * The JobList is out. It is a rather dire year. +2 Let's hope it gets better with age. -doesn't seem like it.
 * Well, someone is all doom and gloom.
 * Well, with this market, if you're not doom and gloom you're either in denial, or you know more than we do. So, what's your secret?
 * Does anyone know at what time on Friday the MLA typically update the job list?
 * Should be updated by noon Eastern time.
 * Thank you
 * Let us remember the good times with this 2012 tumblr of whimsical job postings that aren't real but really could have been.  http://mlajobs.tumblr.com/
 * Thanks so much for reminding me of this gem. I had forgotten about it. If I recall correctly, there are actually a couple of "real" jobs sandwiched in with the fake ones. It's sad state of affairs when we can no longer tell them apart.
 * No mention of Hope college? I know it's probably not for everyone as it's a religious college, but if you are so inclined: http://www.hope.edu/academic/language/french/ (deadline: November 1). Sorry it's last-minute, don't have time to go through the editing process as I'm trying to finish my apps
 * Added above (10/30)
 * General question to all who read this wiki: does anyone else feel the pointlessness of applying to departments that already have VAPs?  It seems like something should be done to minimize these 'fake' searches.  It feels like a complete waste of time to apply to these jobs.
 * It is not pointless. Sometimes the VAP is not even given a campus visit (happened to people I know). Sometimes the department likes the VAP but the VAP wants out (because of their partner, geography, who knows). Sometimes VAP and department love each other but -- surprise! -- the VAP gets a job somewhere more desirable. You never know. Apply.
 * The searches are almost never "fake." Among the tenure-track searches I have witnessed that had an internal candidate (VAP/lecturer/postdoc), the majority did not end with the internal candidate being hired.
 * I'm one of those VAPs who was in a department where I didn't get hired for a TT position advertised that might, from the outside, have looked like it "fit me like a glove". I didn't even get an interview. It had a couple of effects on me: 1) I feel myself rooting for the internal candidate a lot more easily; after all, that person has already invested a lot of energy/time in the department, and even uprooted themselves and/or family to move to this place. 2) it made me realize that there's a big difference between a VAP and a TT person. VAPs are hired because there's a specific need: specific courses, already assigned to a departing prof, need to be filled, usually on short notice. For a TT prof, perhaps the department decides to move in a different direction; they had too many established profs leave so they want to hire an 'advanced TT' person; they think a person with a different specialization than the current VAP will attract more students; they want to make sure that the person they hire will get tenure and think a different candidate is more likely to have enough publications... etc. And yes, the VAP might be tired of being at that university... In hindsight, I'm glad I didn't stay forever, but that took a while to realize. I have to say though, there are a few instances on this wiki where I didn't bother applying since the requirements were so specific the ad seemed to be written specifically for an internal candidate (and my specs were slightly different). But if the description fits you, and you think you'd be a good candidate, go for it. Perhaps just don't be bitter if the VAP does end up getting the contract...
 * Does anyone know to what extent nationality affects universities' choices? Many application forms have a question about eligibility to work in the US, i.e. if the candidate would need a visa. Do you have a sense of how that factors in the decision process, if at all?
 * From what I understand, it is more likely to affect your chances for short-term positions, since sponsoring a visa is a cost and a risk that schools might not be willing to make for a one-year hire. Not only that, but since many of those hires happen late in the year, even a small delay in the visa application process can prevent the new hire from starting on time. For a TT hire, it's much less likely to be an issue. -- Makes sense, thank you!
 * The search for Williams College is back on (except now it's only for 1 year). http://www.mla.org/jil_listing?id=22501
 * I have questions about timelines, can anyone provide some insight?  Generally how long does it take for departments to notify candidates of campus interviews after the initial screening (via MLA or SKYPE/PHONE)? How long does it take for departments to notify candidates of job offers after campus interviews?
 * This might not be a very helpful answer, but it varies a lot. Some will get in touch within a day of finishing interviews. Others will take 2-3 weeks. Some that happen before or during winter break have to wait until the start of the next semester when the whole search committee (sometimes not all  members are present at the first interview) can meet to make a decision. Some places continue narrowing down finalists after first-round interviews by asking for more materials or calling references. Some places think they'll have an answer in a week, but then there's an administrative delay of some kind or another. Notification after campus interviews can be just as fast or slow. You can always ask the committee during your interview what their anticipated timeline is, but they don't always know for sure.
 * As the previous poster said, notification time varies wildly.  Generally speaking, however, positive notifications arrive much more quickly than negative ones.  For example, a search committee might not contact MLA interviewees who were not invited to campus until after an offer has been accepted by a finalist who came to campus -- as late as March or April, potentially -- because they are keeping open the possibility of inviting one of those people if things don't work out with the initial shortlist.  Likewise, the first person to receive an offer after a campus visit will hear sooner than the others. The rejections often don't go out until the search is complete, paperwork signed, etc. This is why so many candidates end up getting unofficially "rejected" by the wiki long before they hear from the search committee.  (And sometimes, in the worst cases, the committee never gets in touch at all.)  However, as the previous poster intimated, the whole  process is typically very slow, so not hearing from a committee doesn't always equal bad news. There's really no way to know, unfortunately, even if the committee has given you a sense of their timeline. I recommend meditating a lot, taking long walks, and staying off the wiki.
 * With many of the positions posted this year being on the East Coast and in the Midwest, I find it extremely rude that search committees notify candidates as late as mid-to-late December about Vancouver interviews. Vancouver is not exactly easy to fly into, and it is expensive. This brings up the lingering issue that the MLA conference/interviews should be revisited. And, who paid off the MLA to schedule Vancouver, anyway? Yes, someone bid that under the table--I promise you. In any case, why even bother to have interviews at this conference? By the time expenses are paid for faculty hotel rooms, air travel, etc., etc., just fly in your top three candidates to your own campus and interview them there. Save money. And hassle. And energy. Oh, this profession. And we wonder why things are the way...they are. We can write papers and articles; but business managers were are...not. The first mistake is tasking a group of academics with identifying new hires/faculty. Business is business. Do what's best for the students. It is not a pissing match. As a member of the search committee, you likely already have tenure. So calm down, and blow your own horn later. Get the job done; quickly and efficiently. You're not electing the next President of the United States.
 * Is it normal to not get rejection letters, even if you're clearly out of the running? I applied for `20 jobs and only received 3 rejections. It seems cruel to not put candidates out of their misery!
 * Very normal, unfortunately! There are HR reasons for this. It's dumb, but should be expected.
 * It is indeed very normal and that is why the Wiki was created! :)
 * Happy New Year everyone!