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Campus Visit Scheduled (please specify date)
Wesleyan U
 * Arizona State University (Film and Media Studies)- late January and February campus visits
 * Bentley College - January campus visit scheduled
 * Brandeis, January campus visit scheduled (2)
 * Bryn Mawr campus visit scheduled 1/29
 * Carleton College
 * Colby, January campus visit scheduled (1/14)
 * Columbia College, Chicago (week of Dec. 3) campus visits complete--references being called
 * DePaul University Chicago - visits complete
 * Georgia State (Moving Image Studies TT) - January campus visit scheduled
 * Georgia Tech - campus visit scheduled 1/7
 * George Mason 3 candidates invited for campus visits (email 12/18)
 * Georgetown - Culture and Politics
 * Grinnell College (3 candidates invited to campus)
 * Indiana University (Digital Media) - January campus visit scheduled
 * Lake Forest College - Invitation extended for January or February (2)
 * Lehigh Univ
 * Loyola Digital Cinema, has invited candidates to campus
 * Middlebury College - mid Jan campus visits
 * Northeastern Illinois University-has invited finalists for the media studies position
 * Rutgers - campus visit scheduled
 * Temple University (Broadcasting, Telecommunication, and Mass Media) - VISITS complete
 * Texas Christian (TV Studies) January visit scheduled.
 * Tulane - Media studies-campus visits complete
 * UBC Okanagan - campus visit scheduled
 * University of California, Santa Cruz - campus visits complete
 * University of California, San Diego (TV Studies) - January and February campus visits scheduled
 * UIC -Chicago Black Popular Cultural Studies-has invited finalists to campus
 * University of Colorado, Boulder - campus visit scheduled
 * University of Iowa - campus visit scheduled for late January (2)
 * U of Manitoba (Assistant, International/World Cinema) - Invitation extended for 3rd or 4th week of January
 * University of New Hamsphire (Media Studies) - December campus visit scheduled
 * University of North Florida - January campus visit scheduled
 * University of San Francisco-Contacted in December for campus interview in Feb.
 * University of Washington, Seattle
 * U Wisconsin at Oshkosh
 * Westminster College - campus visit scheduled
 * Wofford College - campus visits scheduled

Position Offered

 * Columbia College, Chicago - (fairly certain about this)
 * Indiana University (Digital Media)
 * Lake Forest College (Media Studies) offered and accepted
 * Colby College (job offered and accepted, according to rejection letter)
 * DePaul U (job offered and accepted)
 * North Carolina State University (job offered and accepted)

Rejections (please specify date)
These #s in parentheses refer to the number of people using this wiki who have had a particular experience (requests, rejections, etc.)
 * Bentley - letter dated Dec. 7 (2)
 * Brandeis (Post-Doc, digital humanities) via postal mail, rec'd 12/18
 * George Mason (Cultural Studies, Visual Media)via email 11/30 I checked status on this and was told I was never in the running as I applied online on the day after the deadline. Just FYI, in case anyone else uploaded on the 13th or later.
 * Georgetown (SFS)--via usps, rec. 1/22 (west coast)
 * Lake Forest 11/20 (2)
 * Macalester College - International Studies position in Culture, Technology, Media and Information Flows - nice paper letter stating 170 people applied 11/19 (6); 11/21
 * Rutgers University (Media Studies, Department of English), via email 12/18 (5)
 * Northeastern Illinois U
 * U of Northern CO, via mail 12/04 (3)
 * University of Colorado, Boulder (Digital Media, in English Department), via email 12/7; via email (12/18)
 * Ursinus College, via email 12/7 (3); via email 12/20 (1)
 * UCSD Ethnic Studies
 * Washington University St Louis, snail mail 1/02

Job Postings, 2007-08
(ack. rec'd 11.20)
 * American U in Cairo (Film Historian/Theorist)
 * Arizona State University (Film and Media Studies/media industries and production cultures) Acknowledgment received 12/17
 * Bard College (Film Historian deadline 12/15)
 * Brandeis (Post-Doc, digital humanities)
 * Bryn Mawr College (Film Studies, in English Department) Question: Has anyone heard from Bryn Mawr? Acknowledgment of receipt of app, perhaps? I have not. Just checking. A: I received an acknowledgment last week. See discussion below for "gossip."
 * California Baptist U (English & Film Studies, Open Rank)
 * Carleton College, (documentary) ack rec'd what form did this take?
 * Central Washington
 * Colby College (Assistant, Film & Literature)
 * College of Staten Island
 * Columbia College (Chicago)
 * Concordia University, Canada (Assistant, Film Studies) Q: Has the shortlist been made already?
 * DePaul University Chicago (Assistant Media and Cinema Studies) Review was announced to begin Oct 8 anyone heard from the committee yet?
 * East Tennessee SU (Assistant, Film Studies)
 * Edinboro college
 * Emerson Coll. (Asst. Media Studies) anyone hear anything other than snail-mail ack?
 * Fairfield U (production and studies)
 * Fitchburg (details?) 4-2 load Has anyone heard anything about this?  Are they still in their process or have they already interviewed?  Or, is there an internal?
 * Florida SU (Assistant, Film Studies
 * Franklin Pierce
 * George Mason (Cultural Studies, Visual Media) Has anyone heard more than an email?
 * Georgia State (Moving Image Studies TT)(6 positions!)
 * Georgia State (Film Studies Lecturer)
 * Georgia Inst of Tech (Assistant, Film Studies)
 * Georgetown, SFS (Culture and Politics) (deleted once - why?)
 * Grinnell College (Assistant, Film History & Theory) ack rec'd
 * Gustavus Adolphus College (Assistant, Film Studies)
 * Harvard U (Assistant/Associate Professor of Film and Literary Studies) - Search Cancelled
 * Hendrix College (Assistant, Film Studies)
 * Hofstra (film studies) Has anyone rec'd anything other than snail mail ack?
 * Indiana U (German Film)
 * Indiana U (Digital)
 * Ithaca College (Film Production)
 * Keene State
 * Lake Forest College (Media Studies)
 * Lehigh University (Journalism and Communication: Global Communication)
 * Macalester College (International Studies: film, media)
 * Maryville(media studies)
 * Middlebury College (Film/Media Production)
 * North Carolina SU (Assistant, Film Studies)
 * Northwestern U (details?)
 * New School - Eugene Lang College (Assistant Professor in Culture and Media)anyone heard a peep? I wonder if they alredy hired someone here.
 * Ohio U (Triple appointment! Sounds fun...)
 * Pratt (details?) Asst or Assoc, Media Studies
 * Princeton U (Assistant, Literature or Lit & Film of Africa)
 * Rhodes College (Assistant, Film Studies)
 * Rollins (1 year)
 * Rutgers University (Media Studies, Department of English)
 * Salem State, Massachusetts (Assistant, t-t, Communications: PR or media generalist)
 * Southern Illinois (Visual Culture and Media)
 * Texas A&M U (Gender & Film Studies)
 * Texas Christian (TV Studies)
 * Temple University (Broadcasting, Telecommunication, and Mass Media)(ack. rec'd by snail mail)
 * Tulane University (Media Studies)
 * UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)(Digital Media, in English Department)
 * UCLA (CMS, Open-rank Film History)
 * University of Chicago (open-rank, Cinema and Media Studies) ack rec'd
 * University of Colorado, Boulder (Digital Media, in English Department)
 * U of Illinois, Chicago (Assistant, Dept of African American Studies, specializing in film and media studies, visual culture, music, historical, etc)
 * University of Georgia (film studies) adv. VAP job last year so may have internal candidate
 * University of Iowa (European Cinema/ Film Theory TT) ack rec'd
 * University of Mary Washington (Assist. Prof. New Media)
 * University of New Hamsphire (Media Studies) 3-2 load
 * University of Northern Colorado
 * University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (technology)
 * U of North Florida (Assistant, Film Studies)
 * University of Rhode Island (film studies; visiting asst prof job was advertised last year so they may have internal candidate)
 * University of California, San Diego (Television Studies)
 * University of San Diego
 * UC Santa Cruz (Critical Studies)- ack. rec'd via e-mail 11.20
 * U of Texas, Dallas (Assistant, Film Studies) - ack. rec'd via snail mail mid-november (2)
 * U of Texas, Dallas (Assistant, Emerging Media)
 * U of Toronto (Assistant, French-language Cinema)
 * U of Virginia (Media Studies) - Has anyone heard anything? e-mailed dept for update, contact is out of office until 12/12
 * U of Washington (Assistant, South-Asian Cinema)
 * U Wash Tacoma (Asst. Professor, Media studies & production) (Ack rec'd)
 * UW Oshkosh (Mass-Com/Broadcast Studies)
 * UW Milwaukee (film and new genres)
 * UW Madison (Visual Culture-open rank)
 * Ursinus College (Assistant Professor of Film Studies) rec'd snail mail ack
 * Virginia Commonwealth University (Asst or Assoc, Cultural Studies, Media Studies) NEW AD on H-NET dated 12/18
 * Washington U, St. Louis (Film Studies)
 * Wheaton College (World Cinema)
 * Wellesley College (postdoc media and film studies)
 * Westminster College {Utah} (Film Studies)
 * Wesleyan U (film and American Studies)
 * Wofford College (Asst. Prof, film studies in English department)
 * York University (Cinema and Media Studies) ack rec'd

Requests for Additional Material (please specify date of request)

 * George Mason (Cultural Studies, Visual Media) via email 10/19 (2) 11/20 (3) 11/20
 * Bryn Mawr (English and Film Studies) via email/phone 12/14
 * Brandeis (Post-Doc, digital humanities) via email 10/30
 * Colby College (Film and Literature) via email 11/30 Can you share with us what they asked for? [It seems like so much was required in the initial application.] Thanks! Yes, they requested a writing sample.
 * Emerson Coll. (Asst. Media Studies) - writing sample 12/22
 * Fordham (one year Film/TV) - writing sample and syllabi requested 1/16
 * FSU via e-mail 11/5 - requested letters and dossier (2)
 * Georgia State (Moving Image Studies TT) via email 11/27 (2)
 * Gustavus Adolphus College, via email 11/20 (2)
 * Lehigh University - requested phone conversation with reference 12/3
 * Macalester College -International Studies position in Culture, Technology, Media and Information Flows - Writing sample, sample syllabi and teaching dossier requested on 10/24. No word since then.
 * Rhodes College, via email 11/15 (2) - What additional materials did they ask for?
 * Rutgers University, via email 11/8, 11/9, 11/19 - which position? (2)
 * Texas Christian, via email, 11/29
 * University of Mary Washington (Assist. Prof. New Media), via email 11/13 (2) 11/13
 * UCLA (Assist or Assoc Prof, New Media/English), via email 11/14 (2)
 * UCSD-TV Studies via email 12/9 (3)
 * University of Washington, Seattle, Assistant South Asian Cinema. Writing sample requested via e-mail around 11/10.
 * University of North Florida, Film Studies. Teaching philosophy statement and writing sample requested via email 11/16
 * Ursinus College (Assistant Professor of Film Studies), via email 11/10
 * Westminster College {Utah} (Film Studies), via email 11/15

Request for Interview (please specify date and type: MLA, SCMS, phone, other)
Is this the American Studies job at Pratt or was this job film-specific? The deadlines don't match (AM Studies was Nov 1--this here seems to be 11/23-ish)
 * Bentley College (Media Studies) - phone interview 12/7
 * Bryn Mawr (English and Film Studies) - set up MLA via phone/email 12/14
 * Colby College (MLA - 12/12)
 * College of Staten Island - phone interview scheduled for January
 * Columbia College, Chicago Called to set up phone interview 11/20 (2)
 * DePaul University Chicago (Assistant Media and Cinema Studies) Phone interviews have taken place. (thanks!)
 * Florida State - interview scheduled for MLA (12/5);(3)
 * Fordham (one year Film/TV) - phone interview conducted 1/16 see note below
 * Fordham, TT Media Studies - called about the search but did not make a formal invite, sort of a "pre interview." A reliable source tells me that due to scheduling issues, the dept cannot make an official decision on who to invite to campus until around mid-Feb
 * George Mason (Cultural Studies) - phone (12/7)
 * Grinnell College (Assistant, Film History & Theory) (MLA, 12/10) (2)
 * Gustavus Adolphus College - MLA (invited via phone 12/13)
 * Hendrix College (for MLA - 12/4)
 * Lake Forest College (at NCA)
 * Lehigh University - phone interview on 12/5
 * Pratt Institute, phone interview set up via email for 12/ 7 Wow, fast committee response, less than two weeks after a deadline and those two weeks included a holiday.


 * Rhodes College (Film Studies)- MLA (12/12)
 * Texas A&M U (Gender & Film Studies) MLA (11/30)
 * University of Colorado, Boulder (MLA, 12/10)
 * University of San Diego (at NCA - 11/16)
 * University of Toronto (Fr/Assistant Prof -- phone interview on 12/14) -- HAS ANYONE HAD A CAMPUS VISIT CALLBACK?
 * University of Washington, Seattle, Assistant South Asian Cinema - interview scheduled for MLA (12/4)
 * University of Wisconsin Osh Kosh (at NCA; phone interviews week of 12/10) What did you think of these folks. They were a bit negative about their students, but otherwise seemed nice.
 * UW Tacoma-phone interviews completed--references being called to narrow shortlist to 3
 * UCLA (MLA, 12/14 by email)
 * Westminster College (at MLA, 12/5)
 * Wheaton College (World Cinema)- MLA (12/12)
 * Wofford College (Film studies, English dept), MLA (12/17)
 * Brandeis Digital Humanities Postdoc, (MLA, 12/12)(2)

General Questions and Discussion
- Has anyone heard anything from Wesleyan's American Studies/Film studies job?? They asked for a SASE postcard and I haven't even gotten that back. Delivery confirmation tells me that they did receive materials but have heard nothing at all. (2)-I haven't gotten my SASE back either. (4), same situation, sent them an email last week, have heard nothing. their admin assistant is very nice about updates. A. Got an ack letter today: "The search committee expects to review the applications by the end of January 2008 and will contact you regarding our decision." For some reason, they didn't use the SASE I sent with my app. Huh. (arrived 12/8, dated 11/30) (2) ANY news here? Wesleyan committee met today, Jan 29.

Bryn Mawr: My research tells me that Bryn Mawr has an excellent VAP though. Swarthmore hired their VAP last year. Not sure what that indicates, but one notices these things. I am sure Bryn Mawr will interview at MLA though, so someone should hear from them soon. Question: Is this job crosslisted under 20th/21st Century American (which reports an MLA interview scheduled), or is that a different posting? A: I assume it's the film/lit job that's also cross-listed on 20th21th C Am Lit page. Anyone heard from Carleton or Fordham? I got an email for Carleton that they plan to do interviews in January- so I assume I am out of the running, since it is January and I have heard nothing. Fordham's one year position is apparently moving forward, with phone interviews conducted, and its tenure-track position's committee has also made a short list. Carleton College wrote to tell me they were doing on campus interviews in Jan, but I did not get invited, nor has anyone I know, so I don't know if they really did this. They have been back in session since early Jan. though. (RESPONSE) They did do interviews. They brought in three candidates. I was one of them. They are looking for someone with strong production skills and less media studies. Seems like a nice place. 1/2008 What about UT-Dallas or Hofstra? Georgetown - Culture and Politics (saw it on MLA wiki)--May I ask where you saw this? I see one Georgetown visit scheduled in the "composition and rhetoric" category, but it's unclear if this is SFS.

There was some long conversation on the MLA site and someone said GT had started on campus interviews for the position--but please only take that for what it is worth-I did NOT get this from, say a friend with an interview

I received a rejection letter that confirms this information (that SFS is brining candidates to campus.)