Rhetoric/Composition 2009

Rhetoric/Composition
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I'm on the market and I'm...

...ABD: 5

...ABD but defending this year: 22

...a Ph.D., but still at my degree-granting institution: 2

...a visiting assistant professor or adjunct position: 1

...in a post-doctoral position (ABD or with degree in hand): 1 (with degree in hand)

...in a tenure-track position: 11

...in a tenured position: 2

...in a non-academic position:

...primarily working in comp/rhet: 5

...primarily working in a field besides comp/rhet (with strong comp/rhet background): 2

...primarily working in a field besides comp/rhet (without strong comp/rhet background):

Actually, I'm just lurking: ... 1 as a SC member: 2

Tenure-Track Jobs
Alma College:
 * MLA Interview scheduled 11/21

Auburn University
 * Deadline: Nov. 3
 * more info requested 10/03,
 * more info requested 10/29, (X2 RC)
 * more info requested 11/06 (X6) (X4 RC)
 * Are each of the eight above credentials requests for the rhetoric and composition (RC) position or for the professional writing position?

Rhetoric and composition. Tech comm is on campus visits already.

Augusta State University

Avila U.
 * Deadline: 11/10
 * phone interview 12/3

Ball State U.
 * More info requested 11/19 (X2)

Barry University

Bentley
 * Deadline 12/1

Bloomsburg University in PA:
 * Deadline 10/25
 * WS/comp syllabus requested 11/14 (x2)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/1 (x2)

Brigham Young University
 * More info requested 11/15ish
 * Ack of app, 11/29

Buena Vista University
 * phone interview scheduled 11/18
 * campus visits scheduled 12/1 - 12/9

Butler Univ. (Director of Peer Tutoring)
 * Ack. of app. 11/3

California State University, Fresno

California State University, Fullerton
 * Deadline 11/7
 * Ack of app 11/20 (x4)

California State University, Los Angeles
 * request for more info 11/10

Cleveland State University
 * request for more info 11/14

College of Staten Island, CUNY
 * request for more info 11/24 (x2)

Colorado State University, Pueblo
 * ack of app 11/22

Columbia College

Daemen College

Drew University
 * Writing Across the Curriculum
 * Post-Doc Fellowship

Eastern Illinois University:
 * Deadline 11/7

Eastern Michigan University:
 * Deadline (11/01),
 * Phone Interview Scheduled (11/06)

Eckerd College:
 * Deadline: Nov. 21
 * more info requested 11/3

Edgewood College:
 * Deadline 11/15

Emporia State University (KS) (Due 12/1)

Fayetteville State University
 * Phone interview scheduled (x4)

Florida Atlantic University
 * app rec'd notice 11/22

Florida State University
 * more info requested 10/28

Fontbonne University

Fort Lewis College:
 * Deadline: 12/1

Georgetown University
 * More materials requested 11/18 (x3)
 * ack of app 11/28 (X 4)

Grand Valley SU:
 * Deadline: 11/3,
 * MLA interview scheduled 11/21 (x3)


 * Harvard University (Expo College)

News here anyone? I received email confirm of materials received back in November (11/15ish)

Hamline University (St. Paul)
 * more info requested 11/28 (X3)

High Point University
 * ack. of app 11/15

Hofstra University:
 * Writing in Social Sciences position-- MLA interview scheduled 11/19


 * I just called the chair(12/4)--the social science position is paused for this year. The WAC position and the science position are still viable and Hofstra _will_ be interviewing at MLA for the positions.

Illinois State-- WPA position.
 * Deadline Nov. 5

Kent State University, Stark Campus
 * Deadline 12/5

Kutztown University
 * Deadline 11/14
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/1 (x2)

Lamar University
 * ack of app (12/2)

Lassell

Louisiana State University, Shreveport
 * Ack. of app. 11/17

Loyola College, MD. Writing Center Director
 * Ack. of app. 10/27
 * Has started phone interviews

Maryville University

Miami University :
 * Candidates lined up. 11/21

Middlebury College (VT)
 * Visiting Asst. Prof. Writing, 3-year term, Deadline 11/15

Michigan State University
 * deadline 11/20

Missouri Southern University
 * Ack of app (11/29)

Monmouth University
 * deadline 12/1

Mount Vernon College
 * ack of app. 12/1

New Jersey City University
 * Ack of app. 12/2

New Mexico Tech
 * phone interview mid-November
 * campus visit late November

Niagara University

North Carolina Central University
 * scheduled phone interview 11/14 (x1), 12/4 (x1)
 * received letter (that mentioned MLA interviews?) and EEOC 11/24

North Georgia College & State University

Northern Kentucky University

Northwest Missouri University
 * MLA Interview, 12/2

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
 * Telephone Interview scheduled or 12/12

Oakland University
 * ack and EEOC 11/21(x5)

Applied for:
 * Position #993899 -- First Year Writing (x3)
 * Position #992666 -- Writing and New Media (x1)

Occidental College

Ohio University, Lancaster

Oklahoma State University
 * ack and EEOC 11/22 (x2),
 * Phone Interview Scheduled for 12/5

Oregon State U
 * request for more info (11/11)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/3 (x2)

Penn State University:
 * Deadline 11/15.

Penn State University- DuBois
 * MLA interview scheduled 11/26 (x2)

Pitzer College (CA)
 * Asst. Prof./Writing Center Director, Deadline 11/1

Queens College
 * Deadline: Nov. 20 (or Dec. 15/ listed differently)
 * Ack. of application, 12/1
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/4

Radford University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rockford University

Roger Williams Univ. (RI)
 * deadline 12/15

Roosevelt
 * Deadline Nov. 3
 * More info requested 11/24 (x4)

Rowan University
 * rejection (via email) 11/5
 * phone interview scheduled 12/3

Saginaw Valley State University

Samford University

Sam Houston State

St. Edward's University:
 * Posted: 09/30/08

St. John Fisher:
 * Deadline 11/12.
 * More info. requested 11/18 (x7).

St. Mary's University

Seton Hill University

Stephen F. Austin University

Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville
 * TT in English Education, Deadline: Oct. 30,
 * more info requested 10/7

Southwest Oklahoma State University

SUNY Buffalo:
 * Dossier request, 11/18 (x3).

Susquehanna U

Syracuse:
 * Deadline 11/15,
 * dossier request 11/25 (x2)

Temple University
 * writing sample request 10/22

Tennessee State University

Texas A&M, Commerce

Texas A&M, Corpus Christi:
 * Deadline Oct. 31.
 * Phone interview scheduled 11/21
 * Decision to bring candidates to campus happens after Thanksgiving

Texas Tech:
 * More info requested 11/04

Towson University

U of Alaska at Fairbanks
 * phone interview scheduled 12/1

U of British Columbia
 * Email to arrange phone interview 11/20
 * rejection via email 11/20

U of California, Davis:
 * Deadline 10/20,
 * phone interview scheduled 11/11 (X3)

U of Cincinnati:
 * Deadline Nov. 3.
 * more info requested 11/5

U of Colorado Denver:
 * more info requested 10/29

U of Dayton:
 * WPA position. Deadline Nov. 6.
 * More info requested 11/12 (x2)

U of Delaware

U of Florida:
 * More materials requested 11/3

U of Houston, Downtown:
 * Deadline Nov. 9.
 * More materials requested 11/12 (x3).

U of Kansas:
 * request for more info (11/10)
 * Search cancellation notice sent 12/5 via email

U of Louisville:
 * more info requested 11/11 (x2)

U of Massachusetts, Boston (English Ed)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/1

U of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (Tech comm)

U of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (Rhet comp)

U of Michigan:
 * Deadline 11/10

U of Minn-Duluth:
 * deadline 11/3
 * MLA Interview 11/26 (x2)

U of North Texas
 * more info requested 10/3 (x2)
 * MLA interview 12/4

U of Nebraska-Omaha::
 * MLA interview 11/22 (x5)

U of Notre Dame
 * Assoc. Director of Writing Center, open deadline
 * No ack. of app. 11/20
 * Has started scheduling MLA interviews 11/11

U of North Carolina, Greensboro:
 * Snail mail receipt, more info requested 11/20 (x3)
 * rejection letter 11/24 (x3) and 11/25
 * request for more info AND rejection letter (11/24)
 * (dated same day, different envelopes, signed by same person)(x2)

U of North Carolina, Pembroke

U of North Carolina, Wilmington

U of Scranton:
 * more info requested 11/12 (x3)
 * MLA Interview scheduled 12/4

U of Southern California
 * (full-time, non-TT lecturer)
 * Deadline November 24

U of Southern Indiana
 * Ack of app., 12/2

U of Southern Maine:
 * more info requested 11/25
 * more info requested 12/1

U of Southern Mississippi
 * Deadline: 12/1

U of Tampa
 * MLA Interview Scheduled 11/25 (x2)

U of Texas at Austin
 * Deadline Oct 31
 * Rhetoric & Writing with specialization in emerging communication technologies and digital media
 * more info requested 10/29 (X2)

U of Texas, Brownsville

U of Texas, San Antonio

U of Texas, Tyler
 * Writing Center Director/Assistant Professor of Rhet./Comp. Deadline Dec. 1
 * No ack. of app. received by 12/4

U of Wisconsin, LaCrosse

U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
 * Phone Interview Scheduled for 12/1 (professional/technical writing)(x2)

Washington College (MD)
 * First-Year Writing, Deadline: Nov. 1,
 * more info requested 10/8,
 * dossier requested via email 11/10
 * dossier requested via email 11/15 (x3)
 * request for an MLA interview (11/20)(x3)

Washington State University (Tri-cities)
 * request for more info (11/24)

Wayne State U:
 * Deadline 11/03,
 * more materials requested 11/10

Westfield State College:
 * MLA Interview scheduled 11/25 (x2)

Wittenberg Univ. (OH):
 * Deadline 11/15 (Writing Center Director)

Suspended Searches
Colby College: Deadline 11/15, More info requested 11/3. Search suspended until next year due to curriculum reevaluation--11/12; 11/15.

Hofstra University--Social Science Writing position only-- Suspended for the year

Long Island University Brooklyn TT search suspended for financial reasons

Rider U TT search suspended for financial reasons

Rutgers U TT search suspended for financial reasons; may resume search in January

U of KansasSearch suspended. Hiring freeze; they may search again next year

U of Pittsburgh Search suspended. The TT line is not lost; they may search again next year.

U of San Francisco Deadline 11/31 Rec'd notice of search aborted due to lack of funding 11/24

U of South Carolina Specialization in Rhetoric. Search suspended. Notified by postal mail.

Washington State U (Pullman) TT search suspended for financial reasons

Western New England College

Xavier U TTsearch suspended for financial reasons