The Department of English and Modern Languages at Pittsburg State University is accepting applications for a tenureearning Assistant Professor of English in Creative Writing Fiction (contingent upon funding).
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Position Duties and Responsibilities: Duties will include teaching four courses each semester including graduate and undergraduate short story writing, introduction to creative writing (fiction and poetry), and literature courses. Will direct or serve on M.A. thesis committees; advise the student literary magazine and the student writing club; and create publicity and outreach for the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series. Nine-month, full-time, tenure-earning position.
Minimum Qualifications: Appropriate terminal degree with fiction writing emphasis, college-level teaching experience, publications, and demonstrated excellence and recognition for creative writing.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with advising graduate creative writing theses, teaching varied levels of fiction writing and literature, teaching or writing poetry, participating in arrangements for visiting writers, advising literary magazine students.
Expertise in late 19 th /early 20 th century short fiction or novel.
Position Start Date: August 15, 2016
The Following Background Checks Are Required : Criminal background check.
Department Description: The Department of English and Modern Languages has 27 full-time faculty, 10 graduate assistants, and 8 adjunct faculty. The department has 174 undergraduate majors, 117 minors, and 20 graduate students.
We offer the B.A. in English and in Modern Languages (French or Spanish) and the B.S.Ed. and the M.A. in English.
Pittsburg State is primarily a teaching institution. In progress toward tenure we emphasize teaching and service, with some publications expected. We value the ability to work as a member of a team.
For more information see the English and Modern Languages department web page at: http://pittstate.edu/engml/
Additional Information: Pittsburg State University is an accredited, comprehensive, state-supported institution in southeastern Kansas, enrolling approximately 7,000 students annually. The institution has Colleges in the fields of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Technology. For more information see: http://www.pittstate.edu. Pittsburg has a population of approximately 19,000 residents and is located in southeast Kansas, about thirty miles from Joplin, Missouri, which has a metropolitan area population of about 60,000 residents. Kansas City is located 120 miles north; Tulsa,
Oklahoma is 125 miles southwest; Wichita is 160 miles west; and Springfield, Missouri is 95 miles east. Air Travel is through Joplin Regional Airport, NW Arkansas Regional Airport, Springfield Airport, Tulsa International Airport, or
Kansas City International Airport. For more information see: http://www.pittks.org.
Application Process: Email vita, letter of application, creative writing samples, statement of teaching philosophy, three recent letters of reference, and transcripts to engl@pittstate.edu, Dr. Celia Patterson, Chair, English and Modern
Languages Department.
Application Deadline: Screening of applications will begin November 27 and continue until the position is filled.
Pittsburg State University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer.