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Coe College (IA) - TT Assistant Professor appointment in Twentieth-Century British Literature
The Coe College English Department invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment in Twentieth-Century British Literature, with a strong secondary teaching interest in global Anglophone literatures or other world literatures. The successful candidate will be able to teach courses in modernism. We are especially interested in candidates who can contribute to interdisciplinary programs in International Studies, Gender Studies, Film Studies, or Environmental Studies. We seek a broadly trained teacher-scholar committed to the liberal arts who will teach six literature courses a year at all levels; develop curriculum in her or his areas of expertise; and participate in the College's first year seminar program every other year. Please submit a letter, curriculum vitae, research agenda, teaching statement, two sample syllabi, and three recommendations online by 1 November 2014. Interviews will be held at MLA in Vancouver. Teaching experience and PhD in hand by August 2015 required. To apply for the position visit http://apply.interfolio.com/26086.

Coe College is a highly selective liberal arts college of 1,400 students with an 11:1 student/faculty ratio. It is located in a progressive, Eastern Iowa metropolitan area of 200,000. The area offers the usual range of urban amenities, including a thriving symphony and art museum. The University of Iowa and Iowa City are thirty minutes away. Cedar Rapids is located roughly midway between the Midwest's largest urban centers, easily accessible via a regional airport ten minutes from campus. Coe is committed to increasing the diversity of its campus community and encourages applications from individuals who will help fulfill that goal. Coe College is an equal opportunity employer.

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Loras College (IA) - TT Asst. Prof. of English (Modern and Contemporary American/British Lit.)
Full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in modern and contemporary American prose and drama, with ability to teach modern and contemporary British prose and drama, beginning August 2015. Also includes teaching first-year writing and opportunity to design additional courses for an interdisciplinary general education curriculum. Teaching load is 4-3 or 3-1-3 with January-Term. Includes advising on Senior Literature Capstone projects and academic advising. Position exists within an English Program that offers majors in Literature and Creative Writing.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Ph.D. in English with specialty in modern and contemporary American prose and drama, with ability to teach modern and contemporary British prose and drama. Prior college teaching experience desirable.

COMPENSATION: Commensurate with qualifications, education and experience. Fringe benefits include medical/dental/life/disability insurance, flexible spending plan, TIAA-CREF retirement plan, tuition remission program, family membership in Graber Sports Center/San Jose Pool, free admission to many college events and free off-street parking.

DIVISION OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: The English Program consists of nine full-time faculty members, and is housed within the Language & Literature division consisting of twelve full-time faculty. The Language & Literature Divisions offers majors in English-Literature, English-Creative Writing, and Spanish.

THE COLLEGE. Founded in 1839, Loras College is a Catholic, four-year, coeducational, liberal arts institution with pre-professional and career preparation and dedicated to high academic, ethical and moral standards. The student body consists of approximately 1,600 students, over 90 percent of who are full-time undergraduates. Candidates will be expected to support the mission of the College. The college is a wireless, laptop campus and there will be opportunity for developing technology-rich, interdisciplinary courses for the general education curriculum.

THE COMMUNITY. Loras College's 60 acre campus is located on one of Dubuque's highest bluffs, overlooking the Mississippi River at the junction of the states of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, about three hours west of Chicago. Dubuque's population is approximately 60,000 and its nineteenth century architecture is woven into limestone bluffs and provides a picturesque backdrop to the river landscape. Many residential and commercial areas have been designated as historical districts to preserve Dubuque's unique heritage. Its strong education base supports numerous cultural activities, and in addition, there are sporting events, shopping facilities, schools, and churches that are convenient to its residents. The climate has marked seasons with a comfortable summer, cool spring and fall, and a winter that encourages a variety of sports that have in recent years attracted a growing tourism industry.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications received by November 1st will be given first consideration. For more information contact, Dr. Kevin Koch, Chair of Language & Literature, at kevin.koch@loras.edu.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Must go to: http://loras.iapplicants.com to apply. Please upload: your letter of application and curriculum vitae using the UPLOAD resume feature. Letters of recommendation and additional materials may be requested at a later date. Finalists will need to pass a detailed background check before an offer is extended.

AA/EOE. Women and minorities encouraged to apply. Please visit http://www.loras.edu for additional information about Loras College.

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 * Also posted at 20-21 c. American 2015

MacEwan University (Alberta, Canada) - Assistant Professor (20th c. British or American Drama)
The Department of English at MacEwan University invites applicants for a continuing position in drama, commencing as soon as possible. Applicants must have a specialization in the scholarly study and textual analysis of twentieth-century British or American drama.

Candidates must have completed Ph.D. (or solid indication of imminent completion) and must demonstrate excellence or clear promise of excellence in teaching and research. Experience is an asset.

The successful applicant will teach first-year English courses, develop and teach senior courses in his or her area of expertise, and supervise Honours thesis. Responsibilities of the position are teaching, research, and service.

Applicants will need to submit the following documents when Applying Online:
 * • Cover letter and resume with curriculum vitae
 * • Student evaluations
 * • Statement of research interests
 * • Sample of scholarly writing (preferably a publication)
 * • Names of three potential referees

Please email electronic copies of your educational transcript(s) to careers@macewan.ca with the Subject – Competition No. Position Title, Applicant’s Last Name, First Name. Upon hire, we will require the original copies of your educational transcript(s).

Inquiries regarding your application material please email [mailto:careers@macewan.ca careers@macewan.ca].

This position is based at the City Center Campus in Edmonton, Alberta and is included under the Faculty Association Collective Agreement.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

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 * Also posted at 20-21 c. American 2015
 * APPLY EARLY! Last year they stopped accepting applications for their Victorian position halfway through the advertised opening (though rumor is that this was an inside / friend hire). Hardly seems legal, I know, but better to err on the side of caution!

Skidmore College (NY) - TT Asst. Professor of English, British Modernism
The Department of English at Skidmore College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in British modernism. Additional expertise may include comparative modernisms and/or critical theory. Individuals from underrepresented groups, or who have experience teaching students from diverse backgrounds, are encouraged to apply. The 3/2 teaching load includes one writing-intensive course each semester and periodic participation in Skidmore's First Year Experience program. Applicants must demonstrate excellence in teaching and scholarship, as well as a strong commitment to undergraduate education at a liberal arts college. PH.D. required at time of employment.

To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by October 15, 2014. All applications will be acknowledged; interviews will be held at the MLA convention.

Link to Apply: https://careers.skidmore.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55858

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University of California, Berkeley (CA) - TT Assistant Professor, 20th-21st C. British Literature
The English Department at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a position as a full time Assistant Professor specializing in 20th-21st Century British Literature. The expected start date is July 1, 2015. We welcome all critical approaches, including transnational and comparative. Basic qualifications: Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree requirements except the dissertation by the time of application.

Additional qualifications: We seek a research-oriented candidate with a demonstrated ability to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in 20th-21st Century English literature. Applicants must have a well-defined, original program of research on-going and present demonstrated excellence in classroom teaching.

The successful candidate must possess a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in English or a related field by the time of employment.

This URL allows candidates to register and upload application material. Once application materials have been uploaded, candidates will then need to request letters of reference through the system. Referees will then receive an e-mail with a link to upload letter/s. All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to submitting their letters.

Application materials must be uploaded and completed by October 31, 2014 to be considered. Questions may be directed to Grace De Guzman at acadhr_english@berkeley.edu.

Link to Apply: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00524

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University of California, San Diego (CA) - Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Global Literatures in English
The Department of Literature within the Division of Arts & Humanities at the University of California, San Diego (http://literature.ucsd.edu) seeks candidates specializing in modern and contemporary global literatures in English whose research, teaching, or service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education. We welcome applications at every level of the assistant professor rank.

We seek candidates who have demonstrated the highest standards of scholarly contribution and professional activity; who must be able to teach courses in British literature from 1835 to the present, at levels ranging from broad undergraduate surveys to more specialized upper-division courses to graduate seminars. The successful candidate will actively participate in our department's multilingual, transnational projects; whose methodological interests could include postcolonial, subaltern and cultural studies, materialist approaches (corporeal and economic), and transnational studies of gender and sexuality. Demonstrable competence in global anglophone literatures such as comparative 19th and 20th century colonialisms, literatures from South Asia, Africa or the Caribbean as well as cultural production from these regions’ artists in their various diasporic locations is highly desirable. Work on or in new media is also especially welcome. Demonstrated commitment to excellence by providing leadership in teaching, research, and service toward building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment is preferred.

Faculty members teach and supervise students at the undergraduate and graduate level. The level of appointment will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Salary: Salary will be based on published UC pay scales.

Closing Date: Application Deadline is November 5, 2014

To Apply: Submit all application documentation using UCSD’s online Recruit web page https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF00639

Please apply to the following to your application:

Literature (10-830) Required documents include: 1) a cover letter (include job ad code “158” and the acronym showing where you found the ad) at the top of your cover letter, 2) current CV, 3) at least 3 letters of recommendation; please add contact names and requested information (click on the prompt to contact references, which generates an email to these references), 4) one, or at most two, sample syllabi, 5) a writing sample of 20-30 pages. Upload in .doc or .pdf format. Request your dossier services to upload reference letters to your online application web page, 6) a personal diversity and leadership statement (see below).

Applicants should include a personal statement summarizing their contributions to diversity and leadership. Contribution to diversity statements could include an attention to diverse learning needs, engaging learning fields of diverse communities, pedagogical methods that address learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds, an awareness of inequities in education and research, a track record of specific activities that address and mitigate inequities, follow-up of positive impact on under-represented students, and a specific plan of activities and follow-up at UCSD (see http://facultyequity.ucsd.edu/Faculty-Applicant-C2D-Info.asp for further information).

Proof of authorization to work in the U. S. will be required prior to employment (Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1985).

AA-EOE: UCSD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to excellence through diversity (http://diversity.ucsd.edu/).

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 * Also posted at Anglophone 2015

University of Toronto, St George Campus (CAN) - TT Asst. Professor, Contemporary British Literature
The Department of English at the University of Toronto, St George campus, invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment in the field of Contemporary British Literature. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor and will begin on July 1, 2015.

Research and teaching interests in all areas of the field will be considered but we are especially interested in candidates who specialize in literature in the context of historical and cultural change, specifically as the forms and aims of literature respond to such current concerns as globalization and national devolution, immigration and emigration, new ethnicities and sexualities, and scientific and technological advances.

Applicants must have earned a PhD by July 1, 2015 or shortly thereafter, with a demonstrated record of excellence in teaching and research. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The Department of English, St George Campus, offers the opportunity to teach and to conduct research in a department that is committed to studying the literatures of English in both their historical depth and their geographical range. Situated in one of the most diverse cities in the world, the Department reflects that diversity in its approach to English as a world language. The Department is committed to excellence in teaching and research. Candidates must display evidence of excellence in these areas.

All qualified applicants are invited to apply online by clicking on the link below. Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy), a statement outlining current and future research interests, and a substantial writing sample. If you have questions about this position, please contact careers.english@utoronto.ca. All application materials should be submitted online.

Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. We recommend combining attached documents into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format.

Applicants should also ask three referees to send letters directly to the department via e-mail to careers.english@utoronto.ca by the closing date, October 31, 2014.

For more information about the Department of English, please visit http://www.english.utoronto.ca.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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 * This job came up last year - failed search apparently.

DEMOGRAPHICS
ABD (early):

ABD and will defend this year: 1

Post Doc:

Have short-term gig (VAP, adjunct), looking for TT: 2

Unemployed PhD, looking for job:

Have TT position, looking for new one: 1

Tenured but hankering after greener pastures:

Lurker:

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Years on the Market
First time on market:

Second year on the market: 3

Three or more years on market: 1

Primary area of research
Fiction: 4

Drama:

Poetry:

Other:

Modernism: 2

pre-1945: 1

post-1945: 1