Temporary / Permanent :
Permanent
Funding : General Funds
Other Conditions :
Full-time, tenure track position in Creative Writing (Fiction) to begin Fall 2024, pending position clearance and availability of funds.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Teach all levels of undergraduate, MA-, and PhD- courses in Creative Writing (Fiction), and other courses based on the needs of the department;
- Advise, supervise, and mentor graduate and undergraduate students;
- Maintain an active professional practice in area(s) of specialization;
- Participate in graduate committees;
- Participate in departmental and university service;
- Other duties as assigned by the Chair.
Minimum Qualifications :
- MFA, PhD, or equivalent degree in English, Creative Writing (Fiction), or a closely related field from a college or university of recognized standing.
- All requirements for the degree must be completed by August 2024;
- A minimum of one book under contract from a nationally recognized press;
- Demonstrated success in teaching and service;
- Ability to develop and teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels;
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collegially with students, faculty, staff, and administration.
Desirable Qualifications :
- Experience in teaching multiple genres;
- Demonstrated specialty in a secondary creative writing genre such as creative nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, hybrid and / or multilingual forms, literary translation;
- Experience in literary journal editing / publishing;
- Ability to teach classes in literature;
- Creative work and / or teaching interest in one or more of the following areas : speculative fiction; folklore / fairy tales;
- Filipinx or Filipinx American literature; literatures of Hawai i; Asian American literature; literatures of the Pacific;
- Indigenous literatures; literatures of the Black Diaspora; US Latinx literatures;
- Demonstrated ability to support the university’s mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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