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1/08/10 - yes! Strange, isn't it? x4
 
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1/26/10 - got a snail mail rejection, dated 1/20, saying they had interviewed candidates and selected finalists. (x2)
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1/26/10 - got a snail mail rejection, dated 1/20, saying they had interviewed candidates and selected finalists. (x3). The way they handled this search was sloppy. I wonder if they really did interview anyone, or if they just dropped the search? Anyway, pretty ineffiecent overall.
 
*'''James Madison University''' (Where is this job listed?  I can't find it on the ''MLA Joblist'' or on JMU employment page.)
 
*'''James Madison University''' (Where is this job listed?  I can't find it on the ''MLA Joblist'' or on JMU employment page.)
 
MLA interview scheduled: N/A
 
MLA interview scheduled: N/A

Revision as of 22:50, 13 February 2010

Note: Anyone looking ahead to the next job season and needing a good laugh might like to check out this MLA spoof. It's ongoing and borderline brilliant.

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WIKI COUNTER I'm on the market and I'm...

  • ... ABD, but defending real soon now: 5
  • ... a Ph.D., but still at my degree-granting institution:
  • ... in a post-doctoral position (ABD or with degree in hand): 1
  • ... a visiting assistant professor or adjunct position: 3
  • ... in a tenure-track position:
  • ... in a tenured position:
  • ... in a non-academic position:
  • Actually, I'm just lurking:

COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS

Wow -- really? Nobody received a flyback? Or knows someone who has a flyback? (2/9)

CAMPUS VISITS SCHEDULED

POSITIONS

  • Adelphi University (NT lecturer) To teach and coordinate Italian language.

MLA interview scheduled: N/A

  • Baylor University (NT lecturer)

Phone interview:  2 phone interviews in my department, 12/3, both candidates told via email that we will not have MLA interviews, 12/10.

MLA interview scheduled: N/A

  • Borough of Manhattan Community College (TT)

MLA interview scheduled: N/A...Just received a letter that this position has been closed (01/27).

  • Colorado College (VAP)

MLA interview scheduled: Interview scheduled at MLA with colleague in dept (12/14)

  • Columbia University (TT) Professor or Associate Professor with tenure in Modern Italian Studies.

MLA interview scheduled: N/A

  • Columbia University - Lecturer

MLA interview scheduled: N/A ....any news at all on this one? Well, although they made a mention of the MLA in the job desc, the final deadline isn't until 01/15...


  • DePaul University (TT Asst. Prof.) Open specialization.

MLA interview scheduled: interview scheduled by email 12/11

  • Georgetown University (TT) Dante specialist.

MLA interview scheduled: By phone 12/08

  • Elon University (TT) Open specialization.

MLA interview scheduled: N/A -- Got a rejection letter today (snailmail) (12/12).  Was this via snailmail or email? 12/12--also received rejection letter via snailmail. 

Still have not heard from them either way, i.e., no contact or rejection letter.     
Only the email that acknowledged receipt of app., back in Nov.  Anyone else in this situation?

1/08/10 - yes! Strange, isn't it? x4

1/26/10 - got a snail mail rejection, dated 1/20, saying they had interviewed candidates and selected finalists. (x3). The way they handled this search was sloppy. I wonder if they really did interview anyone, or if they just dropped the search? Anyway, pretty ineffiecent overall.

  • James Madison University (Where is this job listed?  I can't find it on the MLA Joblist or on JMU employment page.)

MLA interview scheduled: N/A

  • Lehman College, CUNY (no idea what they are offering...)

MLA interview scheduled: By phone (12/14)

  • SUNY Buffalo (Asst. Prof.) Open specialization.

MLA interview scheduled: N/A Friend had a phone interview before the MLA convention.

  • SUNY Stony Brook. Any news on this job? I can't find it any more but I don't think the deadline's passed.  This is the ad: I bet SB is the 2010 Wake Forest, however, if you know what I mean... "The State University at New York at Stony Brook invites applications for a new, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Italian language, literature and culture. Specialization in the XIX Century, with strong teaching or publishing record in cultural history, travel literature and Italian American culture. Expertise in Italian and Italian American cinema welcome; Ph.D. is required. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Italian and in English." From what I hear, there is an inside candidate who was promised position as assistant prof if a tenure-track job opened up there. I received a letter stating that all applicants chosen for interviews would hear by Nov. 15. -- Yes, there is an internal candidate. I wouldn't bother applying to this job. It seems like this is the case almost everywhere, though.

MLA interview scheduled: N/A

  • Tufts University (NT; lecturer) Coordinator / Full-time Lecturer.

MLA interview scheduled: N/A

  • Tulane University (VAP) Preferred field: medieval through '400.

Phone interview scheduled via email (02/01)

According to search committee member in phone interview, there won't be on campus interviews. A decision will be made based on the one round of interviews and communicated in early March (02/06).

  • University of San Diego (Position cancelled on MLA Job List the day after it was posted.   Position reposted on MLA Job List, but now as Asst. or Assoc. Prof.)

MLA interview scheduled: 12/4 (received phone call -- request for interview) Did you receive a telephone call or an email? And would you be prepared to state your status? (12/5) I am not the one who has the scheduled interview, but the question about someone's status not only is inappropriate, it's illegal, at every stage of the hiring process. Whoever typed that in, ought to know better his/her rights before entering the market (it's not that those who are offering the jobs are allowed to do to you whatever come to their mind, in case you are wondering...). My understanding of the question asked above was that "status" referred to professional status, i.e.: ABD, VAP, in a TT position, etc. (12/6)  Even if that's the case, if you are not prepared to talk about this kind of "status," what else are you NOT ready to talk about? Anyway, good luck everyone. (12/7) [12/7] I'm confused--did the first person get a call for an interview, or just ask if anyone had gotten a call/e-mail? Sorry if I'm being dense... --- 12/14 - received a rejection letter via snail mail (x4)

  • University of Toronto, Mississauga

MLA interview scheduled: N/A

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison (Fixed-term renewable position) Director of Italian Language Instruction.

MLA interview scheduled: N/A

  • Wellesley College (Asst.Prof) Medieval and Renaissance, esp. Dante Studies.

MLA interview scheduled: N/A any news about this job search?
I've heard nothing -- twiddling the thumbs. ** I haven't heard anything either.

A colleague in my department is having a video-conf. interview at the end of January. The notification was by email last weekend (Jan 9-10).

  • Youngstown State University (TT; Asst. Prof.)

MLA interview scheduled: interview at MLA scheduled 12/4

  • There's a hit on the Chronicle search page for an Italian job at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, but I can't find an actual ad. Any news on this?Chronicle Search Results I think that the job is actually in the Government program, not in Italian.
  • Franklin & Marshall (2 VAPs in Italian: 1 for pre-1800, 1 for post-1800) 2/5 per AAIS listserv