The department has an outstanding placement record. In the ten-year period 1995-2005, all of the fifteen literature and culture Ph.D.s who applied nationally and/or internationally for positions were successful. Eleven of them accepted tenure-track (or, in the case of Harvard, long-term) positions at the following institutions: Brigham Young University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Southern Illinois University, Indiana University/Purdue University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ohio State University, University of Washington at Seattle, and Washington University in St. Louis (two appointments). Ph.D.s in Germanic linguistics between 1995-2001 have successfully applied for and accepted academic positions at the University of Bonn (Germany), Pennsylvania State University, San Francisco State University, Ohio State University, Florida Atlantic University, as well as theoretical linguistics positions in the high tech industry. The department is committed to helping students secure appointments in academia. This effort includes a workshop on all aspects of the academic job market early in each fall semester, reviewing of curriculum vitae and letters of application, mock interviews, and follow-up advising.

Ames, Eric [Asst. Prof., University of Washington]
Ascárate, Richard [Visiting Asst. Prof., George Washington University]
Augustyn, Prisca [Asst. Prof., Florida Atlantic University]
Baackmann, Susanne [Assoc. Prof., University of New Mexico]
Barker, Geoffrey [Lecturer, UC Berkeley]
Belz, Julie [Asst. Prof., Pennsylvania State University]
Berman, Nina [Assoc. Prof., Ohio State University]
Blumberg, David [Director of German Program, Acalanes HS]
Clarke, Robert [Teaching Fellow, UC Berkeley]
Clopton, Laura Dale [University of Minnesota]
Coffey, Michael [Lecturer, UC Berkeley]
Collier Sy-Quia, Hilary [Visiting Asst. Prof., Stanford University]
Collison, Scott [Director of Marketing, Microsoft Corporation]
Cowan, Michael [Visiting Asst. Prof., McGill University, Montreal]
Cudahy, Mary [Asst. Prof., Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale IL]
Delia, Rosemary [Mills College]
Erlin, Matthew [Asst. Prof., Washington Universiy, St. Louis]
Frame, Lynne-Marie [Lecturer, UC Berkeley]
Greiner, Paul [High Tech., Boston]
Hall, Sara [Asst. Prof., U. of Illinois, Chicago]
Harjes, Kirsten [Lecturer, UC Davis]
Hasty, William [Assoc. Prof., University of Florida, Gainesville]
Hens, Gregor [Asst. Prof., Ohio State University]
Isenberg, Noah [Assoc. Prof., Wesleyan University]
Kapczynski, Jennifer [Asst. Prof., Washington University]
Kopp, Kristin [Asst. Prof., Harvard U.]
Kosta, Barbara [Assoc. Prof., University of Arizona]
Listen, Paul [High Tech., Bay Area]
Mc Farland, Robert [Asst. Prof., Brigham Young]
Nenno, Nancy [Assoc. Prof., College of Charleston]
Reitter, Paul [Asst. Prof. U. of Ohio]
Ritchie, James [High Tech., Bay Area]
Roberts, Lee [Asst. Prof., Indiana University/Purdue University]
Seong, Sang [Asst. Prof., University of Bonn, Germany]
Shin, Suin [Lecturer, Indiana Univ. Purdue at Fort Wayne]
Smith, Arden [Business/Author, Bay Area]
Starkey, Kathryn [Asst. Prof., U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill]
Svenmo, Karin [Asst. Prof., University of Bonn, Germany]
Toth, Gergely [Lecturer, UC Berkeley]
Vandergriff, Ilona [Assoc. Prof., San Francisco State University]
Wellmon, Chad [Asst. Prof., Georgetown Univ. Washington D.C]
Wheeler, Brett [Asst. Prof., Georgetown U., Washington DC]
Zhang, Lihua [Lecturer, UC Berkeley]