Early American 2009

Early and 19th c. American
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Should we follow the other wiki fields and do a headcount?

Ball State (11/1)
 * ABD 6
 * PhD in hand (lecturer or adjunct) 3
 * Visiting Assistant Professor 2
 * Assistant Professor 2
 * PhD in hand working non-academic job 1
 * email acknowledgment of materials
 * Acknowledgment of application (11/3) 
 * Request for further materials (11/11) 

Boston University Bridgewater SC Due 12/1
 * Received confirmation letter that app was complete 11/2
 * Acknowledgment of app (11/6)
 * Request for further materials (11/12) (x3)
 * Rejection by mail (11/28)
 * As of 11/14, I received word this position was still active.
 * Email request for letters of recommendation 12/1 (x 2)

Butler University Due 11/3
 * Request for more materials 11/5 (Submitted app 11/1)<BR>
 * Acknowledgment of app 11/7<BR>
 * Email from dept. 11/7 with no earlier request for additional materials ("Thanks, but no thanks"?)<BR>
 * Email request for additional material, last week of October.
 * Request for further materials (11/3) (x4)
 * Request for further materials (11/20)

Caltech (19th C Brit or Early Amer or Transatlantic)Deadline: Dec. 1,<BR>
 * Anybody know what it's like to teach literature at Caltech?

Claremont Graduate University (10/6/08). 19th century American Literature and Cultural Studies.
 * Requested interviews at ASA or CGU campus already (10/14).<BR>
 * Any word yet on a short list for campus visits? (10/27)<BR>
 * 4 candidates on shortlist; got call 10/23<BR>
 * isn't it a violation of MLA guidelines for them to be interviewing so early?
 * Do you have any more information about these guidelines? As one of the candidates, I'd love to learn if we have any leverage.
 * A: You can find some of the relevant guidelines here: []. *So far, I haven't been able to find too much detail that would make this a violation. <BR>
 * Additionally, because they interviewed at ASA, they may make the case that this is not an exclusively MLA-field job. Also, my understanding is that the MLA guidelines are just guidelines and are not enforceable, though they do indicate a kind of "best practices."  There is a list on the MLA site of administrations that have been censured by AAUP, but I would imagine that's for more than violating MLA guidelines. This might be a good question for Chronicle forums, too.
 * Have they already made an offer for this position?

College of Wooster (11/10/08) 19th century American literature<BR>
 * Received confirmation e-mail that application was complete(10/30)<BR>
 * Request for writing sample (11/19 x6)<BR>
 * MLA interview scheduled (11/24 x2)<BR>
 * Q: How were these interview requests receive? A: Phone(12/1)

Edgewood College (Madison, WI) (11/15/2008) [ad] <BR>
 * Acknowledgment of app (11/19)
 * Request for writing sample, STP, and dossier (11/17)<BR>
 * Request for further materials (11/19)

Georgia State University (11/10/08) 19th century, with antebellum specialty<BR>
 * Wasn't this job posted last year? Did they not find a candidate or was funding pulled? (10/28) I believe they lost funding last year for this job. The search was canceled.<BR>
 * Rec'd e-mail confirmation that materials were received (11/6)<BR>
 * Acknowledgment of app (11/18)<BR>
 * Request for more materials (11/18)<BR><BR>

Indiana University of PA (11/30/08) American Lit to 1920<BR><BR>

James Madison University (11/5/08) American Lit 1865 - 1950<BR>
 * acknowledgment of app (11/6)<BR>
 * email ack 11/11<BR>
 * Acknowledgment of app 11/12<BR>
 * MLA interview scheduled (11/23 x2)<BR><BR>

Kutztown Univ (PA) (11/10/08) Early American Lit<BR><BR>

Longwood Univ. (VA) (11/15/08) Asst. Prof. English/Early American Lit<BR>
 * Acknowledgment of app. Also received a release form to have academic information released...not sure what this means, but most likely included in all acknowledgments? (11/19)
 * Request for phone interview (12/1)<BR><BR>

Louisiana State University (11/14/08) Asst. Prof. 19th-Century Amer Lit and/or Brit. Romanticism <BR>
 * acknowledgment by email that application was received (11/14)<BR><BR>

Loyola University (Chicago) Asst Prof to 1865<BR>
 * Wasn't this job posted last year as well? A: Yes, it was. Offer was made and declined.<BR>
 * Received email ack (11/6)
 * Email ack (11/14)
 * Acknowledgment of app (11/17)<BR>
 * Request for more materials (11/11 x2) (11/14)(11/19)
 * Q: wasn't the ap due on 11/14? anyone get news since then?
 * A: In request for more materials, it was stated that they did not expect to finish reviewing applications before 12/15
 * Thank you!!<BR><BR>

Maryville College (Tennessee) (12/1/08) Asst Prof., Colonial through 19th Century American Literature ad<BR>
 * acknowledgment by email that application was received<BR>
 * USPS acknowledgment of app (11/13) (11/21)<BR>

Notre Dame (Indiana) (10/31) Open rank, two positions, 19th and 20th c. American fiction.<BR>
 * Received letter via USPS that application was received (11/3)<BR>
 * Acknowledgment of app. via USPS (11/4)<BR>
 * Received request for more materials (11/14)(x2)
 * Two senior campus interviews scheduled for first two-weeks of December
 * Do they still plan to interview junior candidates at the MLA?
 * I will double check and get back to you
 * Thank you. I ask because the request for additional materials specified 11/26 as the receipt deadline.
 * Yes, junior candidates will be interviewed at the MLA convention

Pace University (11/15/08) Asst Prof, 19th Century
 * Got request for more materials - seemed like mass email (11/7 x2)
 * Got the same request for more materials; definitely mass email.
 * Did not get the request -- maybe not all that mass.
 * got request for dossier via email (11/25)

Princeton University (10/31/08) Asst Prof, to 1865.<BR><BR>

San Francisco State U (11/12/08) 19th Century Asst Prof<BR>
 * acknowledgment of app by mail 11/10<BR><BR>

St. Michaels American (11/15/08) Lit/pre-20th century
 * email acknowledgment 11/14, 11/18<BR><BR>

Simpson College (IA) (11/1/08) (pre-20th C. American)
 * Ack. of app. 11/14<BR><BR>

SUNY New Paltz (11/01/08) late 19th-Century Amer Lit<BR>
 * Has anyone heard anything about this position? I ask b/c most state schools in NY have experienced a hiring freeze. I would assume that SUNY NP has been affected. No?
 * As far as I can tell, New Paltz is avoiding any hiring freeze--a bit of an outdated article, but this might be worth looking at: http://oracle.newpaltz.edu/article.cfm?id=3845 (11/26)
 * More recent and less encouraging news: in a statement made reported on 11/21, the New Paltz president indicated that they would consider "reviewing faculty searches." (source: midhudsonnews.com)11/26
 * Boo! But thanks for the info... I had a feeling.<BR><BR>

Texas A&M, Corpus Christi (10/31/08) (Am Lit to 1865, pre-Renaissance and transnational)<BR>
 * Ack. of app. 11/11<BR><BR>

Texas Tech U (11/1/08) Asst Prof, Am lit to 1865<BR>
 * Is this the same job as listed last year? (10/28)  It's the same position number in the online application system. (10/28)<BR>
 * Acknowledgment of app (10/28)<BR>
 * Request for more materials (11/11) <BR><BR>

Tulane U (New Orleans, LA) (10/15/2008) (early modern transatlantic) <BR>
 * Received request for dossier 10/22.<BR><BR>

U of Alaska-Fairbanks
 * Request for phone interview (12/1)

University of California-Los Angeles (transatlantic studies before 1900) Deadline 11/3/08<BR><BR>

University of Memphis (11/03/08) Assistant Prof of American lit, beginnings to 1800. ad<BR>
 * 11/7 Received email from my advisor stating he had been contacted for a phone reference. The department then requested he send on a reference letter.<BR><BR>

Univ. of Nebraska (11/1/08) (19th C. Am/Brit Lit and digital humanities)<BR><BR>

University of New Orleans (11/14/08) Americanist in pre-1860 literary and cultural studies <BR>
 * Request for more materials (11/13) (11/20)<BR>
 * Request for further materials, including a syllabus for upper-level course (11/20)<BR>

University of North Texas (10/15/08) Early American Lit <BR>
 * Received letter via USPS that application was received (10/21) (x2)<BR>
 * Request for further materials (10/30)<BR><BR>

University of Northern Colorado (11/01/2008)Assistant Professor of 19th Century American, Lit of the West <BR><BR>

U Pacific (11/7) <BR>
 * Request for further materials (11/18 x2)<BR><BR>

University of South Dakota (11/3) Early American/Colonial Lit
 * Acknowledgment of app 11/7<BR>
 * USPS ack. 11/14<BR><BR>

University of Wyoming (11/1/2008) 19th century American <BR>
 * Acknowledgment by mail that app was received(11/7)<BR>
 * Acknowledgment by USPS (11/8)<BR><BR>

Winona State Univ (MN) (Deadline 11/14/08) Asst. Prof. Early American Lit<BR><BR>

Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC). Assistant Professor of English, Early American Literature. (11/7/2008). ad<BR>
 * Acknowledgment by mail (11/8) <BR>
 * Request for further materials (11/13)
 * E-mail request for letters of rec (11/17)
 * E-mail request for letters of rec (11/20)<BR><BR>

Young Harris College (GA) (Deadline 11/15/08) Asst. Prof. Early American Lit<BR><BR>