Rhetoric/Composition 2009

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

...ABD: 6

...ABD but defending this year: 29

...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: 13

...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): 6

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

Actually, I'm just lurking: ... 1 as a SC member: 3 -- 1 as someone on the market in 2009


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

Tenure-Track Jobs
Alma College:
 * MLA Interview scheduled 11/21
 * received acknowledgment of application . . . a while back. nothin' since. :(

Auburn University
 * Deadline: Nov. 3
 * more info requested 10/03,
 * more info requested 10/29, (X2 RC)
 * more info requested 11/06 (X6) (X4 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)

Augusta State University

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

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

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?

Bentley
 * Deadline 12/1
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/8 (x3)

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

Boston College (three-year lectureships, FT, non-TT)
 * Rejection letter (claimed 150 total applicants) (12/12)

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

Buena Vista University
 * phone interview scheduled 11/18
 * campus visits scheduled 12/1 - 12/9

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 (x3)

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)

Central Connecticut SU
 * deadline 12/16

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)

Colorado State University, Pueblo
 * ack of app 11/22
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/10 (x4)

Columbia College

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

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) x3
 * Request for additional writing sample, 12/20

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 (x3)

Eastern Michigan University:
 * Deadline (11/01),
 * Phone Interview Scheduled (11/06)x2

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

Eckerd College:
 * Deadline: Nov. 21
 * more info requested 11/3
 * Has the person who received the pre-deadline "more info" request heard anything else since?
 * MLA interviews conducted

Edgewood College:
 * Deadline 11/15

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

Fayetteville State University
 * Phone interview scheduled (x5)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/18 (x2)

Florida Atlantic University
 * app rec'd notice 11/22

Fontbonne University

Fort Lewis College:
 * Deadline: 12/1
 * Telephone interview scheduled 12/11
 * phone interview 12/18. poss. january campus visit.

Georgetown University
 * More materials requested 11/18 (x3)
 * ack of app 11/28 (X 4)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/10 (x2)

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

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).  Well, I was told they go up to $49,954, so you may want to listen better.  I asked her twice in the interview (phone).  Ambush?  Gee whiz that was pretty standard.  Are you new to searches?

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?? (2/3)
 * 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

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 (x1), 12/17 (x2)

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

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

Kent State University, Stark Campus
 * Deadline 12/5
 * MLA interview scheduled, 12/15 (x2)

Kutztown University
 * Deadline 11/14
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/1 (x2)

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

Missouri Southern University
 * Ack of app (11/29)

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)

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)

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

Northwest Missouri University
 * MLA Interview, 12/2

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

'''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 (x3)
 * Position #992666 -- Writing and New Media (x2)
 * Video interview (FYW) 12/9 (x3)
 * campus interviews scheduled

Occidental College
 * Q. Has anyone heard anything?'''
 * only Ack of app 11/24
 * MLA interview request by phone. 12/19 (3)
 * 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.

Ohio University, Lancaster

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

Oklahoma City University
 * phone interview 12/17

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.

Penn State University:
 * Deadline 11/15.
 * ANY WORD HERE, FOLKS? IS THIS SEARCH FROZEN??*
 * Offer has been made (as of 12/26/08)

Penn State University- DuBois
 * MLA interview scheduled 11/26 (x3)

Pennsylvania College of Technology

'Philadelphia University
 * MLA interviews conducted

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)

Radford University
 * Telephone interview scheduled 12/16

Rochester Institute of Technology
 * MLA interview scheduled mid Dec

Rockford University
 * telephone interview requested 12/18 (x2)

Roger Williams Univ. (RI)
 * deadline 12/15
 * telephone interview requested 12/11 (x3)

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

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 (x3)

Samford University

Sam Houston State

St. Edward's University:
 * Posted: 09/30/08

St. John Fisher:
 * Deadline 11/12.
 * More info. requested 11/18 (x7).
 * MLA interview request 12/10 (x3)
 * rejection via email 1/5

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

SUNY Buffalo:
 * Dossier request, 11/18 (x3).
 * MLA interview req. 12/9
 * more info requested 11/18. since then, no word.

Susquehanna U MLA interviews conducted

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

Temple University
 * writing sample request 10/22
 * Rejection letter in mail 12/5 (x5)
 * MLA interview 12/2

Tennessee State University

Texas A&M, Commerce
 * Writing Center Director, Assistant Professor
 * 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 scheduled

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 (X3)
 * campus visit scheduled for early Jan

U of Cincinnati:
 * Deadline Nov. 3.
 * more info requested 11/5
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/5 (x3)
 * email rejection 12/15 (x3)

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
 * rejection letter via email 12/20 (x3)

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
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/4

U of Houston, Downtown:
 * Deadline Nov. 9.
 * More materials requested 11/12 (x3).
 * MLA Interview scheduled 12/13

U of Louisville:
 * more info requested 11/11 (x2)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/8 (x2)
 * rejection via email 12/17 (x2)
 * 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)

U of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (Rhet comp)
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/12 (x2)

U of Michigan:
 * Deadline 11/10
 * MLA Interview Scheduled 12/9 (x2)
 * email rejection 12/19 (x4)

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

U of North Texas
 * more info requested 10/3 (x2)
 * MLA interview 12/4 (x3)

U of Nebraska-Omaha::
 * MLA interview 11/22 (x5)

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

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
 * 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 interview requested 1/5/09

U of North Carolina, Pembroke
 * phone interview request 12/6 (x2)

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

U of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/11

U of Scranton:
 * more info requested 11/12 (x3)
 * MLA Interview scheduled 12/4 (x2)
 * Polite snail-mail rejection 12/10

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)

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

U of Tampa
 * MLA Interview Scheduled 11/25 (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 (X3)
 * MLA interview requested 12/7 (x2)
 * Email rejection 12/8 (X2)
 * Snail mail rejection 12/15 (x7)

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

U of Texas, San Antonio
 * phone interview request 12/08 (x2)
 * MLA interview request 12/15

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 (x4)

U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
 * Phone Interview Scheduled for 12/1 (professional/technical writing)(x3)
 * app sent via interfolio. no ack. no word.

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.

Washington State University (Tri-cities)
 * request for more info (11/24)
 * phone interview scheduled 12/16 (x2)

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

Western Kentucky U
 * Campus visits scheduled

Westfield State College:
 * MLA Interview scheduled 11/25 (x2)

Winston-Salem State University:
 * Deadline ?

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

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.

Florida State University HR site states that university has implemented a hiring freeze.

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

Maryville University Search suspended for financial reasons (notified by snail mail 12/26).

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. Mary's TT search suspended

Stanford University All searches (2 x Senior Lecturer and WIM Director) suspended for financial reasons

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