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Salaries / Start-up Funds

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TYPE OF INSTITUTION - REGION - TT or NTT - AMOUNT
Average TT salary from 2023-2024: 66k, median 67. Only 5 salaries reported.
Average NTT salary from 2023-2024: 54k. Only 2 salaries reported.

Offers

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Campus Interviews

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11/02/24 - Villanova University (second-hand, very reliable.)
10/31/24 - Mount Holyoke College
10/25/24 – UT Austin (first-hand)
10/13/24 - Virginia Military Institute (second-hand, very reliable.)

Zoom / Skype / Phone Interview

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10/26/24 - Trinity College (CT) x2

10/24/24 - Appalachian State University x3

10/23/24 - University of Minnesota Duluth

10/23/24 - Mount Holyoke College

10/23/24 - Villanova University, TT x3

10/21/24 - Occidental College - Assistant Professor (Peninsular) - Zoom interview requested (x4)o

10/?/24 - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, TT (second-hand, very reliable) X2. R1: Any news on campus interviews here?

10/?/24 - Virginia Military Institute, TT (second-hand, very reliable)

10/16/24: University of Florida Assistant Teaching Professor - Zoom interview

10/9/24: UT Austin applied linguistics – Zoom interview requested

MLA Interviews

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Additional Materials Requested

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11/03/24 - Northwestern - Letters of Recommendation

11/01/24 - Stanford - Letters of Recommendation (References contacted directly) R1. It seems like the job posting says that they will contact references at a later step, then ask you for the references emails, and then contact them automatically through the system. People that put the interfolio emails in the application said that the system ask for the recommendation automatically the same day they applied. Could you clarify if it was the Search Committee who contacted the references, or it was this automatic thing? OP: Unclear--I just heard from one of my references that they got a specific request this weekend.

10/19/24 Mount Holyoke College - Writing Sample

10/9/24 - Mount Holyoke - Letters of Recommendation

10/2/24 - Loyola University Maryland - Letters of Recommendation

9/23/24 - Cornell - Letters of Recommendation

Rejections

10/31/24 - Rejection email from University of San Diego.

VAP - St. Mary's University in San Antonio. No response when asking questions about the position. My guess is that they already had someone in mind. R1. Radio silence is rather typical since many committees have rules about responding to applicants while the search is in progress. I'm not saying you're wrong, but just know that you may not hear for many months and it's not personal. Sometimes they don't respond and then they interview you least expect it. Hang in there. R2. Lo más probable es que no tengan a nadie en cuenta y sencillamente te hayan ignorado. No es usual contactar al comité durante el proceso de búsqueda, y si no sería lo usual para un TT menos aún para un VAP. Solicita el trabajo, ése y todos los que puedas, pero relaja la paranoia porque de lo contrario la angustia te va a consumir. R3. To R2, I think it is common to ask clarifying questions when you apply to something. Unsure if OP asked one of those or if he just asked about his app's status.

Acknowledgements

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Word on the street

CSU-Pueblo. Be careful with the position at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Only this year, 3 faculty members left that toxic department (2 of them had tenure). The department chair is also the director of World languages, therefore, expect to be micromanaged and asked to do her work during the summer. Grievances have been filed against her. This department is everything but "unified". Moreover, 40k is virtually nothing in Colorado, even in a miserable town like Pueblo which has a high crime rate. Apply at your own risk.
Trinity College: Is it true that this position already has an internal candidate? R1: Well, the VAP has the same exact research interests compared to the ones in the offer...
Occidental College - Modern Spanish Lite and Culture. Has anyone who applied received the "preliminary questionaire" they were supposed to send after the submission of the application package? It is suppossed to be completed before Sept. 18th, but some of the applicants have not received it. For context, in the job post said "Upon receipt of a complete application package, you will receive a preliminary questionnaire. Please complete this questionnaire by September 18, 2024 to move forward in the search process." However, some of us have not received the package. R1. No, I haven't received it either. :/ R2: I asked the search chair. He replied: "We are having some issues with our questionnaire. Please give us a few days to deal with it." R3. Thanks! And best of luck :) R4: Has anyone heard anything from Oxy? Still radio silence for me... R5: Nada de nada... R6: On Oct. 20 they sent an email asking availability in case we are selected to be interviewed. It's just a pool, not an official invitation. They will contact candidates by the middle of this week. R7. Yo preguntaré en la entrevista por qué se han salido dos profesoras el año pasado, una Associate Professor de Latin American Lit. y la que ha dejado el puesto a tan solo dos años de haber entrado (Bueno, la respuesta es que ella se fue a hacer un Postdoc a Barcelona, pero aún es una red flag que no haya retención por parte del Depto.)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Spanish and Portuguese should be avoided at all costs. They just let a faculty member go under extremely horrible circumstances (that they personally discussed on social media, so it's no secret). Let's say that diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are SEVERELY lacking! R1: I am a grad student in the department of Spanish. That is actually not true. The faculty member that was just fired by the Dean (not by the Department), has been under review for several years and multiple times -6- for different reasons but the professor always assumed that was because of a transphobic reason. No everything has to do with diversity, equity, inclusion, also professionalism is very important. The Department has been very supportive with them, from the beginning, I still remember when she transition how everyone was happy for her. But sometimes you just need to let people go. Being said that, this faculty member is academically brilliant, I wish she finds her place. However, this professor, in my opinion, convirtió su vida en su investigación y sus clases. Everything around their courses would be about transphobia, bodies, etc. It is ok to do that, but not in an obsessive way as it was. You have to establish boundaries between your identity, your teaching and your research. Last, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the U of Illinois is great, the professors are very good and supportive. The grad students are very welcoming and the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures as a whole cannot be better. Still, as OP said, what this professor said is public on their social media. R2: I can't believe they let her (X) go, she was brilliant! Any Spanish department would be lucky to have her. R1, for queer scholars of color it is hard to establish a boundary between identity and the profession. Identity is tied to their work, joining the profession alone is a political act of defiance to white and elitist academia. So, I do not claim to know all that went on, but it is disrespectful to imply that she had to be let go because her courses dealt with queer topics! OP: I'm speaking to R1 directly --> there are several deeply concerning things about your response. I appreciate your insider knowledge of your home department. What's concerning is your use of "obsessive" to discuss queer/trans/marginalized voices. That attitude will get you nowhere in this post-pandemic market and will definitely shine through loudly and clearly in interviews, especially when they ask you questions related to DEIAB. You'll look like an arrogant but clueless snob and nothing will alienate a committee more. And, establishing boundaries between yourself and your research? What does this mean for Latin Americanists who work so hard to make their own spaces in elitist white spaces, as R2 implies? Looks like the UIUC grad students are definitely drinking the Kool-Aid! R3: Responding to the poster directly above. I’m also a student in the department and can only verify what R1 says. It’s very unfortunate what has happened but it follows a pattern of frankly, completely unprofessional behavior from the professor in question which has nothing to do with her identity (which is important and which the department absolutely did support). Professionalism is important (if that means I’m drinking the kool aid too, so be it). The personal attacks are not necessary. This is a wonderful opportunity in an excellent department. R4: It is very sad that -in 2024- there are grad students with the mindset of R1. Qué pena, no han aprendido nada... R5: Chiques. R1 y R3 están ahí y conocen la situación. Da para escuchar y no asumir nada. Si realmente conocen a la persona en cuestión (como yo) y si realmente han leído su post en facebook (como yo) se darán cuenta que no es una situación tan transparente como OP lo pone. Transfobia seguro que la hubo. Falta de profesionalidad por parte de la profesora también. Que no seamos tan partidarios y tan rápidos a la hora de ignorar y menospreciar a los estudiantes. Por favor. R6: ¿El post de Facebook al que están haciendo referencia es público? ¿Podrían pasar el link? R7: I do not know the details of the situation mentioned by OP and am not weighing in on that. I simply wanted to say that I worked in this department recently as a trans/nonbinary person. The chair and several other faculty in leadership roles were very welcoming of my identity and very diligent about pronouns. I did not get to know others well enough to comment. There were things that were difficult for me about UIUC but being trans was not one of them (for me. Of course everyone's experiences will vary so I am just speaking to my own experiences).
University of Findlay keeps losing full-time Spanish faculty to some reason. I hear through friends that they have high 6/6 plus teaching load and do not fully count courses towards the teaching load if they are low enrollment.

Free advice (especially for colleagues new to the market)

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8/7/24. - Make sure to workshop your materials with your institution's career and teaching centers. Overall the main advice I am always given is to be as concrete as you can. It is one thing to say you are an outstanding scholar, and another to show it (for instance, have you obtained fellowships or grants? have you published? have you been a research assistant? have you done archival or fieldwork as part of your research before?). Same for teaching (do you have observation forms from more established colleagues? sample of student work? student evals that show your teaching and mentoring skills? participated in any extracurriculars related to teaching and mentoring? taught online? asynchronously, synchronously, hybrid? taught non-traditional students?). You do NOT want to put your whole CV into your statements but DO provide very concrete proof of your most relevant experiences as an instructor, colleague, researcher, mentor, public humanist, department volunteer, etc.

General Discussion, Questions, and Inquiries

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11/03: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has any advice regarding what a standard length for a writing sample requested for a TT posting might be. I know it’s generally recommended that you submit a thesis chapter, but is there an implicit upper limit of pages for positions that don’t include any guidelines for length? Do people ever send excerpts of longer chapters? Thanks!

11/01 Any input on this job posting: Hawaii Pacific University. Lecturer of Spanish? The university website seems a little sparse of information. According to the job posting, "The incumbent will only be contracted to teach for Spring 2025 term at a rate of $25,000. The expectation is that the position could be renewed in the future." Is $25,000 enough to live in Hawaii? R1: That depends on what you mean by "live." It is probably enough to rent a room, though. R2: It is not enough. I lived there for my MA and maybe for a small room it is enough, but then you have to consider all other expenses, also relocation and moving back from where you are from. Definitely, after taxes the salary will be around 3,000 or less per month... R3: Thanks for the input! They are not offering any relocation reimbursement either, which doesn’t make sense if you are uprooting your life to live in Hawaii.

10/31 How far in advance is it customary/common to notify candidates about campus visits? In previous years, the standard was to notify final candidates three weeks in advance, but I'm not sure if that's the norm anymore in such a competitive market. Good luck to all of you going on campus visits! R1: The norm is 3-4 weeks in advance, counting from the first campus visit, meaning the first candidate to visit should be planned with 3 - 4 weeks in advance, (at our institution it's 4 weeks). However, there are a few factors that affect this: the most common on early campus visits (jan, feb) is weather issues, or delays in administrative processes (deans, provosts approving/signing stuff). Then, during peak time (late feb., march, early april), the most common factor is a candidate withdrawing from consideration. Since this could risk the search process failing, once one of the (usually 3) finalists withdraws, the search committee contacts the fourth candidate in line (if there was a fourth "pre-approved") to offer a campus visit. These late campus visits have a shorter timespan to be planned. All these issues make for a visit that's planned in a shorter timeframe. The worst case scenario I've seen is a visit planned with only a week and a half in advance, only because the candidate was offered such an early date almost as an improbability, and they were willing to do it. In any case, if you are offered a late campus visit, or a campus visit with a very short time frame, most often than not it is not because of poor planning, or because you were not part of the 3 finalists. But even with the knowledge you were the fourth in line, if you get the chance, take it. I've seen those late finalists end up with the position. Good luck to all the candidates!

10/30 Any knews about US Air Force Academy? The deadline was on 9/3 and I haven't heard anyting except that my application had advanced and sent to the search committee. R1: This search is in process, though there might be delays due to institutional…factors.

10/28 Is it me or is this a pretty terrible year for Lat Am generalists? R1: I have the same impression. R2: Same impression! R3: SO bad! R4: An impossible job market for Lat Am generalists.

10/28 Did anybody hear back from Transylvania University? The deadline was on 9/30. R1: Nope, nada de nada; también estoy a la espera.

10/27 Is it OK to inquire about the salary range and teaching load during the Zoom interview? Some job ads did not include this information (maybe on purpose?). R1: Including salary in the job ad is a pretty recent trend so not all universities do this. Until 1-2 years ago jobs almost never included salary range. Hopefully this becomes standard. If it's a public university then you can check the salaries of recent hires online to get a ballpark. R2: Agree with R1, and I’d add that, regarding teaching load, that is definitely an OK question. Re: salary, although it is not not OK (borderline OK) to inquire about salary on Zoom interview, I suggest against it for a couple of reasons: 1. The zoom interview is very short, they’re usually back to back among a group of candidates and you have only a small window of time not only to know more about the people, the college, the expectations, and the vibe with potential colleagues, but also to make an lasting impression; salary is of course an important consideration, but it may affect the good flow of an interview, or take up unnecessary time from those crucial minutes you have. 2. Regarding making lasting impressions, the question about salary risks standing out for the wrong reasons. In those searches is hard to keep up with names and credentials, and in further discussions after zoom interviews candidates are remembered by something that stood out (a comment or even an unique, insightful question, a particular research project, a particular class idea, even sense of humor, etc.); you don’t want to be “the candidate that asked about salary”. Again, I say this acknowledging how important salary is, and how tough the process and our financial situation is as candidates, but those 30-45 min. zoom interviews go by quick. Keep laser focused on your goal at this point: to get to the finalist stage, then you’ll have many opportunities to inquire about salary. I hope this helps and good luck to all candidates!

10/24 any advice and strategies to help me prepare for my first interview at liberal arts colleges? questions? approaches? gracias! R1: (Edited by R1 to add more info.) As you prepare and try your Q&A, keep in mind liberal arts colleges are much more focused on teaching, while the amount of research depends on the tier of the college (they do expect research, though). In general, try to tailor your answers to highlight your teaching practices in regards to a specific goal, or to your own profile as an instructor. Mentioning movies and music is commonplace, so this is where being creative pays off. Same thing with the creation of film courses; if you don't see one in their department, it's probably because of college-level or university-level policies, or to avoid conflicts with other departments. So, focus more on how your teaching has been effective in achieving a specific goal (enhance professional outlooks for students, foster lifelong learning, etc.), Also, in today's environment, in which many humanities and Languages departments are going through enrollment or financial crises, search committees appreciate candidates who pay attention to opportunities to increase enrollment or foster engagement with other departments/colleges in the creation and co-teaching of courses (if it's a thing at the CLAS you're applying to). Regarding research, try to keep your research as connected with your classes as possible, but show a clear research agenda (next research topics, publication projects, etc.); also, consider how inviting colleagues from your discipline to give lectures or talks would achieve enhance your teaching and your research. Finally, regarding service, many interviewers focus too much on the "creation of X clubs or organization" and pay less attention to the promotion of existing organizations of clubs. Make sure you do some research about organizations on campus, etc., and talk about your willingness to be engaged in these extracurricular activities. I wish you and the rest of candidates the best of luck! R2: R1's advice is wonderful, I would just add that ask your colleagues and friends to rehearse beforehand; Questions will vary obviously but online you will find good lists to practice such as this: https://www.luc.edu/hr/recruitmentguide_fac_interviewQ's.shtml.

10/23 How bad is it to send an application on the last day? Not necessarily because of poor time management skills, but because I didn't see the post until recently. In those cases is it true that the early bird gets the worm or is it something that doesn't really matter as long as all the application is complete (including rec. letters)? R1: I think Mount Holyoke College is an exception, and most universities start reviewing applications after the due date. R2: (From experience as a job-seeker a couple of years ago, and as a member of a search committee) No, the early bird does not get the worm. At out institution, all application packages are shared at once, a day after the deadline for submission, AND whenever there was a late application, it was considered and voted on by the committee if it should be included. So, sending it on the day of the deadline is not a factor; sending it after can be.

10/23 Did anyone hear back from the UMich LSA Collegiate Fellowship position? Deadline was back on Sept 15th-ish... R1: The Applicant FAQ from last year states that finalists are invited to campus in January or February and that offers are made in March.

10/21 I was wondering about the importance of the publication record as a decisive factor for the job market. I understand that having at least one peer-review journal article is a great advantage. However, in my case, I am an abd and only have a book chapter. Would you say that maybe I just stop applying and waiting for next year? Ofc, I am working on the peer-review journal article now... R1: Hi there; I don't think you should stop applying because of a low publication record, even if you don't have publications. The thing is that the job market is less and less oriented to the preconceptions of the advisors we met during the Ph.D., because when they went to the job market going to conferences and publishing was a safe way to job security in a research institution. Today you can have books and publications and end up in a regional comprehensive college with low salary and high teaching loads, and have no publications at all and get an offer in an elite institution. It is more and more about how your research fits with the neoliberal demands of the job market and the topicality of the offers, and less and less about your competency and productivity as scholar. Good luck! R2: I agree with R1. A publication will strengthen your candidacy because the search committee will see that you understand the importance of publishing and maintaining an active research agenda. You won't secure a job solely based on the number of published papers, especially if you are ABD. I have seen ABDs land tenure-track jobs at teaching institutions or LACS without any publications. Keep applying, and good luck! R3. Oh my god! Thank you so much to both!!! I feel so supported and encouraged by your nice words! I wish you best of luck too!!!

10/17 I just saw Holy Cross's Assistant Professor position, but it's only listed as a semester-long appointment. Is this common? Do appointments like this typically get extended? R1: I don't have any inside knowledge of this department, but when a job is listed for only one semester it is usually to cover for someone who is on sabbatical or family leave. In these cases there is very little likelihood of the job being extended. R2: Very little inside knowledge here but saw a faculty member posted online that it was "potentially renewable," in case that helps.

10/16 Kalamazoo College. They are unresponsive and their platform doesn't give you any email confimation once you apply. Any idea of what's happening there?

10/16 St Olaf College. Has anyone already received the request to send the letters of recommendation? R1: I've not heard anything. I think this might be a slow search; they mentioned on-campus interviews would only be taking place in February despite an early October deadline.

10/15 Mount Holyoke College. Has anyone already received the request to send the letters of recommendation? R1. I did, on Oct. 4th. R2. Was this related to the English dept. (which closed on Sept. 20) or the SPA one (which closed only on Oct.11)? R3. Spanish R2. How could they send the letters request even before the applications had closed? Is this a normal thing? R3. I applied on Oct. 10, and 3 days after I got a request for the letter of recommendation.

10/10 - What do you do for letters of recommendation if you've been out of school for a few years but don't want to let your current department know you're looking elsewhere? For context, I've been in an NTT position for about 3 years and I'm considering applying elsewhere. Does it look bad to use 3+ year old recommendation letters? Do I got back to my original recommenders and ask for updated letters? I don't feel I can ask anyone in my current department, so I'm not sure how to get more recent letters. Thanks! R1. I don't mean to be rude or antagonistic here, so I hope I do not come across as that, but I think a committee will think it is at best strange/odd and at worst not a good sign that your current employers/colleagues of 3 years aren't part of your recommendations. I think the best move would be to update one or two of your old letters, and to find a way to get at least one recommendation from somebody in your current department or at least school. If you think about it, should you be a finalist for a position, they will still contact your supervisors anyway, so you cannot really avoid addressing your current work. R2: Not necessarily re: contacting supervisors. This is a bit overstated. Just ask the kindest person in your current job to help you out. R3: I got my current TT job four years after getting my PhD. I had the same references but I asked them to update their letters (whether they simply changed the date on the letter or included more substantial revisions, I don't know). I did not have any recommendations from the job I was in when I applied--I didn't advertise the fact that I was on the market. The hiring committee did not contact anyone in my department. R4: Absolutely, ask for updated letters. Submitting letters from previous years is a big red flag. I was on a search committee last year, and one of the candidates submitted letters from 3–4 years ago, which weakened his candidacy. We wondered why he didn’t ask for new letters. Did he not have a good relationship with his previous recommenders? It’s an unnecessary red flag that could hurt you, especially since other candidates will definitely submit recent recommendations. It is very normal that recommenders are asked to update letters for same candidates every year.

10/5 - Occidental College posted their salary range and it's $85,000-92,000. Just out of curiosity - is it possible to live in LA with that amount or do they provide housing or other subsidies? Could anyone shed some light on the situation? R1. Claro que sí, es posible vivir con esa cantidad de dinero, como estudiante de doctorado mi salario era como 35-40, ahora bien, en una ciudad cada vez más cara un salario como esos es limitado. R2. This is objectively a competitive salary, even in a high cost of living area. I got slightly less than 85k on the job market last year for a TT job at a private university in a coastal city with a similar cost of living. If you look at last year's salary information, which is listed on this page, you'll see that Occidental is offering about 20-25k above the average reported TT salary in our field. R3. Se trata de una institución privada, así que el sueldo es mucho más bajo que el que ofrecen otras universidades públicas en Los Ángeles.

9/10 - How likely is someone who works primarily with Luso-Brazilian studies to get a position listed under Latin-American studies? As we all know, the job search is significantly harder for us, since there are way fewer position than in Spanish. This is my second year in the job market, having just come from a terrible cycle last year. I've decided to apply to positions listed as Latin-American studies, because, as far as I am concerned, Brazil is also part of Latin America. But I wanna know if I'm just wasting my time here. Any advice will be much appreciated! R1: Apply to everything you can and write a line on the cover letter. R2: A line on what exactly? R3: OP, if your work in any way engages with regions other than Brazil, I would emphasize that, esp. Latin American, Hemispheric, and Trans-Atlantic approaches appeal to departments because that means you can teach and supervise students working on global issues. Or if you could potentially contribute to programs like gender studies, global studies, race and ethnicity studies, digital humanities, environmental criticism, health humanities etc then also stress that. Unfortunately nowadays when departments hire one person they want to hire somebody who could do 10 things :( If you are not an expert in Spanish-language culture and lit but you are familiar and willing to integrate that into your teaching also stress that. R4: Thank you! That is great advice! And you're absolutely right, the department expect an awful lot from their hires and not always offer the best conditions. R5: As was stated, I second making space in your cover letter/other materials to emphasize your preparedness in Latin American Studies more broadly and how you relate Brazilian topics to broader hemispheric, transnational, transatlantic concerns. Everyone who I have known personally with more of a Lusophone background has done this. Depending on the job, it would also be helpful to mention your ability to teach introductory/intermediate Spanish language and/or ability to provide faculty support to a Center for Latin American Studies, first year topics seminars, cross listing with related fields, teaching Brazilian literatures in translation to cross-list with English or other units, etc . Boa sorte!.

9/5 - U of Pitts is currently not recruiting graduate students (it's a great MA/PhD program especially for Latin American lit and culture), at least one faculty left and the current chair is from the Political Science department. Are there any insiders can shed some lights on what's going on in the department? I am wondering if the suspension means the university is cutting the Spanish Ph.D. program as it reminded of what happened with Vanderbilt, BC (?) , and the U of Utah.R1) I was not aware of Utah, did they cut their program too? R2: They had 2 Ph.D. programs--a Ph.D. in Spanish and the other in Comparative Literature. Right now they only have the latter. R3: I can't speak to the situation at the U of Pitt, but Utah's PhD in Spanish was discontinued due to lack of enrollment for years, not due to some outside attack from admins. So it is not that the program in Spanish was "cut" so much as a non-functional aspect of it was officially terminated (and absorbed into the degree offered in Comp Lit, which reduced the language requirement so one can, effectively, still get a PhD there with Spanish as sole primary language). Anyway, just good to keep in mind that sometimes cuts/reductions are not imposed from above but are instead, sadly, a reflection of declining enrollments in languages and in the humanities more broadly...

8/28 - The Wesleyan U job post's description fits perfectly to their current VAP's profile, not sure if it'd be an internal hire.

8/28. definitely a low start to the season: there were more than 240 jobs last year, we are reaching September and no much jobs have been posted. R1: the market historically opens on Sept 11. 240 jobs across the country is great. I’m personally shocked there are already TT jobs posted.

8/15. feels to me like a slow start to the season. no?

8/9. Only August and there's already multiple peninsular TT positions! It might be a good year for peninsular studies.

Demographics

Applicant Current Status / Academic Rank:

ABD (will finish this academic year): 5
ABD (currently in one-year, VAP, PhD Completion Fellowship, visiting instructor, lecturer or adjunct position):
Ph.D. in hand (one-year, VAP, Lecturer, post-doc, instructor, adjunct): 8
Ph.D. in hand (TT): 2
Ph.D. in hand (unable to find academic employment at the moment):1
Ph.D. in hand (currently working outside of academia): 1

Adjunct Faculty:
Assistant Professor: 5
Associate Professor: 1
Full Professor:
Committee member:

Field of Interest:

Literature: 10

Linguistics: 4

Language Program Coordination: 1

Cultural Studies: 5

How many applications do you plan on sending this year?

Between 1 and 10: 7

Between 10 and 20: 3

Between 20 and 30: 1

Between 30 and 40:

Over 40:

Over 60: 1

Job Postings

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EXAMPLE UNIVERSITY FORMAT (STATE / COUNTRY). Position Rank and Title (Tenure-Line or Not / Contract Length Info). Language / Specialty. Deadline. Link to Job ad

University of New Mexico--Valencia. Assistant Professor (TT). Spanish. Open (w/knowledge of teaching methodologies, experience etc). DUE 01/17/2025. LINK
University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Assistant Professor (TT). Spanish / Heritage Language Education REVIEW BEGINS 11/18/2024. LINK
University of Arizona. Assistant Professor of the Practice (NTT). Portuguese & Second Language Acquisition and Teaching. REVIEW BEGINS 12/01/2024. LINK
Otterbein University. Assistant Professor (TT). Spanish & Latin American Studies (Open). DUE 12/01/2024. LINK
University of Georgia. (ATHENS, GA). Assistant Professor (TT). Cultural Studies of Contemporary Spain. Department of Romance Languages. DUE DATE: DECEMBER 15, 2024. LINK
University of Delaware. Assistant Professor or Instructor of Spanish, Continuing Track (U of Delaware does not have tenure, but this is their equivalent of a permanent position). Open/Spanish for special purposes. DUE ?. LINK
Hawaii Pacific University. Lecturer of Spanish (NTT). DUE ?. LINK
Texas Woman's University. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Contribute to a new major in Spanish Translation and Interpretation. DUE ?. LINK
George Fox University. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT) & Modern Language Program Coordinator. Open. DUE 11/01/2024. LINK
Bakersfield College. Spanish Full Time Instructor (NTT). REVIEW BEGINS 10/30/2024. LINK
Georgia State University. Lecturer of Spanish (NTT). DUE 01/03/2025. LINK
Hampden-Sydney College. Assistant Professor (TT). Pre-1700 peninsular literature and culture with the ability to teach Golden Age Literature. DUE 11/15/2024. LINK
Queen Mary University of London. Lecturer in Latin American Studies (NTT). DUE 10/29/2024. LINK
University of Massachussetts--Amherst. Lecturer in Portuguese & Brazilian Studies (NTT). Potential candidates should have experience in areas related to cultural studies, literature, or cinema in at least one of the three geographical areas: Portugal, Brazil or Lusophone Africa. DUE ?. LINK
University of Nevada, Reno. Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics (TT). Computational Linguistics. REVIEW BEGINS 11/03/2024. LINK
Westmont College. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Demonstrated excellence in teaching and broad training in Spanish language (all levels), and literature and/or linguistics. Ability to teach French or a second language is a plus, as well as interest in leading an established off-campus semester program in Mexico. DUE ?. LINK
Millikin University. Assistant Professor of Multicultural, International and/or Global Literature and Spanish (TT). Open other than requesting ability/knowledge of global lit in Spanish. REVIEW BEGINS 11/08/2024. LINK
Vanderbilt University. Mellon Assistant Professor of Spanish (NTT) Latinx Studies broadly defined. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Media Studies, the broader field of visual culture or related interdisciplinary fields with a specific focus on Latinx communities and/or transnational contexts. We especially encourage applications from candidates whose areas of expertise focus on Afro Latinx, Central American, Indigenous Latinx, Latinx Inequalities, and Mexican-US Border Studies, among other areas. DUE 11/10/2024. LINK R1: The job post says it's a three-year term, non-renewable position. Maybe it's more like a VAP job? R2: Apologies, I overlooked that. I am switching TT to NTT. R3: To offer some context, the last two people that held this position in the past ended up being hired as TT.
Trident Technical College. Spanish Instructor & Foreign language coordinator (NTT). OPEN UNTIL FILLED. LINK
Binghamton University, SUNY. Assistant Professor (TT). Spanish pedagogy. Scholarship should focus on second language acquisition. Further specialization or interest in heritage language studies or language assessment is desirable. REVIEW BEGINS 10/28/2024. LINK
St, Bonaventure University. Assistant Professor (TT). Peninsular or Latin American Studies or Spanish linguistics. DUE 12/01/2024. LINK
Skidmore College. Assistant Professor, specializing in Hispanophone Caribbean Studies (TT). Particularly interested in Diaspora and Migration Studies, Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous Studies, Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies, Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies & Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities. DUE 11/08/2024. LINK
Utah Tech. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Dual Language Education, Second Language Pedagogy, and/or Generalist Spanish that is appropriate to the institution's ambitious "open, comprehensive, polytechnic" mission. REVIEW BEGINS 11/11/2024. LINK
Clemson University. Spanish, Assistant Professor or Rank Open. (TT). Language & International Health. Health humanities; global health delivery; global health equity; community-based health programs; narrative medicine; human rights; health, environment, and the arts; sustainability; or other related subjects. DUE 11/01/2024. LINK
Grand Valley State University. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Second Language Acquisition or Applied Linguistics. REVIEW BEGINS 10/18/2024. LINK
Colorado State University--Pueblo. Lecturer of Spanish (NTT). DUE 11/04/2024. LINK
Eastern Kentucky University. Assistant Professor, Spanish (TT). Experience with Spanish-teaching methodology and Latinx community engagement, and interest in cross-cultural studies. DUE ?. LINK
Framingham State University. Spanish Language/Latino Studies/Linguistics Faculty (TT full time). Preference will be given to candidates whose research focuses on the following areas: Spanish as a heritage language and pedagogy; literary and cultural production of Afro-Hispanic or Indigenous populations of the Hispanophone Caribbean or other Latin America regions. Proficiency in Portuguese is highly desirable. REVIEW BEGINS 11/30/2024. LINK
University of Nebraska at Omaha. Assistant Professor of Spanish. (TT) Transnational Studies with a focus on Spain and Latin America, and additional qualifications in Digital Humanities and/or Environmental Humanities. REVIEW BEGINS 10/31/2024. LINK
Vassar College. Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies (TT). Mexican cultural production from the 19th and early 20th centuries and its relationships with other Latin American cultures. REVIEW BEGINS 11/15/2024. LINK
University of Iowa. Instructor/Spanish language fiction writer for MFA program. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK
University of Stirling (UK). Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Global Histories of HIV/AIDS Campaigning in Argentina and Spain. DUE 11/10/2024. LINK
Stony Brook University (NY, USA). Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT), specialization Native American and Indigenous Studies. Review Begins 10/19/2024. LINK
SUNY Brockport. Lecturer In Spanish (TT). DUE 11/01/2024. LINK
UNC Chapel Hill. Assistant Professor of Linguistics (TT). Hispanic Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, or a combination. DUE: 11/01/2024. LINK
Southern Illinois University. Assistant Professor (TT). Spanish. Broadly trained faculty member with teaching and research expertise in Spanish/Hispanic studies. DUE ?. LINK
Washington University in Saint Louis. Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies (TT). Appointment 75% Romance languages and 25% American Studies. Welcome: applications from scholars with forward-looking research agendas and whose work engages different methodologies and critical approaches, particularly those in dialogue with comparative and critical ethnic studies. DUE 11/08/24. LINK
University of Minnesota Duluth. Assistant Professor of Spanish for three semesters (NTT). DUE ?. LINK
Appalachian State University. Spanish for Heritage Language Learners Assistant Professor (TT). DUE ?. LINK
University of Mississippi. Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics (TT). Spanish Linguistics and multilingualism/bilingualism. DUE ?. LINK
Northwestern University. Assistant Professor Race Studies in Hispanic and/or Lusophone Literature and Culture (TT) REVIEW BEGINS 11/01/2024. LINK
Charleston Southern University. Instructor/Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Open. DUE ?. LINK
Western Carolina University (North Carolina/USA). Assistant Professor & Director of Latina/o Studies Minor. (TT). Direct the Latina/o Studies Minor and teach U.S. Latina/o literature and/or literature from Latin America in translation. Review begins 12/2/24. LINK
Wellesley College. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT).Mexican Literary and Cultural Studies, 20th and 21st centuries. DUE 11/01/2024. LINK
Francis Marion University. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Latin American language, literature, and/or culture. REVIEW BEGINS 12/15/2024. LINK
University of Vienna (Austria). Postdoctoral Assistant (NTT). Literature, Culture and Media Studies (Lusophone and Hispanic or Comparative Literature Studies). DUE 09/22/2024. LINK
University of Pennsylvania. Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture (TT). Brazilian Studies. Subfields of interest include: Theories of racialization as they relate to Luso-Afro-Brazilian studies, and/or Indigenous cultural production, the environmental humanities, Gender and sexuality studies, the relationship between cultural forms and politics. REVIEW BEGINS 10/18/2024. LINK
The Citadel. Assistant Professor of U.S. Latinx Literatures and Cultures (TT). Hosted in Modern languages dept. DUE 11/01/2024. LINK
Hope College. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Open, needs in the following areas: Caribbean studies, Latinx studies, cultural studies, or applied linguistics. DUE 11/10/2024. LINK
University of Aarhus (Denmark). Assistant Professor of Culture, Society and History in the Spanish-speaking World (TT). Contemporary Spanish and/or Latin American cultural studies and experience in research related to different cultural media and artefacts (visual and plastic arts, social media, performance and literature etc). DUE 01/02/2025. LINK
Bard College. Assistant Professor Spanish (TT). Hispanophone Caribbean literature and culture and Latinx literature and culture with an interdisciplinary focus. DUE 10/30/2024. LINK
Illinois College. Assistant Professor of Global Studies (TT). Specialty in Spanish and Latin American studies. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK
University of Pittsburgh. Assistant Professor (TT). Latin American visual culture, film, and new media. "We encourage applications from candidates who study Latin American culture and media from a hemispheric, transatlantic, or transpacific lens." DUE 10/31/2024. LINK
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Assistant or Associate Professor (TT). Afro-Hispanic or Indigenous populations of the Hispanophone Caribbean or other Latin American regions, with emphasis on the 19th to 21st centuries. DUE 10/11/2024. LINK
Davidson College. Assistant Professor (TT). U.S. Latinx Studies. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK
Northwestern College. Assistant Professor (TT). Linguistics, Hispanic cultures, translation, interpretation or a closely related area. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK
Cornell University. Assistant Professor (TT). Early Modern Iberoamerican Literatures and Cultures. Theoretically informed, and at the crossroads of different media and methodologies, such as comparative imperialisms, racial formations, indigenous knowledge production, material cultures, and/or literary poetics. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK
University of Iowa. Assistant Professor (TT). Spanish Sociolinguistics. DUE 11/01/2024. LINK
Wesleyan University. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Modern Latin American literature and culture. Interest in Afro-diasporic literatures and cultures, and/or literatures and cultures that address migration, and/or exile in the region would be especially welcome. DUE 12/01/2024. LINK
Villanova University. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Afro-Hispanic or Latin American Indigenous language and/or culture (literature, culture or linguistics). DUE 10/06/2024. LINK
Pitzer College. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Open field (but ad also says: "transcultural and interdisciplinary research agenda with a primary focus on Spanish-Speaking Latin America"). DUE 12/01/2024. LINK
Brown University. Lecturer in Hispanic Studies (NTT; 3 yr). Spanish language teaching. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK
University of California Berkeley. Assistant/ Associate/Full Professor (TT). Early Modern Spanish Literature and Culture, e.g. including but not limited to material and visual cultures; poetics and poetry; ethnicity, gender, and sexuality; literature and historiography; Mediterranean studies; Morisco studies; pan-European Early Modern literature. DUE 10/20/2024. LINK
Smith College. Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese (TT). Afro-diaspora and/or Indigenous studies in the Spanish-speaking world. DUE 11/01/2024. LINK
Bentley University. Assistant or Assoc. Professor of Spanish (TT). Applied linguistics, language for specific purposes (LSP), second language acquisition, or a closely related field. Preferred: ability to teach French. DUE 11/01/24. LINK
Loyola University Maryland. Assistant Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics (TT). Research experience in heritage speakers and/or US Spanish. DUE 11/15/2024. LINK
Kalamazoo College. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies (Pre-1900). Interest or expertise in designing and/or teaching Spanish for Specific Purposes or other applied courses is welcome. DUE 10/11/24. LINK
Middlebury College. Assistant Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies (TT). Transnational US, Mexico and/or Central America. Specialization in one or more: Afro-Latin American studies, border studies, decolonial studies, environmental studies, gender and feminist studies, Indigenous studies, new media. DUE 10/25/24. LINK
University of San Diego. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Heritage language learning and pedagogy. Experience or specialization in bilingualism, biliteracy, dialectology, sociolinguistics, community engagement, and/or U.S. Latina/o/x literary or cultural studies is a plus. DUE 10/15/24. LINK
Trinity College (Connecticut). Assistant Professor of Language and Culture Studies (Modern Hispanophone Studies) (TT). Iberian literature and culture from the nineteenth century to the present. Broader approach to issues of colonial history and its complex legacy through the lens of ethnic, migration, border, and transnational studies in the Mediterranean and parts of Africa and Asia. DUE 10/01/2024. LINK
Bowdoin College. Assistant Professor of Romance languages and literatures (Hispanic Studies) (TT). The Department seeks a candidate who can teach advanced courses in poetry and whose scholarship focuses on genres other than prose (e.g. poetry, theater and performance, or visual media), with preferred intersections in the fields of popular and mass culture, environmental studies, and/or indigenous cultural production. DUE 10/07 LINK
Occidental College. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Modern Spanish Peninsular literatures and cultures. DUE 09/16/24. LINK
University of Texas at El Paso. Associate/Full professor (TT) - Dept of Psychology & Dept of Chicano Studies, Languages and Linguistics. Linguistics / bilingualism. TWO positions: 1) Neurocognitive or neurolinguistic approaches to bilingualism that incorporate neuroimaging or neuropsychological populations; 2) Social and cultural contexts of bilingualism; individual differences in bilingualism. Deadline: open until filled; Review of Apps 09/01/24. LINK.
University of North Florida. Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies (TT). Mexican, Central American, and/or Mexican-American/Chicano literature; migration/border studies. DUE unknown. LINK
Transylvania University (Kentucky). Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages - Spanish (TT). Preference for Modern & Contemporary Peninsular. DUE 09/30/2024. LINK
Stanford University. Assistant Professor in Iberian and Latin American Cultures (TT). Spanish-language poetry, working in at least two regions and/or traditions. Especially interested in individuals with demonstrated expertise in poetry of the 20th and 21st centuries. DUE 10/18/2024. LINK
St. Olaf College. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Spanish Linguistics. DUE 10/07/2024. LINK
University of Cincinnati. Visiting Assistant Professor of Border Studies and Mexican and/or U.S. Latinx literature in Spanish. This is a one-year position with the possibility of a second-year renewal. LINK.
Mount Holyoke College. Assistant Professor of Spanish (TT). Afro-Latin American and/or Indigenous Latin American histories and cultures. DUE 10/11/2024. LINK
Institute for Research in the Humanities, UW–Madison. Postdoctoral Fellowship (one year, potentially renewable). The fellowship is available to a scholar with a Ph.D. (at any stage of career), working in Spanish literary and cultural studies of the Iberian Peninsula. We are especially interested in scholars working on peninsular Spanish poetry. DUE 10/24/24. LINK to Call for Applications; LINK to Interfolio Application
University of Findlay. Assistant Professor of Hispanic Language (TT). Specially open, generalist.
Baylor University. Full-time, Lecturer of Spanish (NTT). Emphasis in Spanish for Heritage Speakers. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK (please click on LINK, the [1] will take you to Univ. Findlay's add)[1]

Off-the-beaten-path Job Postings

This section is for academic job postings that don't fit the traditional language-focused faculty jobs that we're used to but that are still relevant for many of us who use this wiki.

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 /03/24 - Northwestern - Letters of Recommendation
-/01/24 - Stanford - Letters of Recommendation (References contacted directly) '''R1.''' It seems like the job posting says that they will contact references at a later step, then ask you for the references emails, and then contact them automatically through the system. People that put the interfolio emails in the application said that the system ask for the recommendation automatically the same day they applied. Could you clarify if it was the Search Committee who contacted the references, or it was this automatic thing?
+/01/24 - Stanford - Letters of Recommendation (References contacted directly) '''R1.''' It seems like the job posting says that they will contact references at a later step, then ask you for the references emails, and then contact them automatically through the system. People that put the interfolio emails in the application said that the system ask for the recommendation automatically the same day they applied. Could you clarify if it was the Search Committee who contacted the references, or it was this automatic thing? '''OP:''' Unclear--I just heard from one of my references that they got a specific request this weekend.
 /19/24 Mount Holyoke College - Writing Sample