date of last update: June 26 (old discussion moved to bottom)


For the protection of job applicants and to maintain the integrity of our profession,
make sure hiring is done in accordance with the MLA's guidelines, especially section VI
about what exactly constitutes a good faith offer and how much time job candidates should be
afforded to accept or decline offers.
http://www.mla.org/resources/jil/jil_jobseekers/jil_jobseekers_caf

Adrian College (offer accepted according to rejection email)
Agnes Scott College (offer accepted)
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (offer accepted)
Carleton College (first offer declined, second offer accepted)
Carson-Newman College (offer accepted)
Catholic University (offer accepted)
Central College (offer accepted)
Colby (accepted, rejection letter included name of new hire)
Colgate
College of Charleston (offer accepted according to rejection letter)
Converse (offer accepted)
Dartmouth (offer accepted)
Dickinson (offer accepted)
Evansville, Feb. 2, turned down by candidate Feb. 6
FSU (offer accepted)
Fordham (offer accepted)
Fort Hays State (offer accepted acc. to rejection letter)
Furman University (offer accepted)
George Mason (offer accepted)
Grinnell (offer accepted)
Harvard (offer accepted)
Hamilton (offer accepted according to rejection letter)
Holy Cross (concluded search according to rejection letter)
Ithaca College (first offer declined) (second offer accepted)
Kansas State (offer accepted)
Knox (offer accepted)
Kutztown U (offer accepted)
Middlebury (offer accepted)
Millsaps (offer declined)
Mount Holyoke (offer made)
Pacific Lutheran (offer accepted)
Purdue (1 Offer declined)
Reed College (offer accepted according to rejection letter)
OSU (2 offers made and accepted)
St.Olaf (offer accepted)
Syracuse U (offer accepted according to rejection letter)
Tulane (offer accepted)
Union (offer accepted)
University of Arkansas (rejection letter included name of hire)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver (offer made)
University of Calgary (offer accepted)
University of California Berkeley (offer accepted)
University of Colorado (offer accepted)
University of Georgia (offer accepted)
University of Guelph (offer accepted, according to rejection letter)
University of Massachusetts Amherst (offer accepted)
University of Minnesota, Duluth (offer accepted)
University of Minnesota, Duluth(1-semester) (offer accepted)
University of Mississippi (offer accepted)
University of Missouri, Kansas City (offer accepted)
University of Montana (offer accepted)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (offer accepted)
University of North Dakota, Feb. 22 (offer accepted)
University of North Texas (offer accepted)
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania (offer accepted)
University of Rochester, (both offers accepted)
University of Tennessee (offer accepted)
University of Texas/Austin (two offers accepted)
University of Victoria, Feb. 27 (offer declined)
University of Virginia (offer accepted)
University of Wyoming, Feb. 19 (offer accepted)
Valparaiso U (offer declined)
Virginia Polytechnic (offer accepted)
Washington and Lee (offer accepted, according to rejection letter)
Webster (offer accepted)
Widener University (offer accepted)
William and Mary (offer declined)
Williams (offer accepted)
University of Mary Washington (offer accepted according to rejection letter)
York College of Pennsylvania (offer accepted)

Could the people who state the colleges also let us know if they declined/accepted? Thank You :)

name, date notified, name of candidate


Has anyone else had an on-campus interview at Fordham? If so, have you heard from them?

(I have deleted questions whenever the answer now appears above - offer made - or below - candidates invited; also moved old discussion to bottom)

Any word on Cornell? (The 1-year pos.? Wait; I thought Cornell was hiring a t-t too... that is a Associate Prof. position) or Nebraska?
Cornell hired for the associate position

Alaska
Carleton College (position filled)
CentralMichigan
Conn College (position filled)
Dickinson, 4 candidates (position filled)
Emory University,
Fordham University, early March on-campus interview (how many?)
Kutztown University, by phone May 18 (how many?)
Ithaca College
John Carroll University, Mar. 26
Texas State University, Jan 13 [never acknowledged my application, already have scheduled people for campus interviews, and now they send out AA/EEO cards? Do they really expect people who are now out of the running to fill these out?!?][I had the same reaction. Also see Converse below]
UBC Vancouver [2-year position] by phone, March 15
U of Evansville, Jan. 8, by phone
U of Georgia, April 4, by phone; April 9 by phone (2 candidates notified)
U of Kansas, any news? 3 candidates notified
U of MD, Baltimore County, May 2 (3 candidates)
U North Carolina, Jan. 11, by email (Greensboro or Chapel Hill? Chapel Hill - by phone on the 10th)
U of Texas, Austin (3 candidates)
Valparaiso U
Western Illinois U



(I've removed school names that now appear above and deleted questions regarding them.)

Agnes Scott College, initial phone interview (dean) and second phone interview (committee)
East Stroudsburg University, May 7 for phone interviews
East Tennessee State University, Jan. 28 by phone for phone interview(German and French position)
Holy Cross, April 10 for phone interview
Ithaca College, April 9, email, phone interviews
Pacific Lutheran, phone interview
Purdue, Mar. 26, phone interview
St. Olaf, Feb 20, email, phone interviews
Valparaiso U, notified by phone for phone, Apr 24, (on campus to follow)
VPI&SU, Feb. 5, phone interviews
Western Illinois, March 15, email, phone interview

name, date notified, how you were notified, interview venue

Has anyone heard from Fordham University after the MLA? (Fordham conducted some on-campus interviews in early March. According to committee members, no candidate has been hired, as of April 24th.)

Has anyone heard from UBC Vancouver about either the tenure-track or the two-year position? (Not a word! But I would like to find out what is going on there!) (Other wikis, English for example, mention something about a hiring freeze at UBC. Truth? Rumor? Is this what is holding up the posted positions? Any info?) (see update "Schools That Have Invited Candidates to Campus")

Stanford Humanities Fellowship: rejection received; semifinalists contacted

Does anyone happen to know anything about the VCU position in Europe and Film? (Yes, they didn't want me.)

Has anyone heard from Michigan State? Phone interviews were three weeks ago. Have they scheduled on-campus interviews? Rejection email 3/19 saying they filled the position.

Does anyone know what's up with Ithaca C? It says above that they notified for phone interviews on April 9th, but they've just reposted the job opening on the Chronicle website. Is this an error?
Must be. They conducted on-campus interviews this week and will make a decision in about a week.
Q: Could it be that there is a 2nd opening? Or that the 1st search was not successful? I applied in response to the Chronicle add and got a receipt of my appl. today (May 9th), the letter was written on May 3rd. In the letter, they asked for transcripts and letters of recommendation in case that they have not already been sent. Does not make sense if the search had been brought to an end.
A: A second opening is very unlikely. I'm only speculating here but given that the on-campus candidates haven't heard back anything, the search can't be failed/completed yet but is strictly speaking still open, since the position was advertised as "open until filled" - hence the letter?
A2: The position has now been filled.


Alma C, 4 Dec by email
Bilkent U, 26 Dec by email
Bucknell U, by email
Cal Poly
Central Michigan, Feb. 9, by mail
Colgate U, Dec. 22, by mail
College of Charleston, Jan. 22, by mail
Cornell, 9 Dec by mail; 15 Dec by mail
Dartmouth, 9 Feb, mail
Florida State, by mail. when?
Furman U
Harvard, 8 Dec, letter
Knox
Michigan State, 19 Mar, by email
Middlebury
Notre Dame, 12 Dec, by mail
Ohio State U, Feb. 21 by mail
Ohio U, 11 Dec, by email
Penn State
Reed
Syracuse U, Mar 30, e-mail
U Arkansas
U of Calgary, 9 & 15 Jan by email
U of California Berkeley, 29 Jan by email (German/Comp Lit)
U of Colorado Boulder
U of Evansville, 14 Dec by mail
U of Guelph
U Kansas, 12 Dec, by email
U of Maryland, Baltimore County, 19 March, by mail
U of Mary Washington, 21 March, by mail
U Mass/Amherst [by far the nicest rejection. Three cheers for S. Cocalis!]
UM Duluth, 30 Nov by email, Jan 3 by e-mail (indicating on-campus visits were scheduled and that definitive e-mail will be sent in February)
U Nebraska Kearney
U Notre Dame
UNC, Chapel Hill, 17, 18 & 19 Dec, by email
UNC Greensboro, Feb. 20, by mail
U North Dakota, 12 Jan, by mail (says position has been filled: "we have selected another candidate to fill our opening in German") Weird; they did phone interviews the week of the 8th, were you rejected after the phone interview or did you not have one?
Union, 12 & 14 Dec by email, says will keep file open
U of Oregon, Jan 30, by mail {definitely the nicest rejection I have received, which I think ties into the discussion above] [yes, the rejection letter was nice, but Oregon was one of those schools whose initial letter of acknowledgement and EEO card came after they had already scheduled MLA interviews]
University of Texas, Austin, 20 December, by email
UVA, letter of acknowledgment also mentioned if you had not made short list, but didn't foreclose revisiting your application (post-MLA interview rejection Jan. 18)
U of Victoria, 11 Dec, by email
U of Wyoming, 19 Jan, by email, 19 Feb. by e-mail
Washington & Lee, Feb. 16 by mail
Widener U, 1 Feb, by mail (I did not have an MLA interview with them)
Williams C, 8 Jan by mail (was this received after an MLA interview with them or did you not have an MLA interview?)(I did not have an interview.)
York University (Date?)

name, date notified


(please post new post-MLA entries in section above)
Boulder, 6 Dec, by email, for MLA
Catholic U of America, Dec. 20, by email, for MLA
Central Michigan U, Dec. 17 by phone, for MLA
Colby C, 13 Dec, by phone, for MLA
Colgate, 19 Dec, by email, for MLA
College of Charleston, 11 Dec, by phone, for MLA
Converse, 4 Dec, by email, for MLA
Cornell, ACTFL
Dartmouth, 8 Dec, for MLA
Deep Springs, 12-15 December, phone interviews
Emory U, Dec. 15, for MLA
Fordham, 17 Dec, by email, for MLA
FSU, 1 Dec, by phone, for MLA
Furman University, 7 Dec, by phone, for MLA
Grinnell College, Dec. 8, by phone, for MLA
Harvard, Dec. 14 by email, for MLA
Mount Holyoke C, Dec. 21 by phone, for MLA
Kansas SU, 11 Dec, by email, for MLA
Knox College, Dec. 19, by phone for MLA
Middlebury, 10 Dec, by phone, for MLA
Michigan SU, 21 Dec, by email, for MLA (informal meeting in lieu of interview), 10 Jan, by phone, for phone interview
Ohio SU, Dec. 6, by phone, for MLA
Ohio University, 1 Dec., phone
Syracuse U, Dec. 14, by phone (for MLA or phone interview); emailed candidates who had made next cut on 29 December - campus interviews not yet scheduled
Texas State, San Marcus, Dec 5, by email, for MLA
Tulane, Dec 11, by email, for MLA; 10 Dec, by phone, for MLA
Union College, 9 Dec, by email, for MLA
U of Arkansas, 7 Dec, by email, for MLA
UC-Berkeley, Dec 15, by email, for MLA
U of Evansville, 13 Dec, by phone, for MLA
U of Kansas (Applied Ling), 4 Dec, by email, for MLA
U Mass, 17 Dec, by email, for MLA
U Memphis, for MLA
U Minnesota Duluth, 30 Nov, by email, for a phone interview, 15 Dec, by email, for MLA
U of Mississippi, 30 Nov, by email, for a phone interview
U of Missouri Kansas City, 1 Dec, by phone for MLA
U of North Dakota, 14 Dec, by phone, for phone interview
U of Notre Dame, Dec 8, by phone, for MLA
UNC Greensboro, Dec 11, by email, for MLA
UNC Chapel Hill, Dec. 8, by email, for MLA
UNT, 20 Nov, by phone, for videoconference
U of Oregon, Dec 9, by email, for MLA
U Penn, Dec 19, by email, for MLA
U of Rochester, 4 Dec, by email, for MLA
U Tennessee, 4 Dec, by email, for MLA
U Texas Austin (20th-cent. Lit), 8 Dec, by email, for MLA
UVA, 2 Dec, by email, for MLA
U of Wyoming, 4 Dec, by email, for a phone interview
VCU, 11 Dec, by phone, for MLA
Washington & Lee U, Dec. 18, by email, for MLA or phone.
Webster U, 3 Dec, by phone for MLA
Widener U, 4 Dec, by phone, for MLA
Williams College, Dec 14, by phone, for MLA
York C of Penn, 3 Dec, by email, for MLA


*Alma C has an inside candidate.
*University of Rochester has two inside candidates.
*Tulane might have an inside candidate.
*Colorado and Ohio State ran t-t searches last year (Ohio State hired at last minute for a one year position instead). failed searches?
*Washington and Lee has an inside candidate
*Webster probably has an inside candidate. (Obviously!)

Bucknell U
Cal Poly State
Catholic U of America * might have an inside candidate
Central Michigan * might have an inside candidate (would you please specify what lead you to this idea?? nothing oin the website suggests that)
Colby C; Colby does have an inside candidate.(Could you specify? Colby requires Ph.D.
None of their visiting people has a Ph.D.) (perhaps the one person abd has now finshed.
At any rate, the ad's preferences very closely match what one visitor does)
Colgate U
College of Charleston
CONVERSE on Jan. 19 when they have already scheduled on-campus interviews. They should have just sent a rejection!
Cornell U
Dartmouth
Emory U
Florida SU *FSU ran an identical ad last year. a failed search? * I know one candidate turned them down.
Furman U
George Mason U
Grinnell C * has an inside candidate, but search is legit
Harvard U
Knox C
Middlebury C
Mount Holyoke C
Ohio U
Ohio SU
Reed C
Union C * I think Union hired a tt position last year, so I think the dept is expanding. (Actually - they hired last year, but then lost one person who had been an ongoing visiting professor, who took a t-t job elsewhere)
UBC Vancouver (modern)
UBC Vancouver (medieval)
U of Arkansas
U of Calgary
U of Ca Berkeley (has a Visiting Ass. Prof.: inside candidate?)
U of Co Boulder
U of Guelph, Canada
U of Kansas (Applied Ling)
*U of Mary Washington
U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
UNC Greensboro
U of North Dakota *UND is looking for a senior scholar.
U of North Texas *not a failed search, but an additional t-t position because their junior faculty keep leaving because it's a really divisive department. (As far as I know, people are leaving/have to leave for perfectly legitimate reasons.) (I know for a fact that that's not true, unfortunately.) (Please be more concrete.)Beware this job! This statement keeps getting erased but it shouldn't be!) (Jeez, somebody really has an axe to grind. My rumor mill says this is a perfectly normal dept. Why dont you just give it a rest and let the interviewees decide for themselves on campus?) (Good point. I say let interviewees make their own choices too, but perhaps they should ask what happened to previous t-t people) (I asked around at MLA and it doesn't sound good at ALL.) (What's the deal with UNT doing video conference only interviews anyway? They didn't care enough to meet candidates in person at MLA? I think we get the message...)
U of Mo Kansas City
U of Oregon
U of Rochester * U of Rochester has two inside candidates in visiting positions, but t-t searches are legit.
U of Tennessee
U of Victoria, Canada
UT Austin (20th C.)
UT Austin (Ling)
UVA
U of Wyoming
Virginia Tech
Washington and Lee U * W&L has an inside candidate
Webster U
Widener U
Williams C
York U, Canada

Colorado Boulder, writing sample
Cornell, teaching portfolio
George Mason, writing sample
Harvard, Nov 20 by email, writing sample
St. Olaf, January 8 by mail, actual recommendations
Tulane U, teaching philosophy, writing sample


name, date notified, materials requested, how you were notified



Just a note from somebody who has been doing this awhile:
-Many commented on the fact that acknowledgments of apps were sent AFTER candidates already invited to campus. Often these two things are handled by different offices - human resources sends acknowledgments, while the program hiring sends the rejections - this isn't necessarily a sign of complete disorganization.
-AA/EEO forms are not used to determine who is hired, but to determine who the ads have reached and who chose to apply for reporting purposes. I encourage you to submit those cards even if you already know you didn't get the job!
-True, it is quite inappropriate that many departments do not acknowledge apps (and some never even send rejection letters), but I'm afraid it is rather common; I thus don't know if it is a good idea to jump to conclusions about the department (as some do) based on this.
Thank you (sincerely) for the comments, but with all due respect, just because a practice is common doesn't make it acceptable. At minimum, it speaks well to the departments who take the time to notify candidates of their status, say, that they are not one of the candidates chosen for an on-campus interview. -I heartily concur with this sentiment. The mere fact that sites such as this one exist speaks ill of the hiring process in general. I hope we all remember what it is like to be in the applicant's shoes when, one day, we find ourselves sitting on search committees.

I think there are a lot of things that hiring committees should do differently. One of them should be some feedback on why you weren't hired, even though it might hurt. Of course sometimes the other candidate is simply better or the inside candidate was the choice anyway, but what can the other candidate do in order to improve? These are questions that every candidate should get an answer to.
In most cases, the candidate doesn't do anything "wrong" that could be improved. There are so many factors that play a role in hiring for a certain department school, that all they can say is that somebody else was a better "fit." And I think this is a good explanation and one that does not lead to extra axiety and self doubt. OK, I see your point, but I think theses search committees should try to use at least a tiny little bit of respectful behaviour towards their applicants. At least a rejection letter would be nice. And I think there are indeed some reasons that a committee should give you for not hiring you. You can only improve through criticsism.


New structure: By popular demand, there is a new category: schools that have scheduled initial interviews, post-MLA.

I noticed that the webaddress to this German wiki has the name "gebo" in it. "Gebo" is the Germanic rune indicating good fortune. (How appropriate!) I predict and hope that everyone using the German wiki is successful in their job search. Best of luck to all who visit here! Happy New Year!

I am concerned about disappearing entries. Is this the work of trolls or SCCs editing content? I no longer feel comfortable contributing to this site.

This site has been a valuable point of reference for me and I find it rather disconcerting to learn that entries have been disappearing. Thanks and kudos to whomever started this site. It's just too bad we can't all play fair.


Twice now info I have posted has been deleted...I'm a prof in the dept in question. Yes, my info keeps disappearing, too.-what on earth does anyone have to gain from deleting this kind of information?! Or am I naive.... [No, I think people are just "acting out," because the job market is not going well (not surprisingly, this is all occuring in the post-MLA season).]
Actually, I am not the person who posted where you are from, and i won't again, but before you claimed to be wronged: you can indeed tell what you have deleted and I can also say it wasn't just what you claimed. I know for a fact that you have deleted info on Williams. It is possible to check. So, the question is, why are you doing it?

Might I ask who you are and what gives you the right to delete any information? Repetitve or not?
I find it interesting that you haven't yet deleted your "inappropriate" comments yet felt the need to delete mine. I DON'T THINK THIS CONVERSATION IS INAPPROPRIATE IF THIS SITE IS TO WORK IN THE FUTURE.

There is only one "troll" that I can see from looking at the log and it's the same person deleting all our information repeatedly.