Spanish and Portuguese 2015-2016

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Offers
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Campus Interviews
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 * Albion (11/6)

Skype/Phone Interviews
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 * Christopher Newport University (11/13): contacted by email for phone interview next week (x3)
 * Harvard U (11/12): contacted by email for Skype interview early december. Q: What position are you referring to at Harvard? A: Ass. prof. in Brazilian lit
 * Kansas State University (11/12): contacted by phone for Skype interview next week (x4)
 * Drake University (11/10): contacted by email for phone interview
 * University of Chicago (11/9); (Medieval) contacted via email for Skype interview in early Dec. Q: How many finalists? Are they going to the MLA? A: 9 (nine) time slots on the email offering Skype interview, so probably 9 finalists. No mention of MLA, so I cannot say.
 * Northern Colorado -- Asst. Prof. (11/4)
 * Morehead State U (11/3) email
 * Albion College (11/2), Skype interview x2 Q: Did they call or email you? A: They emailed and are carrying out interviews this week (11/5)
 * University of Mary (10/9) call. Q: Mary Washington? They are supposed to keep receiving materials until Nov. 30th. A: I believe this is U of Mary in North Dakota.
 * Northern Colorado (10/29) (which job is this? there are two) A: chair
 * Centre College (10/28): contacted by e-mail for Skype interview Q: Is this for Afro-Hispanic lit position? A: Yes. Thank you!
 * California State University, Fresno (10/27)  Q: Golden Age or Mexican Lit. ? Answer: Mexican Lit
 * UTC - 10/27/2015 x4

MLA Interviews
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 * University of Nevada Las Vegas (11/15)
 * Whitman College (11/12) x2
 * Union College (10/30) x 3

Additional Materials Requested
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 * California State University, Fresno (10/19) email (x4)    Q: Golden Age or Mexican Lit.? A: Mexicanist

Rejections
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 * Mills College (11/02). "the College has decided to put the search for this position on hold" (email). x2 x3
 * Drake University (11/02). "The search has successfully concluded" (Email). x8 x9, also 11/02 (I am surprised about this one. When was it first posted, wasn't it first announced on 9/20? When was the official deadline? Already concluded?) (this was not my original post, but they already had a visiting professor from last year. Maybe they just wanted that person?) * They're also simultaneously notifying candidates that they're still under consideration; what's going on? A: They don't sound very professional. # That is true. They interviewed me last year. A: The deadline according to the MLA was November 9th - I attempted to submit my materials on Nov. 4th and there was no link on Drake's HR website; I contacted the head of the search committee who informed me - 5 days prior to the offical deadline - that the deadline had been changed (it had not) and that with over 200 applications they "simply could not handle anymore" - extremely unprofessional... and unethical!
 * California State University, Fresno (10/28, after additional materials requested) x4

Acknowledgements
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 * Colby ("B") 10/16, email.
 * Rowan University (11/13) "Please respond to this message, indicating whether you are currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis.   We are not able to sponsor visas and pay for immigration fees for candidates". Isn't this discrimination? I wish we could legally complain about these cases A: It is not, if they cannot afford it, that's that. Discrimitation is considered on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities. Sometimes institutions have the money to invest, wisely I think, on a diverse faculty, but sometimes they don't, especially poor schools. Rowan has a small endowment, it is not a particularly rich school, and being a public school, there is a lot of red tape too. Sorry, don't get discouraged. A2: In my opinion this is blatant discrimination, many schools also state that they don't discriminate based on "national origin" I know of several schools who never had a problem sponsoring an H1B visa. Universities are not cap-restricted and the paper work -believe it or not- is not complicated and inexpensive. And I am talking about schools smaller than Rowan (Rowan has 14,000 students= not really small). If they are legally allowed to not sponsor visas, why didn't they say this in the job ad in the first place?? Georgia Southern did. A3 They have filed for 35 visas in the last three years, none of them appers to be in Humanities. It is not about the money they have, but about how it is distributed. The old division between STEM and Humanities: http://www.myvisajobs.com/H1B-Visa/Search.aspx?Y=2014&CI=463872 A: Big does not mean rich; their endowment is small, especially for a school with 14,000 students. Not all departments have the same amount of money; STEM departments typically have more funds, the humanities have less, which is the reason why many profs in the sciences have higher salaries. I do agree, however, in that they should have disclosed this information in their advertisement. Chin up! There are schools out there with better hiring practices.A4: I think this is discrimination. The paperwork is not diffucult and it is very inexpensive. How would you feel if the job position indicate they can't hire American citizens? Wouldn't you consider that a discriminatorypractice? A: It doesn't matter what you or I think, or what we feel. It is how they operate, and they are operating within the bounds of the law. You don't like it, I don't like it, but it is not illegal or discriminatory, since they are not indicating that they won't hire foreing nationals (I am one, by the way), just not sponsoring visas. (Universities in my country, inciden tally, are even more resistant to sponsor foreigners, including Americans.) A: Thanks, previous poster. It's actually unlawful in many states to hire foreign nationals ahead of qualified nationals. Some state legislatures write that language into university charters or otherwise "require" universities to hire domestic candidates. Most departments get around this by insisting on diversity in hires and in departments, which is why most Span/Port departments are usually at least half foreign nationals. I have noticed that the trend lately is perhaps even highter than this, as student enrollment falls and the demand to teach culture rather than literature increases. The STEM argument above is a red herring; profs in those departments are usually funding their own labs with government and foundation grants and are therefore less financially dependent on the university and less constricted in their hiring practices--especially if they're bringing prestige and money to the institution.
 * Fort Lewis College - TT Spanish (11/10) email asking candidates to fill out diversity information.
 * Christopher Newport U - Lecturer (11/03) email
 * Drake University (11/02): Email stating that they are currently reviewing materials, and that my application is still under consideration. X2
 * Mills College (11/02) Emails saying the search has been put on hold. Q: So probably not worth submitting the application? A: I tried to apply, couldn't find the position on the college website anymore. A2: I read they are actually closing the major.
 * wow, that's intense, A2. from potential faculty hire to closed major. where did you read that? i know they got a translation mfa program approved. i wonder if this was collateral damage. A2: I am not sure if this site will allow me to post links: https://www.change.org/p/protect-the-future-of-the-spanish-and-spanish-american-program-at-mills. Oh, "thinking" about closing the major; sorry for my error. Still, it might explain why it is probably better to put the search on hold.
 * U Tennessee Knoxville (10/27) email
 * Colby ("A") (10/22) email x2
 * EMU (10/22) email about second step at application process
 * California State University, Long Beach (10/20) email
 * Albright College (10/19) email
 * California State University, Fresno (10/19) email
 * Union C (10/19) email
 * KSU (10/14) email

Job postings
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Albion College (MI)

TT Assistant Professor of Spanish in TransAmerican Latino/a Studies

Deadline: October 15, 2015

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/31317

Amherst College (MA)

TT Assistant Professor of Spanish/Caribbean Culture Deadline: review begins Oct. 15
 * SEARCH CANCELED. E-MAIL (10/13/2015).

Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/30060

Baylor University (TX)

TT Assistant Professor of Spanish

Deadline: Oct 31

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/31028

Bucknell University (PA)

TT Assistant Professor of Spanish - Colonial Latin American literature

Deadline:

Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/31652

California State University Fresno (CA)

TT Asst. Prof. of Spanish, Mexican literature specialist

Deadline: October 5, 2015

Link: Chronicle

California State University Fresno (CA)

TT Asst Prof of Spanish, Golden Age Literature specialist

Deadline: October 5, 2015

Link: Chronicle

Centre College (KY)

TT position in Spanish at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August, 2016

Deadline: Oct. 15

Link: Chronicle

Cornell College (IA)

TT Asst. Professor - Peninsular Spanish Literature and Culture

LINK: http://www.cornellcollege.edu/academic-affairs/job-openings/tenure-track-position-in-spanish.shtml

Deadline: November 15, 2015

Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)

Department of Modern Languages, Chair

Deadline: Until Filled

Link: http://www.modlangs.gatech.edu/current-openings

Gettysburg College (PA)

TT Assistant Professor of Spanish (Peninsularist-Golden Age)

Deadline: November 2, 2015

https://gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/1510

Grinnell College (IA)

TT Asst. Professor in Spanish - US Latin@ Lit and Culture

Deadline: November 13, 2015

Link: https://jobs.grinnell.edu/postings/1413

Iona College (NY)

TT Asst./Assoc. Professor in Spanish (Contemporary Peninsular)

Deadline: review of apps. starts immediately

Link: Higher Ed Jobs

Lake Forest College (IL) - two positions

TT Asst. Professor of Spanish (Specialization open)

Deadline: December 5, 2015

Link: https://www.lakeforest.edu/live/news/6068-assistant-professor-of-spanish

Lawrence University (WI)

TT Asst. Professor of Spanish - expertise in Mexican, Caribbean or U.S. Latina/o Studies

Deadline: November 15, 2015

Link: https://lawrence-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobInfo&version=1&jobid=254

Lewis & Clark College (OR)

TT. Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies

Deadline: Review begins November 2, 2015

Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/31137

Sewanee: the University of the South (TN) 

TT. Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies. Two positions: Transatlantic Literature and Culture within the 18th-21st centuries. South-American Literature and Culture with strength in film, visual culture, and gender-based criticism.

Deadline: Oct. 30, 2015

Links:

 South American c: https://jobs.sewanee.edu/postings/797

 Transatlantic : https://jobs.sewanee.edu/postings/793

San José State University (CA)

TT Asst. Professor - Spanish Literature and Culture

Deadline: Nov. 9

Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/30833

Union College (NY)

TT Assistant Professor - Spanish and Hispanic Studies (trans-Hispanic, Peninsular)

Deadline: October 18, 2015

Link: http://www.union.edu/offices/human-resources/jobs/faculty/assistant-professor-in-spanish-and-hispanic-studies-tenure-track.php

University of California Berkeley (CA)

TT Assistant Professor - Modern Spanish American Literature, 19th c. to present

Deadline: November 2, 2015 (also posted at Comparative 2016)

Link: INDEED.COM

University of California Riverside (CA)

TT Assistant Professor of Latin American literature and culture (focus on 19th/20th-c Mexico)

Deadline: Review beings 15 October, closes 1 November 2015.

University of California Santa Cruz (CA)

TT Asst Prof. specializing in 20th/21st century Latin American literatures and cultures

Deadline: October 12, 2015

Link: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00289

University of Central Arkansas (AR)

TT Assistant Professor of Spanish

Deadline: Review begins November 1, 2015

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/31342

University of Chicago (IL)

TT Assistant or Associate Professor in Medieval Spanish Literature

Deadline: November 1, 2015

Link: http://tinyurl.com/medieval2015

University of Colorado at Boulder (CO)

TT Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics in the departments of Linguistics and Spanish & Portuguese (joint)

Deadline: December 1, 2015

Link: https://www.jobsatcu.com/postings/109388

University of Iowa (IA)

TT Assistant Professor in Creative Writing in Spanish

Deadline: review begins Oct. 1

Link: https://jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view/67286

University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)

TT Assistant Professor of US Latin@ Literature and Culture

Deadline: review begins Dec. 1

Link: https://umass.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=65016&CNTRNO=1&TSTMP=1445535620447

University of Nebraska-Lincoln (NE)

TT Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature

Deadline: Oct. 12

Link: https://employment.unl.edu/postings/46015

University of Nebraska–Kearney (NE)

Lecturer of Spanish (Full Time)

Deadline: Review begins Nov. 12

Link: https://unk.peopleadmin.com/postings/876

University of New Mexico (NM)

TT Asst. Professor - Mexican / Chicana Transnational Feminist Literature (also posted at Ethnic Studies 2015-2016, Other Ethnic American 2016 and Womens/Gender/Queer Studies 2015-2016)

Quicklink for Posting: http://unmjobs.unm.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=85076

For best consideration, complete applications must be received by November 19, 2015.

University of Northern Colorado (CO)

TT Assistant Professor in Spanish (concentration in Mexican American Lit & Culture)

Deadline: screening begins Oct. 26, 2015

Link: http://careers.unco.edu/postings/624

University of Northern Colorado (CO)

Hispanic Studies Department Chair - Tenured appointment

Deadline: screening begins Oct. 26, 2015

Link: https://careers.unco.edu/postings/649

University of Oklahoma (OK)

Associate Professor - 20th/21st Century Brazilian Literature and Culture

Deadline: November 2, 2015

Link: https://jobs.ou.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=341865

University of Saint Thomas (MN)

TT Assistant Professor of Spanish - Peninsular Literature and Cultures

Deadline: December 1, 2015

Link: INDEED.COM

University of San Diego (CA)

TT Assistant Professor of Spanish – Heritage Language Learning

Deadline: October 15, 2015

Link: Chronicle

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (TN)

TT Assistant Professor of Spanish - post-colonial Latin American Literature (19th, 20th or 21st century)

Deadline: October 21, 2015.

Link: Chronicle

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

TT Asst. Professor - Peninsular Spanish and/or Transatlantic Early Modern Studies

LINK: Chronicle

The University of the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas, United States VI)

TWO positions Asst OR Assoc. Professor of Spanish-- SLA, Linguistics, or Heritage Language Learning

Deadline: NOVEMBER 15

Link: https://careers.uvi.edu/postings/1047

One more job ad forthcoming

University of Virginia

TT Assistant Professor (or Tenured Associate Professor) -- Latin American Literatures/Cultures (race, ethnicity, and migration). Part of the Global South Initiative at UVa. (Other jobs of interest to hemispheric scholars: Latina/o Studies in the English Department, and Francophone diasporic studies, including the Caribbean, in the French department.)

Deadline: 1 December 2015

Link: https://jobs.virginia.edu, position #0617532 (Faculty)

Ursinus College 

TT Asst. Professor - Colonial Latin American Studies

LINK: Higher Ed Jobs

Deadline: November 15, 2015

West Virginia University

TT Assistant Prof of Spanish (Latin American Studies)

Link: https://www.mla.org/jil_listing?id=23425

Winona State University (MN)

TT Asst. Professor - Spanish & Bilingual Education

LINK for description & application: NEOGOV

Review begins: December 1, 2015, open until filled

Wright State University

TT Asst. Professor - Peninsular Spanish (Contemporary)

LINK: Higher Ed Jobs

Deadline: October 1, 2015

Word on the Street

 * Things seems to be really slow this year. I have seen very little activity here. I am anxious :) x3!!!! I feel like I had heard back about quite a few by now at this point last year. A1: I checked last year's wiki and most institutions started requesting interviews during the second week of November; I guess we're still on time. I am anxious too though. A2: I think everything is going to be more active after Thanksgiving. A3. I know! I think the fact that most of us have been on the market before makes the anxiety levels rise. Good luck, everyone! A4. I also had the sense the wiki was really slow this year, and so was the process overall. I attributed it to there not being as many people on the wiki, or there being fewer jobs available overall (not sure about that). Some jobs had very early deadlines, but haven't made a peep yet. Good luck to all! A5: This is my fifth time around (for different circumstances). In the past, typically the new MLA JIL would announce in September, on the first day the list is published, between 100-120 positions for Spanish, all specialties, including linguistics. This year there were less than 40. Positions are added to the list later on, of course, but the initial list this year was shockingly short. A6: There are 138 positions for Spanish this year (so far). A5: Yes, I was talking about day 1; they do add up, they did in the past too.

Free advice (especially for colleagues new to the market)

 * Patience

General Discussion, Questions, and Inquiries

 * So, Columbia University and Christopher Newport had the same Job Ads last year (Spanish lecturer), did they not hire anyone last year? Do they only hire people for one year? Do they already have an inside candidate and they are doing this just to follow procedures? It seems weird that they would spend so much time and money advertising the same position year after year. Anyone  know how what their hiring practices are? (P.S. Colby is doind something similar too.)
 * Can I go ahead and say that jobs for Peninsularists are becoming extinct? I see less and less every year. A1: Yes, I think I will start going to ACTFL and do more with language pedagogy research.
 * "St. Edward’s University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and hires only U.S. citizens and documented workers." Are they even allowed to say this? Being an "Equal Opportunity Employer" does not mean they can't sponsor an H1B Visa. A1: It says they hire "documented workers," which means that they may sponsor visas. A2: At leaste they have sponsored visas in the past: http://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Sponsor/Edward/506766.htm
 * So, according to Murray State University, their new assistant professor would teach 12 hours per semester, have an "active" research agenda and undertake service responsbilities, are they for real???? A. The definition of active research agenda varies from place to place. Most 4-4 schools define that as 2 articles and attending at least one conference a year. A2: Exactly, for R1 universities expect to publish from 10 to 12 articles to get tenure and for R2 universities expect to publish from 2 to 4 articles (peer reviewed).
 * Interfolio is charging too much money to upload the reccomendation letters to the applications! Every time I need them to send 3 letters they charge me U$12 (4$ per letter) as opposed to U$6 dollars if I send all three together to an email address! I just wish there were several dossier services so that we would not be abused by them. Do you know any other reliable dossier service? A1: I don't k now of any other services, but what I have sometimes done is find out through the departmental contact person whether it is OK to email the letters instead. A2: The Chronicle of Higher Ed's Vitae website offers a free dossier service. I've never used it and have no idea how or how well it works, though.
 * Do you know if there is something like the MLA Job Information List in Australia? I want to move there.
 * I would like to get some thoughts on including works "in progress" on your CV (i.e. articles/research you are working on but not yet submitted to a journal for review). If you do it, do you include everything you are working on or just the articles that are almost ready to submit (say, in two months or less). If you don't, what are your reasons not to? A1: I have a section for "Manuscripts in Preparation" under publications where I include several current projects. A2: For general research, as a rule, you might list works in progress as under review--you've submitted an article/manuscript but haven't heard back yet--or under revision--you've heard back and the reviewers have recommended "pursue with revision" or something similar. A decision to publish should then be listed as "forthcoming" even if minor revisions still need to be made. With regard to this specific question, particularly if you have not submitted yet, a "work under review" may generate positive feedback in an interview situation. With all the advertisments for "digital humanities" and/or "visual culture" positions, all fields that are still in their infancy, it will be nearly impossible for search committees to see through the fog of papers or manuscripts not-yet-accepted/under review/under revision as long as a candidate can legitimiately discuss a project that is underway and mature in its development. A3: It depends: how much have you already published? As A2 suggest--and especially so if you haven't yet had the opportunity to publish your work--I think the best course is to list only articles currently under review or with a "revise and resubmit" in the "works in progress" section.You may list accepted articles as forthcoming or in press (depending) and they needn't appear in the more qualified space of the "works in progress" section. A strong record of publication would allow a bit more leeway (e.g. listing some not yet submitted work), but doing so otherwise is risky—we all have loads of things "in progress" but some of it never gets submitted--a lot of it, if you ask me--and even less of it will be published.

Demographics
Are you a (an)...?
 * ABD (will finish this academic year): 12
 * ABD and currently in a one-year, VAP, PhD Completion Fellowship, visiting instructor, lecturer or adjunct position: 1
 * Ph.D. in hand (one-year, VAP, Lecturer, post-doc, adjunct): 15
 * Ph.D. in hand (unable to find academic employment at the moment):
 * Ph.D. in hand (currently working outside of academia):
 * Assistant Professor: 12
 * Associate Professor: 1
 * Full Professor:


 * Literature Job-Seeker: 25
 * Linguistics Job-Seeker: 2

How many applications do you plan on sending this year?
 * Between 1 and 10: 10
 * Between 10 and 20: 11
 * Between 20 and 30: 4
 * Between 30 and 40: 2
 * Over 40: 5