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Medievalist wiki-count: 27 [please add yourself if you haven't already]

Primary Specialization: Anglo-Saxon/Old English: 8 Middle English: 12 Comparative Medieval (Middle English, Med. Latin, Old French): 6 Med/Ren: 0 Primarily lurker; only applied to a couple jobs: (1)



MLA INTERVIEWS
Cal State - Long Beach: December 10 (x2) Cal State - Sacramento: November 25 (x5) Claremont McKenna: December 5 (x2), December 7 (x2) Columbia U: December 5 (x5) Mercer U: December 5 (x6) St. Xavier U: November 23 (x4) Southern Methodist U: December 3 (x5) Richard Stockton College of New Jersey: December 5 (x4) Rollins College: December 10 (x5) U of Alabama at Birmingham: December 5 (x2) UC Irvine: December 3 (x4) U of Montevallo (AL): December 2 (x6) Yeshiva U: November 23 (x2)

PHONE INTERVIEWS
California U of PA: contacted December 5, scheduled for Dec 9 & 10 Kennesaw SU: December 4 University of Houston-Clear Lake: scheduled November 24

ON-CAMPUS VISITS
Fordham U: Two finalists invited to campus November 17, December 9  Search Suspended Kennesaw SU: Contacted December 11 for campus visit to be scheduled last two weeks of January

OFFERS
U of York: November 19



Alcorn SU (MS)
Deadline: November 30 (review of applications) Received acknowledgment of application: November 19, December 8

Cal State-Long Beach
Deadline: November 1 (review of applications) Received email with link to EOE form: November 24 (x3), December 9 Emailed letter confirming application was complete: December 8 (x2) MLA Interview: December 10 (x2) MLA Interview: December 11

Cal State- Sacramento
Deadline: November 17 Received acknowledgment of application: November 22 Contacted via phone to schedule MLA interview: November 25 (x4)

California University of Pennsylvania
Deadline: November 21 Received application acknowledgment letter: November 20 (and Affirmative Action data sheet) Received phone call to set up phone interview: December 5 (x2)

Claremont McKenna C (CA)
Deadline: November 1 Request for writing sample: November 20 (x3), November 26 MLA interview scheduled by phone: December 5, December 7 (x2)

Columbia (1200-1500)
Deadline: October 31 Request for writing sample: November 7, November 11, November 18 Request for second writing sample: December 2 (x2), and MLA interview request MLA interview scheduled by phone (no second writing sample request): December 5 (x3)

Fordham U (Associate Prof.)
Deadline: October 15 Two finalists invited to campus: Date? The first visit is next week, so I imagine the date was over a week ago. A finalist visited November 17 and the visit of the second is December 9 The search has been suspended for budgetary reasons.

Franklin and Marshall College (PA) (Asst or Assc)
Deadline: November 17 Received letter acknowledging application: November 13, November 21, November 22

Georgia Gwinnett C (GA) (Open Rank)
Deadline: No date given

Kennesaw SU (GA) (applied linguistics and medieval)
Deadline: November 1 Phone Interview scheduled for December 4 (x4) Writing Sample request and Campus Visit: Contacted December 11; 1-2 day visit scheduled for last two weeks of Jan.

Marymount Manhattan C (Med. and/or Ren.)
Deadline: November 15 Received letter acknowledging application: November 10

Mercer C (GA) - (Med. & linguistics)
Deadline: November 14 Received phone call to set up MLA interview: December 5 (x5) Rejection via snail mail: December 11

Penn State: York
Deadline: November 10 (review of applications) Received letter acknowledging application: November 8, November 11, November 14

Rhodes C (TN)
Deadline: November 3 Email acknowledging receipt of application: October 28, November 6 Equal opportunity postcard: November 19 (x2) Request for writing sample: November 14, November 19, November 20

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Deadline: November 14 Received acknowledgment of application: November 17, November 19 MLA Interview request: December 5

Rollins C (FL)
Deadline: October 15 (review of applications) Email acknowledging receipt of application: October 15 Request for additional materials: November 3, November 5, November 12 (x2), November 13 MLA interview request: Dec. 11

St. John's U (MN) (medieval and poetry writing)
Deadline: November 14

St. Xavier U (IL)
Deadline: November 10 Received acknowledgment letter: November 19 MLA Interview request: November 23 (x3)

SUNY: Stony Brook
Deadline: November 1 Email acknowledging application, says search has been suspended because of budget cuts in NY state

Southern Methodist University (TX)
Deadline: October 20 (for full consideration) Email acknowledging receipt of application: October 17 Dossier request: November 4, November 7 MLA Interview request: December 3 (x4)

Sweet Briar C (VA)
Deadline: November 15 Email acknowledgement of application: November 3 Email acknowledgement of application: November 11 [overseas applicant]

U of Alabama-Birmingham (Anglo-Saxon)
Deadline: November 1 Dossier and writing sample request: November 10 (x2)

U of Alabama-Huntsville
Deadline: November 15 Announcement on MLA job listing for this school says that university-wide hiring freeze was announced Oct. 2, so they are no longer accepting applications.

U of California-Irvine (Assistant or Associate Prof.)
Deadline: October 24 Email acknowledgment received: October 21 Update (November 3): Position may be frozen, currently under review Any word on this position yet?? (no official word, but I cannot find the job posting on the school's HR page or on the department page) (I got an e-mailed acknowledgment on Nov. 3, so I don't know why they'd freeze the position and not send out another e-mail to the same list) I've heard from a faculty member that the search IS going ahead. So interviewees should receive word in the next week or two... MLA Interview request: December 3 (x4)

UCLA (Associate or Full Prof.)
Deadline: November 3 Acknowledgment received: November 6

U of Houston-Clear Lake
Deadline: October 31 Phone interview request: November 24

U of Miami (FL) (Late Medieval)
Deadline: November 3 Writing Sample requested by email: October 15 According to JIL, search has been canceled

U of Montevallo (AL)
Deadline: November 14 Email request for MLA interview: December 2 (x5)

U of New Hampshire
Deadline: November 14 Received acknowledgment letter November 21, November 22

U of Pittsburgh (Assistant or Associate Prof.)
Deadline: November 1 Notified by mail that application was received: October 31 Email requesting additional materials: November 7, November 10 (x2) Email rejection: November 11 (x7) Email rejection: also November 11 (note: I'm an Assoc. Prof, for whatever that info is worth) Email rejection: November 13 (x4) Search canceled: email notification November 24

U of York (UK) (High Middle Ages)
Deadline: October 24 Offer Made: November 19

Wesleyan U (Assc or Full)
Deadline: November 17

Winona SU (MN)
Deadline: November 14

Yale
Deadline: November 1 Postcard notification of application receipt (stapled to EOE reporting card): October 31 Postcard notification of application receipt (stapled to EOE reporting card): November 3 [overseas applicant] Postcard notification of application receipt (stapled to EOE reporting card): November 14 (x2) Is there any information on this search? Check the Discussion page (top right corner)

Yeshiva U (NYC)
Deadline: November 6 Request for writing sample: October 26 (x2) Request for MLA interview: November 23 (x2) Email rejection: December 1 (x4) Email update (neither a rejection nor an interview request): December 2