Romanticism and Victorian


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Was told they wouldn't send out invitations for campus interviews until after their semester starts on Sat. 26 Jan. Ditto that. Any news on Dominguez Hills? Have they really still not decided? 31 Jan -- I haven't heard anything, so either they haven't decided or their candidates are participating in this wiki. 31 Jan--I called the office, and was told they are still deciding about campus visits. 31 Jan (a little later in the day) -- received a nicely worded rejection via e-mail. 1/31--email for a campus visit.
 * Anyone heard from:
 * Cal State Dominguez Hills?

Has anyone received a call yet for a campus visit? I thought that they would decide today (2/1). A: I, too, haven't heard, but they were only planning to invite two candidates.
 * Gustavus Adolphus?


 * Ohio State, Mansfield? Offer has been made and accepted (2/6).
 * Shorter College (GA)?
 * Augusta State University (GA)(Lecturer in English Studies)?

Links: Academic Job Search Main English Literature Individual Stats: Interviews, etc. Postdocs in the Humanities (2008)

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CAMPUS INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED
They emailed me on 12/31 to say they'd be interested in having me, and we just finalized the visit last week (1/16 or so).
 * Auburn, Montgomery
 * Baylor--how many people have heard from Baylor for campus visit? when did you hear? (1/17)
 * Bridgewater State
 * Cal State Chico 1/11
 * CSU Dominguez Hills 1/31
 * Cal State Sacramento
 * Catholic U
 * College of Charleston
 * CUNY - John Jay
 * DePaul 1/8, 1/10--any others scheduled?
 * Drake
 * Fordham--anyone gotten a rejection?
 * Hendrix
 * High Point
 * Iowa State (1/2)
 * Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
 * Loyola
 * Mt Holyoke
 * Rochester Institute of Technology
 * Swarthmore
 * SUNY Fredonia
 * SUNY Oneonta
 * SUNY New Paltz--Victorian
 * SUNY New Paltz--Romanticism
 * SUNY Albany
 * Temple
 * University of Arizona
 * University of Idaho
 * University of Illinois, Chicago
 * University of Miami
 * University of North Texas
 * University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
 * University of Texas, Austin
 * University of Wisconsin, Platteville
 * UC-Davis
 * UC-Irvine
 * UC-Riverside
 * University of Alabama
 * VMI - (2) 1/18
 * Wilkes University

OFFERS MADE

 * SUNY Oneonta

OFFERS ACCEPTED
University of Idaho

Romanticism
Baylor University Writing Sample Requested 11/18
 * MLA interview scheduled by email 12/11

Bridgewater State College
 * Phone Interview Scheduled 12/3

College of Charleston letter rec'd 12/4, dated 11/28: they'll be screening app's for "the next several weeks." Did anyone get their schedule for making campus visit decisions?
 * Request for MLA interview 12/11 (4)

CUNY John Jay Letters of reference requested 12/5 Does anyone know what's up with this school's teaching load? The ad mentions multiple course releases in the first 5 years. Does that mean they're changing from 3/4 to a 3-3 or 2-3? I'm pretty sure that you can choose to take the course releases whenever you like--so you could reduce a 3/4 load to a 3/3 or 2/3, etc. in the first year and then use however many you have left later on (before year 5). You might inquire about class size, though; I think the classes are pretty large.
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone 12/12 (3)


 * Helpful info. Though to the person who responded, or anyone else who knows people at this school or is familiar: what does pretty huge mean?  are we talking 35 students for a gen ed course, or more than that?


 * I'm not the original responder, but I've heard it's more like 45 for lower level classes and 30-35 for upper.

Fitchburg State College posted 11/23; open until filled Phone Interview Requested (by email) 1/29 (2)

Lakehead University

Mount Holyoke College
 * MLA Interview Scheduled by phone 12/4 (4)

New York University Writing Sample Requested 11/12, 11/19 (2)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/11 (2)

SUNY Albany Writing Sample Requested 11/15 Has anyone heard anything since Chicago? (1/7)
 * MLA Interview scheduled 12/10 (2)

SUNY New Paltz
 * MLA Interview scheduled by phone 12/10 (2)

Temple University Writing Sample Requested 11/07 (4) I know this isn't the ideal way to inform people, and we will, of course, be sending proper letters. But I imagine that, on balance, folks would want to know as soon as possible.
 * All MLA interviewees contacted(12/08): posted by search committe chair.

University of Alabama Writing Sample Requested 11/15 (2)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/10 (2)

University of Arizona
 * MLA Interview Scheduled 12/3

UC Riverside (open rank)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/12 (3)

Virginia Military Institute
 * MLA Interview Scheduled 11/30 (3)

Nineteenth Century/Victorian
Auburn, Montgomery Victorian or American Lit They recently reposted a job listing for this position on Chronicle list. What does that mean? A-It's not exactly the same job; the new posting is for split duty between WAC and literature classes.
 * MLA Interview scheduled by phone 12/7, 12/14

Austin Peay State University (TN) Victorian Deadline: until filled
 * 12/10: asked about dissertation status (1)
 * 12/12: dossier request (3)
 * They won't be doing MLA interviews.

Cal State Chico Victorian Deadline: 12/3
 * MLA Interview Request by phone 12/13 (2)

Cal State Dominguez Hills Victorian or Romantic Lit Deadline: Nov 15
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone 12/12 (2), 12/13 (2)
 * Notice that I wouldn't be invited for a campus visit received via e-mail (1/31)

Cardinal Stritch Univ. (Milwaukee) 19th Century, Composition Postmark by Nov. 15
 * MLA interview scheduled by email 12/19

See "universities to fear." Be sure to confirm your MLA interview appointment. They've been double-booking.

Catholic U. (D.C.) Asst. Prof. Victorian Lit Deadline: Dec. 1
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone: 12/7 (2)

De Paul (Chicago) Victorian Postmark Deadline: 10/31 Dossier Requests: 11/1 (5), 11/7 (2), 11/8, 11/12, 11/27 (4) Rejection letters, snail mail: 11/9, 11/16 (2), 11/27, 12/3, 12/6
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone 12/15
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone 12/17 (2)
 * Kindly worded rejection by email 12/18 (5)
 * Campus visit scheduled by phone 1/10

Drake University (Des Moines) 19th Century 11/9 dossier requested (3) 12/3 snail mail rejection letter (9)
 * 12/13 scheduled phone interview (3)

Fordham Victorian 11/7 dossier and sample requested by email (7)
 * 11/30 MLA interview scheduled by e-mail (9)

Gordon College (MA)
 * 12/11 MLA interview requested by e-mail (2)

Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) 19th c. Brit lit.
 * 11/20 Request for syllabi by email (2)
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone 12/16

Hendrix College (Arkansas) 19th c. Brit lit. Deadline: Nov. 2
 * 11/30 MLA Interview Scheduled (3)

High Point Univ. (NC) Victorian, Shakespeare Review begins "in November" Application acknowledged as complete: Nov. 7
 * 12/7 MLA interview scheduled by email

Iowa State 19th-c Brit Lit Deadline: 11/1
 * 11/12 dossier and writing sample requested via email (9)
 * 11/27 dossier and writing sample requested via email (2)
 * MLA Interviews scheduled (12/14)
 * Campus Interviews scheduled by phone (1/2)

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Victorian Review begins: November 7
 * 12/11 MLA interview scheduled by phone (2)
 * 1/4 Campus visit scheduled by phone

Long Island U (CW Post campus) English Novel of 18th/19th c: Deadline: 11/20 11/4 dossier and sample request 11/13 dossier and sample request via email 11/27 dossier and sample request via email
 * 12/9 18th century candidate MLA interview scheduled

Loyola (New Orleans) Romanticism or Nineteenth-Century and one other period, excluding medieval Postmark Deadline: November 15 Snail Mail rejection letter 12/17 (2) Dated January 7, 2008 for some reason)
 * 12/1 MLA Interview Scheduled (4)

Minnesota State, Mankato British Commonwealth Deadline: 1/14/08 Not listed in JIL yet, see http://www.mnsu.edu/humanres/MSU-VAC_NOT/EnglishLit.pdf

Ohio State, Mansfield English 19th and/or 20th Deadline: 11/15
 * 12/7 MLA interview scheduled by phone (3)

Queen's University (Canada) 11/23: Snail Mail rejection letter

Sacramento State University 19th Century British Poetry: Deadline: November 20
 * 11/21 MLA Interview Scheduled (2)

Stanford (British lit, 1660-1914)
 * Someone (not me) got an interview with Stanford on 12/12.

Email rejection 12/20 (3)

SUNY Fredonia 19th-c Brit Lit Deadline: 10/16 11/7: Req. for more materials (3) 11/17: Snail Mail rejection letter (4) 11/19: snail Mail rejection letter (6)
 * 12/11: MLA Interview Scheduled by phone (3)

SUNY New Paltz Victorian Deadline: Nov 1
 * 12/13 rejection letter (2)
 * Neither rejection nor interview, 12/15 (anyone else?) (2)
 * 12/4: MLA interview scheduled by phone (6)

SUNY Oneonta Comp/Rhet & 19th-Century British Review begins immediately 11/26: Phone Interview Scheduled
 * 12/5: Campus Interview Scheduled
 * Job offer made 1/19

Swarthmore History of Novel in English Postmark Deadline: Nov 1 12/12: snail mail rejection (x6) 12/13: snail mail rejection
 * 12/17 MLA interview scheduled by phone (3) Q: Are you a Victorianist? A: yes
 * 12/17 Email rejection to the "last cut"

Tennessee State University 19th Century British Deadline: Dec. 7 Now posted at generalist_and_open

U of Alabama History of Novel to 1900 Postmark Deadline: October 31 11/6 Writing sample and dossier request (2)
 * According to the U of A listing on the 18th c. wiki page, they've already scheduled MLA interviews. Were any Victorianists contacted?

U of Alberta (Edmonton) Vic. lit and culture Deadline: Nov. 15 11/15: FOIPP permission to distribute materials to the department (Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; Canadian policy) 11/22: FOIPP, dossier request & transcripts (4) 12/20 Campus visit scheduled by phone
 * Q: Anyone head anything more from this school?  I haven't head anything since the FOIPP request. (12/17)

Good gracious. They are putting mp3 files of candidates' talks on the web??? That seems unnecessary. And like a candidate is going to feel comfortable saying "no" to that request

UC Davis (open rank) Victorian Postmark Deadline: November 9 Application acknowledged 11/16 (postmarked 11/23 [!]; rec'd 12/5): says they will be in touch mid-Dec. if they wish to schedule a MLA interview Anyone know if they are looking for a senior hire? Q: Are you junior people? Just curious to know how "open" open rank is? A: I'm junior Q: I'm curious whether they are interviewing people from East Coast institutions. A: Interesting. In last year's 18th-C search at Davis the three finalists brought to campus were all UCLA PhDs. Is UC incestuousness a common phenomenon?
 * 12/12: MLA Interview Scheduled by phone (2)

A: All the UC campuses draw people from the most competitive programs across the country during job searches. A better explanation might be superb advisors in the UCLA dept. in this field.

A: Didn't the candidates all have the same advisor? That's what I observed. A better explanation might be an advisor or set of advisors from the UCLA dept. willing to stick her/their necks out and put pressure on contacts to take her/their students seriously. My sense of the hiring climate of UC Davis is that they prefer very junior hires. All of last year's 18th-century campus visit candidates were fresh out of grad. school.

A: Yes, and their early modern hire was an advanced assistant with a book out and no UC connnections. Generalizing on the basis of one search is a perilous proposition. This SC interviewed scholars of all ranks.

A: Since this question references the UCs in general, I can say that the "open-rank search" at UCR this year interviewed and brought scholars of all ranks to campus (recent grad, recently tenured, recently full professor, and distinguished full—one of the candidates was from a UC school, but has taught several places in between graduation and the current campus visit.


 * Campus visit scheduled by phone (1/3)

University of Detroit Mercy Romantic and Victorian
 * Email rejection 1/14/08
 * Acknowledgement of application, late January.

UC Irvine Victorian Deadline: Nov 1
 * 12/12: MLA interview scheduled by phone (4)
 * 1/1: Second sample request by email (2)

U Idaho 19th-c Brit Lit Deadline: 11/16
 * MLA Interview scheduled by email 12/12 (4)

U Illinois, Chicago 19th-c British Studies Deadline: 11/9
 * MLA Interview scheduled by email 12/14 (2) (not an inside candidate)
 * 12/23 Snail Mail Rejection letter
 * 1/2 Campus visit scheduled by phone

U Kentucky Long 19th C Deadline: 11/2 rec'd aff. action card and letter that they'll contact interviewees later, 12/4
 * MLA interview request via e-mail, 12/9 (3); via phone 12/9, via phone 12/10

U North Texas, Denton Victorian Deadline: now accepting apps 11/5: Writing sample requested by e-mail (8)
 * MLA Interview by phone (6): 11/30
 * Campus visit scheduled by phone: 12/29

U of South Carolina, Upstate 19th C Romantic/Victorian Anyone heard anything from them?
 * Writing sample request (2) 1/24

U of Tennessee, Chattanooga Victorian Review begins "immediately"
 * 12/5: 30 minute phone interview scheduled (2)

UT Austin Victorian Deadline: Oct 15 11/2: Email dossier and writing sample request (10) 11/2: Snail mail dossier and writing sample request (2: rec. 11/9) (rec. 11/15) 11/9: Snail mail rejection letter (5) 11/19: Snail mail rejection letter 12/21: Snail Mail Rejection letter 12/30: Campus visit scheduled by phone
 * MLA interview scheduled by phone 12/14 (2)
 * 12/23: Snail Mail Rejection letter

U Wisconsin, Platteville 19th-/20th-century British Literature with Postcolonial emphasis Deadline: Nov 26 11/30: scheduled 30 minute phone interview (2)
 * 12/10: campus visit/campus interview scheduled by phone (2)

Vanderbilt Victorian Deadline: 11/1 Dossier and sample request: 11/9 (5), 11/13 (2), 11/14, 11/16, 11/20, 11/21
 * 12/10 MLA interview scheduled by phone (3)
 * 12/17 Snail mail rejection

Washburn Univ. (Kansas)
 * Application acknowledged by email

Wilkes U (PA) 19th-Century and Rhet/Comp Postmark Deadline: November 16
 * 12/21 MLA interview scheduled by phone
 * 11/24 Campus visit scheduled by phone (any more?)

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