Theory 2010

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania  Linka

ack: (11/17) (11/19)

Q: In what form (email, snail mail) did this come? I haven't received an acknowledgment from them as of today (11/18)

A: Snail mail. I submitted the app on Oct 26th. The postmark on the letter is 11/14.

Thanks. I just got it today by snail mail, actually.

Q: Anyone hear anything about when they will let people know? I see their other jobs (comp) they have set up MLA interviews. Thanks!

Q: I agree with the above poster--anyone hear anything? Are they still going through with the job? ANyone know when they said they would be hearing? Thanks! (12/5)

A: Request for MLA interview by email, 12/9

Q:Congrats on the job interview! Anyone else here about this? I know I'm grasping at straws here but only one person on the wiki has heard so far? Or, like some other jobs on the wiki, is this a rolling MLA interview process? Or, as I probably should just come to acceptance--they made thier picks? Anyway, congrats on all those who got interviews!

A: interview request (2X) also by email, also 12/9.  Just learning of this site.  Cheers.

Q: Request for an MLA interview (12/22) This seems very late - to be held next week. As you might expect, they seem anxious to set the appointment. Any other recent interview offers? Or thoughts on interpreting this move?

A:  The lit program in their department can be a bit of a mess--a few smart people and some folks who wound up there because no one else would have them.

Q: Does anyone remember the names of the other committee members beside Charles Cullum?  I want to write individual thank yous. But I don't remember the others' names.  I think one was Jennifer Forsyth.  No idea on the other Prof.  Thanks.

Macalester College (11/1)

• Request for more materials: 11/23 (x6)
• Request for MLA interview: 12/9 (by phone) (x4)

• Q: can I ask whether this came by email or regular mail?
  • A: email.
• Kind rejection, by email, 11.30 Very kind! Received 400 applications (x15)

• Would be interested to know what kind of theory they're actually looking for.
  • A: Apparently not psychoanalytic, Foucauldian, and gender/sexuality...kicked me to the curb. Then again, this is an open-rank search, no?  BTW, they hired an excellent 18th-century person last year who does psychoanalytic.
  • A: I received the rejection yesterday too, and work on race theory.  I applied for a literature search there last year (American lit, I think?) that was canceled and was a lot less organized (received acknowledgement really late, though maybe it was because of the canceled search).
  • A: I work on post-structural theory and continental philosophical approaches to literature. Rejected as well. I would be interested to know if those who are advancing are Assistant or Associate Professors, given the open-rank call. A: postdoctoral fellow for me.
  • A: I got a request for more materials. I do contemporary fiction & critical theory (embodiment, identity & technology), literature and science/medicine, some disability studies. I'm a postdoc now. Don't know if that helps you. This stuff is all so random! (12/9 addition: I got an MLA interview too, if that is helpful. Also I pitched new media studies in my letter).
  • -- have almost the exact same interests as above, but I do nineteenth century fiction instead of contemporary. Also a postdoc.
  • A: Also a request for more, currently a VAP, work on postcolonial theory & aesthetic theory
  • Request for more, ABD, contemporary; historicist

Rhode Island College (1/8/2010) LINK

• specialization in British literature of either Renaissance, 18th, 19th, 20th, or 21st c. AND literary theory (see also British Open page)

Rider University (NJ) Link

• MLA interview request by phone (11/19 x2)
• Did they ever ask for writing samples?
  • A: No, but took letters up front.