The Students' Committee of the American Studies Association will sponsor two open sessions of mock interviews for students at the 1999 Annual Meeting. On Friday, October 29, from 11 to 2, six mock interviews will be offered for an English Department position for an interdisciplinary scholar, and on Saturday, October 30, from 1 to 4, six mock interviews will be offered for a History Department Position for an interdisciplinary scholar. At this time, we are recruiting professors and students to take part in this process as interviewers and interviewees. (All conference attendees are invited to attend this year's sessions as audience members.)

Each interview will last fifteen minutes, and will be followed by a fifteen-minute response and discussion period. We are in search of professors willing to serve as mock interviewers for one hour, during which time they will be part of a two-professor interviewing team. With the help of recruited professors, the co-chairs of the mock interviewing sessions, Maureen Reed and Janine Santiago, will generate sample job descriptions that can be effectively used as part of the interview process. Examples of questions used during the 1998 mock interview sessions in Seattle are posted at the following Web address:
http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/interests/student/questions.html

Please consider volunteering to serve as an interviewer, or to get practice as an interviewee, and thus helping to make the second annual installment of this event as successful as the first. If you would like to participate, send information (as per the example below) to Maureen Reed, either through e-mail at mo.reed@mail.utexas.edu, or to 1910-B W. 37th St., Austin, TX 78731 by September 30, 1999. As only 12 mock interview spots will be available, a lottery will be conducted if necessary. Professors and students who are selected for mock interview sessions will be notified before the ASA meeting.

Name:
Departmental Affiliation:
Address:
E-mail:
Phone Number:

I would like to participate as an:
___interviewer   ___interviewee

I am interested in the following sessions:
___an English Department position for an interdisciplinary scholar
___a History Department position for an interdisciplinary scholar
___either session, but I prefer ___English   ___History

Scheduling Information:
___I am scheduled to present at the conference at:
(indicate the date and time at which you will be presenting)
___I am not scheduled to present at the conference