I have a question for those of you on the faculty of film/media departments. What are your prospects for hiring new faculty in the next year or so? I do not ask this as a request for specific job information, but rather to get a sense of the general trends in hiring. I am ABD at the University of Southern California, with my defense scheduled for July 19. To see that the last SCS mailing contained not ONE job announcement was, to say the least, disheartening. I have my own ideas about what may be contributing to the lack of jobs available, but I'd appreciate hearing other opinions. Maureen Furniss [log in to unmask]