Tenure Track application: Time for committee to respond after interviewing references I have a case where I applied for a tenure-track position in a R1 research institution. A month after the application, all my references were contacted and were asked for a telephone interview, which I got to know from all my references. This was a good sign and I expected the committee to contact me soon (in about a month after the interviews). Now it's been two and a half months since they interviewed my references but no contact yet. I am not sure what is going on and how should I deal with this. Should I email them asking about the status of the application? 

Update

It's more than 8 months after my first application for this position. Significant changes happened to my CV to bolster my application. I had no hopes, but I dropped an email saying that this is my updated CV, please update in your records in case they are still reviewing. 

The programme manager updated my CV in the application replied that the review is still undergoing and they have yet to finalize applicants.

Any idea what might be going on?
Yes, it's certainly fine to email them and ask.

However, I'm afraid you probably won't get good news.  A common workflow for tenure-track searches is that after one round of review, they only contact the candidates who were selected to move on to the next round.  It's likely that this has happened by now, so if you haven't heard from them, it probably means you're not one of the candidates they're actively considering. 

You technically haven't been rejected yet, because in principle, if the selected candidates don't work out, they could go back and reconsider the rest.  Indeed, official rejection letters often are not sent until after the search is complete and someone has been hired (or they've given up).  But this isn't a good sign.