B O W L I N G G R E E N S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y
Department of English
Office of the Chair
Announcement of Position Vacancy
The English Department of Bowling Green State University seeks strong applicants for the College of Arts &
Sciences Distinguished Visiting Writer.
Duties: The Creative Writing Program at Bowling Green State University seeks a poet as the College of Arts & Sciences
Distinguished Visiting Writer. The successful candidate will be in residence spring 2015; teach one workshop in our BFA program and one workshop in our MFA program; give a public reading and a lecture; and advise theses.
Qualifications:
1) MA, MFA or Ph.D. by time of employment.
2) At least one book of poetry and critical recognition consistent with a writer of national reputation.
3) Evidence of outstanding undergraduate and graduate teaching.
Salary: competitive
Effective Date of Employment: The starting date of employment is January 12, 2015.
BGSU is a university of over 19,000 students with long traditions of teaching and scholarly excellence. It is located in a small city 25 minutes south of Toledo, Ohio, and one hour south of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The English Department offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in rhetoric, literature, creative writing (MFA program begun 1967, BFA program begun 1972), and technical communication. The Department has a full-time teaching staff of 36, about 450 undergraduate majors in English, English Education and Creative Writing, and 100 graduate students. For more than forty years,
BGSU's Creative Writing Program has been known nationally for its excellence, and it is the home of the award-winning
Mid-American Review . Celebrated writers such as Bonnie Jo Campbell, Edmund White, Stuart Dybek, Stephen Dunn,
Rick Moody, and Marge Piercy visit the campus to read their works and meet with faculty and students. Graduates of the
MFA program have won such awards as the Yale Younger Poets Award, the Guggenheim, NEA Individual Artist
Fellowships, the Iowa Short Fiction Prize, Willa Cather Prize, Bobst Award, the Bluestem Award, the Barnes & Noble
Discover Great New Writers Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, and the National Contemporary
Poetry Award. MFA alumni include Jean Thompson, Carolyn Forché, Anthony Doerr, and Tony Ardizzone. See our website, http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/creative-writing/, for more details.
Application Materials: Send cover letter, CV, transcripts, three current letters of reference, writing sample (one book), a list of courses taught with brief descriptions of each, and 1-2 sample undergraduate and graduate syllabi to Kristine Blair,
Chair, English Department, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0191. Final candidate(s) required to authorize and pass a background investigation prior to an offer of employment.
The starting date of employment for this position is January 12, 2015. Screening of applicants will begin February 15, 2014, and continue until the position is filled. BGSU is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
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