Good luck to all!


For new position announcements, please add the relevant information: School, specialty, due date, and link to job description, if available.

As job search progress indicators become available, add the type of information and date preceded by a hyphen on the next line after the position announcement. The link to a job description can be deleted after the application due date.

After an offer has been accepted, please underline the name of the institution so that we can easily see which positions have already been filled.

For example:


- writing sample requested by e-mail 12/1
- phone interview scheduled 12/15
- MLA interview scheduled 12/20
- on-campus interview invitation 1/15
- offer extended 3/15
- offer accepted 3/25
- rejection letter received 4/1 (Rejection letters received after the on-campus visits.)

1. Agnes Scott C, due 3/1/10 Link
2. Austin College, due 12/1/09 - phone interview scheduled 12/7/09
   - email stating first round of campus visits has begun 1/13/10
   Butler U, contemporary lit./film/culture, due 11/15/09
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/4
   - Search suspended 1/13/10
   - position has been transformed into a 1-yr. instructor position, 1/29
   
3. California Polytechnic State U, due 12/4/09 -
   - not interviewing at MLA, but search is continuing via phone interviews
   - phone interview scheduled, 12/23/09
   - on campus visit scheduled, 1/14/10
   
4. Dalhousie U (Halifax, Nova Scotia), due 10/15/09 -
   - phone interview scheduled 12/8
   - on campus visit scheduled, 1/6/10
   
5. Hillsdale C, due 12/15/09 -
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/14/09
   - on-campus interview invitation 1/8/10
   
6. Knox C, asst. prof. of modern languages/German, open until filled Link
7. Northwestern U, Asst., Assoc. (Tenured) or full Professor (Tenured), due 11/15/09 -
   - on campus visit scheduled, 1/6/10
   
8. Purdue U, due 11/3/09 -
   - MLA interview scheduled 11/26/09
   - has anyone heard anything since the MLA? See the discussion page
   
9. Rhodes C, 18/19th c., due 11/1/09 -
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/5/09
   - on campus visit scheduled, 1/6/10
   
10. Rutgers U, due 11/9/09 -
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/9/09
    - on campus visit scheduled 1/6/10
    
11. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, due 1/4/10
12. Texas Tech U, open rank, open until filled -
    - phone interview scheduled 12/14/09
    
13. U of Arkansas Little Rock, no due date listed -
    - Rejection email received: position filled 1/20/10
    
14. U of British Columbia (Vancouver), due 11/2/09 -
    - rejection email received 12/22, 1/6/10
    - on campus visit 12/16/09
    - offer extended and accepted 12/22/09
    
15. U of Memphis, 19/20th c., due 12/4/09 -
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/14
    - on campus visit scheduled 1/8/10
    
16. U of Minnesota Twin Cities, Asst. (TT) or Assoc. Prof. (Tenured) of German, due 11/2/09 -
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/14/09
    - on campus interview scheduled 1/13/10
    - rejection letter received 1/19/10
    U of Southern Indiana, Asst. Prof. of German, due 11/1/09
    - phone interview scheduled 11/30/09
    - search suspended by dean, 1/21/10
    - search has been transformed into a one-year NTT position, 2/5/10
    
17. Vanderbilt U, 18th-cent. to present, due 11/1/09 -
    - writing sample requested 12/1/09
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/16/09
    - on campus visit scheduled 1/11/10
    
18. Wake Forest U, Business German and linguistics, due 12/1/09 -
    - on-campus interview invitation 12/10/09
    
19. Wake Forest U, medieval/early modern or 21st c., due 12/4/09 -
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/10/09
    

1. St. Olaf C, Norwegian, due 10/19/09 -
   - offer extended and accepted 11/22/09
   

1. Acadia University (Wolfville, Nova Scotia), TT Lecturer or Asst. Prof of German and Spanish, due 02/15/10 Link -
   Augustana C (South Dakota), Asst. Prof. of French OR German (teach both languages), due 10/26/09
   - email saying that position will not be filled (12/22)
   
2. Carson-Newman C, TT Asst. or Assoc. Prof of German AND Linguistics, no due date listed, open until filled Link -
   - application moved to the next step in the search process, 1/26 (request to familiarize oneself with the college's mission and to submit additional application form)
   
3. Carthage College, Visiting Asst. Prof. of French and German or Spanish (3 yr renewal), due 11/30/09
4. Central College, Asst. or Assoc. Prof of French/German, due 11/2/09, open until filled -
   - position has been filled, according to GER-JOBS-L listserve
   
5. C of St. Scholastica, asst. prof. of German AND Russian, no due date listed via AATG job list Chronicle ad: Link
6. Georgia Southern U, non-tenure track lecture of German and Spanish PDF link
7. Hastings College, German plus additional language, due 10/5/09 -
   - search suspended
   
8. McGill University (Montreal, Quebec), Asst. Prof. (TT), joint appt. in Linguistics and German, Italian, Spanish or Russian, due 11/15/09
9. U Wisconsin-Milwaukee, German translation plus Spanish or French, due 11/15/09 -
   - offer extended and accepted 1/22/10
   

1. Johns Hopkins University, Associate/Full Professor of German, due 11/1/09 -
   - on campus visit scheduled 12/10/09
   

1. American U, instructor, possibility of renewal (beginning spring 2010), due 10/15/09 -
   - position has been filled (so I heard)
   - classes have begun there, so must have been filled
   
2. Butler U, contemporary lit./film/culture, due 11/15/09 -
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/4
   - Search suspended 1/13/10
   - position has been transformed into a 1-yr. instructor position, 1/29/10
   
3. Case Western Reserve U, 1-year lecturer with possibility of renewal for two more years, due 2/28/10 Link
4. Casper C, instructor, due 3/23/10 Link
5. Christopher Newport University, lecturer, due 12/15/09 -
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/17
   
6. Coastal Carolina U, lecturer, 1-year renewable, teach 5/5, due 12/1/09 -
   - phone interview scheduled 1/27
   
7. Colby C, 1-year faculty fellow, due 3/12/10 Link
8. Earlham C, 2-year term asst prof., due 11/15/09
9. Fordham U, 1-year lecturer with possibility of renewal, due 11/15/09 -
   - MLA interview scheduled (12/17)
   - offer extended and accepted (1/25)
   
10. Hamilton C, 2-year VAP, due 12/1/09 -
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/18/09
    - on campus visit scheduled 1/19/10
    - rejection e-mail received 1/20/10 (x2)
    
11. Lawrence U, 1-year renewable VAP with TT conversion possibility, 20th c./film, due 2/15/10
12. Penn SU Erie, The Behrend College, 1-year sabbatical replacement, due 3/1/2010 Link
13. New York U, 3-year Asst. Prof. ("Faculty Fellow"), due 2/15/10 Link
14. Princeton U, 1-year lecturer, due 11/9/09 -
    - writing sample requested 11/24/09
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/11
    
15. Saint Anselm C, 1-year VAP (renewal up to 3 yrs.), due 2/15/10
16. SUNY New Paltz, lecturer, due 11/1/09 -
    - phone interview scheduled (11/20/09)
    - campus interview scheduled (12/09/09)
    
17. Susquehanna University, 1-year VAP, due 2/15/10
18. U Arkansas, Fayetteville, VAP, due 1/30/10
19. U Kentucky, lecturer, annually renewable, due 12/1/09 -
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/15 (x4)
    - campus interview scheduled (01/13/09) (x3)
    
20. U Minnesota, Morris, instructor (part time spring 2010 and/or full time 2010-2011), due 12/15/09 but open until filled via AATG jobs list
21. U of Pennsylvania, lecturer (business German), open until filled (preferred by 2/15/10) Link
22. U of Southern Indiana, 1-year renewable instructor/contract assistant professor, due 2/15/10 Link
23. C of William and Mary, instructor, renewable to 5 years, due 3/1/10

Based on ALL German jobs advertised on the ADFL list:

• The opening-day number of tenure-track jobs this year (8) is down significantly from the last year (23) and from the previous two years (2007: 34; 2006: 38).
• Up to 38 tenure-track hires were made in 2008-2009, down significantly from the last three years (2007-2008: 51; 2006-2007: 64).
• The portion of tenure-track assistant or open-rank positions compared to all first-day jobs dropped in 2008-2009 compared to previous years, from 60-70% to just over 50% of all positions: 23 of 43 (2008-2009), 34 of 54 (2007-2008), 38 of 55 (2006-2007), 32 of 52 (2004-2005), 33 of 50 (2003-2004).
  
• For the 2006-2007 cycle, 65 U.S. universities made tenure-track hires in German and at least 47 made visiting or non-tenure-track hires.
• For the 2007-2008 cycle, 54 U.S. universities made tenure-track hires in German and at least 44 made visiting or non-tenure-track hires.
• For the 2008-2009 cycle, 30 U.S. universities made tenure-track hires in German and at least 27 made visiting or non-tenure track hires (changed to reflect same methodology as previous two years).
• For the last five years, between 62 and 69% of all eventual tenure-track job ads appeared on the first day.
• Around a third of all jobs that eventually appear on the ADFL list appear on the first day. Last year, 54 of 178 total jobs (30%) showed up on the first day. For 2006, it was 55 of 154 (36%), and for 2005, it was 44 of 135 jobs (33%).
• Previously, half of the jobs appeared after five weeks, and 70% by 12 weeks.
• In 2007-2008, the last German tenure-track job ad was posted on February 15, 2008.
• In 2007-2008, the last job ads appeared in late May, and ads have appeared even later in other years.
• According to the 2007-2008 Wiki, only two departments contacted candidates for MLA interviews before November 29, and the latest contact came on December 21.
• These figures are based on last year's wiki and one person's files and not the official MLA reports, so treat with the appropriate degree of skepticism.

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At Week 20, tenure-track jobs have flatlined.
The VAPs look like an almost reasonable year is under way. (Comments moved to discussion page.)