Cultural Anthropology (2008-2009 Search)


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American University (Anthro TT) - Accepted

Arizona State University (Anthro TT) - Accepted (3/6)

Bard College Accepted

Bloomsburg University of PA (2 visiting) Accepted (per rejection 4/28)

Bowdoin College (Anthro TT) - Accepted (HR website)

Bradley University (Anthro TT) Accepted 3/17

Bucknell University *TT) - Accepted (per rejection 3/04)

UC Davis (TT) - Accepted (per rejection email 6/2)

Coe College (post doc 2 years) - Accepted (per rejection letter 4/6)

Colby College (Faculty Fellow) - Accepted

Columbia University (TT Anthro/CSER) - (Accepted 4/01)

Cornell (TT Anthro/AIS) - Accepted, (per e-rejection 2/20)

CSU Sacramento - Accepted (per rejection 2/21)

Dowling College - Accepted (3/26)

Drake University - Accepted (per rejection 2/28)

Fairfield U - Accepted (per e-rejection 2/23)

George Washington Elliot School Accepted (6/24)

Goucher College - Accepted (per rejection)

Indiana U (Criminal Justice) - Offer accepted (per rejection)

Indiana U of Pennsylvania (TT assistant, 1 of 2) - Offer happily accepted (!) (3/2); 2nd cultural position filled (week of 3/9)

Indiana U Purdue U Fort Wayne (TT Anthro) - Accepted (3/2)

U Kansas (TT medical) - Accepted (2/17)

Lafayette College (TT Cultural) - Accepted

Loyola University Chicago (2 yr) - Accepted

Mary Baldwin College (VAP Cultural) - Accepted (3/13)

Miami University, Middletown (VAP) - Accepted (per rejection)

U. Mississippi (TT Latin America) - Accepted

U. of Notre Dame (TT Africa/Peace Studies) - Accepted (3/22)

U. of the Pacific - Accepted

Portland State (TT Anthro)Accepted

Pratt Institute (TT Urban Studies) - Accepted, according to History Wiki

Roger Williams University (TT Anthro) - Accepted (3/9)

Rutgers (Anthro TT) - Accepted

Salve Regina University (TT anthro) - Accepted (per rejection)

St. Lawrence University (Anthro/African Studies TT) - Accepted (2/26)

Southwestern U (Anthro TT) - Accepted

Spelman College (TT Anthro) - Accepted (per rejection 4/21)

Temple University (TT Anthro) - Accepted

Trinity U (Anthro TT) - Accepted (per rejection 2/17)

Union College (Anthro TT and Visiting)

U. of Akron (Anthro TT) - Accepted (2/19)

U of Arkansas at Little Rock (Anthro TT) - per rejection

Utica College - (per rejection letter 6/1)

Vanderbilt (VAP) (5-11)

Washburn (TT) - (per rejection 4/23)

Washington University (Anthro TT) - Accepted (3/13)South Asia or China? - south asia position given to historian, not an anthropologist.

Western Kentucky U (Visual TT) - Accepted (2/16)



Arizona State University - (2/22)

Bard College - (3/13)

College of the Holy Cross

Columbia University Anthro/CSER (3/4)

Cornell College

Dayton (University of Dayton) - 11/13

Drew University - 2/12

Indiana U of Pennsylvania (TT assistant, 1 of 2) (3/2)

Kennesaw State - Friend has received offer. (2/11 offer not accepted)

Macalester College (TT assistant) - per rejection letter

Michigan State (TT med anthro) - per rejection

New School (Anthro TT) - offer extended (3/11)

New School (TT human rights) - per rejection (4-21)

Northeastern University

Notre Dame (TT assistant Peace Studies)

Portland State (TT assistant)

Purdue - per rejection letter

Temple University (TT assistant)

Texas Tech (TT Anthro) any decisions here?

U Chicago (TT Comp Hum Dev) - offer extended

U Denver (TT Anthro) - offer extended

U Michigan, Ann Arbor (Cultural Anthro) - offer extended

UOP Stockton, offer extended, congrats to whoever got through this most confused search

Washburn (TT): offer extended, declined(2/11); additional candidate invited for interview (2/20, declined; 2/23, declined); Why so many declines? Any updates? (4/3); I declined because I had already accepted another offer.

Wayne State U (TT medical) first offer not accepted, second offer extended

Wesleyan U (TT assistant) 3/5

Yale U (TT; South Asia) - offer extended

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Arizona State University (TT assistant, med anthro) - 11/5
Auburn - 01/15
Bard College - 01/15
Bradley University - 12/18
Brown U (2 year VAP, gender) - 12/11; offer accepted (4/3)
Bucknell University (TT assistant)
Case Western (TT, med anthro) - 12/16
Coe College (2 year post-doc)
College of William and Mary
Columbia U. (TT open rank) -12/12
CSU Sacramento (TT assistant, human rights) - 12/11
Dowling (TT assistant) - 2/2
Drake University - 12/18
Drexel (TT assistant) - 12/24
Duke (TT assitant) - 1/15
Fairfield U (TT assistant) - 11/25
Georgia State University (Lecturer) - 12/15
Indiana U of Pennsylvania (TT); scheduling campus visits as of 1/30
Kansas University (TT assistant, med anthro) - 1/6
Kutztown University (TT assistant, cultural) - 2/22
Lafayette College (TT assistant) - February
Loyola University Chicago (2 yr) - 4/1
Michigan State (TT assistant med anth) - February
New School (TT human rights) - 12/23
New School (TT STS) - 1/28
Northeastern (TT-Globalization) 1/23
Northwestern U (MENA TT) - 12/09
Notre Dame (TT, Africa/Development) - 12/10
Oregon State (TT assistant) - 12/15, 12/17, 12/18a
Pratt Institute (TT assistant) - 3/??, 3/??, 3/26, 4/1 - there are 4 finalists
Purdue University West Lafayette (main campus)
Queens College (CUNY TT) 2/3?
Roger Williams University (TT asst.)
Salve Regina University (TT assistant)
Southern Methodist U (TT assistant med anthro) - 12/3
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (TT assistant med anthro) - 2/10
Spelman College - 1/27
St. Lawrence University (TT assistant, Africa) - 12/10
Temple (TT, cultural anth) - 12/23
Texas Tech (TT, cultural) 12/5
Trinity College (TT, political ecology) 1/30
Tulane U (TT) short list 1/23 - See below
UC Davis (TT, sociocult anth) - 1/9
UC San Diego - 2/23
University of Chicago (Comp Hum Dev) - 12/19
University of North Carolina (TT/Ecological) - 2/11
U. of North Texas per rejection letter (3/30)
University of the Pacific - 3/10
U Penn (TT Medical Ethics) - 12/19
U Rochester (TT China Anthro) - 1/20
U Texas Austin (TT assistant, Folklore) 12/12
U Texas Austin (African Diaspora) 1/5
U Toronto-Scarborough (Open rank)
Wayne State U
Washington U. in St. Louis (TT assistant, South Asia) - 12/1
Washington U. in St. Louis (TT assistant, China) 1/28
Wesleyan University (TT anth/sts)- 1/15
Willamette U (TT assistant, Islam) - 12/15

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Things are moving well on this front. Got a callback, but waiting for general manager approval. Lack of experience is my main concern.
- Excellent! Can you find out if they need anyone else?
- I dunno man, I heard they might have a hiring freeze. Check this out: http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/10/03/applebees-acquisition-going-worse-than-anyone-had-predicted/


Q: Did anybody hear from American University DC (tenure track assistant p.+ TT open rank) ?
A: American is killing me...almost everyone I know on the market has applied there. But no info.
A: According to the acknowledge letter, they would select the first shortlist later Oct or early Nov, so I assume that they are contacting or already contacted those candidates who make the first round.
A: Ditto. Seems to me there are not enough people using the wiki for it to be really effective...
Q: Wait - did you get an acknowledgment of receipt letter from American? I didn't even get that, and it's been weeks now...
A: I did receive an email acknowledgment from the search chair several days after I sent my application (I sent mine in Sep, which is kind of early. Perhaps that is why they managed to send me the acknowledgement).
A: Hmm...I think I sent mine in September too but did not get an email acknowledgment (but I did FedEx it so I know it was received). Might be a poorly organized search.
A: I too have not received any acknowledgment from them
A: Same here :)
Rejected via email (12/9) - short list of 34 candidates
Q: Did whoever receive a rejection receive an acknowledgment earlier? I am starting to think my app was never processed.
A: I'm kind of thinking the same, no sign from them whatsoever UPDATE got a gracious rejection email this morning (12/10)
- Same here, first contact but a very nice email rejection (12/10). Maybe they saw or heard of the wiki? ;)
Q: Is anyone who are on the short list of 34 being contacted?
A: I never got any word from them after submitting, either. It seems like there are at least several of us in this position, so I'm thinking it's unlikely that our apps got lost or not processed...
A: Well, I received the rejection email today (12/10) so presumably they are sending the notice out in batches.
I just got my rejection email (12/10). How is a list of 34 a short list? I'd hate to see their long list.
Q: Nobody here was informed of being "short" listed?
Q: Is anyone else in the "no rejection/no campus visit" limbo?
A: I am. Never received confirmation of receipt of app, no rejection, nothing.
A: Job Offered :)


Scheduling meetings at the AAAs (11/11)

Anyone hear anything? (2/15)
Contacted references (2/18) but I've heard nothing since.
call for campus interview (3/3)

scheduling AAA interviews (11/12)
Has anyone heard anything more about this position?
They told me they will be making decisions around 01/15 and campus visits end of month.
Campus visits scheduled 1/15

Q: Has anyone heard from Bard? Are they scheduling interviews in San Francisco?
A: I am not sure, but I think they are not
Q: any evidence for this? as someone pointed out below...whether or not AAA booths are reserved does not mean anything. (interviews are usually held in a hotel)
A: They didn't say anything about the AAA in their job announcement, so I just assumed. Also, if they are open to hiring a geographer, it might not make sense for them to do the AAA thing for the anthropologists and phone interviews with the geographers. I don't know, I'm just making this up :)
A: a lot of institutions don't mention the AAA in their job announcement...but the geography thing is a good point.
Q: is there a Geography wiki this might be on?
Looks like there is some movement on this search.
What does "some movement" mean?
meaning the search is active, not canceled.
They have at the very least a long list

Q: Was anyone contacted by them?
yes but just for references.
A: yes, just for references
Campus visits scheduled. 01/15
job offered

Invited campus visit (3/23)

This search is still active. Not frozen, not canceled.
Q: Has anyone received a confirmation of receipt of application?
A: No confirmation at all, and I submitted in mid-November. (12/23)
Reference letters requested (12/22)
Q: Did they request from you directly or from your references? (12/28)
A: Letters were requested directly from me
Q: Anybody else hear back from Boston? For the person whose ref letters were requested (12/22), may I ask when you had submitted your application to them?
A: I haven't heard anything either, no confirmation, nothing.
Just spoke to someone in the department. Letters haven't gone out yet but they have selected finalists to be interviewed. (1/21)
Q: Letters to the finalists? Wouldn't they call?
A: Not sure. I called to ask if they received my app because I never received akn and I was told that I was not selected and that they have yet to send letters out to applicants. So not sure. If they have contacted anyone or not.
Rejection letter (1/31)

Ack letter (3/16)
Conducted phone interviews last week (4/13)

conducted phone interviews (11/10)
has anyone heard anything since?

Heard the search was canceled due to budget (2/9)

An ack. ltr. on November 10 said they will invite applicants to campus for interviews in November
Scheduling on-campus interviews (12/12)

Ack. email with demographic data questionnaire(12/3)
Heard from a referee that they asked for a recommendation (12/8)
good to know this search hasn't been cancelled!
Ack. email with demographic data questionnaire(12/18)
Request for writing samples (12/24)
Received rejection letter (01/12)
Hm. Is there anyone else out there who did get the ack email/ demography questionnaire, but who didn't get any writing requests and who didn't get a rejection (1-22)?
Brandeis has huge budget issues so who knows if this search will even continue
Job talks scheduled (Feb.)

AAA interviews

arranging preliminary interviews for the AAAs (11/10)
scheduled phone interview (12/3)
any news? They were supposed to invite candidates soon (12/18)
Candidates have been invited for on-campus interviews. I don't know when they actually invited them. (1/10)

Acknowledgment of receipt letter (1/31)

Q: Has anybody heard anything? Their website says that they were going to choose semifinalists by 2/15, but that was based on their original application date of 1/15; the application was later extended to 1/31, and I thought that they may have extended the whole process accordingly. (2/28)
A: I received a "dear colleague" email on 2/26, saying that their records showed I had applied through the online system but that they had not received my materials, and could I email them. No word on timeline.
A: I also received the same "dear colleague" email as above on Feb 27. My guess is that they lost the applications since I had clear records of having sent them everything from my dossier service.
Comment: I visited the CIIS while I was in San Fran for the AAAs this past year. I'm a pretty alternative, progressive kinda guy, but it is a seriously flaky place, and I decided not to apply even though I fit the description to a "T". I'd do some serious research into their credentials before accepting a job there. Also, it would be nearly impossible to survive in the SF area on what they pay.
3/12 Contacted for phone interview by e-mail.
3/18 E-mail stating 25 out of 130 people were selected for telephone interviews, which seems like a lot of people. Timeline was not given.

scheduling interviews at AAA (10/30)
requested letters and writing samples (12/10)
Q: They asked for more writing samples, in addition to what you sent with the application?
A: Yes. Publications/Diss materials.

sched aaa interviews (11/10)
Q: Any news here?
rejection (mid Mar).

11/10: scheduling AAA interviews
Q: Any news here?
Campus visits scheduled (12/15)


Q: Does anybody have information on this search?

Requested letters. (11/11)
Scheduling AAA interviews (11/11)
Email request for letters and AAA interview (11/18)
Email request for additional materials after AAA interview (11/24)
ditto (11/24)
ditto for me (11/24)
Does anyone know how long this "additional materials" list is? The e-mail said "shortlisted" candidates,
but so far it seems they are requesting material from everyone they interviewed at AAAs. (12/12)
I believe it is everyone they interviewed at the AAAs though I am not positive.
I would think so too. I also interviewed and received the request for additional materials. (11/24). Anyone else on this list? (Yes -#4)
They also requested additional materials from me and at AAA I was told that they would be inviting about 3 candidates to interview in mid-January. I think she said the week of the 15th. (Yes #2 above)
Q: Any news here?
Q: I am assuming they have already invited candidates to campus. Anyone know for sure?
Q: I haven't heard anything either way.
Q: Anything here? Anybody have any info at all? 01/01
A: A friend of a friend has a campus interview scheduled. I'm not sure when the invitation was extended. 01/06
Heard from the search chair that an offer has been made.

Contacted for interviews at AAA (11/12) Anyone who interviewed there know the timeline for shortlisting?
Received request for letters and more info, but didn't have AAA interview. (12/17) x3
Email said committee will meet after Jan 19
Received request for letters and other materials - did have AAA interview (12/17)X2
Any news? (1/27)(2/15)? WHAT IS UP WITH THIS POSITION?
Read the state has a hiring freeze...could it be canceled? 2/17
Higher education is exempt from the freeze, according to the governor's statement 2/17
Should we draw straws for who has to call them and see what their status is ;)
safest bet: someone with another offer call and ask: "I have this other offer, but I am still VERY interested in your position"
Any news?
campus visits are happening, no offer yet made (2/27)
Rejection letter said position has been filled (3/23)

any word on this one, 1/27
Campus visits scheduled for Feb

contacted for additional writing samples (11/7)
also sent letters rejecting some candidates (11/7)
Scheduled interviews during AAA meetings and over the phone with those not attending (11/30).
Scheduling campus visits (12/12)
Has anyone who was interviewed received a rejection yet? If so, how? Thanks. (12/17)


has anyone received information about this search?

Any news (March 19)?
Scheduling campus visits (04/10)

Scheduling phone interviews and AAA interviews (10/27)
Has anybody who interviewed at AAA heard more from Dowling? (01/01)
My sense from the interview was that they weren't moving forward with the process until late-Jan/early Feb. Anyone else?
Campus interviews are being scheduled for late Feb.

Requesting letters and follow-up materials (11/14)
Scheduling telephone interviews with seven candidates (12/5)
Two finalists invited for campus interviews (12/18)
Offer accepted per rejection letter (2/28)

contacted for AAA interview
contacted for campus visit (12/24)
any news? has an offer been made?

contacted for AAA interviews (11/15)
Requested letters of rec, teaching evals and intro syllabi by 12/21. State they intend late Dec. short-list and Jan. campus interviews.
Has anyone heard anything from Drew?
I got a "no" last week (2/24)

Any AAA word from Duke? (11/17)
Word on the street is that this is a race job to replace faculty who left for Penn last year two years ago.
Requested letters of recommendation (12/2, 12/11)
Any more information on the Duke search?
Scheduling campus visits 1/15
Campus visit scheduled 1/13
Rejection email 1/22

rejection email, 1/27

Rejection by mail (3/1)
Rejection by mail (3/4), dated 2/25 and stating search is completed.
Q: I wonder what that means? I received ack back in Dec, but I haven't heard a thing since.
A: I got the second letter above. I never received any kind of ack until the rejection letter.
Comment: Makes me wonder if they had an inside candidate.

Rejection email (3/9)


Any news on this search? Did they interview at AAA or AAR?
I haven't heard anything and I know they did not interview at the AAA. I got a letter early on stating that they had recieved my application.
I'm assuming that they will start moving again when classes start in January.
Well, it's now Feb., any news?
Also haven't heard anything. Sent an e-mail note to the search chair on 1/30 asking for an update; haven't heard anything back yet (as of 2/8).
I too have not heard a word.
Hmm. I wonder if there is a hiring freeze. In any case, it would be nice to know what is going on.
Well, I've already written to them once (no response) and don't want to be seen as a pest. Maybe someone else could shoot them an e-mail asking what's up, and let us know if you get a response.
I emailed and...no response. I wonder what's going on.
Same here. I'm guessing internal struggles.
Campus Visits finished 3/11
"I'm guessing internal struggles." hmmm sounds like u know something! :)




scheduling AAA interviews (11/12)
Scheduled phone interviews (12/10)
Requested letters, additional material (12/19)
Just got an acknowledgment letter saying review process begins soon (12/29)
Any updates? My last contact (12/28) said interviews were anticipated for mid to late Jan but no further information... (1/15)
Have they scheduled interviews for both positions? In Dec. IUP said 6 candidates would come for campus interviews for 2 TT positions? Above it says scheduling interviews as of 1/30, but is that for both? (2/6)
My understanding is that they aren't making a distinction between the two positions during the hiring process. Candidates coming to campus throughout February with the top two being taken on as new hires (2/11)

Scheduled interviews at AAA
Scheduled phone interviews (12/10)
Q:Is the above line right, or was it mixed up with IUP above? Please confirm.
A: Confirmed; I thought it odd, too, since they did so many interviews at the AAAs. They have 7 or 8 time slots for phone interviews for 12/17 and 12/18.
A: I had a 30 min phone interview after my AAA interview with a request for 2 writing samples and RECO letters 12/18
Campus visit scheduled (1/23, 1/26)

Has anyone heard anything about this position? Is the search still moving forward?

Requested follow-up materials 11/15
Q: Is this a TT position?
A: I believe so, can't find the exact wording now.
Q: What kind of "follow-up materials" ? In my case, they phoned me just to tell me they are going to call my references, and didn't ask for any additional material.
A: Same follow-up materials-reference letters.
scheduled phone interviews 11/26
scheduling on-campus visits 12/5
Q: Anybody did phone interview, but not invited for on-campus interview?

Any news here?
Nothing on my end (3/6/09)
Nothing here, either (3/9)
They held their on campus interviews this week (week of 3/9).

scheduling AAA interviews (11/14)
Any news here?
At AAA - they mentioned that they would not be contacting people for on-campus visits until after the holidays.

Q: Anything here?
Request for more materials (2/19)

request for more materials (2/23)
campus visits scheduled

requested letters and writing sample (10/27);
scheduling AAA interviews (11/13)
Q: Was anyone asked for materials by Macalester but not asked for a AAA interview??
A: Me
A: Me too.
A: Me three.
A: Not that you need another "me too," but it makes me feel better: Me four.
A: Me five. Let's see how many we can get?
A: Me six...
A: Me seven!
Q: Was anyone asked for a AAA interview with Mac?
A: Yes. Seems like they are interviewing about 8 people given time slot info.
Received rejection letter (12/12)
Received rejection letter (after AAA interview) 12/15
Rejection letter (12/15)
Q: Is anyone else in the "no rejection/no campus visit" limbo?
A: Me - oops, I take it back. The rejection letter came in the mail.
A: Very nice of them to send rejections....
A: Yes, "nice," though some might expect any institution could generate a form letter or email
out of either politeness or professionalism. or maybe that's just me.

Acknowledgment of receipt (1/20)
Heard long short list made (mid-Feb.)
Had phone interview(2/24)
Q: Anyone heard if they've scheduled campus visits yet?
A: Scheduled campus visits 2/23

Ack email (3/6)
Rejection email (4/21)

scheduling meetings at AAA
Q: What's up w/ scheduling meetings weeks before the deadline?
Does this mean don't bother to apply? Very discouraging.
It doesn't mean anything except that they selected some candidates to interview of those who had submitted their materials prior to the AAA.
Request for letter and additional materials (12/17)
Any word on when campus visits will be scheduled? (1/19)
Campus visits were scheduled and candidates have been on campus this week (and last week). 2/11

short list made, requesting references
Have campus visits been scheduled? ;)
- Don't give up!
- Man, I got bumped by someone who "better fit the needs of the basement at this time." But it was a nice rejection - mom said she really enjoyed getting to know my work better, so...

Acknowledgment of Receipt (11-18)
NY Times article 12/11 mention in passing a hiring freeze at New School ( http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/nyregion/11kerrey.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=new%20school&st=cse). Haven't heard that confirmed though.
- Campus visits scheduled so either the article is incorrect, the freeze is partial, or they are optimistic (or all of the above).
Email rejection received (4-21, said they made and offer)

informed that I am on long list, requested letters (12/9)
Q: Did they contact you or you heard from your referee?
A: contacted me.
- See above (NY Times article 12/11 mention in passing a hiring freeze at New School)
Long short list drawn up.
Q: How do you know?
Q: Yes, how do you know that the "long short" list is drawn up? is that the long & the short?
A: I DO know...its a long short list at this point.
A: thanks! that clarifies.
Q: No, that doesn't clarify anything. My question (4 above) was HOW do you know. Were you contacted? Did they contact your letter writer?
UPDATE: The short list is drawn up - they've scheduled campus visits in February.
Rejection snail-mail received (1/26).
Q: Did they have interviews or did they schedule campus visits as the next step from the long short list?

Re-posted 1/28. Anyone know why?
Did anyone receive akn? Where was it reposted? 1/28
Reposted in Chronicle
A: applied first time, never received ack. Considering re-applying (Maybe they lost the apps?)
A: Word is, if you applied by the 1/21 deadline, there's no need to re-apply. Apparently a bureaucratic snafu with posting required them to re-post the ad on the NSSR website for 10 days, even though the closing date has passed.
Notified that I am on the long list, requested letters 2/2
Any further movement here? (2/24)
Scheduling campus visits (2/26)

interviewing at AAA
interviewed 20 people at AAA
any news?
request for additional materials (12/19)
Q: Did anyone else get the request for additional material w/o being interviewed at AAAs?
Q: What did they ask for and when did you get the notice?
A: They asked for sample syllabi and writing samples on Dec 19 (I am the one not interviewed at the AAAs though I was there).
I understand they planned on meeting to make their final list for campus visits on 1/12
Campus visit scheduled

ack by email (12/1)
rejection email (12/19)

Q: Any news here?

Anyone hear anything?
According to http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Anthro_sociolinguistics07-08 they scheduled campus interviews for February on 12/18.

Good question. I suspect it was the same that happened to the U Toronto Scarborough listing; once it reached the stage of rejects and campus visits, someone moved them to the top but also deleted the thread. Why don't we all agree to leave the threads down here so we can see the history of the search?
- Email rejection (12/30)

Q: Position had been closed, but now there's an active link to a pdf flyer advertising the position. (No date on the flyer, but it was created in October 2008, so it's from the original posting). Anyone know if the competition has been re-opened?

11/08: scheduling interviews at AAA
At AAA meeting said they will do campus interviews in Jan, shortlist in mid-Dec (11/22)
Anymore word on this one (12/11)?
No, but they seemed to allude to the idea that the position might get pulled due to funding during the interview.
Phone interview scheduled for week after AAA's was canceled due to "changing circumstances of search." Not clear if search on hold.
Q: Anything new here? Anyone know if the search has in fact been canceled?
A: I contacted them right before Christmas and they were able to tell me that the search had not been cancelled, but couldn't give me any more info.
Asked for more information (1/9)
Q: No one has heard anything recently about the status of the search? I emailed them in early Jan. to let them know I had my teaching evaluations ready if they were interested, and they said to send them, but didn't give me any other info...
Received two-sentence rejection email (2/3) (had AAA interview and was asked for rec letters) x2
A: Offer Extended :-)

12/18: Ack. letter received
NB this job also listed on the history page http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Non-Geographical/Methodologically_Oriented
2/5/09: Ack. postcard received stating that due to computer crash when sending out ack. letters, the department is now "taking the less formal means" of sending out ack. postcards through snail mail.
2/11: Friend not on Wiki has had telephone interview (clarified 2/20)
Q: Has anyone else been invited for job talk???
2/19: I had phone interview, thought they were making the final cut for campus visits in a couple of weeks. Have you already been invited for campus visit?
A: No, have not been invited (yet) but it looks as if above poster's friend got invited already!? (See 2/11 entry) Or was that for a phone interview? Please clarify.
A: I'm the earlier 2/19 poster, I've had 2 rounds of phone interview, I don't believe they've asked anyone to campus yet.
2/25: any further progress?
2/25: Friend invited for on-campus interview.
4/12: Any offer here?

Ack email/EE form (3/9)

scheduling informal meetings at the AAA (11/4)
Q: Does the SC use the term "informal meeting?" And what is that, anyway?
A: In my experience, an informal or informational meeting is conducted when the employers are constrained in some way; i.e. their HR may not allow them to conduct interviews at national meetings if some candidates cannot attend. There may be all sorts of reasons.
Campus visits scheduled
Q: is this fort wayne or west lafayatte?
A: West Lafayette.

Q: Has anybody heard anything?
A: They finished campus visits in Jan. (1/30)

Acknowledgment and AA Form (11/29)
requested letters 12/15
ditto 12/15
any more news post letter request? 12/19
Imagine they are off for holidays
Any additional word here?
Yes anyone, any news on this 1/20
Still no word. Anyone hear anything yet? 2/1
Scheduled campus visits 2/03
Has anyone received a rejection letter yet? (2/8)

Ack ltr 1/25
rejection letter 1/29

requesting letters as of 11/14
interviews at AAA but scheduled during the meetings
rejection letter received 1/12
campus interviews scheduled for January
rejection email, following campus visit (2/13)

scheduling 15 min meetings at AAA (11/10)
scheduling 20 minute phone interviews in mid-January (12/17)
are these phone interviews follow-ups or only for folks who weren't at AAAs?
A: I got interviewed at AAA now they want to phone me and have asked for a teaching philosopy and letters
2/2: Invited for campus interview (mid-Feb.)

Scheduled AAA interviews
- Invited for campus visit

Funding delayed but now approved. Will continue search in the new year. (Email 12/5)
Rejection email in Feb.

Scheduling AAA interviews (11/4)
Q: Any more news here?
A: No, but given that searches seem to be canceled to the left and right, they might be waiting for a go ahead (pure speculation on my part).
Q: Did anyone have interviews with them at the AAA? I didn't see them signed up at the cubicle forum at the conference, though that doesn't mean they didn't do interviews.
A: Yes, I did. They were in a hotel room.
A: Me, too. The interview was prearranged.
A: Me three.
Email rejection letter (12/11)
Q: Has anyone been contacted for more info/letters/campus visit?
A: Scheduling campus visits (12/12)
Q: Is anyone else in the "no rejection/no campus visit" limbo?
A: I am. Did the person/people who received the email rejection listed above have an interview at AAA?
A: Also in limbo.
A: Another person in "no rejection/no campus visit" limbo.
Q: A bit odd - what do you make of this?
Offer extended 2/6
Accepted 2/18

Scheduled informational meeting at AAA
Scheduling campus visits 1/27

Q: cult anth or ling anth? or both? people with info asked to contribute details about these searches!
A: I know there is a cult anthro search, I don't know about a ling one
A: Yes, there are two positions (both guaranteed, btw, not "pending funding"), one sociocultural, one linguistics. I applied for the former, turned the app in by hand, and they said they would be shortlisting this week (it's 16 november now). A friend/colleague/fellow applicant has also informed me that temple reserved space at the AAA meetings for interviews, so if a call is going to come, it will probably come very soon.
A: Scheduling AAA interviews (11/17) for cult anth position
Q: did anyone interview at AAA for cult anth, and get a sense of when campus visits would happen?
A: I interviewed there and got no sense at all! anyone else?
A: Letters and syllabi requested (11/29). I've no sense of when campus interviews might be scheduled.
Q: Has anyone heard about the status of the *ling* anth position?
Sadly, there seems to be no Wiki for ling anth this year ...
Actually there is (and it has the post-conference Temple ling anth update: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Anthro_sociolinguistics07-08
A: Campus visit scheduled (12/23)

Received acknowledgment of application, 2/23
Search Chair says top three (shortlisted) candidates will be notified by end of this week (3/30)
Anything? (4/5)
Perhaps shortlisted candidates are not using the wiki (4/7)
Campus interviews conducted, waiting for news (5/5)

received email rejection notice (12/2)
was anyone interviewed at AAA?
Yes, I was. They requested letters.
Has anyone heard anything recently? I received a cryptic e-mail last week saying my application "was complete". (12/15)
Was this after a AAA interview? Has anyone who was interviewed heard anything more?
They seem to be sitting on those extra materials for quite some time.
A: This was after a AAA interview. I e-mailed the secretary yesterday to ask if there was any movement on the search,
but they might have had a week of snow days by this point. (12/19)
Email rejection, noting that finalist campus interviews are being scheduled (01/26), same here (1/26) and might i add a wah wah
Hmm. Is there anyone else out there who did not get the 1/26 email or any other news from them since the AAA? ( 1/29)
I have received neither e-mail nor campus invitation. (1/29)
-I was interviewed at AAAs; they requested letters and additional materials. Today (1/30) got rejection letter by e-mail. Say they have scheduled campus visits.

Requesting additional materials, scheduling AAA interviews (11/12)
Q: Can we clarify which Trinity is doing what to whom?
A: Trinity University contacted the long shortlist (20 candidates) by phone for writing sample, recommendation letters, teaching evaluation if available, and scheduling AAA interview (or phone interview after AAA if not attending)
Q: Any further news after AAA interviews?
A: One of the interviewers told me that they would contact with news (presumably to schedule campus visits) before the Winter Break, probably later this week.
Q: Did the interviewee say that they would contact everyone who were interviewed at the AAA or only the few who made to the campus visit list before winter break?
A: I think everyone (that's what it sounded like at AAAs).
Campus visits have taken place. 2/2
Q: Uhm, ok. But no news on an offer?
A: Heard offer made. x2
Q: Any more info on this (when was offer made? Source?)
Offer extended 1/30; declined 2/6

Scheduling phone interviews (11/6)
Search suspended, pending budgetary outlook (12/12)

Scheduled interviews at AAA.
Got an email confirming receipt of application, and that review of apps will begin Jan. 1 (11/20)
So, were there AAA interviews? I sent in my app for the Dec 1 deadline and got the Jan 1 email. Anyone know what's up with this?
Yes, they had a few 'informal' AAA interviews
Had AAA interview and they contacted my references last week, but mentioned the review after 1/1.
No AAA interview, but all references contacted in Nov. No contact since, but found Jan 9 hit from Tulane to my web pages. Looks like they're drawing up the short list, or at least the long short list... No writing samples or support materials requested as of 1/23.
The comments added on 1/23 do not say anything about on-campus interviews being scheduled. Not sure about on-campus interviews but a friend with trustworthy info says they already have their short list.
Campus interview scheduled 1/26
WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE TULANE SEARCH? 3/30

Scheduling AAA interviews (11/15, 11/17, 11/18)
Requested letters and additional materials (12/9)
10 candidates on long list
Has anyone actually gotten a rejection from them?
Has anyone actually received a confirmation letter from them? (1/8)
Campus visits are being scheduled (1/8)
Would have been nice had they at least acknowledged receipt of my application.
2 TT positions budget cut to 1 TT and 1 visiting
heard they added another visiting position
Q: does anyone know when they are expecting to make an offer?
Heard from search chair that offer has been made for the TT position, and the committee will meet 02/24 to discuss the visiting positions. The TT offer has not yet been accepted. (02/23)
offer made for visiting position, assume this means that the TT was accepted


Phone interviews conducted
Wait! Tenure track or visiting?
Q: Any more info on this job? I got a rejection letter within a week of submitting my application but would like to know how many people made it to the next step.
Q: was this for the visiting or the tenure track? I am confused. I applied for the visiting one, but no word so far.
3/18 I applied for the tenure track position and got the above rejection letter within a week after their posted deadline. The notice was an e-mail and included no information about how many people applied or were selected to advance to the next step.

Q: Anyone heard anything?
A: Haven't heard a thing...

per communication with a member of the search committee, they have scheduled AAA interviews (11/15)
Interviews at AAA
request for letters 12/3
decision on short list supposed to be made 12/18
any news?
Received ack. letter (12/29)
Campus visits scheduled (12/23, 12/30, 12/31)

Q: Any word from UC Davis?
A: A friend got asked for more info (11/12)
[...]
I had an opportunity to speak with a faculty person from UC Davis, who confirms that they are not doing interviews at the AAAs (11/21).
According to the Dept website apps received by Dec 19 will now "receive full consideration."
[..]
Letters requested (heard from letter writer) 11/26
Q: Has anyone heard anything recently from Davis??
A: Campus interview scheduled 1/9
Email rejection 6/2 (pretty late if you ask me)

rec'd request to fill out Fed. citizenship statistics form, so the search definitely continues to move forward (1/9)
Email rejection (01/13)
Q: Did the form arrive via email or snail mail? (I've had neither rejection nor fill out request)(x5)
A: Form request arrived by email. Indicated it was pro forma, as per fed regulations, and not a part of the search. So maybe they are working down a long list?
Q: Was this rejection for the Anthro Mod Societies position or the Ethnic Studies position?
A: Sorry, it was for the Ethnic Studies position.
Any additional word here?
A: Have heard nothing, 1/19 (x2)
Weird! I am the person who rec'd the first form request on 1/9 and I just received an identical email to fill out the same form!? (1/23)
I just got the email form from them for the first time (1/23) and I only applied for the Mod Societies (not the ethnic studies) position. Did you (the above poster) perhaps apply for both, so you're getting one form for each?
UCSD Anthro Long List dropped 1/23. Refs and writings req'd. (x2 for mod soc)
Q: to the above poster: for the mod societies job? this is the same day thatt acks went out; it seems awfully quick for a long list.
Q: I have received neither the stat form nor the acknowledgment. Anyone else in the same position? (yes)
Also got email form and ack on 1/23. Nothing since. Only acknowledgment and form request. 1/30
Received letter requesting refs and writing sample, but not the form people mention above. 2/2
Have heard nothing from San Diego and it's 2/17...
It figures that the short list would have to drop by the beginning of next week at the latest. I suspect that the meeting to make the short list will be on Friday.
Contacted for campus interview 2/23
5 people invited for campus interviews as of 2/26 (confirmed by email)

letters and writing samples (10/24)
Any additional word here?
Contacted for writing sample (12/9)
Scheduling campus visits (12/19)
OFFER MADE? Any other word?
Provisional offer made pending budgetary approval


On-line submission generates automatic acknowledgment email 5/1

contacted referees (12/12)

request letters (10/07)
Q: Is the Kentucky search still on?
A: I am wondering about that too. Since they contacted for reference letters (sounds they were in a hurry), I have not hear from them ever since.
A: I talked to someone who has a AAA interview scheduled for Kentucky.
Q: Any more information on the AAA interview? I didn't even know UK is doing AAA interview.
Q: Was anyone asked for letters by UK but not asked for a AAA interview??
A: Yes. When were interviewees contacted?
Just an FYI... you can see the interview schedule at this site:
http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/Placement-Center-Interview-Schedule.cfm
According to this, UK is not interviewing at the tables. hotel room, who knows?
Q: Did anyone here actually _have_ a AAA interview with KY as opposed to hearing that they were happening?
A: they've already invited 3 for campus visits - per rejection letter (11/18)
Q: So...no rejection letter here...reserve pool?
A: Who knows. Search committees are inscrutable sometimes (cf. American above).

I heard UM is doing aaa interviews
Any details?
I think they only did AAA interviews for the ling anth position, not the cultural one
On the AAA placement site, it only mentions to linguistics position. Does anyone know if they are moving at all with the sociocultural one?
Though the sociocultural position is open rank, I was told by a friend of SC member that they are hoping to make a senior hire.
But even if it is a senior hire, have they contacted any of the candidates for additional information or made a long short list? Maybe you could ask your friend?
The department released a list of job talks and dates for both ling and cultural hires last week, and it was mostly senior people. (1/12)

scheduling 30 min AAA interviews with committee, requesting letters (11/5)
Spoke with dissertation advisor (12/11)
Email requesting dissertation chapters to narrow list of 6 to list of 3 (12/12)
Any additional word here?
Nothing on my end as of 1/22; still nothing (1/28)
Campus interviews scheduled (1/20)


Has anyone heard anything about this?
Additional materials (recommendations, writing sample, syllabi, and student evals.) requested 1/9


12/2 Requested additional materials.
2/11 campus interview invitation

scheduled AAA interviews (10/30).
Q: I was told they would invite candidates to campus in January. Has anyone been contacted for a campus invite?
Just received the equal opportunity data collection form (2/19)
This is weird, seeing as its been awhile since the interviews. I got a letter too, but, um, assumed it was a rejection letter and left unopened in mailbox. Will investigate.
Received rejection letter saying they are in the process of interviewing other candidates (3/30)

3/5: phone interview
- scheduled campus interview/job talk for week of 3/23

Was asked for more materials a couple weeks ago, but nothing since... See that they have a table @ AAA, but not word (11/19)
Has anyone heard anything definitive on this search (are they interviewing, collecting letters, etc)?
Letters requested (12/11)
Scheduling campus visits (12/19)

Q: Does anybody apply for this position at all? Any information?
A: I applied, but haven't heard anything as yet. Anyone else?
A: Same. No word at all.
A: Same here too.
A: requested samples and references, Dec 1 is the deadline for receipt
Q: When were the further materials requested?
A: around Nov 10
Scheduling campus visits for Jan.
Received Rejection letter by mail (1/23)
Search canceled this year, they hope the search will reopen next year (letter, 2/26)

requested writing sample (10/24)(11/7)
AAA interviews scheduled (10/31)
Requested letters (11/4)
Q: In the UT-Austin (Folklore) process they seem to ask for writing samples first, then letters after that.
How long is the period of time between asking for samples and then letters? One week? Two?
A: In my situation they asked for a writing sample, a week later asked for an interview, and then asked for letters after the interview was scheduled.
Q: Any word from those that interviewed at the AAA on a timeline for short list/campus visits? (11/25)
A: They told me that the search was going to move along quickly, but clearly not that quickly. Or, no one on this wiki got short-listed (12/5)
A: On-campus interviews scheduled (12/12)
Any news on any of these Texas searches?

request for more materials 11/20
Any news?
Texas has five searches going on right now, all told, including trying to make some senior hires, so they are swamped and will probably move slowly.
On-campus interview scheduled (1/5)

Did anyone else apply for this? Any news?
I just got a rejection email (2/13) saying I didn't make the short list.

request for more materials 11/04
Any news on this?
Campus visits in process 2/9

Any news?
I suspect this one collapsed into a black hole.

Q: Any news at all? Has this one also been suspended?

- UVa has not canceled their job search, but it went from being Africa-focused to being South Asian.
Q: Really? the email said search closed "due to budgetary constraints"
A: I heard that from a student at UVa, that the dept had been told either cancel the search or hire a South Asianist, but could be wrong.
A: I heard from several independent sources that this is in fact what happened.
Q: What's up with this? I couldn't find the posting for a UVa job anywhere.
Q: It's not the AAA page.If someone could post a link, that would be great.
A: (11/9) Checked with the department chair, the search will now be on South Asia. Will post job on AAA website 11/10 and also UVa job listing on the department page
-How frustrating of them to change their minds after people already applied for Africa!
*Any news?
Q: Any update about the S. Asia position?
A: Request for additional materials 1/26
Q: Letters or more writing? Thanks.
A: more writing.
Q: any request for letters or rejections yet?
A: SC said they are reviewing files
Request for additional materials (complete ms/diss. & letters) (2/6)
Q: Did they contact you or your referees for the letters?
A: They contacted me to tell my referees to send letters via e-mail.
Q: Are they now working with their short-list? thank you.
They did not mention anything but a short-list, but I assume so.
However, I have no idea how short their list really is.
I think we can assume it's a long list until they actually do the campus visit invitations. Usually short list=campus visits.
They did not do the AAA gig so probably long short list.

Has the offer gone out?
have there been campus visits yet? anyone want to call the department?
They gave me a deadline of 2/23 for the last of my letters to arrive, and they will be on break next week (3/2-3/6). So I presume they are making a decision soon, if not already. Anyone know anything for sure?
Q: I was also asked for additional material. Any news yet?Hod
Q: Has anyone been asked for additional materials but not for rec letters? (I'm assuming that's a bad sign).
Q: Have they scheduled campus visits yet?
A: They just finished campus visits this week (3/20).

Q Anybody applied to this position? Any information?
A had phone interview early November. Said will have on-campus interviews early spring.
This search is on! SC moving forward with process (2/25)

Anyone hear anything about this search? It was advertised in December.
The chair called my friend last week (we both applied for the job) and I think they are in the process of setting up campus interviews.


Phone Interview held on 4-21 (say they'll have decision within two weeks)
Offer Made and Accepted (5-11)

scheduling AAA interviews (11/15)
have requested

scheduling AAA interviews (11/13)
Q: is this for the joint appointment with Area Studies and either Anthro or Hist?
A: yes
Q: So, isn't the position in Modern China rather than South Asia?
A: Not sure what you mean here. Their posting on AAA asked for "anthropology or history of South Asia".
A: Thanks. Never mind. I thought it was the position "a junior tenure-track position in modern China, with a joint appointment in the Anthropology or History Department."
: If this helps - Though their AAA postings are not available now, I recall seeing two positions - one each in S. Asia and China posted as joint appointments in Anth or Hist.
Friend has been invited to campus visit (12/1)

They had interview at AAA
Q: Any further news after AAA interviews?
A: Heard from SC member that campus invitations have been made
Q: Anybody was invited for campus visit?
A: I wasn't but a good friend (who doesn't use the wiki) was.
Q: What are the dates for the campus visit(s)?
A: I believe it is late February.
A: Search ended; position will not be filled; search might be reopened in the future (per email)
A:They have hired an athropologist for the China position and her name is on their anthro department website.

scheduled phone interviews (10/23)
scheduled on campus interviews in December


scheduling AAA interviews (11/10)
have requested full dossiers of writing samples and reference letters (11/24)
Q: Is this in addition to the writing sample they requested with the initial application? And did they contact you for letters, or contact your references directly?
A: Yes, this was in an email that came after the AAAs. They asked for additional samples and said they would be in touch with my referees for letters.
Rejection email received (12/1)
Hm, so I'm in limbo on this one. AAA interview (thought it went very well, but I don't match the geographical preference) but no request for more materials and no rejection. Anyone else in that situation?
A: I'm in a similar situation: good interview experience, but no request for more materials and no rejection letter.
Update on above comment: Rejection received via email 12/16.
Q: Any news about campus visits on this one?
Rejection received via email (1/15)
Scheduling campus visits with short-list of candidates (1/15)

Q: Anybody applied to this position? Any information?
A: I heard they were scheduling campus visits (12/12)
A: Campus visits scheduled for 1/5 - 1/16.
Offer made and accepted


Q: anyone heard anything? Were the searches cancelled? (1/22)
A: Campus visits scheduled in January (1/28)

scheduling AAA interviews (11/10)
The word on the street is that they have scheduled campus visits 12/15

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Check out this article on why canceling searches makes no sense:
http://www.mndaily.com/2009/01/18/hiring-pause-creates-ripples-education

(see threads below for details)
-Arcadia University (TT assistant)
-Ball State U (TT position) Jan. 15
-Cal State Fullerton (TT assistant, anthro of religion) - Jan. 13
-California State U East Bay- Hayward, CA (TT assistant) Nov. 10
-Carleton College (TT assistant)
-Christoper Newport U - Jan. 9
-College of the Atlantic (TT assistant) Oct. 24
-Emory University, Atlanta (med anthro TT)
-Florida State University
-Fordham University (12/24 - happy holidays!)
-Harvard (TT, asst/assoc) Jan. 1
-Northern Arizona U (TT Islamic Studies, Anth joint w/ Rel Studies)
-Sarah Lawrence (STS)
-Stanford (TT-assistant or associate - Anthropology and Education) Nov 15
-Stanford University (TT, Open rank, Indigenous Studies)
-Truman State Univ. (TT assistant, cultural) 12/12
-UC Santa Barbara TT assistant (3 positions, 1 cultural)
-UC Santa Cruz (Lat Am Political Economy)
-U Mass - Amherst (Legal Studies)
-UNC - Asheville
-U of North Carolina Chapel Hill (TT-Cultural/Asia) 2/2
-UNC - Charlotte (Africana Studies Dept, African Diaspora/Caribbean)cancelled, budget cuts
-University of Rochester (TT China) 2/26
-U South Carolina
-U of Washington Bothell (STS)
-U of Washington - Tacoma (human rights)
-U of Washington, Bioethics & Medical Humanities (TT asst)


Arcadia University (TT assistant)
- scheduling AAA interviews (11/18)
- during the AAA interviews, they said that the job might be frozen (depending on enrollment numbers and some other factors)
- ditto! (don't hold your breath for this one!)
- Search cancelled

Ball State U (TT position) Jan. 15
- received acknowledgment letter for application (12/8)
- email stating job is canceled due to budgetary constraints (01/29)

California State Univ. Fullerton(TT assistant) Oct 1
Q: Any information on their search progress at all??
A: Haven't heard anything, though I'm guessing that some of the Cal State jobs might be rescinded...
1/12/09: After initially asking finalists to come for campus visits scheduled for this week, they have since scrapped the Cultural Anthropology/Religion position entirely, due to budget issues.

California State U East Bay- Hayward, CA (TT assistant) Nov. 10
- Any news here at all?
- Sent a letter stating search is canceled due to budget issues 1/16

Carleton College (TT assistant)
- CANCELLED (I called because there was no AAA, and an administrator told me) (That sucks. I just mailed something to them. What's your source of info on this.)

Christopher Newport U
- sched phone interviews (10/14)
Q: Anyone heard anything about this search?
A: Search concluded: unsuccessful. (12/13)
Q: How'd you hear this? And what does that mean, exactly?
- I just received a letter today from them saying the search was canceled.
- letter was dated Dec. 19, but received Jan. 9. It stated that the search has been canceled but gave no further explanation.
- I just got the same letter (01/14)

College of the Atlantic (TT assistant) Oct. 24
Q: Anybody hear from College of the Atlantic yet? (11/30)
A: I haven't heard a thing. Maybe it was pulled?
- I received confirmation that my application was received.
- Search suspended due to financial reasons (12/10)

Emory University, Atlanta (med anthro TT)
- Received email saying job was "postponed" (11/19)

Florida State University
- only a slim chance the position will not be canceled (per email offering AAA interviews despite potential cancellation 11/14)
- Confirmed; at the AAA doing interviews despite being certain job will be cancelled
- Received an email saying job was officially canceled (12/9)

Fordham U (TT assistant)
- contacted 11/20 about interview possibility at AAA.
- received letter indicating University initiated hiring freeze for current academic year (12/24)

Harvard (TT, asst/assoc) Jan. 1
- read this article on Harvard's hiring freeze!
- http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/12/10/harvard_curtails_tenure_searches/
- Damn. Harvard is richer than god. How are Kennesaw State, Indiana U of Pennsylvania, et al. keeping open their searches and not Harvard? Well, god bless Kennesaw state and Indiana U of Pennsylvania and may we all get something good.
- Confirmed with a phone call to sociocultural wing chair (12/11)
This job was just re-advertised in the Chronicle, does anyone know if it's back on? (12/13)
Their Department website lists no jobs currently available (12/14). That website says it was last updated in July...
- Received email from department informing me that the search is cancelled (12/22)

Northern Arizona U (TT Islamic Studies, Anth joint w/ Rel Studies)
- Canceled Search
- Where did you hear this?
- letter sent late Nov.

Sarah Lawrence (STS)
- TT Search was "suspended," but might reopen as 1 year visiting position (per email 12/1)

Stanford (TT-assistant or associate - Anthropology and Education) Nov 15
Q: Any news here?
A: Search canceled (email received 12/19)

Stanford University (TT, Open rank, Indigenous Studies) - 12/1 - SEARCH SUSPENDED!

UC Santa Barbara TT assistant (3 positions, 1 cultural)
- Does anyone know if they still exist? (12/3)
- This position has been postponed indefinitely. (12/6)

UC Santa Cruz (Lat Am Political Economy)
- Search canceled (per phone inquiry)
- Received email saying job was "postponed." (11/14)

U Mass - Amherst (Legal Studies)
- Canceled due to budgetary constraints (letter received 12/1)

UNC - Asheville
- They sent me a letter saying search was canceled due to funding but it *might* reappear next year.
- Confirmed with a phone call; I was just getting my app together :( (11/24)

U of North Carolina Chapel Hill (TT-Cultural/Asia) Oct 15
Q: Any news? Last I checked, they had not reserved booth space at AAAs. Search canceled or are they conducting interviews in a hotel room?
A: not reserving a booth does not mean anything about the status of the search!
A: Meetings being scheduled at AAAs (11/17)
A: but the final deadline is Dec 5, and the meeting is supposed to be informal
Q: Any news? Did they give any timeline post AAAs? The deadline is Dec 5, so are they doing phone interviews??
A: Requested additional materials and letters, 12/2.
Q: When did they ask for additional materials & letters?
A: 12/2, mentioned above.
Q: Has any one who did not interview at the AAA received requests for materials/letters?
Q: what additional materials were requested?
A: Sample Syllabi (undergraduate and graduate) research and teaching statements, samples of written work.
Q: Any news about their timeline? Did they ask for more written work, in addition to the one required with the application?
A: Requested work that best reflects the concentration area listed in the job description.
However, no news on their timeline.
A: In fact the letter says, the deadline for supporting docs to be sent is 5th Jan, so we can expect to hear back in 2009!
A: Ditto for supporting docs and deadline.
Q: I heard their search was postponed until next year (1/22) X 2
A: Did you hear this from the search committee or some one in their department?
I wasn't the person who posted above, but I was short-listed for a TT job in another department at UNC-CH and the chair called me last week (1/16) to tell me there was a university-wide hiring freeze as of last friday and all job lines were "suspended" until the next fiscal year (7/1). (Boo! Not welcome news!) So I think these UNC anthro jobs are probably out for this year.
A: 2/2 Received email from Search Committee Chair stating the above, that the search has been "suspended" but may reopen for Fall 2010, will contact if and when it does.

U of North Carolina, Charlotte (Africana Studies Dept, African Diaspora/Caribbean) Dec 15
- search cancelled due to budget cuts 1/28

U South Carolina
- per letter - search might resume later

University of Washington Bothell (STS)
- CANCELLED due to funding (per letter 11/11)

U Washington - Tacoma (human rights)
- Also canceled; email (12/9) seemed to indicate a system-wide freeze.

U of Washington, Bioethics & Medical Humanities (TT asst) Dec 15th
- I heard that UW has a hiring freeze, but they're proceeding with the search for now anyway.
- Letter of acknowledgment via email (12/15)
- References, etc . requested (01/05)
Q: Letters of rec and a writing sample were part of the initial application materials; can you clarify what additional materials they asked you for? Thanks.
- Search postponed, notified by email (01/14)

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Anyone else having terrible problems accessing this page? It's grindingly slow to load and, often, shows just an error message, requiring a bunch of reloads for the page to appear. I imagine that I'm not the only one here with an, er, how shall we say, lively and frequent curiosity about the jobs I've applied for. It doesn't make this awful process any better to have to wait for 10 minutes in order to check for news. So: does anyone here have the technical know-how to move this page to a better server?

I have noticed a lot of problems too, but I don't think we can move the page without having access to the server, which we don't. An alternative would be to start over on another wiki service, but most that I know of require logins.

Q: Any law and society types out there who know if there's a wiki for socio-legal positions? I haven't heard anything about the positions at American or Indiana.
A: No, there isn't so a few law/society gigs are on here (Bloomington, American, U Mass, New School) while others aren't (Amherst, UI-C, come to mind). Next year there should probably be one. FYI: The law and society association has a bulletin board with job postings.
A: Let's make it easier for everyone to search. http://www.lsaboards.org/pbb/
Q: So UMass and UIC are out of the picture, and New School is carrying on as indicated above. No word as far as I know from any of the others, beyond acknowledgment of app receipt.
A: You might want to check some other wikis (sociology and political science, for example) for some of these interdisciplinary jobs.

Q: How do people feel about re-instating a "Campus interview" section? Might make it easier to find the information you're looking for at this point.
A: I think it's a great idea. This has worked well for this stage but if we re-instate the "campus interview" it will be much easier to find the updates we're looking for at present.
A: Ok, I added a campus visit section up front for convenience (since that's what most of us are looking for at this point). If anyone one change it, please feel free.

Thanks to whomever did the reorganization. This page looks great and I'm confident that use of it will pick up.

New question / comment on page organization (10 March): Is there any way that the page could organized (or a new functionality introduced) so that the most recent postings could be found easily?

New topic:
wiki addictions
Q: Has anyone else checked this wiki while ON a campus visit?
A: Yes, I did. There were still two late postings I had applied for, and I was expecting that they would be notifying short-listers during those days. I was hoping to be one of them, of course. Does that mean I'm addicted?
A: I did. Had time to kill and was sick of looking over my talk. I'm totally addicted because I had no real justification for it! Felt guilty for some reason.


Q: Is there currently any wiki for post-docs? If not, could we start one in a section below? I know these tend to straddle disciplines, but it seems like there may be some overlap among the anthropologists.
A: There is a wiki for postdocs http://www.wikihost.org/w/academe/post-docs/, but doesn't seem to be active. An alternative solution is to just list them like the other positions, but label them as postdocs.
A: Yes. There's an active postdoc wiki at http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Humanities_%26_Soc_Sci_Postdocs_2008-2009
Q: That page doesn't include the Wenner-Gren. Has anyone heard anything from them on the Hunt?


If people are willing, it would be great to notify everyone when offers have been accepted & signed (not just extended).
This might help those of us who might be waiting in the wings know whether to move on or not...

It would also be very useful information to know WHO has accepted those offers.

The folks over in political science are very open with the information and it makes for a more transparent and open process:
http://bluwiki.com/go/Polisci0809

This might also help guard against reneging. Word on the street is that the candidate who signed a contract with U. of Iowa last spring reneged on the offer over the summer to take up another position in a more desirable location. In addition to screwing over other candidates, the reneger apparently also screwed over the department since the line itself got revoked. With such an unstable job market this year for all concerned, hopefully we'll all be considerate enough with each other not to do what folks did last year.

Congratulations to those of you who have received and accepted offers, and good luck to the rest of us!

A: Great idea. I second this proposal. Once the contract is signed you really have nothing to lose by writing this on the wiki. Knowing who got the offers is also a great idea. May I add that the polisci wiki kicks our butt...

A: Congratulations everyone. I have some misgivings about this conversation, especially regarding policing someone's offers and the reasons that they may take/ not take an offer. This is coming from someone who is not that candidate. My hesitations are that these situations are invariably incredibly complicated. We as job seekers/ potential job hires do not have a party that is bargaining for us, and so people might be boxed into tricky situations. It's a very difficult job market for everyone. Adding a policing function to questions of reneging on this wiki seems counterproductive. This is not "Transparency" but rather "pressure." We should look out for that. Here's wishing this wiki continues to be a resource, as it has been for me, and not a source of pressure and unneeded anxiety. There's enough to be anxious about already.

A: For our anxious colleague above, this latest addition to the wiki only involves those who have formally accepted offers and signed contracts. This is pertain those still considering offers (see "Offers Extended" below).

A: I don't find that information useful as a "policing" mechanism but rather useful just to know what's going on. It is often (some) comfort to know that a school went with somebody whose research is radically different than yours ("it's not you, it's me").

Q: Would it be possible to keep listings and discussions separate like we've done in some of the previous categories?

Q: Two generous souls had listed their names and schools - this was in line with getting our act together like the poli sci folks. Why are the names gone? What happened to info sharing?

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