Chinese Language and Literature 2009-2010

Note: Anyone looking ahead to the next job season and needing a good laugh might like to check out this MLA spoof. It's ongoing and borderline brilliant.

Has this position been filled already?
 * Allegheny College - offered and accepted 03/10
 * American University: interview; nothing happened since

An ABD got the offer. What is your field?
 * Austin College - campus interviews arranged; Offered and accepted 02/10 (ABD, modern lit)
 * Bates College - rejection letter received; position filled 02/10

Any word?
 * Baylor U.
 * Boston U. (lecturer position)
 * Boston U. (Chinese Language and Comparative Literature)
 * Rejection letter received
 * Cal Polytech

any news? is the search still on? Offer made and accepted
 * Carnegie Mellon U.
 * MLA interview


 * Case Western Reserve U.
 * Centre College ( post-doc)-
 * Christopher Newport U. - MLA Interview
 * Clark U.
 * Foreign Service Institute (FSI)-rejected
 * Georgetown U.
 * Harvard U.
 * Lafayette College - rejection letter received 01/04
 * McGill U.--offer made.
 * Middlebury College (CLTA interview) -

Any news since then? offer made


 * Penn State
 * Princeton (lecturer)
 * Queensborough Community C
 * Any word from this university?


 * Rice U. (lecturer)
 * Savannah State U.
 * Anyone applied to this university? I only submitted CV and cover letter. Received their acknowledgement letter last week (March 12)

Any news? Offer made. Congratulations! Any news since then?
 * Stanford U. (postdoctoral fellow)
 * Stanford U. (lecturer position)
 * Trinity U.: CLTA Interview, and finalized the candidates
 * Campus interview arranged
 * Union College
 * phone interview (X2)


 * U of Arkansas - rej. letter received
 * U of Florida
 * U of Hawai'i at Hilo
 * Any word from this university?
 * U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Lecturer)

Invite 4 candidates for campus interview
 * U of North Florida (film and media)
 * U of North Florida (Chinese language and literature)
 * U of Oklahoma - MLA Interview

Offer made and accepted


 * U of Oregon: rejected
 * U of Rochester
 * Request for more materials (11/09)
 * Any news? Is the search still on? (3/06/2010)

offer made
 * U of South Florida: campus visits happening

Where is the job ad?
 * U of San Francisco (Teaching position)- ACTFL Interview (11/09)
 * I had the interview with them at ACTFL. But was told later that the position was closed due to budget cut.
 * U of South Florida (Director of CI): campus interviews arranged
 * U of Wisconsin-Madison: campus visits sent
 * rejection letter rec'd 3/5

Any news here?
 * Utah State: phone interview completed (x3)
 * Were these interviews in Jan or Dec?
 * Dec (x2)


 * Washington State U.
 * Whitman College (CLTA interview in San Diego)
 * Search suspended
 * Search resumed? (3/1/2010)
 * Widener U. - Rejection letter received
 * Offer made.
 * Wofford C.

Hi, those who get job offers this year,

Congratulations! Could you please answer a few questions?

1) Job type: Research university or teaching college/university

2) Number of publications

3) Your teaching experiences?

4) Please describe your training in teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

5) Your current status (ABD, PhD, adjunct, visiting)

Thank you!

Could we also get a sense of how many people are using this wiki? - 8
 * I applied to quite a few lecturer positions in Chinese this year. Nearly no news at all, except for rejection from East Tenn. State Uni. and Tufts. How about others? any lecturer offer in Chinese so far? Thanks