Spanish 2011-2012

Page for Academic Positions in Spanish & Portuguese that begin in 2012.

See Talk page for discussion and demographics.

Last Year's Page: Spanish 2010-2011

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Name of School - Position - Deadline
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

Amherst College - Senior professor to be Chair for 3 years - 1st November 2011
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/14 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Angelo State University - TT
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

Arizona State University, West Campus - Lat. American and Cult. Studies TT - Dec. 5
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Anyone heard anything yet?

Arizona State University, TT Golden Age.
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: A ver cuánto tiempo tardan a cancelar el search. Es lo que han echo los tres últimos annos... Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Arkansas State University, Asst. Professor of Spanish (TT) - Dec. 5
Request for more materials: Rejection: 12/12 email Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/13 phone/Skype Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Ashland University - Generalist TT - Dec. 6
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Augustana College (IL), VAP in Spanish - Nov. 11
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype 12/5, Skype 12/10 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Baylor University - Asst. Professor of Spanish TT (2) - Oct. 31
Request for more materials: 10/31/11 (statement of religious affiliation) + 3 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 11/17 - MLA + 1 (2nd hand) Q: Linguistics or Lit? Linguistics

11/22 - MLA (1st hand) Literature +2

11/30 MLA (1st) Linguistics

Just a comment: I got several e-mails from them requesting extra material and/or making me additional questions. The last e-mail I got was asking me if I frequented any church in my area, and which one was it. Next day they contacted the other candidates, and not me. So for the ones going to the interview, just know this seems to be a very, very important issue for them. If you happen to be a baptist you should be fine ;) R2: I interviewed with them several years ago; they prefer Baptists (of course) but seemed willing (at least then) to hire other Christians (including Catholics). I feel bad saying this, but it's the truth -- you probably don't want to be there if you aren't of a similar mindset

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Offer made:

Boise State University - Asst. Professor of Spanish TT - Nov. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: 12/13 x1 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/01, 12/12? MLA 12/16 x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Boston University - Spanish Linguistics TT - Nov. 1
Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Rejection: 12/17 (email) Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: received 12/7x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Bowdoin College - Asst. Professor of Spanish TT- Nov. 26
Request for more materials: 12/14 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA interview scheduled 12/13, 12/14 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Bucknell - Open Rank- Latin American Studies - Oct. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Any news on this one?

I called a month ago and they said they were still narrowing down the pool.

Carleton University - Phonetics / Phonology & Spanish (2 yr. postion) - Nov. 18
Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Central Michigan University - 2 TT positions
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/12 (MLA) + 2, 12/13x1(MLA) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Clark University - Asst Professor of Spanish (Generalist) TT - Nov 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 11/30 MLA x3 (Are they calling or emailing?) R: emailing. Q: Did they contact everyone on the 30th? A: How do you think individual candidates would know? Imagino que quien hizo la pregunta espera que todo el mundo consulta esta web y, ademas, participa en ella. Por tanto, no te hagas tanto el listo, sin pensar en las otras posibilidades. Anyway, Clark buscaba un chair el anno pasado para que solucinara los 1001 problemas internos...que siguen ahi... Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Cleveland State University - Asst. Prof. Spanish TT - Dec. 9
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Colby College - 1 yr. VAP in Spanish - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Dec. 13 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Colby College - 3 yr. Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Spanish - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/13 MLA Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

College of Charleston - Spanish Linguistics TT - Nov. 1
Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 11/16 x1 -- 12 Dec x5 [aqui se pone la fecha en que te contactaron, NO la fecha en que será la entrevista] Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 12/15 Offer made:

Colorado State University-Pueblo - Asst Professor TT - Nov. 20
Request for more materials: (missing rec letters)-11/30 + 3 (missing letters of recommendation) Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/13 x3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Columbia University - TT 1800 Latin America - Nov 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Columbia U, TT Pre-1700 Spanish Cultural Studies
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA interview scheduled 12/13 x 2 Q: Is this accurate? How reliable is the source? Original posting did not mention MLA interviews. A: Esto es básicamente mentira. Aún no han llamado a nadie. Q: ¿Alguien sabe cuándo van a empezar a llamar? Ha sido un mes. A: Imagino que durante esta semana. Piensa que tienen dos búsquedas simultáneas. A: Sí, han avisado por email. Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Concord U, - TT Asst. Prof. (Generalist) Teaching Methods - Open Until Filled
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/8 x2 - MLA Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Concordia College - TT Assistant Professor (Generalist) - Nov. 20th - Open Until Filled
Request for more materials: 12/14 first cut (Answer 3 essay questions), due back by Jan. 5th. x 6 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Cornell University - Asst. Prof. 19th-21st Peninsular - Nov. 10
Request for more materials: 11/18 x 3 Rejection: 11/22 (first review) 11/22 (first review) Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype 12/5 x4 Q: have you heard anything else? campus visit? A: They will not reach a decision about campus visits until the end of January; campus visit will most likely take place in February (first hand info). Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Creighton University - Asst. Prof. of Spanish TT (Lat. Am., Ling., or Spanish for the Professions) - Nov. 30
Request for more materials: 12/05 Q: What did they ask for? two sample syllabi and transcripts (unofficial, both undergraduate and graduate) Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/7 x6. 12/9 x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Dartmouth College - Beginning Asst Prof. of Spanish (Latin American Performance Studies) TT - Nov 18
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/2 (MLA) X3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Dartmouth College - Beginning Asst. Prof. of Spanish (18th and 19th C Peninsular) TT- Nov 18
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/2 (MLA) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Denison University - Asst. Prof of Spanish TT - Nov 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled:12/13 (MLA) by email Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Duke University - Asst Professor Romance Studies TT (Brazilian/Lusophone) - Nov. 1
Request for more materials: Writing sample on 11/11 x3 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Request received 11/29, Skype, 12/8, MLA '''Q: Are they then doing Skype and MLA? With the MLA being for the candidates they're more interested in? '''R1. I wouldn't expect an answer to a question that specific (and wouldn't consider any answer I saw here to be reliable), however, in most cases I've heard of this, Skype interviews were offered to people not attending MLA. Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

East Carolina University - Asst. Professor of Spanish Linguistics TT - Nov. 16
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Elmhurst College- Asst. Prof. Spanish (Latin American) TT - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: 12/13 x 4 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 11/28 Skype, 11/30 Skype x 2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Elon University - Spanish Linguistics TT - Oct. 6
Request for more materials:12/1 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 10/18 and 10/20. Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: November 11th - November 22nd. Offer made:

Emory & Henry College - TT - Peninsular or Lat. Am., Nov. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Fairfield University - Latin American and Caribbean TT - Dec. 6
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/17 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Florida Atlantic - Asst. Prof. TT Spanish Peninsular (19-21st Century) - Nov 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: 12/16 (email) x2 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 11/28 (phone) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Fordham University - Assistant Professor of Spanish TT - Oct. 31
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 11/18 x3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Franklin College - Generalist TT
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: skype 11/10 (Q: Can somone confirm this? A; Confirmed) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 11/21 (second hand) Offer made:

Franklin & Marshall College - Visiting
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/13 MLA via email x 2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

George Mason University - Brazil Specialist - Nov. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone scheduled:) 12/15/11 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

George Mason University - Asst. Professor of Spanish Linguistics TT - Nov. 10
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/15 Skype Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Georgia Southern University - 2 Asst. Professor of Spanish Ling. - Nov. 7
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled:11/13 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Grand Valley State University - TT Generalist (Literature, Linguistics or Cultural Studies) - Dec. 5
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA x3 12/7 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Hampden-Sydney College - Asst. Professor of Spanish TT - Dec 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/ 14 x3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Harvard - Open rank, Lusophone literary and cultural studies - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Idaho State University - Asst. Prof., Peninsular Lit. and Cultural Studies - Nov. 23
Request for more materials: Rejection:one Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled:Phone scheduled for 1/9 x3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Indiana University, TT Medieval.
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: news? Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Ithaca College - Assistant Professor Spanish TT - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA (via email) 12/16 x 2 Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Offer made:


 * Is it true that this search was cancelled? Shouldn't I have received an email from the search committee then? Last year the search was cancelled and they sent an email saying so, I assume that this year they will do the same if they had to cancel.
 * It has not been cancelled. They are in the process of scheduling the interviews.

James Madison U - Asst./Assoc. Prof, Generalist - Nov. 14
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Does anyone have any news from them? Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: campus visits scheduled following phone interviews (second-hand) Offer made:

Kansas State University - Asst. Prof, Spanish usage-based linguistics - Nov. 1
Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: 12/13 - writing sample Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/13 MLA Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:


 * Has anyone heard from Kansas?
 * Yes, see above.
 * ¿Pero esta búsqueda va en serio con el interno (visiting) que ya tienen?

Keene State College - Asst. Prof, Generalist - Nov. 30
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

King College - Asst. / Assoc. Prof. of Spanish
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Lafayette College (PA) - Latin American Lit TT - Dec. 5
Request for more materials: Rejection: 12/16x8 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/12 MLAx3. Q. Is this the colonial position? Thx. A: No, open specialty, preference for area/ ethnic or gender studies./ A: Yo tengo una entrevista por colonial. /Anyone else for colonial?

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Louisiana State University, TT Golden Age
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/8, email Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Loyola University Maryland - Assistant Professor of Spanish TT - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/12x3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Manhattan College - Asst. Professor of Spanish TT - Oct. 20
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype 11/17 x 6

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Offer made:


 * Anybody knows when they said they would contact people for a campus visit? A: I am wondering the same thing.
 * Me pregunto si acaso lo saben ellas. El año pasado tuve "la suerte" de entrevistarme con tal caótico comité.

Marietta College - open rank, tenure track, Spanish
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Campus visit held. Offer made:

Middlebury College - Asst. Prof. of Spanish TT - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled:

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Q. Has anyone heard anything from Middlebury? A1 no

Middlebury College - Visiting Asst. / Lecturer (2 yrs.) - Dec. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/16 x 2 MLA Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

The website says deadline dec 15th, however, my e-mail confirmation said they have already begun reviewing applications! Looks like interviews already scheduled...!

Mississippi State University - Asst. Prof. of Spanish -
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

MIT - Lecturer in Portuguese (3-year renewable) - Oct. 7, 2011
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Metropolitan State College of Denver - Spanish Tenure Track - Jan 30, 2012
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Monmouth College - Assistant Professor of Spanish - 11/28/2011
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/12 (2nd hand) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Mount Mary College - Asst. Prof. of Spanish TT
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: phone 11/30 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

New Mexico State University - Linguistics, Spanish as Heritage Lang. TT - Oct. 31
Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Rejection: via email 11/29 x3 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Phone interview 12/6, 12/9 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

New York University - Asst. Prof. Brazilian Studies - TT - Dec. 1, 2011
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Q. Has anyone heard anything from NYU? A. A friend was invited for an MLA interview (12/16)

A2. Considering the deadline was 12/1, it's not surprising they haven't contacted people yet.

New York University - Asst. Prof. Colonial Latin America- TT - Dec. 1, 2011
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Q. I see they have called for the Brazilian job. Has anyone heard about colonial?

North Central College - Asst. Prof. Spanish - Nov. 18
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/9 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Northern Illinois University - Spanish Applied Linguistics TT - Nov. 28
Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Phone interviews not held. Committee went straight to campus visits. Four to five visits are planned, and none of the finalists have ever been employed at NIU (to clarify previous speculation). Offer made:

Northwestern University - TT Assistant Professor Latin America - 11/30
Request for more materials: 12/08 (additional writing samples) x2 Rejection: x 5 // 12/12 x 2// 12/14 X1

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 6/12 MLA, 12/5 MLA Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Ohio State University - Assistant Professor of Spanish TT - Nov. 18
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/6 x 2 (by phone for MLA) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Ohio Wesleyan - Asst. Prof. 20th Cent. Peninsular - Dec. 2
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/9 (via e-mail) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Pacific University - Asst. Prof. Spanish - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Penn State - Asst. Prof. Hispanic Linguistics - Dec. 1
Request for more materials:

Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Penn State U - Open Rank, Open Specialization - Dec. 1
Q. Has anyone been contacted for an interview? R1: I haven't. The wait is killing me. R2: I'm sure they got 300-400 applications (open field, open rank); be patient. (Now, some of these schools with October application dates that haven't notified anybody? Impatience is warranted.)

Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Portland State University - Asst. Prof Spanish - Nov. 21
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/7 x3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Princeton University - Asst Professor, Latin American Lit. TT - Nov. 20
Request for more materials:

Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA scheduled 12/12 Q. Did anyone else hear anything? Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:
 * Is this the same position as the one just "reposted" for an assoc./full prof?

Purdue University North Central - Asst. Professor of Spanish TT - Dec. 5
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/15 (via phone) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Purdue University - Spanish Linguistics TT - Nov. 1
Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Phone interview held 11/11x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: request for campus visit 11/25 x 3

'ONE OF THE FINALISTS IS A FORMER STUDENT OF THE CHAIR OF THE SEARCH COMMITTEE. THIS SEARCH IS RIGGED! SHAME ON PURDUE. RI: That does not mean that the person is not still the best candidate.

'R2: INTELLECTUAL ENDOGAMY IS NOT ACADEMICALLY RIGHT! IT GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING WE BELIEVE IN. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THIS CANDIDATE GETS HIRED. '

R3: Only two people have been invited. Is someone trying to make this search looks more fair than it is? R: No sé sobre este caso particular, pero puedo asegurarte que tratándose de una universidad pública ésta es una práctica muy habitual (cada vez más). Hay universidades que sólo invitan a una persona y si quedan satisfechos ya se quedan con el/la candidato/ta. Hay a veces que hay candidatos/as que sobresalen mucho, por lo que quieren a ese/a a toda costa. Y, la verdad, para qué hacer perder el tiempo a todo el mundo, además de dinero, si ya lo tienen claro. Personalmente lo prefiero así.

R4: Whoa. Remove the "caps lock" -- there's no need to shout.

Offer made:

Quest U - Open Rank, Open Specialization - Nov. 14
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/6 (e-mail) X 2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 12/9 Offer made:

Rice University - Brazilian Literature and Culture TT - Nov. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: sent by email 12/14 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/6 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Rutgers University - 2nd Lang. Acquisition/Bilingualism - Oct. 31
Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Rejection: via email 11/30*2 12/9*1 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Request received 11/16 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Invitation received 12/12 Offer made:

Rutgers University - Asst. Prof. of Brazilian / Lusophone Studies - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Via email on 12/16 x2 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/14 x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Ryerson University - Asst. Prof. Peninsular Spanish Literature and Culture TT - Nov. 30
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Saint Mary's College - Assistant Professor Latin American and Culture TT - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA scheduled on 12/7 x 5 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Saint Olaf - Asst. Prof. of Spanish TT - Oct. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA (via email) 12/16 x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Q: Anyone know anything about this position? It's been 2 months!

Saint Vincent College - Asst. Professor of Spanish TT - Nov. 30
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 11/30 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Salve Regina University- Asst. Professor of Spanish (Generalist) TT
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/06 MLA, 12/12 MLA, 12/16, 12/16 MLA Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Santa Clara University - Latin American Lit. TT - Sept. 6
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 2 scheduled Mid November// Any news on this position? Offer made:

Spelman - Instructor/Lecturer in Portuguese (non-TT), 3-year renewable - Dec. 9
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/7 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Stanford University - Lecturer in Portuguese (non-TT), 3-year renewable - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 12/9 - Request for campus visit. Offer made:

State University of New York, Albany- Assistant Professor in Spanish American Lit- Nov. 28
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/17, phone interview. Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

State University of New York, New Paltz - Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT) - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype 12/7 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

Stonehill College - Asst Professor Colonial Latin American Lit. TT - Nov. 9 - SEARCH POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT YEAR (e-mail received on 12/15/2011)
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:
 * this cancellation has been confirmed.

Syracuse University - Spanish Golden Age TT - Dec. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype interview 6/12. Q: Are they going to the MLA or they are just interviewing through Skype? A: In their e-mail they said they are only doing Skype interviews. Q: Thanks for the honest response. It sucks they did not call me. That area is a bit isolated and economically-depressed but quiet and safe if you have a family, which is what I was looking for. Good luck. Thanks for your wishes and explanation. I wish you the best luck with the other open positions in the field. Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Texas Tech University - Asst. Prof. Spanish - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/11 MLA via email Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Tufts University - Latin American Lit TT - November 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/9 MLA x 3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University at Albany - Assistant Professor in Spanish Linguistics - Nov. 28
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:


 * Has anyone heard from this university yet? R1: I haven't. R2: Yo tampoco. R3: Tampoco.

University of British Columbia - Latin American Literature - Dec. 1
Request for more materials:Rejection:Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled:Rejection post-MLA:Campus visit:Offer made:

-Email from dept. confirmiing receipt of materials said committee would meet in January X4

-Email from dept. confirmiing receipt of materials said committee would meet in December. Q: Are you sure in light of the emails mentioned above?

University of California, Berkeley - Post Civil-War Spanish Lit. TT - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: e-mail Dec. 8. MLA Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of California, Riverside - Asst. Prof. Spanish Linguistics TT - Dec. 10
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Central Florida - Asst. Prof. Spanish Linguistics - Nov. 4
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/1 MLA x 2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Colorado (Denver) - Asst. Prof. Spanish Linguistics - Nov. 30
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/10 MLAx3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Dallas - Asst. Prof. Spanish TT - Nov. 21
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Delaware, TT Golden Age
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 11/29. Q: How did they contact? email/phone...? Thanks. A: E-mail. Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Georgia - Lecturer in Portuguese (non-TT), 1-year renewable - Dec. 12
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Georgia - Spanish Linguistics TT - Nov. 21
Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Rejection: x1 Q: Did you have phone interview? Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Dec. 9 x 4

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Extended 12/15 Offer made:

University of Idaho - Asst/Associate Prof. - Iberian Emphasis - Oct. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Email 12/7 x2 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Dec 7 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Illinois, Chicago - Assistant Professor of Peninsular Studies TT - Nov. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: interview-skype-Dec.8-9 x3 Q: This should reflect the date the interviewed was scheduled NOT the date of the interview. Can anyone confirm the dates calls were received? A: Interviews were scheduled the last week of November. Q: And have you heard anything else post-interview? A: Not yet x 3. Q: any news?? A: Not yet (12/16) x 4

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit:

Offer made:

University of Illinois, Chicago - Assistant Professor/Latin American Studies (Film) - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Asst. Prof. Lat. Am.- Oct. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 11/9 skype Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: End of November (second-hand), Early December. Offer made:

Q: Did anyone hear anything about an offer been made?

University of Iowa - Hispanic linguistics TT - Nov. 15
Also posted at TESOL / Applied Linguistics 2012 & Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Phone interviews held 12/14-15 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Louisville - Spanish -Caribbean Asst. Prof- nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/15 MLA x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Maryland, College Park - Latin American Lit. - Oct. 24
Request for more materials: 12/4 Q: What materials did they request? R: Writing sample Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/12 MLA Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Massachusetts Boston - Spanish Language TT - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Memphis - Spanish for the Professions TT - Nov. 15?
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/7 via skype Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Spanish Sociolinguistics TT - Nov. 15
Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Dec 9 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Mississippi - 2 TT positions
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: skype interview conducted (12/6) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 12/12x1 Offer made:

University of Missouri, Columbia - Assistant Professor of Spanish TT - Nov. 30
Request for more materials: Has anyone been asked to send additional materials (writing sample)? Rejection: 12/14 (email - it was a nice rejection, at least)(agreed, and it's nice that they let candidates know early) x3 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype 12/16 (email) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Missouri, Kansas City - Assistant Professor of Spanish TT - Nov. 11
Request for more materials: 12/10 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/7 x 2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Spanish applied linguistics TT - Nov. 1
Also posted at TESOL / Applied Linguistics 2012 & Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: 11/21 Rejection: 12/16x1 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/5 x 2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: extended 12/15 Offer made:

University of Nebraska at Omaha - Latin American Lit. TT - Nov. 7
Request for more materials: 11/16 x3 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 11/16 x3, 11/17 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of New Mexico - Hispanic Linguistics TT - Dec. 1
URL: http://linguistlist.org/jobs/get-jobs.cfm?JobID=91580&SubID=4534872

Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: (phone) 12/05 x 3, committee chair called me Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 12/16 Offer made:

Also posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

University of North Carolina at Wilmington - Generalist - Oct. 25
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Notre Dame - Modern Spanish Peninsular TT - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Notre Dame - Latin Amer / Brazil TT - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Oregon - Nineteenth Century Southern Cone TT - Nov. 1 until filled
Request for more materials: 11/20 x4 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/02 // Skype 12/06 x8 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Pennsylvania - Golden Age Spanish TT - Nov. 13
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/2 X 9 Q: Does the person who posted this actually know 9 people who got interviews? Thanks! Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Pittsburgh - Latin American Asst. Prof. - Oct. 31
Request for more materials: 11/8 (missing letters of rec.) 12/7x3 (2 additional writing samples, grad transcripts) Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/7 Q: Did they only call one person so far? 12/8 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Is there any other news regarding this position? Someone noted a rejection last week. Was that not confirmed?

University of Puget Sound - Assistant Professor of Hispanic/Latino Studies - Nov. 28
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/12 MLA X2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of South Alabama - Assistant Professor of Spanish - TT - December 2, 2011
Request for more materials: 12/12x1 (just materials, not interview) Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled:12/13 ** Really? Are you able to predict the future since today is 12/12... R: Aunque me gustaría predecir el futuro, se llama simplemente "vivir en otro huso horario". Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of South Carolina- Assistant Professor, Mexicanist - Nov. 1st
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 11/22 X3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of South Dakota - Asst. Prof TT, Generalist - Nov. 14
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/12 phone Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Southern California - TT Assistant Professor - 11/15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/8 x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Tampa - Asst. Prof. of Spanish TT
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Texas at Austin - colonial Latin American TT - Oct. 1
Request for more materials: Oct 3 Rejection: 4 (so soon? was the rejection by mail or by email?) Email Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 7

was told "the two" interviewees have been selected--sound like the 3rd may be an inside candidate.
 * No specific knowledge of the UT search, but the likelihood of there being an "inside candidate" w/ a true inside track at the job and that they get the job offer and they actually accept the job is virtually zero. UTA has a massive faculty (they had 10 Mexicanists a couple of years ago!), and to get them all to ratify ANY candidate is a major accomplishment. I don't think Jesus H. Christ could land a job as an inside candidate at such an institution. 1/3 of the faculty would reject him for being a Liberation Theologian (soooooo '80s), 1/3 would reject him for failing to engage his scholarship in the current neo-socialist cultural production in the context of left wing Latin American politics, a handful would reject him for failing to address the Chicana Lesbian experience (not that there's anything wrong w/ that), but more important, one senior prof w/ a lot of pull would lead a powerful intra-departmental rebellion b/c at the one departmental MLA cash bar, Dr. Christ converted water to RED wine when he knew perfectly well that said prof prefers white wine. The nerve! My point is, the "inside candidate" in academia exists in paranoid minds more than in reality. 'A. Very witty, indeed but is the moral of your story that the best candidate gets the job, insider or not? A bit naive, no? A. 'Uh, no. The point is... that... the inside candidate's ... inside track... exists... in... paranoid... minds... more... than... in ... reality. Just to be clear, the person who gets the job is the person chosen by the group that votes, usually the entire department faculty, and many times completely ignoring the search committee's recommendation. THEY are the ones who define what "best" means. It's incredibly naive to think that there's some objective truth as to who the "best" candidate is. Best = subjective view of department in question.


 * Q: I am a little confused. There are two on campus interviews and two MLA interviewees? A: yes, there are 2 job talks already scheduled for Nov. and 6 MLA interviews for Jan.
 * There are no inside candidates. There were two job talks this month and the third candidate will probably be one of the people interviwed in the MLA. It will be a whole discussion within the search committee to decide who they're going to hire.
 * This (campus visits and MLA interviews) doesn't seem surprising since it's an open rank search. Senior searches don't always go through the MLA visit stage. FWIW, the one rumor I've heard is of interest in an outside candidate. Q: Is this interest in one of these senior candidates? (I guess it would make sense).

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 2 campus visits scheduled. Offer made:

University of Texas - Austin - LLILAS indigenous languages program director
Request for more materials:

Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/14 (Question - what was scheduled??? are they running this as an Anth or Lang search? Any details appreciated)

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit:

Offer made:

University of Texas-Pan American - colonial Latin American TT - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Texas-Pan American - Spanish Applied Linguistics/Medical Spanish - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Virginia - Asst. Prof. of Luso-Brazilian Studies - TT - Nov. 15, 2011
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Q. Anyone heard anything about this position?

University of Washington at Seattle-Colonialist/TT - Applications submitted by November 15 received priority
Request for more materials: Rejection: 12/12 x 7, 12/13 x1, 12/14 X2

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/12 MLA x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Washington at Tacoma - Chicano/Border Studies - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Letters of rec 12/13 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: phone interview scheduled 12/14 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of West Georgia - Generalist TT - Oct. 10
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: phone interview, october 20th. I also had an interview on 10/20. Haven't recieved a rejection yet Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: One Scheduled (Second-hand)


 * Question: can anyone confirm if/when the visit took place or will take place?
 * Answer: 1st half of November

Offer made: Offer made and accepted (second hand)

University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee - Spanish Translation TT - Oct. 24
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee - FT Portuguese Lecturer (1-yr. with possibility of renewal) - Feb. 29
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Wyoming - Deadline: Oct. 31
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype 12/06 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Valdosta State University TT-Generalist- Deadline: Oct. 10
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Dec 1, Phone int scheduled Dec 2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Vanderbilt University - TT Colonialist
Request for more materials: early Nov Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Week of the 14th of Nov. via Skype. / Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:
 * Any more interviews form Vanderbilt? They've done their initial Skype interviews and will be announcing to candidates about campus visits to be scheduled in Jan. They will not be doing MLA interviews (inside source). Q: Any further info. regarding these campus visits? Have the candidates been contacted? A: Not as of last Friday.

Washington Univ St Louis - TT Andean/Latin American Lit - Nov 1st
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 11/18 (Can anyone confirm this? A. Confirmed) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

West Virginia University - Contemporary Peninsular Lit TT - Oct. 31
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Has anyone heard from this search committee yet (Dec.11)? A: Nope. It's probably finals week and it is more than likely that a) the committee is just meeting this week. OR b) the folks that have been contacted don't frequent the Wiki or don't care to share .. . . . I am banking on a). ..

A: email 12/13 x 3 (MLA) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Western Ontario University - TT Asst. in Applied Ling - Dec. 15
Also posted at TESOL / Applied Linguistics 2012 & Linguistics 2011-2012

Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Western Washington University - Asst. Modern Latin American TT - Deadline: ??
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 11/28 MLA interview Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Western Washington University - Asst. Pre 1800 Peninsular - 12/2
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Dec 8x2 (Did they notify by phone or email?) A. Phone Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Winona State University (KS) - Asst. Prof. of Spanish - Nov. 4
Request for more materials: Rejection: THEY HAVE AN INTERNAL CANDIDATE. GOT REJECTION EMAIL BEFORE THEIR APPLICATION DEADLINE.


 * I know someone who applied and has not received a rejection letter.
 * Some departments begin review of applications before the deadline. Many do a preliminary screening of candidates who are not a fit for the position. Be grateful that, unlike the vast majority of departments, they cared enough to tell you. [who writes this uber rational crap? So endearing...]
 * I haven't received a rejection yet, and I applied to the position. This isn't to make you feel bad; just pointing out that the first commenter is probably correct in her/his assessment.
 * I have received a rejection email. A while ago :)

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Whitworth University - Assistant Professor of Spanish
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: phone 11/22 (2nd hand) x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 12/14 Offer made:

Wofford College - Asst. Prof. in Spanish TT - Oct. 14
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 11/14 - 16 (phone). 11/14 (phone)
 * Any news on this position? Campus visits? A: I heard they had a campus visit already (second/third hand, so...). (Thanks!)

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Yale University - Asst. Prof. of Spanish - Nov. 11
Request for more materials: Rejection: letter in the mail 12/8, 12/13 x3 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA interview 12/6 (x 5) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Word on the Street

 * UMass Boston Hispanic Studies is a dream department to work for. Take my word on this. Whoever lands the TT there is lucky. Yes: I have good intel.
 * Don't limit your search just to postings on the MLA, some schools for one reason or another do not post on the MLA, but rather use the Chronicle or Higheredjobs...
 * Has anyone heard from Clark University? Still nothing? They seem to take their time. The closing date was almost one month ago. I am going on hunger-strike until someone hears from Clark. R: Then you will likely die. They might call people on Dec. 30th. No one knows when these people decide to do this kind of drudge work. R: They acknowledged the receipt of my docs 11/29. R: I was invited to MLA interview several days ago.
 * Any word re: the 3-year non-TT at M.I.T.?
 * 3-year non TT at M.I.T (Spanish): Campus visits (4 candidates) were in November, before Thanksgiving. - R1: No, I meant the 3-year non TT in Portuguese (not Spanish) at M.I.T. --- were these the candidates who did campus visits in November? Also: firsthand or secondhand knowledge? Thank you.
 * To whoever commented (above) on UMass Boston HS Department: Take my word on this: you are too naive to know about it. There is no "dream" department to work for in academia. Good Luck and get the best job! Once you are inside be colegial, and just keep doing your work against the odds. R1: Girl you trippen', and I think you mean "whomever." To OP re R1: ZING!!! Response from OP to R1: It is in fact a dream department to work for. U mad? . Please stop trashing. Wanna be sure if that is a good dept. for you? When you go there for the campus visit, you will see it you like it or not. Then you are free to say "thanks but not thanks", or "yes, this is my life". R2: "Whoever" was correct.
 * I think it's depressing how hostile this wiki has gotten. Someone posts "word on the street" and other people bash. Why? There's no reason to behave like this towards potential colleagues. The market is tough enough. Why are we fighting amongst ourselves? A. This is a good indication of the "tone" in academia. The people who write these things are your current or future colleagues.
 * Does anyone know whether universities contact everyone the same day when scheduling interviews? Is there a norm? A: Not necessarily the same day. "Norms" will depend on each College / U policies. I've almost always been contacted by email first, only once by phone first. R2: Some do not contact everyone on the same day. R3: Take it from an MLA VETERAN..you will find LOTS (about a third to half) of schools doing interviews at MLA will contact you by phone especially as it gets closer to the time of the conference, as they have less time to schedule interviews, also, trying to schedule an interview via email is a pain in the ass if you have several other interviews during the MLA. This is less the case with phone interviews where it is usually a larger group of people doing the interview. As far as the same day, a lot of times it is, but not always, especially if they contacted you via phone, as it is obviously takes more time to call everyone individually, I've gotten a call up to two or three days after the interviews were posted on the wiki, and some committee's consider applications as they come in..the norm is the same day or within a day or two. My advice, send out your application materials, and then forget about it, then its such a lovely surprise when that phone rings asking to talk to you at MLA..and not a frantic two weeks of checking the wiki constantly to see if your dream job has contacted anyone yet.
 * Nobody has heard from St. Olaf? Really? Don't believe it. If anyone knows anything, let us know so we can move on!
 * Question  to the more experienced (might sound rather naive, I know): if a skype interview is scheduled, does that mean this is preliminary screening (prior to MLA) or that this is the only interview (no more MLA interview)? Thanks! Answer: It is the actual intervew, it substitutes a MLA interview
 * Subquestion to the above: If a post reports people getting skype interviews, but says nothing about MLA interviews, does this mean one might still get an MLA interview even if one didn't get a skype interview? That is, do some schools do both kinds? Or if there is a skype interview are they not going to MLA? Answer: the different departments choose their own method of interviewing candidates: some interview at the MLA, others on the phone, and others via skype.
 * Delaware: crappy location, mediocre Spanish department....
 * This sounds like sour grapes... or someone trying to manipulate the search. A: Sinceramente, me da absolutamente igual lo que pienses. Sólo pretendí ayudar. He estado allí y sé lo que me digo. Yo no regresaría, pero tú obviamente, puedes hacer lo que te parezca. Y encima que una sólo pretende ayudar...A ver, incrédulo/a, da un repaso a la faculty del depto. y te darás cuenta de que no hay, ni de lejos, ninguna star. Es más un service dept. que otra cosa, y más si lo comparas con los otros departamentos de la Univ.-btw. considerada una top 10 party univ.
 * Come on incrédulo/a... All that matters is that there is a "star" in the department! And who would want to teach at one of the top 10 party schools??
 * Yo también estuve en Delaware en un campus visit y por suerte conseguí trabajo en otro lugar porque era, honestamente, muy malo. Me llevaron a almorzar y los profesores estaban todo el tiempo hablando mal de otros profesores que no estaban presentes. Daba verguenza ajena.
 * Suscribo lo anterior. Es un departamento lamentable. A los que no les gusta que se hagan estas críticas y las borran y/o critican, deberían estar contentos que se les avise a priori. Al fin y al cabo uno no gana nada dejándoles saber de nuestras experiencias, ya que, creédme, por lo menos yo, no trabajaría allí ni que fuera la última y única universidad del mundo. Suerte y paz a todos.
 * Como si nos llovieran a todos ofertas tenure-track del cielo, y como si sólo existieran rencorcillos en Delaware.
 * Does anybody know the average timeframe for universities to e-mail candidates for the MLA? I guess the bulk of e-mails inviting people for MLA interviews would be between now and the 21st or so? I got a couple of phone interviews (substituting MLA interviews) but no MLA interviews so far, and I'm kind of getting a little uneasy here.. A: With email now, depts. stretch interview invitations to the limit. Once I received an email on the 23rd in the evening. That said, you should pretty much consider it a done deal by Friday before Christmas, at least as far as MLA interviews are concerned.
 * Western Washington University is in an absolutely gorgeous location and has a remarkable student population. They're not required to take foreign language classes, but they all do because they *want* to. It seems like it would be a great place to live and to teach. (One disadvantage is their starting salaries are very low, or at least they were the last time I checked a few years ago. But they're also unionized, so you may make up the difference over time with regular increases, though I'm not too sure about that.) R2: Nice people, too. (I'm at a nearby university, and I've interacted with several of the professors at regional conferences.)
 * Has anyone heard from Dartmouth (18th and 19th Peninsular)? It's not even on the list. A: I have heard second hand that they are conducting skype interviews this week.... A: "It's not *even* on the list" .. . . Who do you think puts these things on the list? Put it there if you don't see it . . . .thus functions the open wiki where anyone can edit it.
 * A little peeved here. Recientemente puse un comentario bajo el ítem de Princeton preguntando si la posición había sido cambiada de Assistant Prof. a Assoc./Full Prof puesto que ahora existen dos trabajos cuando solamente había uno. En mi comentario, dije que "with these ass clowns, you never know." El comentario fue borrado. Por si acaso haya sido borrado por un colega de Princeton o uno que busca trabajo en Princeton, debo clarificar que no pienso que los de Princeton son ass clowns. En realidad, pienso que todos los comités son ass clowns. ¿Por qué? La falta de profesionalismo de la que muchos comités sufren no puede ser ignoradas. Yo, por cierto, he lidiado con departamentos que se han portado muy bien. Pero he experimentado yo mismo, y he visto bastante sufrido por otros, que me hacen concluir que mucha de esta gente sí son ass clowns. Sea por los anuncios de trabajos mal escritos o ambiguos, sea por la falta de comunicación/cortesía profesional, o sea por la tontería de hacer que las solicitudes se entreguen justo cuando tienen que dar exámenes finales y por lo tanto retrasar las invitaciones a la MLA tanto que el costo se vuelva superlativo, todo esto me lleva (a mí, por énfasis) a una conclusión: ass clownery. Sé que los comités trabajan duro, lo he visto personalmente, pero es obvio que mucho se podría solucionar si planearan mucho mejor. Sí, nosotros como grupo somos bastante despistados y no les prestamos mucha atención a las deadlines, pero se supone que un comité esté compuesto por un grupo de profesionales. O sea, sí somos profesores despitados, pero también somos profesionales. Y si me han quitado el comentario de ass clown por political correctness o pensando que es un comentario que viene de la homofobia, les informaré que yo mismo soy homosexual. Y para el que tenga dudas, lo que hacemos con asses no es uno payasada sino un buen gustazo. A: Son dos puestos diferentes, pero tu comentario/explicación sobra. Vamos es mi opinión, por supuesto. Espero haberte ayudado con la clarificación. R: Ass clown? Éso fue lo mejor que pudiste producir. Me suena muy raro. Basta con "clowns." Sus culos no entran en el asunto. Ya nos borran, pero bueno. Me da gracia tu explicación. Suerte.

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