Spanish 2011-2012

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

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Offers Made/ Accepted
I liked this subheading from last year, because it gave you a quick running look at what offers are being made and accepted and when. So I'm proposing it be reinstated this year. (THANK YOU!!!) Example:

Arizona State U- 1/27 (Golden Age?) A: Yes, offer accepted. A: If it is true, it seems illigal since there are more campus visits after the 1/27. Q: Who got it, Sandra Correa-Suarez, the student from Arizona SU?

Bucknell- January ??

Elon University

Emory & Henry (accepted 1/27)

Middlebury College - Asst. Prof. of Spanish TT (accepted)

MIT (Lecturer)

Santa Clara (accepted in Dec.)

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

University of Missouri, Columbia

University of West Georgia (accepted)

University of Wyoming (accepted)

Washington University at St. Louis 

**Please put schools in alphabetical order!**
'''PLEASE POST CAMPUS VISITS PEOPLE!!! '''

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: MLA 12/29 x3. '''Any news post MLA? Not yet...''' Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 2/1 (x2) Offer made:

Arizona State University, TT Golden Age.
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA (I don't know when, but confirmed by the department assistant at ASU).

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: [Comments moved to Talk:Spanish 2011-2012] Campus visit X 2 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: Campus visit x 5 Offer made: extended offer (second hand).

Ashland University - Generalist TT - Dec. 6
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: No word, huh? 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: scheduled (2nd hand) when was this scheduled? Offer made:

Avila University - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Dec 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/20; phone interview 1/19;

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 ;) (R to R1: I'm not Baptist and they have been fine with that so far) 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: Finalist have been contacted. (2nd hand reliable).

Campus visit: extended (3rd hand; please correct if someone has better info.) at least one scheduled (2nd hand) // 2 candidates have been invited (1st hand) Q: Literature or Linguistics? A: both Offer made:

Belmont University - Asst. Professor of Spanish TT - Open until filled
Request for more materials: Does anyone know if they have begun contacting references? Rejection:

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA or phone):

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 x3 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: Any news? Campus visits already scheduled Q. Can anybody confirm this? I thought they were going to wait until the end of January. Classes do not resume until January 23rd and they said they had to get together with the rest of the faculty after the break so if they have called already (today is January 20th) they did it before they said they were going to do it. All this is to say that I do not think they have called already. ¿'''Alguna novedad? 3 candidates invited to campus this and next week. ''' Offer made:

Bucknell - Open Rank- Latin American Studies - Oct. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: 1/17 (email) x2 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.

The wording of the email rejection I received suggested that an offer has been made and accepted- it said the search was concluded.

Congrats... Great place to work!

Butler University - Asst Prof of Spanish - Nov 18
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/9 MLA interview (via email) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 01/20 x 2 Offer made:

¿Es cierto el rumor de que es otra de tantas "fake searches" porque ya tienen a un candidato interno? He mirado la web del departamento y me hace pensar de quién se puede tratar, pero igual alguien tiene información más precisa. Gracias adelantadas. A: Al menos una de las visitas no es fake search (2nd hand)

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:

Catholic University, DC - Asst Prof, TT, Spanish 20th-21st Peninsular - Jan 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype scheduled (contacted 1/22 by email) Contacted by phone on 1/22 for Skype interview Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Any word? (2/2) 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: have not they called for the Medieval/Golden Age yet? they said they were going to do it this week the latest.

Campus visit scheduled (1/21): for which position, if you don't mind sharing? (Jan 23) Med & Golden Age. '''A: What happened to the generalist position? '''The internal candidate? 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: scheduled. (2nd Hand) '''Any news? can anyone confirm this?''' R: Confirmed. First Hand. Offer made:

Clayton State University - Assistant professor of Spanish - Jan 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

Cleveland State University - Asst. Prof. Spanish TT - Dec. 9
Request for more materials: They called asking for missing materials (12/23) x 5 (12/16) x1 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA interview (12/23) x5

Q: How can this be, if still asking for missing materials? A: I have no idea why they are asking for missing materials, but I have also scheduled an interview with them. B: My guess is the missing materials folks are contingently on the short list(?), maybe a last minute MLA or phone interview will come of it, campus closed til 1-3 so we will probably be hearing from them after that... C: It's a bit puzzling, but I'm glad they let me know about the missing materials, whether that results in an interview or no. D: The weird thing is that my materials weren't actually missing. I hope it's the short list...E. I think it's all very fishy. Calling the day before the school closes for the holidays... C2: I didn't think I had missing materials, either, but they did ask for the most documentation of any of the jobs I'd applied for...so it's possible to let something slip in the tumult. And they probably called after they had made their lists. I'm guessing that those who were asked for further materials might get a second look once the campus opens again. Fingers crossed, and all that. C: I was also contacted about "missing" materials on 12/23, but there was in fact nothing missing. Respondent: MLA started today. No word. Harumph.

Rejection post-MLA: 1 Campus visit: news after MLA? Siguen entrevistando, esta vez por videoconferencia (información de primera fuente) 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: 1 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: x1 (1/27 via e-mail) Campus visit: scheduled (2nd hand) Offer made:

College of Brockport, SUNY - Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Dec 09 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Jan 09 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--Can anyone confirm? On this same day I received a message explaining their timeline, but not a direct invitiation to campus. Confirmed! Q: Did you (or whoever was contacted) in fact get a direct invitation on the 15th of December, or was it more recent than that?  If so, do you perhaps know the date of the visit? Q: Why are all these specifics so important? '''R: Sorry, they probably aren't that important. I was under the impression that they wouldn't be contacting anyone until January, so was surprised when I saw that invites went out so soon after the skype interviews. Just being hopeful that there was still a chance for me (or a couple of my friends).  Thanks anyway for confirming.'''

1/24 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: any news? 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: Second-hand: campus interviews are being scheduled. Offer made:

Any news?

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 7 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: 1/20 x1 (email) 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: 1/20 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: 1/13 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: 1/13Offer 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:

DePaul University - Asst. Prof of Spanish TT (2 positions) SLA or applied ling - Dec 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: 12/26 (snail mail) x1 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/21 MLA (via phone) x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: extended 1/12/12 Q: Anyone know how many people they have invited? There are two positions there, so I'm trying to decide if I should hold out hope that they haven't made all invites at once. R1: Según fuentes muy fidedignas, me temo que solo van a entrevistar para un puesto. Independientemente del área de especialización, ya cuentan con un "Visiting Assistant Professor". Ha sido pura estrategia para recibir a candidatos de SLA solo -lo que precisa y realmente necesita(ba)n. Dado su enfoque de investigación, sería incomparable con otro candidato, por lo que a su vez se aventaja, ya que no tiene a nadie con quien pueda ser equiparada. ¡Bienvenidos a la academia de EE.UU.!

R2: Me parece raro porque dos de los candidatos que invitaron al campus son sociolingüistas y no hacen SLA.

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: Q: Anyone heard anything from Duke since the MLA? R: Nothing yet! R: 1/14; I know of one person who has a campus visit scheduled.

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:

Eastern Michigan University - Asst. Prof. Spanish Linguistics - Dec 31
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 5 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 11/28 Skype, 11/30 Skype x 2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 12/29 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: x1 (letter in the mail 1/25) Campus visit: Offer made: Offer extended and accepted x3 (1/27)

Fairfield University - Latin American and Caribbean TT - Dec. 6
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/17 X 3 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: An offer has ben made and accepted. They had an internal candidate...

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: 1/12 Offer made:

Framingham State University - Asst. Professor of Spanish TT (Generalist) - Dec. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 1/17 (phone) 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 3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: scheduled (2nd hand) 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:

Has anybody heard anything after 12/15/11?

campus interviews in progress

For the TT positions in Spanish as well or just the Brazil specialist?

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:

Has anyone heard anything?

No (Jan 21)

Campus visits in progress, should be finished by mid Feb (2/3/2012)

Georgia Gwinnett College - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Nov 22
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 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: extended 2/2 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: ANYTHING PEOPLE? I know they have probably invited, so just let the rest of us know. R. Campus visits: Feb 15-17, Feb 6-8 (2nd hand) Offer made:

Grand View University- Asst. Professor of Spanish TT - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: scheduled for 1/26 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 x4 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: scheduled 1/31 Offer made:

Harvard - Open rank, Lusophone literary and cultural studies - Dec. 1
Acknowledgement: 12/21 - interviews to be scheduled in mid-January

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; MLA, email 12/20 x 3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Schedule for 2/2 Offer made:

Indiana University, TT Medieval.
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: any news??? conducting interviews now at MLA (second hand). A. They are conducting interviews in Seattle. ¿Alguna novedad? Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 1/30 and 2/1 Offer made:

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis - Asst Prof of Spanish applied ling - Nov 11
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 11/22 via phone Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

Iona- TT - Lat. Am. Generalist, Dec. 10
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 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:

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: Someone has accepted, as it would seem in my rejection letter (rcvd 2/3)

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: 1/14 Campus visit: Offer made:

Comments moved to Talk:Spanish 2011-2012

Keene State College - Asst. Prof, Generalist - Nov. 30
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA interview (e-mail; 12/20) X 3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:
 * ¿Nadie tiene noticias de Keene State College?
 * Any news (1/27)? R: Nope. Just still waiting . . . (1/27) R: Still nothing? (2/1) They said 2-3 weeks; you have to figure they've called candidates by now. R: This is very true. Still, 3 weeks would have basically been friday, so it isn´t totally ridiculous to ask. Be nice if someone would let us know if they have any info and put us out of our misery. R2: I concur, idiotic that people post MLA interviews, but not campus visits.

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: 12/16x9, 12/19x2, 1/28 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/12 MLA x 4. 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. /Q. Anyone else for colonial? A. Yes, me too!

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: any news after MLA?

Offer made:

Le Moyne College - Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish - Dec 10
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Any interviews? 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 x 2, email. Q:''' Any news? Q: Still nothing new?'''

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Loyola University Chicago - Assoc/Full Prof and Chair (Jan 3)
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, phone) scheduled: 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: 01-10 late Jan x 2 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: Dec.

Campus visit: x 5 Offer made:

Comments moved to Talk:Spanish 2011-2012

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: MLA (14/12)

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: These have been scheduled and candidates are coming in late January. Offer made:

Q. Has anyone heard anything from Middlebury? A1 no // The committee got together last Friday (16th) 2nd hand // R2: Confirming what the other poster said about 12/16 (also 2nd hand).

Q: Does anyone know if Middlebury interviewed candidates at the MLA? A. A friend had an MLA interview with them for the TT position. A2: Yes, they did and now they're moving forward with campus interviews (2nd hand).

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...!

Millikin University - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Dec 1
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: Via snail mail, 1/13 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: took place in early November Offer made:

Q1: What happened to this position? R1: The position has been filled. They sent out rejection letters saying they've selected a candidate already.

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:

Mississippi State University - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Dec 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

What's up with these guys? Has anybody heard anything about Mississippi State? In theory they will be conducting interviews at the MLA, so I guess they have already contacted their finalists... Where did someone get a Dec 1 deadline? Their ad came out in mid-November (without a stated deadline, if I remember correctly). I'd be surprised to hear anything before mid-January

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:

Monterey Language Institute - Hispanic Studies Assistant Professor
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 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: (x1) Campus visit: scheduled (x1) 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: Q: Still no campus visit news here? 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.

Q: any news on the Ass-Prof / Faculty Fellow in peninsular (post 18C)? A: They did MLA interviews.

Q: Have campus interviews been scheduled for this position?

Q: Any post MLA news on the Ass.Porf / Faculty Fellow in peninsular lit?

A: They have made an offer for the AP/FF that has been accepted.

New York University - Asst. Prof. Colonial Latin America- TT - Dec. 1, 2011
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/19 MLA; 12/20 MLA; 12/20 MLA. Q. How did they contact you? Email. Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: scheduled (2nd hand) Offer made:

Q: Can anyone confirm that campus visits have been scheduled? // I can confirm 1.

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

A. Just received an email invitation for the MLA interview.

New York University - Director/Clinical Faculty
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/22 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

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: x 1 Offer made:

North Georgia College - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Jan 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: received email asking whether candidate was still interested in the position 1/26 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 X2

Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 6/12 MLA, 12/5 MLA Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 01/09 (x3) 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: Anyone know if these been scheduled? A: I´m waiting to know some news too. Yes, they have, a while ago. 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: invited on 1/20 Offer made:

Oxford College of Emory University - Asst. Prof. Spanish - Dec. 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

Has anyone heard from them?! A: No, haven't heard anything at all yet. x3

Pacific University - Asst. Prof. Spanish - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: '''any news on skype preliminary interviews? Re: Nope.''' Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Just received an email informing that the position is still pending budget approval. They expect to have an answer by mid-January. (x7) 12/21

Update: Just received an email informing that the budget has been approved. They will begin to review applications next week. (1/13) x5

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

Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/11 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 1 (second hand very reliable) Offer made:

Kind of difficult to sell Penn State these days!

R: I don't know why. It is still an amazing research institution. x3

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: skype interviews 12/16, 12/19. Q: is this for senior or asst.? open rank. A. OK, Thanks, much clearer now!!! Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 01/11 ; o ) Soo happy! 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: 1/13 Offer made:

Princeton University - Asst Professor, Latin American Lit. TT - Nov. 20
Request for more materials: {C}Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA scheduled 12/12 Q. Did anyone else hear anything? Could anyone confirm this? A. Confirmed, all interviews have been scheduled Q: I just got an email (1/11/12!) saying my application would be reviewed further. Weird. Anyone else? (x5) // Q: Did they actually go to the MLA? // Q: Did anyone who did NOT go to the MLA get that email? A: Yes, I got it and wasn't interviewed at MLA. I honestly think it is just a Human Resources thing they do while the search is still open. Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Scheduled (2nd hand) Offer made:
 * Is this the same position as the one just "reposted" for an assoc./full prof?

Purdue University Calumet - Asst Prof of Spanish Ling - Jan 20
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

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), 1/9 (via skype) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Received e-mail 2/1 stating that the search has been put on hold due to budgetary issues. When and if they are able to continue with the search, they will return to the current applicant pool.

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

Offer made:

NOTE: Comments on this search moved to Talk:Spanish 2011-2012.

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. .. ..''I was called on 12/6 for a phone interview on 12/8, and they invited me to campus 12/9. '' R: That's too bad. You'd think they'd interview everyone first before making a decision, but I guess that's just sour grapes talkin'. Question: Just out of curiosity, are you, by chance, Canadian? I know the job announcement said they were going to give preference to Canadian citizens....? R: Congrats on the visit. Seems like a great place (school and town). Thanks for updating the info. I had assumed that they had completed the interviews when they extended the invitation. Anyway, it was a nice place with beautiful scenery, great faculty, and lively students. R: They must have. . . my sense of the calendar must be screwy. ¡Suerte!

Offer made:

Randolph Macon College - Asst Prof of Spanish - Sep. 30
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA interview 12/13 x2 (via email) Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: extended 1/9/12 via email (x2) Offer made

Rice University - Brazilian Literature and Culture TT - Nov. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: sent by email 12/14, 1/10 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/6 Rejection post-MLA: Rejected via email on 1/18. Email mentioned that candidates for campus interviews have been selected, so if they haven't been contacted already it seems they will be very soon. Campus visit: Offer made:

Q: Any news here since the MLA interviews? A. (Updated) - See above.

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 x3 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Rutgers University (Camden) - Asst. Prof Applied Linguistics
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/12 (MLA) x3 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:

P: ¿Alguien ha tenido noticias de Ryerson, aparte de acusar recibo de la solicitud?

Q: Any news from Ryerson?

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: 1/20 (email said they have conducted interviews and already selected the candidates) x 6 Campus visit: Offer made:

Saint Olaf - Asst. Prof. of Spanish TT - Oct. 15
Request for more materials: No tape no app considered! Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA (via email) 12/16 x 5 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: (Second hand) at least one campus invitation was made today Offer made:

Saint Vincent College - Asst. Professor of Spanish TT - Nov. 30
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 11/30x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 1/20 Scheduled (2nd hand) 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, 12/16x2 MLA, 12/22 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: offer made and accepted (December)

Sewanee : The University of the South - Latin American Lit. TT - Jan. 6
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype 1/16 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 1/30 Offer made:

Southeast Missouri State University - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Dec 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Southern Connecticut State University - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Jan 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype interview scheduled on 1/25 (for 2/1) Can anyone else confirm that candidates have been contacted for interviews? Yes x2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

Southern Missouri University - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Dec 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 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: 3 candidates scheduled for campus visits 1/24 - '''Q. - Scheduled, or just selected? Were these candidates contacted on 1/24? 1st or 2nd-hand knowledge? Thank you.''' 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: end january/begining february, schedule 01/14 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: '''Any news? A. Campus visit scheduled mid-Feb. '''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)

 * this cancellation has been confirmed.

Susquehanna, PA - Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT) - Jan. 19
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, phone) scheduled: Phone x1 (1/27) Rejection: Campus visit: Offer made:

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: '''Any idea of when they will reach a decision to invite for campus interviews? How many candidates will they invite? Thanks. '''They said they would decide within the next two weeks. I believe they are inviting three finalists.

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: At least one campus visit scheduled as of 1/27 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: 12/21 (Question: scheduled a campus visit 12/21?? Had this person already done a phone interview? Congrats!!, and thanks for the info ) Offer made:

Towson University - Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics - Dec. 2
Request for more materials: Rejection: 12/16 x2 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/5 (MLA) x4 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Tufts University - Lecturer - November 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 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: extended (2nd hand; reliable) // Confirmed. Q: what do you mean by "extended"? Offer made:

University at Albany - Assistant Professor in Spanish Linguistics - Nov. 28
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: phone interview 1/5 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Invitation to campus Jan 23 - Feb 10, 1/14 Offer made:


 * Has anyone heard from this university? R1: I haven't. R2: Yo tampoco. R3: Tampoco. R4: Nope, nothing.

University of Alaska - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Dec 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

University of British Columbia - Latin American Literature - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/23 MLA (x2). A. So considering the info below, this interview info is bull? A. It's true, one of the search committee members mentioned interviewing for the position during his panel presentation at MLA last week. '''Q: Any news post MLA? '''Rejection post-MLA:Campus visit: Offer made:


 * Any update post MLA/Skype interviews?
 * Email from dept. confirmiing receipt of materials said committee would meet in January X 8. SHAME ON THE DEPARTMENT FOR MISLEADING INFO. A: No need for caps locks here. Meeting in January in no way excludes interviewing at the MLA.A. Unless you're actually on the committee and are trying to make yourself look good, your comment makes no sense. A: No, I am not a member of the search committee. The note I received stated that the committee would meet in January "to consider all applications received." As I see it, the wording of this note is intentionally open to interpretation, since it doesn't exclude *some* applicants from being interviewed before this meeting. A: Bueno, para mí no había necesidad de enviar un email diciendo que las solicitudes serían revisadas en enero... Porque no era cierto. Estaban revisando las solicitudes ya y seleccionando candidatos para entrevistas en el MLA. Sinceramente, felicidades a todos los que recibieron entrevistas en el MLA y, de verdad, pienso que es una excelente posición académica. Pero hubiera preferido un email de rejection o el usual silencio a una falsa espera.
 * Email from dept. confirmiing receipt of materials said committee would meet in December (x2). Q: Are you sure in light of the emails mentioned above? A: Just seconded this, and yes, I'm sure it said Dec. No reason to think the MLA info posted above is incorrect, although I myself have not been offered an interview.A: Just goes to show how far being "open minded" gets you.
 * Weird. I got snail mail confirmation early (sent in materials early), but no mention of when the committee would meet.
 * A mí también me escribieron el 16 de diciembre que se reunirían apenas en enero.

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: email January 19. Campus visit: scheduled on 1/17 Offer made:

University of California, Riverside - Asst. Prof. Spanish Linguistics TT - Dec. 10
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Four phone interviews scheduled 1/10 and 1/11 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 2 campus visits proposed. 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: Scheduled for an overseas candidate (24/1) Offer made:

University of Central Oklahoma - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Nov 28
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 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: (second hand): at least 1 campus visit scheduled Offer made:

University of Dallas - Asst. Prof. Spanish TT - Nov. 21
Request for more materials: 12/23 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: scheduled 1/24 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: scheduled. 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: Extended on 1/6 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 x2 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 (12/20) x 8; Not yet (12/27) x 1; Not yet (1/16)

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: They were scheduled, long time ago, following skype interviews.

Offer made:

Discussion moved to Talk:Spanish 2011-2012.

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: They've already happened (second hand). Offer made:

Has anyone out there heard anything about this post yet? Jan.9. Campus visits were scheduled

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: Yes, offer extended x2. First hand source, very reliable. x 2 (Got an email from them) x 2

Q: Did anyone hear anything about an offer been made? [see above]

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: scheduled for late January 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: 1/11 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: 1/30 '''Q: Was the rejection in the form of email? Snail mail? Thanks'''! Email. Campus visit: Offer made:

University of Massachusetts Boston - Spanish Language TT - Dec. 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/21 x 1 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: extended 12/19 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: Extended 1/11 Offer made:

University of Minnesota - Visiting Assistant professor of Spanish - Nov 15
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone]) scheduled: 12/19 phone; 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: 12/12x2 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) x5 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Skype 12/16 (email) Rejection post-MLA: 2/1 (email) X 2 Campus visit:Q: Anyone contacted yet? A: Probably later in January (they said campus visits will probably be in February). Q: Still no news (1/31) ? I know of one campus visit that was already scheduled. Offer made: Offer verbally accepted

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 5 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: scheduled 1/16 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 x 3 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 x4, 11/17 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Scheduled 1/11 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 5 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: Interviews scheduled for Friday Dec 16th Q: "for" or "on" Dec. 16th? It's the 20th today... How many candidates were contacted? A: The interviews were on that day. No idea how many persons were contacted. A: Already contacted Dec 19. Q: Contacted for what? A: campus visits

Q: Does anyone know about the other position advertised in LA/Brazilian?

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Q. Has anyone heard anything from Notre Dame?

University of Notre Dame - Latin Amer / Brazil TT - Nov. 15
Q: What happened with this position? {C} > What does this mean? was it cancelled? A: No. Campus interviews scheduled

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

Discussion moved to Talk:Spanish 2011-2012

University of Oregon - Nineteenth Century Southern Cone TT - Nov. 1 until filled
Request for more materials: 11/20 x4 Rejection: 12/20x6 Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: MLA 12/02 // Skype 12/06 x8 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Campus interviews scheduled (second-hand) Offer made: Any news about an offer?

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! Q: Any news?

Rejection post-MLA:

Campus visit: Scheduled. Job talks will begin next week.

Discussion moved to Talk:Spanish 2011-2012

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: any news post MLA? R. Nothing here. Anyone else know anything, second hand or otherwise?Q. Anyone who had MLA interview with Pitt remember when they said they would call for campus visits? A. I think they said that they would make a short list within the two weeks following the convention, so I am ready to give up hope. x3 Offer made:

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

SOMEBODY DELETED the following: "God helps who ends up there! It used to be one of the best departments!" Lets restore it to fight censorship

University of Puget Sound - Assistant Professor of Hispanic/Latino Studies - Nov. 28
Request for more materials: no Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 12/12 MLA X2 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: end of January/ beg. of February (x2) 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) skype scheduled:12/13, MLA scheduled 12/19 Rejection post-MLA: Does anyone have an update? Campus visit: 2/1 (scheduled for early March) 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: Any news?X2 '''Could I ask, was it email or snail mail? Thank you!!''' 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: Scheduled. Offer made:

University of Southern Indiana - Assistant Professor of Spanish
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: I did a phone interview with them in late November. They said they would e-mail about campus visit around January 23rd. We'll see... Q: I also had a phone interview late November. Has anyone heard back yet? Thanks. Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: They contacted me on Jan 7 to set up a 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

Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: 3 campus visits scheduled. +2 (1/11 for Feb) Offer made:

NOTE: Comments on this search moved to Talk:Spanish 2011-2012.

University of Texas - Austin - LLILAS indigenous languages program director
ALSO posted at Linguistics 2011-2012

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) R2: they asked for publications and letters to be sent by 12/15.

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: (x2) extended 1/13 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: (x2) extended 1/19 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? A: I heard a few weeks back that they had decided on the candidates. R1: Thanks. Have they notified candidates though? A: I don't have that information, but, given that my source had first hand knowledge of the selection weeks back, I can only imagine that yes, they have contacted them. Good luck! R2: Thank you!'''

'''Q: Campus interviews: any word? R1: Campus visits scheduled (2nd-hand).'''

University of Washington at Seattle-Colonialist/TT -Applications submitted by Nov. 15 rec. 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: Secheduled (2nd hand) Offer made:

Can anyone confirm campus visits?

University of Washington at Tacoma - Chicano/Border Studies - Nov. 15
Request for more materials: Letters of rec 12/13 X2 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: phone interview scheduled 12/14, 12/19 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: scheduled for February 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: Automatically rejected by online application system as "not qualified" within minutes of having submitted application - 12/21 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, scheduled): Skype 12/06 Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made: Offer accepted. (2nd Hand/ reliable).

Q: Anybody hear anything else from Wyoming?

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: invited 1/17 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? Q: Any further info. regarding these campus visits? Have the candidates been contacted? A: Yes they have been invited already (I have been, at least). Q: Does anyone know how many candidates they invited to campus? 3, now completed. Does this mean an offer was made?
 * Has anyone heard anything at all about this? Rejections? Interviews since the initial Skype sessions?
 * Weren't they also doing a Senior Search? Anyone know anything about that? Yes, completed.
 * Does this mean a Senior offer was made?

Villanova University - Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics - Nov 9
Request for more materials: (11/28) x1 Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: (via skype) (12/7) x2 Rejection post-MLA: (No hacen MLA en Seattle, sino están entrevistando por videoconferencia) Campus visit: (12/19) x1 Offer made

Virginia State University - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Dec 16
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

Wake Forest University - TT Assistant Prof of Spanish - Nov 11
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made

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: 01/08 (for late Jan.) Three candidates invited to campus late January Offer made:

West Chester University - Spanish Cultural Studies TT - Dec 30
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 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 4 (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 Q: Any more people contacted for an 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: 1/12 (made by phone or email?) phone. Thanks. Any more campus visits or just one? Offer made:

William Jewell College - Assistant Professor of Spanish
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, phone) scheduled: 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. February (2nd hand) 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: I assume they have made an offer to someone, because I received an email (1/13) stating that the search was over (x2)

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: scheduled 1/10 (x 2) Offer made:

Young Harris College - Assistant Professor of Spanish - Jan 1
Request for more materials: Rejection: Preliminary interview (skype, MLA, <span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook0w0" style="color: darkgreen; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-color: inherit;">phone) scheduled: Rejection post-MLA: Campus visit: Offer made:

Word on the Street
Parece haber un "gracioso" de Texas-Austin que se dedica a "moderar" este foro. Recuerdo que este es un foro abierto para ayudar a la gente, sea con buenos o malos comentarios. Lo principal es hacer una wise decisión y si tenemos info de algunos sitios es mejor saberla antes que después de aceptar una oferta. Así que, por favor, no se sientan "moderdadores" y borren lo que por algún motivo no les conviene.X3
 * Any word on USC? At MLA they weren't sure the position was going to be funded by the dean. Will/have they continued w/ the search and started campus interviews?
 * Question: This is my first MLA so I am not sure how thing go. But, if I didn't get any call backs this week does this mean its a done deal or do people think search committees may still be meeting next week. Thanks for any info. R: You can expect to wait at least until the end of this week, if not more. On the other hand, for future reference, it is good to ask about the timeline in your initial interview so you have a sense of their timing. Some schools don't even reconvene until early February! So, hang tight.
 * Question: I recently defended my Ph.D. in what is widely considered a top department. My dissertation committee was not only very strong but also enthusiastic about my work. And, not to boast but simply for the sake of being factual, I went on the job market with a very formidable CV. Yet I received a grand total of zero MLA interviews this year. I wondered - Am I the only one? Is it time to leave academia? Any advice from those who have been on hiring committees in recent years? R: Though you are proud of your recent accomplishments (and well you should be) perhaps your expectations (geographic, top research institutions) may have been out of sync with your actual (or perceived) level of experience. What sort of institutions did you pick? Were you especially selective about the region? Do you have a very specific geographical focus in your research that makes you look like a "bad fit" for the jobs you applied to? I've found that as you do this more, you get a better sense of what they are looking for and what you can realistically expect. That said, there is still a second round this year that extends into May, so, don't give up, it is your FIRST year with Ph.D. in hand. Instead, try to examine how to sell yourself to specific institutions and, perhaps, be willing to settle for something that you may (secretly) consider beneath you! R2: Another thing to consider is that the market has been pretty tough the last few years and that there are many first and second year Assistant Professors who are likely trying to "move up" from their current positions into some of the jobs to which you're applying. IT IS also a matter of numbers: too many candidates for just a few positions. I'm from an Ivy League (HPY), I recently graduated and got "Honors" in my dissertation, and I've published 3 articles in top notch journals. I had 5 interviews but 0 campus visits so far. The thing is, I have many friends of mine, who are 10 years younger than me, working in marketing, law, or computer science, make 4 times the money I make as a Visiting, and they can find jobs very easily. I wish somebody had told me 6 years ago: ARE YOU CRAZY? Don't get a PhD in literature!! But it's too late for that, I guess. R. En primer lugar, un CV excepcional puede trabajar más en tu contra que a favor a la hora de buscar entrevistas. En la mayoría de los puestos que hay en el mercado, podrían no llamarte porque piensan que si eres "demasiado" bueno, si te dan el trabajo intentarás el año siguiente conseguir uno mejor y te irás "dejándosela en la mano". Por otro lado, la calidad de la disertación -algo en sí mismo difícil de establecer objetivamente- no importa tanto; la gran mayoría de los puestos no piden "writing sample", y el formato de la cover letter, que es lo que leen, tiende a homogeneizar; después de todo, todo el mundo hace una contribución, todo el mundo tiene un primer capítulo, un segundo, etc. Hay lugares que sí leen capítulos, pero son los menos. Al final, el factor suerte juega un papel preponderante. Como dice la canción, la vida es una tómbola.R. I will say that maybe you are narrowing down your search to a specific region. I graduated from an Ivy league school and the first time on the job market, I couldn't find anything. I was, to say the least, heartbroken. However, after speaking with the department head of a department, he was honest and told me: "You'll probably have to go to the middle of nowhere America to work your way up and teach near a region of your liking." With that mentality, I expanded my search and got a job in a regional instituion, after getting tenure, I ventured out in the market and made it to the exact region i wanted. I will say hang tight, expand your search and be patient. If you put all this work, you will be rewarded, it just may not be as soon as you would like it.
 * 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. R: And I know about somebody, couple of years ago, who was invited to a campus visit at Princeton without being interviewed before (not skype, not MLA). So weird things do happen :(.

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