japanese 2007 2008
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Jul 14, 2008
8:04 PM
by Anonymous
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finding, applying, and interviewing for jobs in higher education&pageSeq&reqNo====MLA, Foreign Languages and Literature Listings, Japanese, 2007-2008 Cycle
Note for updaters: Please mark a new sub-entry with a dash, and add the date. This keeps entries easy to read & development over time clear. Add writing sample requests, interview requests, and campus visit requests as they happen. Add any other pertinent information that you might know about the status of a given search.
Like this:
Small Liberal Arts College (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
- acknowledgment received (by postcard) 10/4
- writing sample requested (by email) 10/9
- phone interview scheduled 10/10
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Brown University (Assistant Professor, Modern Japanese Language, Literature and Culture; tenure-track) Link Job description
- email acknowledgment (10/15)
- request for more writing samples (12/7)
- invitation to interview on campus (12/17)
- when are people interviewing?
- late Jan and early Feb
- Interviews complete (2/8)
- offer made and accepted (3/2)
University of California at Santa Barbara (Assistant Professor, Modern Japanese Cultural Studies; tenure-track)
- campus interviews held with 4 candidates (January and early February)
- Search is complete (offer made and accepted) (2/21)
Colgate University (Assistant Professor, Japanese Language and Literature; tenure-stream) Job description
- acknowledgment letter received (1/28)
- phone interviews in Japanese (2/15)
- campus visit (research talk, language class) scheduled for late Feb/early March (2/20)
- offer made, not yet accepted (3/10)
- search complete (3/17)
University of Colorado at Boulder (Assistant Professor, Early Modern Japanese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
- campus interview scheduled
- search is complete
Connecticut College (Assistant Professor, East Asian Studies; tenure-track) Job description
- e-mail acknowledgement (soon after submitting, prior to 10/15)
- telephone interview scheduled (12/7)
- campus interview scheduled (12/8)
- telephone interview scheduled for 12/11
- campus interview scheduled (12/11)
- when are the campus interviews being held? No talk?
- late January. the usual campus visit, including job talk.
- search complete. offer accepted (3/20)
Cornell University (Assistant Professor, Premodern Japanese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
- On-campus talks (4) scheduled (11/5 and week of 11/12); three candidates are currently profs elsewhere, one is ABD
- Finished.
- What is? The search? If so, successfully?
- Yes. Offer made and accepted.
Gustavus Adolphus College (Assistant Professor, Japanese Language, Literature, and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-Telephone interview scheduled 1/29
- offer made, not yet accepted (3/10)
-Search successfully completed (3/20)
McGill University (Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
-email request for writing samples. (11/12)
-has anyone heard anything about this job?
- rejection letter received, indicated both positions had been filled (2/21)
McGill University (Assistant Professor, Japanese Film, Visual Culture or Popular Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-anyone hear anything about this McGill job?
- I heard through the grapevine that at least one of these McGill jobs was filled, but I have no other confirmation.
- Received rejection letter stating it was filled (2/22)
Montana State University, Bozeman (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description [added Feb 16 2008]
-Campus Visits until Feb 7
-Has anyone heard back?
-Rejection received (3/27) - indicated search was complete
-Position filled
University of Oregon (Assistant Professor, Japanese or Chinese Literature, Culture, and/or Visual Media; tenure-track) Job description
-form letter acknowledgment (early Nov.)
-telephone interview scheduled (11/20)
-campus interview held (12/3)
-rejection letter received (1/22) - indicated search was complete
Pennsylvania State University (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Comparative Literature and Japanese; open rank) Job description
- they've been trying to fill this position for years, without much luck
- the above is simply not true; this is a replacement for a faculty member who left the profession at the end of 2006-07; the person who posted the above is perhaps thinking of a position advertised two years ago, which was (and still is) filled.
- thanks for the clarification; i guess that the wording of the ad seems like it has been the same each year, giving the impression that it was the same job that was going unfilled
- request for writing sample (11/26)
- telephone interview scheduled (12/5)
- telephone call to schedule MLA interview. (12/5)
- was a specific time set for MLA, or did they just inquire about your availability?-thanks
- was asked which day would be best and was told secretary would get back to me about exact time slot
- actual time slot at MLA given. (12/17)
- campus interview scheduled (1/10) Schedule
- decision made (2/2)
- does that mean offer made and accepted?
- Yes. (2/14)
- Hmm. Well, in my case an offer was made a while ago, but I haven't yet accepted. (2/19)
- So... were two offers made and the first rejected?
- Offer declined (2/28)
- The first offer was accepted, then turned down in favor of another position. So did the second offer get accepted? (3/3)
- "The first offer was accepted, then turned down in favor of another position." Word to the wise: In addition to being unethical, stunts like that can quite easily get you blacklisted in the profession.
- Maybe I was the second, but I declined in favor of another job before my deadline....
-Heard this position was filled
- Got a letter indicating the position was filled. May 22! Seems awfully late...
Skidmore College (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
- anyone hear anything from Skidmore?
- not even an acknowledgment (usually the sign of a search in disarray)
- Still nothing? Has anyone been contacted?
- They're on break until 1/22, as are a lot of schools. Doubt we'll hear anything before then.
- They interviewed at the MLA in December
- Invitations to campus planned in late January
-Rejection letter received dated 3/4, stated position had been filled
University of Vermont (Assistant Professor, Japanese Language and Literature; tenure-track) Job description
- conference interview 11/2
- which conference was this? or was it a telephone interview?-thanks
- It was the AJLS conference in Princeton
- Campus interview scheduled
- heard offers were made for this position.
- offers plural? was their first offer turned down?
- received rejection letter (dated 1/10) - does not specifically state they successfully completed the search, though
- was the letter received after a campus visit?
- No - never did even a phone interview
- search has been completed; position accepted by Kyle Ikeda (Ph.D. Hawai'i)
Washington State University (Assistant Professor, Japanese Language, Literature, and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
- Interviewed at MLA
- Search successfully completed (1/30)
University of Alberta (Assistant/Associate Professor, Japanese Cultural Studies; tenure-track/tenured) Job description
-Did the tenured person there retire (or move elsewhere), or is this just an additional position?
-the tenured person (Janice Brown?) has apparently become chair of EALC at the University of Colorado (Boulder)
-some campus visits conducted in late January
Bridgewater State College (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
University of California, Los Angeles (Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Chair in the Study of Contemporary Japan; tenured) Job description
University of California, Riverside (Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
- form-letter acknowledgment (11/2)
- telephone interview scheduled (12/11)
- any invites yet?
- campus visits scheduled through late January
- rejection letter received (2/28)
- did the letter state that the position had been filled?
-Heard this position was filled
Carthage College (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
-MLA interview scheduled (12/11)
University of Chicago (Assistant Professor, Premodern Japanese Literary and Cultural Studies; tenure-track) Job description
- what appear to be job talks on department calendar, mid.Jan-early Feb http://ealc.uchicago.edu/calendar.shtml
- failed search
- yet again. Man, they can't get their s%%% straight, can they?
- received a letter (dated 7/2) saying they had filled the position - pretty unclassy move if it really was a failed search
Elon University (Visiting Professor, Japanese; three-year VAP) Job description
University of Manchester, UK (Permanent Lectureship, i.e. "tenure" from the very beginning, with special focus on either visual studies, translation studies, or both)
NOTE that Manchester has specified they will fly in shortlisted candidates for interview and international scholars are particularly encouraged to apply Job description
Middlebury College (Visiting Assistant Professor, Japanese Studies; two-year VAP) Job description
- - Got an application recept letter saying review of apps would begin week of March 3. 3\14.
Middle Tennessee State University (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Japanese; open-rank) Job description
New York University (Assistant Professor, Modern Japanese and Comparative Literature; tenure-track) Job description
- email acknowledgment (11/16)
- request for more written material (11/20)
- request for sample syllabi (12/3)
- any word from these folks?
- nothing yet, but they're not back from break for some time.
- campus invite.Schedule
- decision made (3/17)
- hmm, I heard through the grape-vine this search failed....
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
- phone interview in late January
- they want someone to teach film studies, anime, and Japanese business culture, but no language
University of Oregon (Department Head, East Asian Languages and Literature; tenured) Job description
- rejection letter received (Feb)
University of Pittsburgh (Visiting Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature; one-year VAP) Job description
San Jose State University (Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature; tenure-track) Job description - DOWNLOAD PDF
- request for more information (11/26)
- MLA interview scheduled (12/6)
- Interviews conducted at MLA in late December - invitations to campus planned in late January
- Has anybody heard from them?
-Letter received 3/31 stating this year's search was called off due to budgetary uncertainty.
University of Utah (Visiting Assistant Professor/Lecturer; 1-year VAP/lectureship, one or two positions) Job description
University of California, Santa Cruz (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Language Program; tenure-track/tenured, up to 3 positions, Japanese possible) Job description - DOWNLOAD PDF
Indiana University (Assistant Professor/Language Program Coordinator, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
University of Oregon (Assistant Professor, East Asian Linguistics; tenure-track) Job description
San Diego State University (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
UCLA - unconfirmed
New York University - unconfirmed
William & Mary - unconfirmed
- Heard they were sticking with a temporary person this year; possible job next cycle
Question: ACTFL Conference (in San Antonio, TX) http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=4452
is around the corner.
Do people get screen/initial interviews there in San Antonio?
-Reply: perhaps in language/linguistics; Japanese literature SC's tend to do prelim interviews either by phone or at the MLA
Question: any sense of how many applicants per job, either on average or for any given position?
Note for updaters: Please mark a new sub-entry with a dash, and add the date. This keeps entries easy to read & development over time clear. Add writing sample requests, interview requests, and campus visit requests as they happen. Add any other pertinent information that you might know about the status of a given search.
Like this:
Small Liberal Arts College (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
- acknowledgment received (by postcard) 10/4
- writing sample requested (by email) 10/9
- phone interview scheduled 10/10
Please pass the URL around! We need more updaters if the wiki is to be useful.
How many people use the wiki?
Add a number to the "wiki-counter."
Do NOT change the counter for friends/colleagues.
I'm on the market: 10
I'm a lurker: 4
Searches completed:
Literature/Language/Culture
Brown University (Assistant Professor, Modern Japanese Language, Literature and Culture; tenure-track) Link Job description
- email acknowledgment (10/15)
- request for more writing samples (12/7)
- invitation to interview on campus (12/17)
- when are people interviewing?
- late Jan and early Feb
- Interviews complete (2/8)
- offer made and accepted (3/2)
University of California at Santa Barbara (Assistant Professor, Modern Japanese Cultural Studies; tenure-track)
- campus interviews held with 4 candidates (January and early February)
- Search is complete (offer made and accepted) (2/21)
Colgate University (Assistant Professor, Japanese Language and Literature; tenure-stream) Job description
- acknowledgment letter received (1/28)
- phone interviews in Japanese (2/15)
- campus visit (research talk, language class) scheduled for late Feb/early March (2/20)
- offer made, not yet accepted (3/10)
- search complete (3/17)
University of Colorado at Boulder (Assistant Professor, Early Modern Japanese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
- campus interview scheduled
- search is complete
Connecticut College (Assistant Professor, East Asian Studies; tenure-track) Job description
- e-mail acknowledgement (soon after submitting, prior to 10/15)
- telephone interview scheduled (12/7)
- campus interview scheduled (12/8)
- telephone interview scheduled for 12/11
- campus interview scheduled (12/11)
- when are the campus interviews being held? No talk?
- late January. the usual campus visit, including job talk.
- search complete. offer accepted (3/20)
Cornell University (Assistant Professor, Premodern Japanese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
- On-campus talks (4) scheduled (11/5 and week of 11/12); three candidates are currently profs elsewhere, one is ABD
- Finished.
- What is? The search? If so, successfully?
- Yes. Offer made and accepted.
Gustavus Adolphus College (Assistant Professor, Japanese Language, Literature, and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-Telephone interview scheduled 1/29
- offer made, not yet accepted (3/10)
-Search successfully completed (3/20)
McGill University (Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
-email request for writing samples. (11/12)
-has anyone heard anything about this job?
- rejection letter received, indicated both positions had been filled (2/21)
McGill University (Assistant Professor, Japanese Film, Visual Culture or Popular Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-anyone hear anything about this McGill job?
- I heard through the grapevine that at least one of these McGill jobs was filled, but I have no other confirmation.
- Received rejection letter stating it was filled (2/22)
Montana State University, Bozeman (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description [added Feb 16 2008]
-Campus Visits until Feb 7
-Has anyone heard back?
-Rejection received (3/27) - indicated search was complete
-Position filled
University of Oregon (Assistant Professor, Japanese or Chinese Literature, Culture, and/or Visual Media; tenure-track) Job description
-form letter acknowledgment (early Nov.)
-telephone interview scheduled (11/20)
-campus interview held (12/3)
-rejection letter received (1/22) - indicated search was complete
Pennsylvania State University (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Comparative Literature and Japanese; open rank) Job description
- they've been trying to fill this position for years, without much luck
- the above is simply not true; this is a replacement for a faculty member who left the profession at the end of 2006-07; the person who posted the above is perhaps thinking of a position advertised two years ago, which was (and still is) filled.
- thanks for the clarification; i guess that the wording of the ad seems like it has been the same each year, giving the impression that it was the same job that was going unfilled
- request for writing sample (11/26)
- telephone interview scheduled (12/5)
- telephone call to schedule MLA interview. (12/5)
- was a specific time set for MLA, or did they just inquire about your availability?-thanks
- was asked which day would be best and was told secretary would get back to me about exact time slot
- actual time slot at MLA given. (12/17)
- campus interview scheduled (1/10) Schedule
- decision made (2/2)
- does that mean offer made and accepted?
- Yes. (2/14)
- Hmm. Well, in my case an offer was made a while ago, but I haven't yet accepted. (2/19)
- So... were two offers made and the first rejected?
- Offer declined (2/28)
- The first offer was accepted, then turned down in favor of another position. So did the second offer get accepted? (3/3)
- "The first offer was accepted, then turned down in favor of another position." Word to the wise: In addition to being unethical, stunts like that can quite easily get you blacklisted in the profession.
- Maybe I was the second, but I declined in favor of another job before my deadline....
-Heard this position was filled
- Got a letter indicating the position was filled. May 22! Seems awfully late...
Skidmore College (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
- anyone hear anything from Skidmore?
- not even an acknowledgment (usually the sign of a search in disarray)
- Still nothing? Has anyone been contacted?
- They're on break until 1/22, as are a lot of schools. Doubt we'll hear anything before then.
- They interviewed at the MLA in December
- Invitations to campus planned in late January
-Rejection letter received dated 3/4, stated position had been filled
University of Vermont (Assistant Professor, Japanese Language and Literature; tenure-track) Job description
- conference interview 11/2
- which conference was this? or was it a telephone interview?-thanks
- It was the AJLS conference in Princeton
- Campus interview scheduled
- heard offers were made for this position.
- offers plural? was their first offer turned down?
- received rejection letter (dated 1/10) - does not specifically state they successfully completed the search, though
- was the letter received after a campus visit?
- No - never did even a phone interview
- search has been completed; position accepted by Kyle Ikeda (Ph.D. Hawai'i)
Washington State University (Assistant Professor, Japanese Language, Literature, and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
- Interviewed at MLA
- Search successfully completed (1/30)
Searches in progress:
Literature/Language/Culture
University of Alberta (Assistant/Associate Professor, Japanese Cultural Studies; tenure-track/tenured) Job description
-Did the tenured person there retire (or move elsewhere), or is this just an additional position?
-the tenured person (Janice Brown?) has apparently become chair of EALC at the University of Colorado (Boulder)
-some campus visits conducted in late January
Bridgewater State College (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
University of California, Los Angeles (Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Chair in the Study of Contemporary Japan; tenured) Job description
University of California, Riverside (Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
- form-letter acknowledgment (11/2)
- telephone interview scheduled (12/11)
- any invites yet?
- campus visits scheduled through late January
- rejection letter received (2/28)
- did the letter state that the position had been filled?
-Heard this position was filled
Carthage College (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
-MLA interview scheduled (12/11)
University of Chicago (Assistant Professor, Premodern Japanese Literary and Cultural Studies; tenure-track) Job description
- what appear to be job talks on department calendar, mid.Jan-early Feb http://ealc.uchicago.edu/calendar.shtml
- failed search
- yet again. Man, they can't get their s%%% straight, can they?
- received a letter (dated 7/2) saying they had filled the position - pretty unclassy move if it really was a failed search
Elon University (Visiting Professor, Japanese; three-year VAP) Job description
University of Manchester, UK (Permanent Lectureship, i.e. "tenure" from the very beginning, with special focus on either visual studies, translation studies, or both)
NOTE that Manchester has specified they will fly in shortlisted candidates for interview and international scholars are particularly encouraged to apply Job description
Middlebury College (Visiting Assistant Professor, Japanese Studies; two-year VAP) Job description
- - Got an application recept letter saying review of apps would begin week of March 3. 3\14.
Middle Tennessee State University (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Japanese; open-rank) Job description
New York University (Assistant Professor, Modern Japanese and Comparative Literature; tenure-track) Job description
- email acknowledgment (11/16)
- request for more written material (11/20)
- request for sample syllabi (12/3)
- any word from these folks?
- nothing yet, but they're not back from break for some time.
- campus invite.Schedule
- decision made (3/17)
- hmm, I heard through the grape-vine this search failed....
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
- phone interview in late January
- they want someone to teach film studies, anime, and Japanese business culture, but no language
University of Oregon (Department Head, East Asian Languages and Literature; tenured) Job description
- rejection letter received (Feb)
University of Pittsburgh (Visiting Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature; one-year VAP) Job description
San Jose State University (Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature; tenure-track) Job description - DOWNLOAD PDF
- request for more information (11/26)
- MLA interview scheduled (12/6)
- Interviews conducted at MLA in late December - invitations to campus planned in late January
- Has anybody heard from them?
-Letter received 3/31 stating this year's search was called off due to budgetary uncertainty.
University of Utah (Visiting Assistant Professor/Lecturer; 1-year VAP/lectureship, one or two positions) Job description
Linguistics/Pedagogy
University of California, Santa Cruz (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Language Program; tenure-track/tenured, up to 3 positions, Japanese possible) Job description - DOWNLOAD PDF
Indiana University (Assistant Professor/Language Program Coordinator, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
University of Oregon (Assistant Professor, East Asian Linguistics; tenure-track) Job description
San Diego State University (Assistant Professor, Japanese; tenure-track) Job description
Possible openings/other questions/rumors:
UCLA - unconfirmed
William & Mary - unconfirmed
- Heard they were sticking with a temporary person this year; possible job next cycle
Question: ACTFL Conference (in San Antonio, TX) http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=4452
is around the corner.
Do people get screen/initial interviews there in San Antonio?
-Reply: perhaps in language/linguistics; Japanese literature SC's tend to do prelim interviews either by phone or at the MLA
Question: any sense of how many applicants per job, either on average or for any given position?