20-21 c. American 2017

Page for Academic Positions in 20-21st c. American Literature that begin in 2017.

Last year's page:  20-21 c. American 2016.

See also English Literature 2016-2017  and American Studies 2017.

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Boston University (MA) - TT Asst. Professor - Modern Drama
The English Department at Boston University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2017, pending final budgetary approval. Duties include publishing on and teaching courses (2/2 load) in modern and/or contemporary drama and performance with an emphasis on race and/or gender, with a strong capacity to teach in a related literary field. Evidence of scholarly research required. Doctoral degree required by time of appointment. Salary commensurate with experience. Send cover letter, vita, and 2-page description of dissertation or major publications by November 1, 2016 to ensearch@bu.edu. Interviews at MLA. This position is part of a multi-department hiring initiative aimed at increasing the College of Arts and Science’s strengths in critical perspectives on race, ethnicity, gender, and sexualities. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

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MLA JIL 09/23/16

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 * Also posted at Modern British 2017 and Theatre 2016-2017

California State University, Sacramento (CA) - TT Asst. Professor - post-1945 Literature (British, American, and/or World Literatures in English)
The English department of California State University, Sacramento, is a community of teachers, scholars, writers, and support staff whose primary mission is to promote learning in composition, creative writing, English education, linguistics, literature, and the teaching of English as a second language. The department seeks to help students acquire knowledge, develop skills, and realize their own intellectual and creative goals.

At the undergraduate and graduate levels, the English Department presents a broad and balanced curriculum designed to develop the reading and writing skills, the interpretative abilities, and the cultural awareness of its students by maintaining and enhancing a tradition of strong teaching, solid scholarship, and vigorous support of creative literary activity.

A successful California State University, Sacramento faculty member promotes the values celebrated by a public, regional, comprehensive, metropolitan university. At Sacramento State, the quality of the education we provide is our top priority. In addition to contributing positively to teaching and learning, faculty members are expected to engage in scholarship and to provide service to the University and to the greater community. Our campus community represents the broad diversity of our state, and we believe that all are enriched and unified by this diversity. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people with the commitment and ability to work with a diverse student population.

Duties/Responsibilities: - Exhibit superior teaching skills across a broad range of classes to a diverse student body. - Have an active research agenda. - Work well with fellow faculty in various disciplines in shaping the direction of the Department and University through active participation in committee work and faculty self-governance. - Participate in student advising. - Make contributions to the broader community.

Course assignments may include: - Undergraduate writing courses. - Large literature surveys. - Upper-division undergraduate courses. - Graduate seminars in the specialty area.

Normal teaching load is four courses per semester.

Qualifications REQUIRED: - Ph.D. in English or related field required. ABD candidates will be considered. If ABD, candidates will be required to complete the doctoral degree by August 2017. - Specialization in post-1945 literature (British, American, and/or World Literatures in English). - Demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence at the college level. - Active scholarly agenda. - Demonstrated ability to work with diverse students and communities.

This is a full-time tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank beginning with the Fall 2017 semester. Salary is dependent upon qualifications and professional experience.

Candidate will be required to provide official transcripts of their highest degree earned and must furnish proof of eligibility to work in the U.S.

Application Review: Review of applications will begin on November 4, 2016. This position will remain open until filled. All materials must be received by this date to ensure full consideration.

Application Procedures: Applications are only accepted through the Sacramento State jobs website located at http://www.csus.edu/about/employment. Instructions on how to apply can also be found at this link. External applicants can apply by clicking on the Faculty, Staff, and Management Opportunities link. Internal applicants can apply by logging on My Sac State.

Applicants must include the following attachments with the application: 1. Cover letter that addresses the qualifications for the position. 2. Current curriculum vitae. 3. Writing sample (approximately 15 pages). 4. Unofficial transcripts attesting to highest degree earned (official transcripts required if invited for interview).

At the time of application, please also have three confidential letters of recommendation sent to: Professor David W. Toise, Department of English, MS 6075, 6000 J Street, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95819-6075. english@csus.edu

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 * Also posted at Modern British 2017 and Anglophone 2017

Colorado State University (CO) - TT Assistant Professor of English in 20th & 21st C. Lit (incl. Environmental / Ecological Emphasis)
The Department of English at Colorado State University invites applications for an entry-level position of Assistant Professor of English specializing in 20th and 21st Century Literature. We are seeking a scholar and teacher working in any field of 20th and 21st century literature with a focus on one or more of the following areas: the environment, ecology, the anthropocene, environmental justice, bioregionalism, or animal studies. Candidates should be able to contribute both to the intellectual life of the department and to participate in and envision interdisciplinary initiatives across campus. The successful candidate will be appointed untenured and at the rank of Assistant Professor. This is a tenure-track, nine-month appointment, beginning August 16, 2017.

Required Job Qualifications: PhD in English or related field of study at time of appointment Evidence of sustained critical and pedagogical engagement with literature in relation to the environment, ecology, the anthropocene, environmental justice, bioregionalism, or animal studies Evidence of potential as a teacher and a scholar.

Preferred Job Qualifications: Experience teaching or conducting research in interdisciplinary programs, particularly involving the sciences.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Please submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, teaching portfolio of no more than 10 pages showing evidence of teaching effectiveness, writing sample of no more than 30 pages of scholarly work (preferably published or forthcoming), and enter the name and contact information for three references who will be emailed a request for a letter of recommendation upon submission of your application. Address cover letter to Search Chair, 20th and 21st Century Literature.

Semifinalists will be invited in December to schedule an interview by video conference.

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on: 10/17/2016

Link to Apply: https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/37528

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 * Also posted at Modern British 2017 and Environmental 2017

Duke University (NC) - TT Asst. Professor - American Lit. and Culture - Open Spec.
The English Department at Duke University is looking to make a tenure-line appointment in American Literature and Culture. This appointment will be at the assistant level, specialization open. Applicants must have Ph.D. in hand at time of application. Successful candidates will be published researchers, superb writers, and imaginative commanding teachers. We also seek visionary citizens of the humanities in its myriad constitutions. Appointment begins August 1, 2017. Candidates should submit electronically a C.V., letter of application, letters of reference, and a writing sample of no more than 8000 words. These materials should be submitted through Academic Jobs Online. The application address is http://english.duke.edu/apply. All materials received by October 15, 2016 will receive full consideration. Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina, is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

LINK to Apply: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Duke/English/7861

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 * Also posted at Early American 2017 and American Open 2017

===Smith College (MA) - TT Assistant Professor of English and the Study of Women & Gender (Contemporary US)=== The Program for the Study of Women and Gender (SWG) and the Department of English Language & Literature at Smith College invite applications for an equally shared joint tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July 2017. We seek a scholar working at the intersection of questions of race, gender, and sexuality in literary and/or visual texts in the contemporary United States.

Successful candidates will demonstrate command of key methodological and theoretical perspectives in both gender studies and literary studies. We are particularly interested in candidates who work in women of color feminisms, Native and indigenous studies, Arab American and Latin@/x Studies; comparative work is welcome. Desirable additional fields or areas of strength include critical race theory, queer theory, drama and performance. We expect the successful candidate to have excellent preparation in literary texts from the twentieth century (and after), and interdisciplinary graduate training and teaching experience in women and gender studies. A Ph.D. in a relevant field is expected by the time of appointment.

The new hire would teach two courses each year in SWG ( http://www.smith.edu/swg/ ) and two in English ( http://www.smith.edu/english/ ). Both programs offer considerable freedom in curricular design. In SWG the successful candidate must be prepared to teach SWG 150, the major’s interdisciplinary, team-taught introductory course. In English, the successful candidate would teach a balance of introductory, intermediate, and advanced seminar level courses.

Located in Northampton, MA, Smith College is the largest women's college in the country and is dedicated to excellence in teaching and research across the liberal arts. A faculty of outstanding scholars interact with students in small classes, as advisors, and through student-faculty research projects. Tenure-track faculty members enjoy a generous sabbatical policy. The Five College Consortium, comprised of Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Hampshire Colleges and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, provides a rich intellectual and cultural life and broad collegial opportunities.


 * Submit applications at http://apply.interfolio.com/37193 with a letter of application, CV, and three confidential letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin October 15, 2016. Interviews with semifinalists will be held via video conference in early January 2017.

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 * Also posted at Womens/Gender/Queer Studies 2016-2017 and Other Ethnic American 2017

University of Iceland - TT Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Contemporary British and American Literature
The University of Iceland is a progressive educational and scientific institution, renowned in the global scientific community for its research. It is a state university, situated in the heart of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. A modern, diversified and rapidly developing institution, the University of Iceland offers opportunities for study and research in almost 300 programmes spanning most fields of science and scholarship: Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities, Education, Sciences and Engineering.

The Faculty of Foreign Languages, Literature and Linguistics invites applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Contemporary British and American Literature. The successful applicant should have a Ph.D. in English and specialist knowledge relating to contemporary British and American literature. Research is an important aspect of the position: applicants will therefore be expected to demonstrate an active research programme and promising publication record.

The successful applicant will contribute to historical and theoretical first, second and third year BA courses and MA seminars on British and American Literature, and academic writing about literature. The applicant will also supervise B.A. essays and M.A. and Ph.D. theses in English Literature. The ability to cover introductory teaching in earlier British and American literature would be an advantage. Teaching is in English and therefore near-native proficiency in English is required. Most compulsory courses are taught by distance as well as on-site so the successful applicant must be willing and able to participate in distance teaching, and interest in digital humanities is an advantage.

The position carries full administrative responsibilities and therefore proficiency in Icelandic will be an advantage, though not a prerequisite; a willingness to achieve basic competence in Icelandic in the first two years is expected. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential assets.

This is a tenure-track position with an initial appointment of five years.

The evaluation of academic merits will be in accord with Icelandic Law and Rules for the University of Iceland No. 569/2009.

Applicants shall include with their applications certificates attesting to their education and work experience, a list of their publications, a report on their scholarly work and other works they have carried out, and a report on their research plans if they are offered the position. Applications must make clear which of their publications, the applicants regard as the most important regarding the advertised position (no more than eight publications should be selected). Applicants must send the most important publications with their application, or indications as to where they are accessible in electronic form. When more than one author has produced a publication, the applicant must account for his or her own contribution to the work. Applicants are also expected to include references for their teaching and administrative work, as appropriate.

Salary for the position of Assistant Professors/Lecturers will be according to the current collective wage and salary agreement between the Union of University Teachers/ State University Professors´ Union, and the Minister of Finance.

The deadline for application is October 3rd 2016. The successful applicant is expected to start the appointment no later than January 1st 2017.

Applications and accompanying documentation should preferably be submitted in electronic form by e-mail: bmz@hi.is reference is hi 16090001. Applications and accompanying documentation that are not submitted in electronic form must be sent in duplicate to the Division of Science and Research at the University of Iceland, Main Building at Sudurgata, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland. All applications will be answered and applicants will be informed about the appointment when a decision has been taken.

For further information contact Guðrún Björk Guðsteinsdóttir Chair of Department in English, tel.: +354 525 4453, e-mail gsteins@hi.is; and Óskar Einarsson Director of Administration, tel.: +354 525 5236, email oe@hi.is.

Appointments to the University of Iceland do take into account the Equal Rights Project of the University of Iceland.

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 * Also posted at Modern British 2017

University of Michigan (MI) - Open Rank - Later-20th Century and Contemporary Literature
Open rank, starting date September 2017, university-year appointment.

The Department of English at the University of Michigan invites applications for an open-rank, tenure-track position in later-20th century and contemporary American, Anglophone, and/or British literary studies. We take an expansive view of these fields and welcome work that stretches and crosses boundaries of history, genre, method, discipline, region, and canonicity.

Applicants should use the “Open Faculty Positions” link on the UM English Department website (http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/) to submit a cover letter, CV, statement of current and future research plans, statement of teaching philosophy and experience, a writing sample, evidence of teaching excellence, and three letters of reference by September 30. The University of Michigan and the Department of English value contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage applicants to comment, either in the cover letter or in a separate statement, on how their research, teaching, and/or service experience will enhance our efforts to support these values and the needs of an increasingly diverse student population.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is supportive of the needs of dual career couples. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. All applications will be acknowledged.

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 * Also posted at Modern British 2017 and Anglophone 2017

Villanova University (PA) - TT Asst. Professor - Latinx/@ or Asian-American Fiction with expertise in 21st C. Literature
The Department of English at Villanova University is seeking applications for a tenure track assistant professorship beginning Fall 2017 in Latinx/@ or Asian-American Fiction with expertise in Twenty-First Century Literature to teach courses at the undergraduate and Master’s level.

Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Diversity and inclusion have been and will continue to be an integral component of Villanova University’s mission. The University is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer and seeks candidates who understand, respect, and can contribute to the University’s mission and values.

Duties and Responsibilities: Scholarly publication. Teaching: schedule for junior faculty is five courses per year, primarily courses at the advanced undergraduate level, but also graduate courses and lower-level courses. Advanced undergraduate teaching will include courses in area of specialization, as well as additional courses depending on other specialties and interests. Service to the department and university.

Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. required but candidates close to completion of degree may be considered. To apply, please go to https://jobs.villanova.edu/.

Candidates should submit a cover letter, cv, statement of teaching philosophy, dissertation/book abstract or equivalent, recent writing sample, and contact information for at least three references who will receive a link to upload confidential letters of recommendation when the application is submitted.

The deadline for applications is November 4, 2016; interviews at the MLA Convention or, if necessary, by Skype. In case of questions, contact Professor Heather Hicks, Chair, English Department, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA 19085-1699.

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 * Also posted at Other Ethnic American 2017

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