Anglophone and World Literature, Postcolonial

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Individual Stats: Interviews, etc.
Postdocs in the Humanities (2008)

Offers Made (and accepted) So when are we going to know final results....

• Denison 2/14
• Illinois State (offer made and accepted)
• UCLA (offer made to associate professor)
• Wofford College (offer made and accepted)

Campus interviews (alphabetized by Uni/college name, not "U of")

• Arizona State
• Denison
• Illinois State
• U of Mississippi
• U of Missouri-Columbia -- update from AfAm link
• Montana State University
• Murray State
• U of NC Chapel Hill
• U of Richmond
• Roger Williams U
• Saint Anselm College (NH, 1/17
• Salem State 1/18
• U of Southern Mississippi
• Ursinus
• Wofford College

Q: It seems to me that other sub-fields on the wiki are far more active, both in terms of their general discussion and in terms of reporting campus visits etc. Do you guys suppose this is because the folks on the Anglophone/World Literature/Postcolonial sub-field are not wikians in the same way as others, or has there just not been that much post-MLA movement in this sub-discipline?

Some jobs cross-posted at comp_lit_2007-2008 and comparative_literature

Arizona State U. Asst. Prof. in Postcolonial Literature Postmark by Nov. 30 Acknowledgment: 12/6 (Said they would choose candidates middle to end of December) Phone interview scheduled in advance of MLA: 12/12 - Q: how about MLA interviews? (also, if I did not get an acknowledgment, does that mean I am not being considered?) any news people? Q: They can't not have scheduled by now, right? Perhaps they called people who are not checking the wiki? It is now 12/23! That's what I'm assuming, but still hoping a bit too... WTF? Now they have scheduled campus interviews? I didn't even receive an acknowledgement for my application, and it seems they skipped MLA.

Denison U Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literature; other interests in African, Caribbean, or African American Writing Sample Request: 11/17 MLA interview scheduled: 12/10

Drexel U Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literature Postmark by 22 Oct Acknowledgment received Q: Any word on this? My ack letter suggested that they'd pick interview candidates by the end of October? Snail-mail rejection letter 11/23 MLA interview scheduled: 11/26 Post-MLA interview rejection by mail 1/25

Earlham VAP Ack by email 4/15

• Earlham has a visiting position?

Florida International U Asst Prof, Postcolonial Studies Send by Nov. 30 Acknowledgment received 11/20 Q: What about people who sent their applications later? Any acknowledgment received? A: I haven't gotten anything. A: I received a snail mail acknowledgement for an application sent later... but it was sent to my univ. address, and had to be forwarded to my home address Q: Any news on interviews? --I'm wondering the same thing! Q: Same assumption here as for Arizona, right? (12/23) MLA interview scheduled by phone 12/18. Hmpf!

Hope College A: Received acknowledgment and request for more materials Q: Have they scheduled MLA interviews? 12/19

Illinois State U. Asst. Prof. in Global Literature Screening begins: Nov. 12 Acknowledgment letter received Nov. 19 So, they are still deciding...? Seems like 12/12 is fairly late, or am I stressing too much? A: You're stressing too much. For all we know, they haven't even started reading applications yet. MLA Interview scheduled, e-mail 12/13. Has anyone heard about campus interviews? >Nervous? What do you do/study?

Johnson State College. Asst. Prof. English to teach composition, English, world, and/or non-western literature Screening begins: Feb. 8, 2008. Email Ack 2/11 Did anybody have an interview with them? Email Rejection 4/14/08: out of 140+ apps, they're down to 2 candidates.

Kennesaw State University. Asst. Prof. English and African Diaspora Studies Apps. Postmarked by Mar. 7, 2008. Ack letter.

Kettering University Asst. Prof of Humanities (poco/multicultural) Did anybody hear from them?

Laurentian University, Canada Asst. Prof in Postcolonial Studies, possible interests in Contemporary British and/or Film and Media Screening begins Jan 2008 Could you tell me where this job is posted? A: http://www.laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/Departments/Human+Resources/Employment+Vacancies.htm : it's in the PDF for "multiple faculty positions". Will help if you speak French.

Minnesota State University, Mankato Asst. Prof. in British / Commonwealth Screening begins: Jan. 14 2008 Not in JIL yet, see http://www.mnsu.edu/humanres/MSU-VAC_NOT/EnglishLit.pdf Received call from SCC asking permission to call references 02/06 Campus visit request (02/14) Did you hear anything from them after your campus visit? What did you have to do in the campus visit, if you don't mind me asking you? I turned down the campus visit, since I had a better offer already, but it would have been the usual - research pres., teaching demo., interviews with committee and Dean (03/03/08). Thanks (3/4/08)

Montana State University Postcolonial and British Literature Screening begins November 1 MLA interview scheduled 11/16 Campus visit scheduled 01/16

Murray State University Assistant Professor, World Literature since 1900 Deadline: November 9 MLA Interview scehduled by phone 12/07 Did anybody hear from them? A campus visit or an offer?

Nevada State College British and/or World Literature Review begins November 15 see also posting at generalist_and_open Any news from them on interviews? Are they even going to MLA?

• Phone interview scheduled 01/29
• Campus visit invite 02/14

Philadelphia University Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies/World Literature Applications received by November 9 considered for interviews at MLA Does anyone know whatever happened to this position? Wonder how it wasn't even on the wiki till I put it up today.

Point Park University Asst professor of Global cultural Studies

-application via email; anyone heard anything yet?

Roger Williams University Assistant Professor of English Literature/Literary Theory and Postcolonial Literatures Review begins Jan. 15 I received an ack from them (email ack). Me too (12/16).

• Requested grad transcripts + letters of reference (1/8).
• Request for phone interview (02/07), (02/20)
• Rejection letter (2/7) yep
• Phone interview conducted (02/14), (02/25)
• Received campus interview request (02/18), (02/27)
• Campus Interviews conducted (03/03-03/14)

Rutgers U-Newark Asst Prof of English Lit (expertise in postcolonial theory and literature) Send by Nov. 1 Request for writing sample, Nov. 7 MLA interview scheduled by phone, Nov. 28 (4) Campus interviews anyone? I know from a friend that she had a campus interview (in Jan.) and was offered a job there (sometime in mid to late Feb.) She turned it down. By now, they must have filled the position.

Saint Anselm College (NH) Asst. Prof of Postcolonial/Anglophone Lit. Deadline: Nov. 9 MLA interview scheduled 12/4 (3) Campus interview scheduled 1/17

Salem State, Mass. Asst. Prof. World Lit., Comparativist (Latin American) [see also comparative_literature] Deadline: until filled MLA interview scheduled 12/12

Simon Fraser TT in World Literature Deadline: Oct. 10 Q: Has anyone heard ANYTHING from them? Telephone interview 11/9. (Alternate date 11/16.)

Springfield College Q: Has anyone heard from them? I received a snail mail acknowledgment dated Nov. 29 but nothing since -realized there are postings about this school in Generalist. MLA scheduled.

Tennessee State University Colonial and Postcolonial literature Deadline: Dec. 7 Now posted at generalist_and_open

UCLA Asst./Assoc. Prof., Post-Colonial Literatures Submit by Nov. 10 Acknowledgment received MLA interview scheduled 12/10 (3)

• Does anyone know their timeline? Have campus visits been scheduled?

A: A friend interviewed with them last year, for the same position (which they did not fill), and they called on December 30 about the campus interview, if I remember correctly. This of course does not mean that they will do the same this year, but I thought the information might be useful.

U Mass Dartmouth Has anyone heard anything? Yes, I received an acknowledgement that my app. was received Any interview peeps? - I'm wondering the same thing! (is this going to be one of those calls we get on the first day of the MLA?)

• MLA interview scheduled by phone: 12/21 (2)

U of Mississippi TT Asst. Prof., World Lits ("fields outside the Western tradition, such as African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern") Request for writing sample and dossier, Nov. 13 MLA interview scheduled, 12/6 (2)

U of Missouri-Columbia African diaspora Screening begins: Nov 23 Writing sample/dossier request: 11/27 dossier/writing sample were required components of initial application

UNC Chapel Hill Asst Prof, Postcolonial Lit and Theory Send by Dec. 1 Contacted by office manager with request for writing sample (note: the sample was supposed to be requested in the original ad) Q: Did UNC ask for a second sample, or did the applicant above fail to send the initial one? A: UNC told me they forgot to ask for a writing sample in their ad and are asking for it now.(2) That's a lie. They contacted others just to confirm acknowledgment, without any mention of a sample. To "That's a lie." above: I would say it's more disorganization on the school's part than anyone lying. I called the school directly after not receiving a request as mentioned above, and they did indeed confirm that they neglected to include a writing sample as a required element in the original job ad and to send one immediately. It's still a lie... I agree: how hard is it to e-mail the entire list and explain the mistake? It seems incredibly bad form to me. My interactions with the "university manager" left me distinctly unimpressed. I think they're just badly disorganized. MLA interview scheduled by phone: 12/12
I'm glad someone has an MLA interview with them, but I was never contacted by the office manager asking for a writing sample with the application (2). Does this count as a faulty or corrupted search? - I'm the one w/ the interview, and I was never contacted either. I think I sent them a sample with my original app, though- the job ad just called for "applications" so I think I erred on the side of excessive materials -That's great that you got the interview, but I thought they said they wouldn't be interviewing at the MLA? That's what I thought too given that their ad said "finalists will be invited to campus". -Did more than one person get an interview here? It's a very messy process, it seems. I too was under the impression that Chapel Hill does not do MLA. Rejection letter received today (1/18) --for reference, part of the confusion is the UNC was doing two theory searches - one poco, one not . . or at least they posted two different adds. So, does the UNC rejection always include the "nevertheless, we were impressed" line?

U of Oregon (Comp. Lit) TT Asst. Prof. Ad claims they are seeking strengths in critical theory, early modern, postcolonialism, or psychoanalysis +/or queer theory, translation theory, visual culture. Deadline: Nov. 5
MLA interview scheduled (12/15)

U of Richmond TT Asst. Prof., postcolonial/global literatures Apps. must be received by Nov. 1 MLA interview scheduled, Nov. 30 (2)

U of Southern Mississippi Has anyone heard anything from them? Their deadline was on November 19. A: I haven't heard anything!! (and it is now 12/12) Any news? -wondering the same thing MLA Interview scheduled 12/08 Campus interview scheduled 01/05 (2)

Ursinus College TT Asst. Prof., Postcolonial Deadline: Nov. 2 Email rejection 11/27 Email request for writing sample, syllabus, and teaching phil. 11/20 (3) MLA interview 12/18/07 (2) Campus visit 01/03/07

West Virginia University Deadline November 1 Acknowledgment received MLA Interview scheduled via e-mail 12/03 So - are they done? :( It seemed like a rolling app process I'm not sure. Has anyone else scheduled with them on a later date? hmpf. I wanted one here. Campus interviews? Has anyone heard from them?

Wheaton College Deadline: Nov. 9 Acknowledgment received Dossier request 10/23 Q: Have they scheduled MLA interviews? 12/19

Wofford College TT Ass. Prof., World Lit Deadline: November 26 Dossier request received 11/23; 12/5 Rejection letters began to be mailed 12/8 MLA interviews: contacts by phone made 12/13-14 MLA interview scheduled: 12/13 so - it is midnight 12/13 - have they started!? :] --MLA interviews conducted. Anyone heard about campus visits yet? Campus visits have been scheduled. 1/11 Offer made: 2/11. Offer accepted.