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Tenure Track Jobs, 2009-2010
University of Alabama - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Political Philosophy
 * Any news?

University of Alabama, Birmingham - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Value Theory. AOC: practical reasoning or game theory
 * Any news?

American University of Beirut - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open. AOC: Open
 * Any news?

Auburn University, Montgomery - Asst. Prof - AOS: Open. AOC: Applied Ethics, History Ball State University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Modern. AOC: Ancient Bard College - Asst. Prof - AOS: Mind, Ethics, Early Modern, Feminist, Social & Political Barry University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Epistemology. AOC: American, Medieval, Religion, or Contemporary Barry University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Ethics and Applied Ethics. AOC: Open
 * on-campus interviews scheduled; will be conducted week after Thanksgiving (11/11)
 * offer made; high probability of a second offer (12/5)
 * Any news?
 * Application acknowledged (email 10/20).
 * Note: acknowledgment is an automatic email. It went straight to my spam box.
 * APA interview scheduled (12/8)
 * Application acknowledged via email (11/25)
 * Briefly listed on the Phylo wiki as canceled. Does anyone know anything about this job?
 * I called Barry when I saw the "canceled" thing. It is *not* canceled, and I changed it back for them as asked.
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/25).
 * Called for interview (12/09)

Boise State University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open. AOC: Open. Bridgewater State College - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Eastern, Ethics, Religion, Metaphysics, selected areas of Hist. Phil University of California, Los Angeles – Asst. Prof. - AOS: Ancient OR metaphysics and epistemology CalTech -- Asst. Prof. - AOS: any area informed by empirical or mathematical sciences.
 * Application acknowledged (via email; 11/23); ditto (11/25).
 * "In mid-December, our Selection Committee will choose finalists to be interviewed at the Eastern meetings of the American Philosophical Association."
 * Any info?
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo 11/04)
 * Application acknowledged (email 11/20)

Carleton University – Asst. Prof. – AOS: Moral, Social, or Political Philosophy
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/13)
 * On the Phylo wiki, someone from a Duluth MN ip address changed this job to 'First Round Interviews Scheduled,' and someone from an Ottawa ip address (presumably someone from Carleton) changed the job back to 'Applications Acknowledged.' Does anyone know what's going on here?

Carnegie Mellon University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Ethics or Social and Political. AOC: Open Case Western Reserve University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: "Philosophy of Science and/or Analytic"
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/01).
 * Question: what is "Analytic" as an AOS? Is it short for "History of Early Analytic Philosophy" (e.g., Russell and friends)?
 * That's the interpretation I gave it . ..
 * It could refer to the core areas of analytic philosophy - Metaphysics, Epistemology, Language, Mind. That seems to the interpretation on the Phylo wiki.
 * Any news?

Coastal Carolina University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open, AOC: History of Modern Philosophy and/or Applied Ethics Colgate University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open University of Cincinnati - Asst. Prof - AOS: Phil. Science, Early Modern Concordia University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Philosophy of Science
 * confirmation email received; it mentioned that APA interviewees should be contacted by 12/11 (12/4)
 * Contacted 12/04 for an APA interview. x2
 * very nice PFO received by email (12/10); ditto
 * Any info?
 * Any news?
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 11/11).

Dalhousie University – Asst. Prof – AOS: Social, or Political, or Legal Philosophy Duke University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Metaphysics and/or Epistemology Duquesne University -- Asst. Prof. -- AOS: Continental; AOC: Open
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 11/08)
 * Phone interviews planned (12/8)
 * Application acknowledged (email, 12/3)
 * Any news?

University of Florida, Gainesville - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Ethics. AOC: Open
 * Application Acknowledged (email, 11/30).
 * "We expect to complete our initial screening and contact applicants for interviews at the Eastern Division APA by December 20."

Fordham University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Normative Ethics George Mason University - Asst. Prof. - AOS:Philosophy of science. AOC: Open Hamilton College - Asst. Prof - AOS: Open AOC: Modern Philosophy and Symbolic Logic University of Hawaii at Manoa - Asst. Prof. - AOS: South Asian Buddhist Philosophy or Ancient Greek Philosophy Any news? Hofstra University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: 19th Century, esp. German Idealism. AOC: some of Aesthetics, Aristotle, Existentialism, non-Western University of Illinois at Chicago - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Moral or Political; some preference for Phil. Race
 * Any news?
 * Any news?
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/12).
 * Any news?
 * Applications acknowleged (Phylo, 11/14).
 * Phylo claims campus interviews have been scheduled (12/03). Can anyone confirm that?
 * All I can confirm is a request for more materials, received Dec. 4

Illinois State University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Illinois Wesleyan University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open; AOC: Open
 * Application acknowledged (letter, 10/28).
 * Phylo claims interviews have been scheduled (12/03). Can anyone confirm that?
 * Search cancelled due to budgetary reasons (email 11/16)

University of the Incarnate Word - Asst. Prof. - AOC: Ethics, History Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Applied Ethics: AOC: 1 from long list. Ithaca College - Asst. Prof. - AOS: open; AOC: logic or metaphysics John Jay College of Criminal Justice - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Philosophy of Law
 * Any news?
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/25).
 * app acknowledged (email)
 * Application acknowledged (letter, 11/08); x2 (11/11).

Keene State College - Asst. prof. - AOS: communication, journalism and philosophy University of Kentucky - Asst. / Assoc. Prof - AOS: Phil. Science, Phil. Language, or Epistemology. AOC: Logic Kenyon College - Asst. Prof. - AOC: Kant, or Hist. German Idealism, or Early Analytic
 * App acknowledged (letter 10/28)
 * PFO sent 12/2/09
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 11/10).
 * APA interview scheduled (phone, 12/3).
 * Any news?

University of Leeds - Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - AOS: Open. AOC: Open Loyola University, Chicago - Asst. Prof - AOS: Phenomenology Loyola Marymount University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Ancient Luther College - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open. AOC: Ancient, Logic
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/05).
 * Search canceled (email 11/27). Ditto (email 11/27).
 * Phone interview scheduled (12/8)
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 11/21).
 * Application acknowledged (via email; 11/23)

University of Maine, Farmington - Asst. Prof - AOS/AOC: 1 or more of: Aesthetics, Environmental, non-Western, 20th Century Continental Marymount University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Medieval, 19th-20th c. Continental, Philosophy Religion University of Melbourne - Lecturer - AOS: Metaphysics and Epistemology University of Melbourne - Lecturer - AOS: Political Philosophy University of Memphis - Endowed Chair - AOS: Excellence
 * App acknowledged (letter 10/27); ditto (10/29). Position canceled due to budget change as explained per email from them.
 * I'm not sure why someone deleted my last posting, but I called about an hour ago. I talked to HR, and then was transferred to the head of the Humanities Dept. The search is canceled and the hiring line has been closed for good. They are sending out letters this week, and perhaps the previous poster got word when they emailed about something else regarding the job.
 * Letter received stating search canceled (12/7)
 * Any info?
 * Request (email) for at least two writing samples (12/7).
 * "We are not going to interview at the APA this year, but in the second part of January, we are planning to interview a number of candidates by videoconference." (12/7)
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/11).
 * Any info?

Miami Dade College - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Community College University of Michigan – Asst. / Assoc. / Full Prof. – AOS: Open University of Michigan, Dearborn - Asst. Prof. - AOS: non-Western or Environmental. AOC: Ethics, Critical Thinking.
 * First round interviews scheduled (11/3); phone interviews (11/9).
 * How is this possible? The ad first came out in the JFP on 11/9.
 * The ad had been posted elsewhere (the Chronicle, I believe) long before that. Also, all that is being claimed above is that *some* interviews have been scheduled.
 * Confirming that the job had been posted in the Chronicle of Higher Ed prior to JFP in late Oct
 * Second round interviews scheduled (11/25)
 * Offer made (12/9)
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 11/07).
 * Any news?

Michigan State University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Philosophy of Medicine
 * Any news?

Millikin University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Open. AOC: Logic Morehead State University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open New School for Social Research - Asst. / Assoc. Prof - AOS: Ancient
 * Contacted by email to schedule APA interview (12/3)
 * Any info?
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 10/11)

Northern Illinois University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Normative Ethics or Metaethics. AOC: List Northern Michigan University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Ethics, Political Philosophy
 * Application acknowledged (letter, 11/01).
 * Any news?

Northern Michigan University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Continental University of North Carolina, Greensboro - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Phil. Law University of North Dakota, Grand Forks - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Continental University of North Florida - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Epistemology. AOC: logic, phil. science, pragmatism, or phil. mind
 * Any news?
 * Application acknowledged (letter, 11/30).
 * Any info?
 * Any word?

University of North Florida - Asst. Prof -AOS: Gender and/or Race Theory; AOC: open Occidental College - Asst. Prof - AOS: 1 or more of Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Race, non-Western University of Oregon, Eugene - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Continental Pacific Lutheran University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Open. AOC: Business Ethics Universite du Quebec a Montreal - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 11/14).
 * APA interview scheduled (12/5)
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/16)
 * Any info?
 * Application acknowledged (letter, 11/09).
 * PFO (email, 11/11) - "We have selected candidates to pursue further for the position."
 * Request for more information received by email (11/11); x2 (11/11)
 * PFO email received (12/7)
 * Any news?

Universite du Quebec a Montreal - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Philosophy of Biology and Environmental Science Reed College - Asst. Prof - AOS: Open. AOC: Some teaching in Ancient Rhodes College - Advanced Asst./Assoc. - AOS: LEMMing
 * Any news?
 * Acknowledged application (returned SASpostcard)
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 11/12).  Requested writing sample (11/12)

Rice University - Asst. Prof - AOS: Ethics or Social and Political
 * Application acknowledge (EEO/AA email, 11/10).

University of Rochester - Asst. / Assoc. / Full Prof - AOS: Open. AOC: Open Rutgers University, Camden - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Social and Political
 * Application acknowledged (email, 10/21); ditto.
 * Returned self-addressed postcard to acknowledge app. (10/27)
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/16).

Rutgers University, Newark - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Applied Ethics St. Ambrose University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Applied Ethics. AOC: 20-21st Century, or Social and Political University of St. Andrews - Lecturer - AOS: Open
 * On campus interviews scheduled (Phylo, 11/10). Previously listed on Phylo as 'First Interviews Scheduled.'
 * Can anyone confirm this? It seems a bit odd that this school has already completed one set of interviews and has scheduled a second set by early November.
 * I can confirm this... story is that they are trying to avoid January hiring freezes
 * Any news?
 * application acknowledged (email 12/2)

St. Mary's University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open; AOC: Modern and Ethical Theory St. Olaf College - Asst. Prof. - AOS/AOC: Ethics and Political Philosophy; or AOS: Ancient St. Thomas University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Ancient. AOC: Ethics Seattle University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open University of the Sciences - Asst. Prof - AOS: Ethics or Phil. Science. AOC: Open Seattle University - Asst. Prof - AOC: 2 or more of African, American, Ethics (esp. Health Care Ethics), Gender, Medieval
 * application acknowledged (email, 11/3). ditto, 11/18
 * Application acknowledged (10/30, Phylo)
 * Any news?
 * Any info?
 * Application acknowledged (email, 10/28).
 * First round interview at APA (email, 11/24)

Southwestern University – Asst. Prof – AOS/AOC: Feminist Theory Stanford University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Africana Philosophy
 * Application acknowledged (Letter, 11/13)
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/21).

Sweet Briar College - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Open. AOC: History, broadly construed. University of Texas, Pan American - Asst. Prof. - AOS: American Philosophy (Pragmatism and/or Latin American). AOC: Open.
 * Application acknowledged; notifications for interview will be sent after 12/11 (email, 12/8)
 * Any news?

University of Texas, Pan American - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Feminism and/or Kant. AOC: Open
 * Any news?

University of Toronto, Mississauga - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Ethics
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 10/26).

University of Toronto, Mississauga - Asst. Prof - AOS: Metaphysics, Epistemology Tufts University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: ancient philosophy or history of modern (up to twentieth century). AOC: Open. Wesleyan University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: 19th Century European. AOC: Philosophy of Literature, Aesthetics, Philosophy of History
 * Application acknowledged (11/09).
 * Any news?
 * Any news?

West Chester University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Social and/or Political Philosophy AOC: Introductory and Advanced Logic University of West Georgia - Asst. Prof. - AOS: Political Philosophy / Philosophy of Law. AOC: Modern Western New England College - AOS: Applied Ethics
 * email to schedule telephone interview (11/30)
 * Application acknowledged (letter, 11/30). No APA interviews; will conduct phone interviews in early January.
 * Application acknowledged (letter, 10/30); ditto

University of Western Ontario - AOS: Philosophy of Mind or Language
 * Any news?

University of Western Ontario - AOS: Philosophy of Science
 * Any news?

College of William & Mary - Asst. Prof - AOS: Social and Political. AOC: Ethics University of Wisconsin, Madison - Asst. Prof - AOS: Metaphysics and Epistemology Xavier University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: 19th Century German Philosophy Xavier University - Asst. Prof. - AOS: History of Philosophy. AOC: Applied Ethics
 * Additional information requested - writing sample & rec. letters (email, 11/05).
 * Rejection email. Wording suggests they have chosen candidates for phone interviews (12/04).
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 11/09).
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/3)
 * Application acknowledged (letter, 10/30).

Post-Docs, Visiting Positions, etc 2009-2010
Amherst College, Keiter and Mellon Fellowship - Post Doc. (2 yrs.) - AOS: Open Brooklyn College - CUNY - Lecturer - AOS: Open. AOC: Open.
 * Any news?
 * Rejection letter received 11/10
 * Any news on the visiting Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College?

Brown University, Political Theory Project - Post Doc. (1 yr.) - AOS: Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy University of California, Los Angeles, Law School - Post Doc. (1 yr.) - AOS: Philosophy of Law Central Ohio Technical College - Instructor (1 yr.) - AOS: Open. AOC: Open.
 * Application acknowledged (email, 12/04)
 * Application acknowledged (email, 11/19).
 * Any news?

University of Chicago, Law School - Fellowship, (1 yr.) - AOS: Philosophy of Law University of Chicago, Harper and Schmidt Teaching Fellowship - Post Doc. (4 yrs.) - AOS: Open Colby College - Instructor (1 yr.) - AOS: Modern. AOC: Aesthetics, Global Ethics, or Feminism
 * Any news?
 * Any news?
 * Applications acknowledged (Phylo, 11/14).

Harvard University, Humanities Center - Post Doc. (1 yr.) - AOS: Interdisciplinarity and Internationalism
 * Application acknowledged; decisions will be made mid-Feb. (email, 12/9).

Missouri State University - Instructor (1 yr.) - Critical Thinking and Asian Philosophy University of Notre Dame, Center for Philosophy of Religion - Post Doc. (1 yr.) - AOS: Early Modern Philosophy of Religion
 * Any news?
 * Any news?

University of Oxford, Future of Humanity Institute - Post Doc. (2 yr.) - AOS: Open Pennsylvania State University - Post Doc. (1 yr.) - AOS : African diaspora or African American philosophy
 * On campus interviews scheduled (Phylo, 11/10).
 * Applications acknowledged (Phylo, 11/13).

Princeton University, Center for Human Values - Post Doc. (1 - 3 yrs.) - AOS: Bioethics
 * Any news?

Rice University, Humanities Research Center - Post Doc. - AOS: Open University of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Institute - Fellowship, (2 yrs.) - AOS: theme "Image and Spectacle"
 * Application acknowledged (Phylo, 11/01).
 * Any news?