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Carleton[]
Where was this position advertised?
Dickinson[]
Interviews at AAS in Philadelphia
Vassar
Interviews at AAS in Philadelphia
UC Davis
campus invites extended
Heard that they hired someone in Edo literature
Pitt
Applications acknowledged 11/23/09.
Invitations to campus sent 1/8/10.
rejection letter received 03/15/10
search completed
who was hired?
Portland State U
phone interviews conducted in early January
USC
First-round interviews during the week of Jan. 4, at the AHA and by video link for those not attending the AHA.
Invitations to campus sent week of Jan. 18.
Bates College
Invitations to Skype interviews sent 1/13/10.
Illinois College (Japanese/Asian Studies)
Position offered to and accepted by Reiko Itoh, Ph.D. Univ of Pitt. 3/10/10