Spanish and Portuguese 2013-2014

Page to track academic jobs in Spanish and Portuguese that begin in 2014.

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Campus Interviews
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MLA Interviews
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Phone / Skype Interviews
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 * Morehead State U (phone) - received request 11/5.
 * Mount St. Mary's (Skype) - received request 10/29. Can you tell me what month the interview will take place? Not asking for a date, just would like to know if in November or later. - Mine was on Nov. 4. My understanding is that they are hoping to do campus visits in early December.
 * Mount St Mary - Skype interviews are being conducted between Oct 31 and Nov 5.
 * Susquehanna University (Skype) 10/28 (x2) <--- Is the Department still doing Skype interviews, or is the Skype interview process already closed? Have all Skype interview candidates been notified that they are selected
 * Not sure if Skype interviews are still taking place or if all candidates have been contacted, but I got a call on Monday and the interview was Thursday 10/31.
 * Thanks, and good luck!
 * Can anyone confirm that the selection of finalists has been made, so we can stop praying? Thanks!

Additional Materials Requested
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 * Franklin & Marshall 11/5 - Additional materials requested (teaching philosophy, research statement, 3 letters of recommendation, sample teaching evaluations, and graduate transcript)
 * Yes, same additional material requested 11/5. Is there any way to know if they have requested this material from everyone that applied?
 * Hope College 10/25, 11/5 (statement of interest in joining the faculty, participating in minority/diversity development, and encouraging student development in the context of the Christian faith). (x3, on 11/5)
 * THIS IS A STATEMENT OF FAITH. THANKS BUT NOT THANKS. I APPLIED TO TEACH SPANISH LITERATURE NOT TO BE RECRUITED TO A CULT.
 * If one had looked at Hope's website before applying one would have realized that it's a Christian institution in the Reformed tradition and belongs to the CCCU. If one views being a person of faith as equivalent to being a member of a cult, then this position would not be a good fit.
 * Probably shouldn't apply for the Marquette job, either.  A: Marquette being a Catholic school, not sure if it would be an issue, since they are probably more laid-back.
 * Wondering if the person who wrote the all-caps comment is the same person who had additional materials requested of them?
 * No, it wasn't the same person.
 * I thought this position was due Jan 1? It is no longer on the employment site... and here I thought I had plenty of time to apply! (Athough I'd be put off by the statement of faith too, so possibly for the best?)
 * I don't think the search is over; In the e-mail, they just asked for additional materials to create a more complete file, and said that they will be "reviewing applications as they are completed."

Rejections
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 * Received notification from California SU Channel Islands that application was no longer under consideration. (applied Sept. 10, notified Nov. 1).
 * Rejection letter from Cornell (TT, Latin America) Nov. 6

^^In regards to the rejection letter from Cornell comment, that seems a bit early since the deadline has yet to           pass (Nov. 15). Are you referring to Cornell College in IA? Thanks for the info.

R1: I imagine the above post was in reference to Cornell University, which is also hiring and had a deadline of Oct. 15.

JOBS: Spanish & Portuguese for 2014 (Tenure Track & Full Time) (Please list in alphabetical order)
Amherst College (MA)  - Two Positions in Spanish Arizona State - Spanish Linguistics (specialization in Heritage Speakers) Armstrong Atlantic State U (GA) - Literature, open specialization Augustana College (IL) - Two Positions in Spanish
 * Position 1: Open-Rank, Tenure-Track Professor in Spanish (specialization Golden Age and/or Colonial)
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 1, 2013
 * Position 2: Lecturer
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * RANK: Assistant or Associate
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 * DEADLINE: November 22, 2013
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 18, 2013
 * Position 1: Literature, Medieval or Early Modern (Could be VAP or tenure-track)
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: December 2, 2013
 * Position 2: Linguistics, Phonology (Could be VAP or tenure-track)
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: December 2, 2013

Ball State University (IN) - Two Positions in Spanish
 * Two tenure-track faculty positions available August 14, 2014.
 * Position 1: Spanish Linguistics (open specialty);
 * Position 2: Latin America (open specialty)

Baylor University (TX)  Bellarmine U (KY) - Applied Linguistics Boston College - the Practice in Hispanic Studies Bradley University (IL) - Spanish Peninsular Literature (specialization in Film Studies or Caribbean Studies) Bringham Young U (UT) - Latin American Literature and Culture Brooklyn College (CUNY)
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin November 1, 2013, and will continue until the positions are filled.
 * One contract faculty position
 * LINK
 * Position 1: Lecturer
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 * DEADLINE: October 15, 2013
 * Position 2: Director, Division of Spanish & Portuguese
 * RANK: Associate or Full Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: December 1, 2013
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * RANK: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 11, 2013
 * RANK: Open
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 * DEADLINE: October 14, 2013
 * RANK: Full Professor-Chairperson
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) - Spanish Peninsular Literature (specialization in Early Modern or Twentieth/Twenty-First Century)
 * RANK: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 8, 2013

California State University Channel Islands - Spanish Generalist California State University, Fresno - Mexican Literature California State University, Fullerton - Two Positions California State University, Long Beach - 19th-20th century Peninsular Literature Carroll College (MT) - Linguistics & Literature, Generalist Centre College (KY) - Generalist, with specialty in 18th-20th century and Transatlantic Literature Christopher Newport University (VA) - Three Positions Clayton State U (GA) - Generalist Colby College (ME) - Four Positions College of Charleston (SC) - Two Positions Colorado State U - Two Positions Community College of Philadelphia Cornell College (IA) - Two Positions Cornell University (NY) - Two Positions DePauw University - Generalist with expertise in Peninsular or Hispanic Transatlantic Studies Franklin & Marshall - Spanish & Linguistics, open specialization, preference for Spanish in the US & History of Spanish
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: Application review date begins September 9, 2013.
 * RANK: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * Position 1: Spanish-American (Central American or Caribbean)
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 10, 2013
 * Position 2: Linguistics
 * RANK: Assistnat Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 10, 2013
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: December 10, 2013
 * RANK: Assistant or Associate Professor
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 * DEADLINE: ?
 * Position 1: Lecturer (TESOL)
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * Position 2: Lecturer (Caribbean Studies)
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * Position 3: Lecturer (Contemporary Spain)
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 1, 2013
 * Position 1: (A) Assistant Professor or Instructor of Spanish
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * Position 2: (B) Assistant Professor or Instructor of Spanish
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * Position 3: (C) Assistant Professor or Instructor of Spanish
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * Position 4: Faculty Teaching Fellow (Contemporary Peninsular Lit & Culture)
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * Position 1: Instructor (one-year appointment, renewable)
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 * DEADLINE: November 1, 2013
 * Position 2: Linguistics, Theoretical or Language Acquisition
 * RANK: Assistant
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 * DEADLINE: November 1, 2013
 * Position 1: Modern Mexican Literature and Culture
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 10, 2013
 * Position 2: Translation & Interpreting
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 10, 2013
 * RANK: Tenure-Track Instructor or Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 3, 2013
 * Position 1: Peninsular Literature
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * Position 2: Latin American Literature
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * Position 1: Latin American (expertise in visual studies, Colonial/19th Century preferred)
 * RANK: Open
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 * DEADLINE: October 15, 2013
 * Position 2: Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer in Spanish Language
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 * DEADLINE: November 1, 2013
 * RANK: TT Assistant/Associate Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 22, 2013


 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: October 15, 2013

Harvard University - Tenured or TT Prof. in Spanish or Latin American Lit., preferably with an emphasis on gender or LGBTQ studies Hope College - "should be prepared to teach a seminar on Medieval and Golden Age literature" Kansas State University - "emphasis on contemporary literature of Spain as well as translation, interpretation - interpreter certification desirable" Lehigh University - Contemporary Mexican literature and culture Marquette University - Contemporar Spanish prose, 20th-21st centuries, secondary interest in contemporary Spanish thater Massachusetts Institute of Technology - contemporary Latin American Studies Monmouth College - background in 20th- and/or 21st-century Peninsular literature and culture Murray State University - 19th-21st-century Peninsular culture
 * RANK: TT or Tenured
 * Chronicle
 * DEADLINE: Open Until Filled; "We will start reviewing applications on October 31st."
 * RANK: TT Assistant/Associate Professor
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 * DEADLINE: Jan 1
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 11, 2013
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: Nov 22
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: Nov 4
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: Oct 15
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: Nov 28


 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor of Spanish
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 * DEADLINE: November 15

Pitzer College - Spanish and Portuguese Language and Culture with a concentration in Latin American Studies
 * RANK: tenure-track Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: 10/25/2013

Reed College - Contemporary Latin American Literature (post-1980’s literature, film, and/or visual culture (with the exception of the Southern Cone)
 * RANK: tenure-track Assistant Professor
 * LINk
 * DEADLINE: November 15

San Diego State University -  Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures
 * RANK: Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: December 2, 2013

San Diego State University - Spanish linguistics and/or Spanish Language Acquisition (SLA)
 * RANK: Associate Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 1, 2013.

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY -  Modern Latin American Literature and Culture, Department of World Languages and Literatures Sewanee: The University of the South - Peninsular 19th-21st Century and/or Transatlantic Studies (interest in Brazil is welcome, but not necessary) Spring Hill College - Generalist with experience teaching all levels of Spanish language, literature, and culture SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology - Spanish position SUNY Geneseo  - 18th and/or 19th century  Latin Americanist SUNY Stony Brook - 19th-Century Peninsular Literary and Cultural Studies Susquehanna University - Modern or Contemporary Studies of Spain Trinity College - Contemporary Latin Americanist (1) Contemporary Mexico, Central America and Border studies; 2) Caribbean and diaspora studies; or 3) the Southern Cone.)
 * RANK: Assistant Professor of Spanish (tenure track)
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: December 1
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 15
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: Not listed
 * RANK: Assistant Professor of Spanish (tenure track)
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 * DEADLINE: November 15, 2013
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: Nov 20
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: Oct 18
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: Nov 15

University of Arizona - Border Studies and or Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies
 * RANK: Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 21

University of California, Riverside - XIX-XX or Colonial
 * RANK: Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: Nov 15

University of California, Santa Cruz - Spanish Applied Linguistics
 * RANK: Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin on October 21, 2013

University of Chicago - Medieval Spanish Literature University of Kansas - Latin American/Latina/o Studies
 * Rank: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: December 15, 2013
 * Rank: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 1, 2013

University of Louisville - Caribbean Studies, Department of Classical and Modern Languages University of Mary Washington - "Expertise in contemporary peninsular Spanish literature and culture preferred" Ursinus College - "multidisciplinary approaches to Hispanic cultural products along with education in Peninsular and Latin American language and literature"
 * Assistant Professor of Spanish (Tenure-Track)
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: Applications received by November 15, 2013 will receive full consideration
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: November 30, 2013
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
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 * DEADLINE: "Review of applications will begin November 15th"

Wake Forest University - Contemporary Hispanic Cultural Studies: "Preference given to candidates who specialize in indigenous studies, interdisciplinary studies (music, art, film, media), and/or have considerable experience introducing digital research tools and methods into the classroom."
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 1

Wellesley College - "specialist in Transatlantic Film and Media Studies with strong Spanish language teaching credentials" West Chester University - Spanish or Hispanic Studies
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: October 15, 2013
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 15

Western Oregon University - "Main field of interest should be one of the following: Colonial Latin America, Mexico/Caribbean, or Chicano/US Latino"
 * RANK: TT Assistant Professor of Spanish
 * LINK
 * DEADLINE: November 29

Word on the Street
That SUNY Geneseo position looks like an inside gig, given they've got a visiting latin americanist who has just defended, or is about to. Any thoughts?


 * Response: Maybe, but probably not. And if it is, most departments have too many idiosyncracies and conflicts to guarantee that the job will go to the "insider." Though it's almost impossible not to speculate about such things, I urge you not to think about it too much.


 * Response 2: I agree with the original response above. You should just apply for the job. It's the only thing you can do. If there is an inside candidate, then you won't get it. But if there isn't, then you might get it. If you don't apply, you certainly won't get it. Plus, I have personally seen very credible inside candidates completely sabotage themselves, and I have seen committees completely ignore an inside candidate. My real concern with this job is that it seems to be a 5-5 job. Did your eyes just pop out? I didn't even know there was such a thing in higher ed, not even at the most teaching intensive institutions (community colleges). At any rate, I don't know if this is the case: I looked at the course schedule and noticed that some, but not all, professors were teaching 15 credits (each course was 3 credits). Just wanted to know if anyone could confirm/deny my guess.


 * Response to R2: It looks to me like some of the courses are split level (grad/undergrad), giving the appearance that some profs are teaching more courses than they really are. Does look like some do 4/4, but not all. Also, I second the comments above. It's entirely possible that there is an inside candidate, but by no means is that person guaranteed a job. If anything, I think that's an indication that it's worth applying even if you don't fit all of the specifications; if the job ad is somewhat tailored to what that person does and they don't pan out for whatever reason, then the search committee may consider a slightly different teaching/research profile than what they originally asked for. But that's just my (relatively inexperienced) take on the matter.

Questions / Inquiries / Discussion
1. What's up with "Transatlantic" studies? I've never seen so many positions asking for this. VERY little going on with Latin American studies. If there is, they're looking for Colonial or Mexican. The job market gods must be crazy!

Agreed! Do SCs even know what they really want? Their use of "transatlantic" strikes me as grasping at a buzzword to avoid saying outright, "please be able to teach everything." Ugh.

I don't know, given that the periphery always knows what's going on in the center (and rarely the other way around) I have no problem with transatlantic studies. If you do Colonial through 20th century you should be transatlantic, right? I don't care if it's Guaman Poma writing to Spain or Borges travelling in Paris, Latin American lit has a pretty transatlantic nature...

Your point is well-taken, but most of the ads seem to indicate that this is a desired specialization. I could easily teach a class with the sort of focus you indicate above, even within my area of expertise, but I'm a Latin Americanist by training, experience, and interest (with particular focus on a specific region and period). I liken it to ads requesting a "Colonial" emphasis. Am I familiar enough with the literature and art to teach an undergrad course? Certainly. Would I apply for a job that lists it as a specialization? No. I'm a 20-21c person. Perhaps this indicates short-sightedness on my part, and you definitely have me thinking about it now.....thanks, and suerte!

This whole thing about the "desired" specialties is a killer. I agree with the above poster that I could teach most staple courses with enough warning. I could seriously do you a Golden Age course, but I'm a Latin Americanist, so no way in hell would I apply to one of those jobs. But it does seems like more and more these ads are wish lists and/or expressions of not knowing what they want. I'm applying to a few jobs that aren't technically in my specialty, but I can reframe what I do to make it "fit." Of course, once they look at a reading sample, the jig is up. I have no idea, though, whether they would keep going or rule me out at that point. There are certainly examples, though, of committees hiring someone who did not fit the original search parameters. All we can do is try and see what happens.

2. Sometimes I'm a little confused with the term "generalist". Would search committees consider linguists under the "generalist" umbrella, or is this a strictly literature/culture term?

Re: Given what I know about most linguistics programs, my answer would be probably not. Romance linguistics maybe, but that's a big maybe. "Generalists" is usually implying wide-ranging knowledge in lit., cultural studies, AND language, but if the first two weren't of significant interest, they'd likely ask for an applied linguist, and tack on first-year coordinator or something of that nature. With that said, much depends on your own profile and the whims of the committee.

3. Does anyone know what the teaching load (3/3, 4/4, etc) at Cal State universities is?

Re: My understanding is that the teaching load is 4/4--or at least supposed to be. That seems to be the case at SF State, which is one of the "better" campuses (so better working conditions). But one never can tell. I know of one humanities department at a Cal State in which faculty have a 3/3 load and even 2/3 is not out of reach. But this can be fairly difficult to determine: often times, even if you can find the teaching load, it is listed by credit hours (12). You might think that if the Spanish courses bear 4 credit hours, that means 3/3, but I know of places where professors have had to argue for 4 credits per (language) course and still consent to a 4/4 load (so as not to upset the other faculty, who see it as an attempt to "work less"). Random aside: except for very good schools, language departments are under attack or more and more become language only depts (leaving lit, culture, theory behind). The schools might say they care about languages, but they don't unless there is a strong constituency advocating for it, a geographical reality, or very deep pockets that fund traditional humanities. What I mean to say is that 4/4 is the NORM not the exception, even in languages (which usually carry more contact hours than regular lecture courses).

Re: Thanks for the detailed response! That's very helpful.

4. The Murray St U job requires PhD completion by June 1 (and this doesn't look flexible). For some of us who will be finishing in June, that early date of completion immediately disqualifies us. Should we still apply?

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 * ABD (will finish this academic year): 15
 * ABD and currently in a one-year, VAP, Completion Fellowship, visiting instructor, lecturer or adjunct position: 3
 * Ph.D. in hand (one-year, VAP, Lecturer, post-doc, adjunct): 7
 * Ph.D. in hand (unable to find academic employment at the moment): 1
 * Assistant Professor: 6
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 * Full Professor:

How many applications have you sent out this year?:
 * 0: 1
 * 1-10: 5
 * 10-20: 3
 * 21-30: 3
 * 31-40:
 * 41-50:
 * 50+:

How many MLA interviews (or other prelim if they are leading to campus visits)?:
 * 12+:
 * 8+:
 * 4+:
 * 2+:
 * 1+:
 * 0 (with 15+ applications sent):