Rhetoric/Composition 2009

Rhetoric/Composition
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I'm on the market and I'm...

...ABD: 7

...ABD but defending this year: 37

...a Ph.D., but still at my degree-granting institution: 4

...a visiting assistant professor or adjunct position: 3

...in a post-doctoral position (ABD or with degree in hand): 3 (with degree in hand)

...in a tenure-track position: 14

...in a tenured position: 2

...in a non-academic position:

...primarily working in comp/rhet: 9

...primarily working in a field besides comp/rhet (with strong comp/rhet background): 7

...primarily working in a field besides comp/rhet (without strong comp/rhet background): 1

Actually, I'm just lurking:

...as a SC member: 5

...as someone on the market in 2009: 1


 * Q to SC Lurkers: Are you willing to say what info interests you here?'''


 * I had to schedule campus visits very late for our rhetoric/composition search (we had to bring in candidates for other positions first). So, I'm looking to see if and how many of our top choices we'll lose to schools that are hiring faster. :(


 * Ouch. Good luck with that!

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Offers Made

 * Penn State University [ And accepted?]
 * U Wisconsin Stout
 * Washington College-- Offer Accepted according to rejection email. 1/24

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Tenure-Track Jobs
Alma College:
 * MLA Interview scheduled 11/21 (x2)
 * received acknowledgment of application . . . a while back. nothin' since. :(
 * Campus interview scheduled 1/16, 1/19
 * Q: was this scheduled via email or phone? Thanks!
 * via phone

Auburn University
 * Deadline: Nov. 3
 * more info requested 10/03,
 * more info requested 10/29, (X3 RC)
 * more info requested 11/06 (X7) (X5 RC)
 * Are each of the eight above credentials requests for the rhetoric and composition (RC) position or for the professional writing position?
 * Rhetoric and composition. Tech comm is on campus visits already.
 * MLA interview 12/10 (x4)
 * Has anyone heard anything about campus visits for the RC post?
 * We're running late scheduling campus visits because we're trying to hire a new Dept Head, and that's eating up all of January.

Augusta State University
 * Request for phone interview, 1/14
 * Application Ack via mail (1/14)

Avila U.
 * Deadline: 11/10
 * phone interview 12/3
 * MLA interview 12/18
 * Campus visit scheduled

Ball State U.
 * More info requested 11/19 (X2)
 * phone interview 12/16 (x2)
 * applied on time. have heard nothing.
 * campus interview scheduled

Barry University

Bates College
 * Has anyone heard anything about the Director of Writing position there? deadline was 11/1. Soon after that I received ack of app and notice that the committee would take through November to select candidates. Nothing since then.
 * Phone interview scheduled 11/20
 * Does anyone know if they have scheduled campus visits yet? Yes, received rejection via e-mail that said campus visits had been scheduled (1/7).
 * Campus visit scheduled

Bentley
 * Deadline 12/1
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/8 (x3)
 * Search suspended for financial reasons
 * What is your source for this information? I interviewed with them at MLA and was assured they had funding for the position. Please tell me this is a mistaken entry...
 * Email from Kathy Sheehan. I wish it was a mistaken entry. Word of advice: We share info to help one another. As frustrating as this process is, may I kindly suggest you rethink asking questions like "What is your source for this information?" in a manner that communicates a lack of trust and even disbelief.
 * Regarding the above email, I applied for the open rank/creative writing position. Hope this helps. Good luck regarding the other position.
 * I don't think the query was based on feelings of lack of trust or disbelief but exasperation over the inconsistency of information given to candidates. I interviewed with them also and haven't heard a word from K. Sheehan.
 * There are two positions that might be getting mixed up. Bentley was planning to hire two lecturers in expository writing and one tenure-track faculty in Media Studies/Cultural Communications (which is part of their English department). I interviewed for the lectureship and have yet to hear anything from the department, suspension-related or otherwise.

Bloomsburg University in PA:
 * Deadline 10/25
 * WS/comp syllabus requested 11/14 (x2)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/1 (x3); MLA interview scheduled 12/15
 * Q: How were these interviews scheduled? A: Phone + email.
 * Campus interview scheduled 1/10

Boston College (three-year lectureships, FT, non-TT)
 * Rejection letter (claimed 150 total applicants) (12/12)
 * Q:Any word on offers or acceptances? (1/20)

Boston University
 * Deadline for Writing Lecturer 02/01/09

Brigham Young University
 * More info requested 11/15ish
 * Ack of app, 11/29
 * Inside info strongly suggests they may not hire in rhetoric this cycle
 * Rejection letter 12/26

Brock University
 * ack of app 1/8

Buena Vista University
 * phone interview scheduled 11/18
 * campus visits scheduled 12/1 - 12/9
 * rejection letter 1/20 (x2)

Butler Univ. (Director of Peer Tutoring)
 * Ack. of app. 11/3

California State University, Fresno
 * MLA Interview scheduled 12/19 (x2)

California State University, Fullerton
 * Deadline 11/7
 * Ack of app 11/20 (x6)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/17
 * Rejection letter 12/17 (x4)
 * Post MLA interview rejection e-mail 1/22 (x1)

California State University, Los Angeles
 * request for more info 11/10
 * phone interview scheduled 12/12
 * request for writing sample (after phone interview) 1/3

California University of Pennsylvania
 * Honors Composition/Assistant Director of University Honors Program
 * deadline 12/15
 * Ack of app 12/19 (x2)

Cameron University

Cecil College, MD

Central Connecticut SU
 * deadline 12/16
 * affirmative action info request 1/8

Cleveland State University
 * request for more info 11/14
 * interview scheduled 12/11

Coastal Carolina University

College of Staten Island, CUNY
 * request for more info 11/24 (x2)
 * MLA Interview scheduled, 12/15 (x3)
 * rejection via email 1/7 (post-MLA interview) (x5)
 * Interesting that they had three MLA interviews and three post-MLA rejections. I wonder if they are the same people?

Colorado State University, Pueblo
 * ack of app 11/22
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/10 (x5)
 * campus visit scheduled 1/7

Columbia College
 * phone interviews conducted in December

Cornish College of the Arts (Writing Center/Rhet-Comp)
 * Telephone interview around 12/11
 * Campus visits scheduled 12/24

Daemen College
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/10
 * Invited to campus 1/9/09

Drew University
 * Writing Across the Curriculum
 * MLA/phone interviews scheduled (12/22)
 * Post-Doc Fellowship
 * Q. Has anyone heard anything about any of these?'''
 * Request for interview (post-doc) x4
 * Request for additional writing sample, 12/20
 * Request for campus interview (post-doc)
 * Request for campus interview (WAC Coordinator -- by email 1/17, for visit in late Jan./early Feb.)

Duke University
 * Thompson Writing Program
 * Post-Doc Fellowship
 * Deadline 10/31
 * rejection letter 12/15
 * rejection letter 12/22
 * call to schedule on-campus interview for late January, 12/16

Eastern Illinois University:
 * Deadline 11/7
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/17 (x4)

Eastern Michigan University:
 * Deadline (11/01),
 * Phone Interview Scheduled (11/06)x2
 * On-campus interview scheduled

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

Eckerd College:
 * Deadline: Nov. 21
 * more info requested 11/3
 * MLA interviews conducted

Edgewood College:
 * Deadline 11/15

Empire State College SUNY

Emporia State University (KS)
 * Deadline, 12/1
 * Ack. of app. via USPS 12/8 (x2)
 * Phone interviews scheduled 12/9 (x2)

Florida Atlantic University
 * app rec'd notice 11/22
 * deadline 1/15
 * request for more materials 1/27 (x4)

Fontbonne University

Georgetown University
 * More materials requested 11/18 (x3)
 * ack of app 11/28 (X 4)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/10 (x3)
 * Anybody heard--even secondhand--if they've scheduled campus visits?'''

Georgian Court University

Georgia Gwinnett College

Georgia Tech Britton Fellowships

Grand Valley SU
 * Deadline: 11/3,
 * MLA interview scheduled 11/21 (x3)
 * email rejection 1/7

Grand View
 * Contacted by HR representative 12/16 (I expected to be setting up a phone or MLA interview. Instead, it seemed like an ambush interview.  Was asked what I found interesting about the job ad, what my teaching specialties are, and a few other questions.)(x2 - same experience; they also asked me what salary I expected and then told me that this Asst. Prof. job would pay between 35-39K).
 * has anyone heard from them? apparently they've been calling references, but that was over two weeks ago.

Harvard University (Expo College)
 * News here anyone? I received email confirm of materials received back in November (11/15ish)
 * Was asked to send additional materials (syllabi, writing sample, recommendation letters, etc.) and did so on 11/20; no word since
 * Keep in mind, the Expo College interviews local candidates Jan/Feb and uses MLA for geo-distant candidates
 * Has anyone who was asked to send additional materials heard anything yet? (12/15)--Not yet (12/15) (x4)
 * Has anyone heard back from Harvard?* Dec 18
 * No word here (12/18). Their last day of classes was yesterday (no exams until after the holidays), so today and/or tomorrow would seem a logical time for their committee to meet, deliberate, and (hope against hope) make calls. But of course "logic" seems to have little bearing on any of these proceedings...
 * have they scheduled MLA interviews? (12.22)12/23--I've received no news since turning in supplementary materials in late November. (x3)
 * Same here. I wonder if they are bypassing the MLA altogether?
 * It's also possible that the job has been frozen, at least temporarily.
 * Has anyone who was asked for additional materials heard ANYTHING?? (1/3)
 * As of 01.03, not a word. (x2) Perhaps they have to wait and see how many of the current preceptors are definitely moving on.
 * http://chronicle.com/news/article/5630/harvard-freezes-salaries-suspends-faculty-searches
 * I'm confused here. This article refers to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, but my understanding is that Expos operates to some extent independently.  Should one of us hazard a call/email inquiring about the status of the search?  Even if it's frozen, it does not seem unreasonable to get some kind of notice!
 * Still no word after being asked for additional materials. Anyone else? (1/24) (x3)
 * Rejection via post. Over 300 apps according to the letter (dated 1/12) (x2)
 * Called to get information about Harvard's hiring freeze. Since the preceptor position has a five year term limit the writing program is not directly affected by the freeze, but this year they can only hire to fill slots that they know are going to be vacated. This means they can hire to replace preceptors who will hit their five year term limit this year, but after that they have to wait to see if anyone else leaves the program before they can hire. This has apparently slowed their process a bit. The guy I spoke to on the phone was very nice and assured me that my application was still under consideration, although he doesn't know when they'll have any more updates. (1/26)
 * Thanks very much for calling. It's great to finally get an update.
 * Yes, thank you. Does this mean that they're not doing any hiring until they know how many they can hire?  Or that they've already done some hiring and are waiting to see how much more they can do, if any.
 * Could you clarify if MLA interviews were indeed conducted or not, and if not, did they mention how they would conduct future interviews? Thanks so much for any info.
 * I only asked about my application and the status of the search, so I don't know about the MLA or if they've hired anyone yet. They did seem willing to answer my questions, though, so it may be worth your while to give them a call.
 * I was at MLA in San Francisco, and there was a notice there that said Harvard would not be conducting any interviews at the 2008 MLA. Furthermore, I wrote Harvard yesterday asking about the status of my application, and I received a very nice reply that said my application was still active, and that the committee would be reviewing the remaining applications this weekend and making another round of cuts. They said they would be sending letters out to all candidates by next week with information on the status of their search. 1/30

Hamline University (St. Paul)
 * more info requested 11/28 (X4)
 * rejection letter 12/13 (x2), 12/16 (x2)
 * MLA interview scheduled via email 12/16 (x2), 12/17 (x2)
 * Campus visits scheduled via phone 1/9

High Point University
 * ack. of app 11/15
 * MLA interview scheduled 11/19

Illinois State-- WPA position.
 * Deadline Nov. 5
 * rejection letter received 12/11 via snail mail
 * MLA interview scheduled
 * email rejection. no want.

Illinois Institute of Technology -- digital rhetoric position
 * phone interview 12/3

Kent State University, Stark Campus
 * Deadline 12/5
 * MLA interview scheduled, 12/15 (x3)
 * Campus Interview scheduled, 1/8, 1/9

Kutztown University
 * Deadline 11/14
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/1 (x2)
 * Second position in Digital Literacies/Visual Rhetorics opened
 * Most Campus interviews scheduled
 * "most" interviews meaning what, more precisely? Does this mean if I haven't been contacted, I should expect a rejection letter in the mail?

Lamar University
 * ack of app (12/2)

Lassell

Loyola College, MD. Writing Center Director
 * Ack. of app. 10/27
 * Has started phone interviews

Miami University :
 * Candidates lined up. 11/21

Middlebury College (VT)
 * Visiting Asst. Prof. Writing, 3-year term, Deadline 11/15

Michigan State University
 * deadline 11/20
 * dossier req 11/20
 * An email request to fax back attached AA form (x2)
 * phone interview on 12/19

Missouri Southern University
 * Ack of app (11/29)
 * TT line converted to one-year temporary position (according to email 1/18)

Monmouth University
 * deadline 12/1

Mount Vernon College
 * ack of app. 12/1

New Jersey City University
 * Ack of app. 12/2

New Mexico Tech
 * phone interview mid-November
 * campus visit late November

New York University
 * request for more materials 12/18
 * Is this for the NYU Liberal Studies writing program job? If so, any more word on material requests or scheduled interviews? Nothin' here. 12/28
 * yes, I had an email request for more materials to be sent by 1/20.

Niagara University
 * phone interview scheduled 12/8 (x4)
 * anyone heard anything since?
 * as of 1/23, I haven't heard anything, though they had said they'd be contacting for campus visits in mid-Jan. If anyone's been contacted, please let us know!

North Carolina Central University
 * scheduled phone interview 11/14 (x1), 12/4 (x1)
 * received letter (that mentioned MLA interviews) and EEOC 11/24
 * MLA interview 12/8 (x2)
 * campus interview requested

North Georgia College & State University

Northern Kentucky University
 * MLA Interview scheduled. (First contact - no request for more info and no ack of app)  12/17
 * Would you be willing to share any more info about this one? Did you get a request for information before the interview request?
 * MLA interviews conducted
 * Has anyone heard about campus visits yet?

Northwest Missouri University
 * MLA Interview, 12/2

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
 * Phone Interview scheduled, 1/9

'''Nova Southeastern
 * Phone Interview Scheduled, 12/8
 * campus interviews scheduled

Oakland University
 * ack and EEOC 11/21(x5), 12/5
 * Applied for:
 * Position #993899 -- First Year Writing (x4)
 * Position #992666 -- Writing and New Media (x2)
 * Video interview (FYW) 12/9 (x3), phone 12/18
 * campus interviews scheduled
 * any word on the new media position?

Occidental College
 * Q. Has anyone heard anything?'''
 * only Ack of app 11/24
 * MLA interview request by phone. 12/19 (4)
 * applied via interfolio. ack by email. nothing more.
 * Is someone concerned about interfolio? I see this listed several times as a piece of information. I used them, as did all of my current  colleagues, and none of us have had any problems. I am not sure why having applied via interfolio would have made any difference. (x2)
 * i mention interfolio because i imagined/hoped that i had not heard back from some schools (places i egotistically thought of as good fits) because they possibly hadn't received all of my materials. childishly blaming the messenger; it's a strategy for coping, i suppose, but it probably belongs in the "venting" section or not at all. sorry if it seems irrelevant. won't mention it again.
 * Rejection via email 1/14 (x3) 1/16 (x1)
 * campus visit request by phone in early January, with promise of further contact to schedule the visit. As of 1/22, no further contact.  Has anyone else heard anything?
 * No rejection e-mail or not contact regarding campus visit. MLA interview on 12/29.
 * seems rejections have been sent, but i have heard nothing in ages. frustrating to be ignored.
 * Rejection letter via mail after MLA interview on 12/29. 1/28.

Ohio University, Lancaster

Oklahoma State University
 * ack and EEOC 11/22 (x2),
 * Phone Interview Scheduled for 12/3 (x1), for 12/5
 * Rejection letter via email 12/13
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/9 (x2)
 * Campus interview scheduled

Oklahoma City University
 * phone interview 12/17
 * campus interview request 1/9

Oregon State U
 * request for more info (11/11)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/3 (x2)
 * email rejection 12/15
 * have heard nothing. interviews were scheduled on the 3rd and rejections sent out on the 15th. so i'm frustrated because if i'm not to be interviewed and am not being notified of rejection, will i hear anything at all? i find the lack of *any* response disappointing and, frankly, rude.
 * rude, maybe, but understandable. If a school receives 100 applications, contacting all 85 they're not interviewing is a bit daunting. What I find even ruder is that most schools will not contact interviewees that they are not bringing to campus. I'd rather hear that I'm not in the top three than sit around waiting forever. And if I was later contacted b/c the top three were not good fits, if I was still on the market I wouldn't turn up my nose... You won't hear anything. Our field is stunningly unprofessional when it comes to treating job candidates as actual human beings.
 * "rude maybe, but understandable"? I'm sorry, but it's not understandable. As every person on here knows, it takes a lot of time to research the department, the school, the faculty, then cater your letter to their needs, then come up with whatever combination of materials that particular school wants, pay for postage (not cheap, packages with a lot of materials can be $6 or more each), etc.  For a school not to take 5 seconds to write an email saying, "sorry we're not interested" is just unacceptable and unprofessional.  This obviously is not specific to Oregon SU, but seems to be endemic of many departments.
 * Uggh, to the above message. This is how searches work. You'll get your rejection letter when the search is over. The message below is correct in theory, though in most cases, if you don't hear from a school before MLA, that in and of itself is your rejection notice. My goodness, get over it.
 * One thing to keep in mind when not getting an interview but also not receiving a rejection is that SCs want to keep their options open. If they turn out not to be happy with the interview pool they've chosen, they'll go back into the pool.  If they haven't rejected you at this point, you are still in that pool they might dip back into.  So they may be keeping their options open with you.  Of course, it would be nice to be notified of this, but then so few let us know the details.  This is how I would understand the above situation.
 * Campus interviews scheduled 1/12
 * Post-MLA rejection letter via snail mail, 1/13. (And a very kind one, at that!) (x2)
 * at least someone's heard something. i never recv'd a thing. not one simple word. (x2)

Penn State University:
 * Deadline 11/15.
 * ANY WORD HERE, FOLKS? IS THIS SEARCH FROZEN??*
 * MLA interview on 12.28 but no word since.
 * Offer has been made (as of 12/26/08)

Penn State University- DuBois
 * MLA interview scheduled 11/26 (x3)
 * has anybody heard from Penn State Dubois since the MLA? Campus visits?
 * I interviewed with them at MLA and haven't heard anything since. (x4)

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Princeton University
 * Deadline for Lecturer in Writing 02/01/09

Philadelphia University
 * MLA interviews conducted
 * Campus visit scheduled (1/12)

Potomac State College of West Virginia University

Queens College
 * Deadline: Nov. 20 (or Dec. 15/ listed differently)
 * Ack. of application, 12/1
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/4 (x3)
 * Campus visit scheduled 12/31 (x2)
 * Received a *second* rejection letter! I get it, people, you don't want me. Sheesh! (Good for a laugh, though.)

Radford University
 * Telephone interview scheduled 12/16 (x2)
 * phone interview 1/8
 * told that campus interviews would be scheduled 1.5-3 weeks after 1/8
 * We're getting close to the 3-week point; has anyone gotten any news?
 * Campus visit scheduled

Rochester Institute of Technology
 * MLA interview scheduled mid Dec

Rockford University
 * telephone interview requested 12/18 (x3)
 * snail mail rejection 1/10 (x5 post interview)

Roger Williams Univ. (RI)
 * deadline 12/15
 * telephone interview requested 12/11 (x3)
 * chair says still doing phone interviews 1/29

Roosevelt
 * Deadline Nov. 3
 * More info requested 11/24 (x4)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/12
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/13
 * Campus interviews scheduled 1/7

Rowan University
 * phone interview scheduled 12/3, 12/5
 * campus interview scheduled for end of jan/beg. of feb (x2)

Saginaw Valley State University
 * phone interview scheduled 12/9 (x4)
 * campus interview scheduled (1/6) (x2)

Samford University

Sam Houston State

St. John Fisher:
 * Deadline 11/12.
 * More info. requested 11/18 (x7).
 * MLA interview request 12/10 (x3)
 * rejection via email 1/5 (x2)
 * Q. for rejection via email recipient: were you also interviewed at MLA?  Thanks!
 * A. rejection came without MLA interview (x2)
 * campus interview 1/7
 * Q. for campus interview recipient: were you also interviewed at MLA? I ask because this conflicts with what I was told to expect.  Thanks!
 * A. Yes, campus visit followed MLA interview, earlier than expected.
 * A. To above asker- some schools end up making their decisions far earlier than they thought they would. Often they'll say at MLA mid-to-late January and then make calls in early January when they find out that the decision was easier than they'd thought. So that might be an explanation for your situation...

Seton Hill University
 * ack application 12/5

Stephen F. Austin University

Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville
 * TT in English Education, Deadline: Oct. 30,
 * more info requested 10/7

Southwest Oklahoma State University

St. Bonaventure
 * ack. of application rec'd 1/26

SUNY Binghamton (lectureship)
 * ack. of application rec'd 1/26

SUNY Buffalo:
 * Dossier request, 11/18 (x3)
 * MLA interview req. 12/9
 * more info requested 11/18. since then, no word.
 * still no word since 11/18. i can *handle* rejection, people. just do me a solid and let me know?

Susquehanna U
 * MLA interviews conducted
 * Campus visit requested 1/13
 * MLA interview on 12/29. No word since.

Syracuse:
 * Deadline 11/15,
 * dossier request 11/25 (x3)
 * snail mail rejection 12/13 (x4)
 * email rejection 12/17 (x1)
 * campus visit scheduled

Temple University
 * writing sample request 10/22
 * Rejection letter in mail 12/5 (x6)
 * MLA interview 12/2

Tennessee State University

Texas A&M, Commerce
 * Writing Center Director, Assistant Professor
 * Request for more info, 1/15
 * Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition

Texas A&M, Corpus Christi:
 * Deadline Oct. 31.
 * Phone interview scheduled 11/21
 * Decision to bring candidates to campus happens after Thanksgiving
 * Campus visits completed

West Texas A&M:
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/20

Texas Tech:
 * More info requested 11/04

Towson University

U of Alaska at Fairbanks
 * phone interview scheduled 12/1 (X2)
 * campus visit request 12/17

U of British Columbia
 * Email to arrange phone interview 11/20
 * rejection via email 11/20
 * email 12/24 to schedule campus visit for mid-January

U of California, Santa Barbara (two-year lectureships)
 * Received app; e-mail saying they would be in touch in January

U of California, Davis:
 * Deadline 10/20,
 * phone interview scheduled 11/11 (X4)
 * campus visit scheduled for Jan (X1)
 * rejection letter dated in Jan. indicates offer has been extended.
 * very sorry to hear that. i believe there were 2 positions they were hiring for, though.  were you brought to campus for an interview? No

U of Cincinnati:
 * Deadline Nov. 3.
 * more info requested 11/5
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/5 (x3)
 * email rejection 12/15 (x4)
 * has anyone gotten a campus interview??
 * one. two.

U of Colorado Denver:
 * more info requested 10/29
 * phone interview scheduled for 12/18 (x2)
 * app sent via interfolio. no ack. nothing. (x2)
 * app sent via post. no ack. no nothing (x2)
 * rejection letter via email 12/20 (x3)
 * never one word. nothing. (x2)

U of Dayton:
 * WPA position. Deadline Nov. 6.
 * More info requested 11/12 (x2)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/9

U of Delaware

U of Florida:
 * More materials requested 11/3 (x2)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/4

U of Houston, Downtown:
 * Deadline Nov. 9.
 * More materials requested 11/12 (x4).
 * MLA Interview scheduled 12/13 (x2).

U of Louisville:
 * more info requested 11/11 (x2)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/8 (x2)
 * rejection via email 12/17 (x3)
 * wait. is that an official, final rejection?  they said in their email to me that they had made their choices for MLA, and I wasn't one of them, but they would keep my application on file for the rest of this hiring cycle.  So is that a very polite way of rejecting me or is that a way of saying I'm on a waiting list?  any thoughts?
 * I got the same email and took it as a considerate rejection, meaning they are keeping their options open in case all their candidates head elsewhere, but I don't think their emails probably distinguished between *really* rejected and *keep-your-application* rejected.
 * psuedo rejection via email 12/17 (see comments above)
 * I got the same thing and I took it as "final but polite."
 * Campus visits scheduled

U of Massachusetts, Boston (English Ed)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/1

U of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (Tech comm)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/12 (x2)
 * Formal rejection 1/8

U of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (Rhet comp)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/12 (x2)
 * Campus visit scheduled for Feb 1/12

U of Michigan:
 * Deadline 11/10
 * MLA Interview Scheduled 12/9 (x2)
 * email rejection 12/19 (x4)
 * Request for campus visit 1/8

U of Minn-Duluth:
 * deadline 11/3
 * MLA Interview 11/26 (x2)

U of Montana Western
 * deadline 1/20

U of North Texas
 * more info requested 10/3 (x3)
 * MLA interview 12/4 (x4)
 * Campus visit scheduled

U of Nebraska-Omaha::
 * MLA interview 11/22 (x5)
 * email rejection 1/7 (x2)
 * request for campus visit 1/7

U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Writing Center Director)
 * Telephone interview around 11/26

U of North Carolina, Greensboro:
 * Snail mail receipt, more info requested 11/20 (x4)
 * rejection letter 11/24 (x3) and 11/25 and 12/1
 * request for more info AND rejection letter (11/24)
 * (dated same day, different envelopes, signed by same person)(x2)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/09 (x3)
 * Campus visit requested 1/5/09

U of North Carolina, Pembroke
 * phone interview request 12/6 (x2)
 * Has anyone heard anything?
 * Phone interviewed in December. No word since. (X3)

Campus visits are underway

U of North Carolina, Wilmington
 * MLA interview request 12/8 (x4)<--which positions?
 * Professional Writing Position MLA interview 12/8
 * Campus interviews are underway

U of Notre Dame
 * Assoc. Director of Writing Center, open deadline
 * No ack. of app. 11/20
 * Has started scheduling MLA interviews 11/11
 * request for campus visit 12/29

U of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/11
 * post-MLA phone interview with full search committee 1/16

U of Scranton:
 * more info requested 11/12 (x3)
 * MLA Interview scheduled 12/4 (x3)
 * Polite snail-mail rejection 12/10
 * invited to Campus vist 1/12/09

U of Southern California
 * (full-time, non-TT lecturer)
 * Deadline November 24
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/15

U of Southern Indiana
 * Ack of app., 12/2
 * Telephone Interview scheduled for 12/12 (x2)

U of Southern Maine:
 * more info requested 11/25 (x2)
 * more info requested 12/1
 * MLA interview 12/22 (x2)
 * Does anyone know if they've scheduled campus interviews yet?
 * I interviewed with them at MLA and haven't heard anything since. (x2)

U of Southern Mississippi
 * Deadline: 12/1
 * Has anyone received notification of any sort?
 * MLA Interview Scheduled 12/09
 * Campus visit requested

U of Tampa
 * MLA Interview Scheduled 11/25 (x3)
 * Invited to campus visit 1/10/09 (x2)

U of Texas at Austin
 * Deadline Oct 31
 * Rhetoric & Writing with specialization in emerging communication technologies and digital media
 * more info requested 10/29 (X4)
 * MLA interview requested 12/7 (x4)
 * Email rejection 12/8 (X2)
 * Snail mail rejection 12/15 (x7)
 * Campus visit scheduled

U of Texas, Brownsville
 * ack of app. 12/8

U of Texas, San Antonio
 * phone interview request 12/08 (x3)
 * MLA interview request 12/15 (x2)
 * Has anyone heard anything about campus visits here?
 * I was told the short list had been sent to administration by 1/12/09
 * Yeah, I was told that too (and that my name was on that list)--but just told by Chair that they may not have funding for the position now. Nothing for sure, though.  So depressing.

U of Texas, Tyler
 * Writing Center Director/Assistant Professor of Rhet./Comp. Deadline Dec. 1
 * Ack of app received 10/31
 * phone interview scheduled 12/9 (x2)

'''U of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
 * Phone interviews were before Thanksgiving
 * Has anyone heard about campus visits?

U of Wisconsin, LaCrosse
 * 10ENG01 Position: Notice Application was complete, EEOC 12/6
 * 10ENG02 Position: Notice Application was complete, EEOC 12/6
 * 12/10--MLA interview Scheduled (x1)
 * 12/11: MLA interview scheduled for new media position 10ENG02 (x5)
 * Campus visits for new media position are under way
 * Campus visits for freshman writing position are under way

U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
 * Phone Interview Scheduled for 12/1 (professional/technical writing)(x4)
 * app sent via interfolio. no ack. no word.
 * still, not one word. ew.(x3 no word since phone interview in Nov.)

U of Wisconsin, Stout
 * Phone interviews 11/26
 * On-campus 12/10
 * Position filled

Washington College (MD)
 * First-Year Writing, Deadline: Nov. 1,
 * more info requested 10/8,
 * dossier requested via email 11/10
 * dossier requested via email 11/15 (x3)
 * request for an MLA interview (11/20)(x3)
 * Q. Has anyone heard about campus visits yet? I know they wanted to move quickly on this position, bringing candidates to campus around the 19th.
 * A. Nope, I didn't hear anything yet but I too was told that they were going to move quickly (although they did say we wouldn't hear for a couple of weeks). Please let me know if you hear anything and good luck!
 * Good luck to you, too! This whole thing is nerve-wracking.
 * Q. Any news out there? Any campus interviews?
 * A. Nothing here, but the creative writing page shows that campus visits have already been extended for their other TT position. Hopefully, we'll hear something soon.
 * Q. I wonder, though, if they have decided to go with their current VAP in the position?
 * A. Not sure why they didn't just didn't do a phone interview--and save us all money and time by bringing us out to the MLA. I'll never understand this big MLA show when they know who they are giving the job to.....
 * A. Yep, they went with the VAP.  Offer accepted according to rejection email. 1/24

Washington State University (Tri-cities)
 * request for more info (11/24)
 * phone interview scheduled 12/16 (x2)
 * Does anyone know if they've scheduled campus interviews yet?

Wayne State U:
 * Deadline 11/03,
 * more materials requested 11/10 (x2)

Western Carolina University

Western Kentucky U
 * rejection letter 1/3
 * Campus visits scheduled

Westfield State College:
 * MLA Interview scheduled 11/25 (x2)
 * campus visits are under way

Winston-Salem State University:
 * Deadline ?

Wittenberg Univ. (OH):
 * Deadline 11/15 (Writing Center Director)
 * Ack. of app. 12/9
 * MLA Interview Scheduled (12/7)

Youngstown State University (non-TT asst. prof.) .

Suspended Searches
Colby College: Deadline 11/15, More info requested 11/3. Search suspended until next year due to curriculum reevaluation--11/12; 11/15.

Greensboro College1/20/09, Search suspended, may search again next year.

Fayetteville State University: The university has implemented a hiring freeze, 1/14/09.

Florida State University HR site states that university has implemented a hiring freeze. I think this is a mistake--I just returned from a campus visit (1/22), but I had heard that U of Florida had suspended their search. Have they been reversed here?
 * No reversal. I'm glad you got to visit campus, but if you go to their hiring page, you'll see that there is a freeze:  https://jobs.fsu.edu  Perhaps the department has a special arrangement.

Fort Lewis College: Frozen 1/15/09

Hofstra University--All Searches Suspended for financial reasons.

Long Island University Brooklyn TT search suspended for financial reasons

Louisiana State University, Shreveport TT search suspended for financial reasons

Louisiana Tech TT search frozen for financial reasons

Maryville University Search suspended for financial reasons (notified by snail mail 12/26).
 * Strange--I got an email today (1/9) that said: "Dear Applicant: The search committee has completed the process of selecting the most qualified candidate for this position of Assistant Professor of English. Although you were not selected, we appreciate your interest in employment at Maryville University and invite you to apply for openings for which you qualify in the future. Best wishes in your professional endeavors." I never received a letter about the search being suspended.(x2)


 * The position I applied for as in 19th Century American Literature with a secondary emphasis in Rhetoric. Perhaps that explains it. I got confused with all the different jobs I've applied for (most in Rhetoric, some in American Literature). But I have the letter, and it clearly says "Maryville" and tells me the search was

suspended.
 * Ok-that makes sense, because I had applied for the English/generalist position and it was the one that was not suspended.

Missouri Southern: TT line converted to one-year temporary position (according to email 1/28)

Mount Union Search suspended. Notified by snail mail 12/10.

Pitzer College (CA) Search Canceled *Asst. Prof./Writing Center Director

Rider U TT search suspended for financial reasons

Rutgers U TT search suspended for financial reasons; may resume search in January

St. Edward's TT search suspended for financial reasons

St. Mary's TT search suspended

Stanford University All searches (2 x Senior Lecturer and WIM Director) suspended for financial reasons
 * Strange--I got a snail-mail rejection letter (1/9) saying many applicants, blah, blah, but I'm not selected. Does that mean the position is not suspended? (this was for lecturer position.)(x2)

U of Kansas Search suspended. Hiring freeze; they may search again next year

U of Pittsburgh Search suspended. The TT line is not lost; they may search again next year.

U of San Francisco Deadline 11/31 Rec'd notice of search aborted due to lack of funding 11/24

U of South Carolina Specialization in Rhetoric. Search suspended. Notified by postal mail.

Utah Valley University suspended 2 r/c searches for financial reasons. Hopes to resume in March.

Washington State U (Pullman) TT search suspended for financial reasons

Washington State Tacoma Canceled due to budget cuts per email from search committee 12/5

Western New England College

Xavier U TT search suspended for financial reasons