Position Details

Job Title Assistant Professor of English - Tenure-Track

Position Title Assistant Professor of English - Tenure Track

Position Number

Job Category University Faculty

Job Type Full-Time

FLSA Status Exempt

Campus Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus

Location Code ENGLISH (02103A)

Department Name ENGLISH

Is this split and/or fully grant funded? No

Duties and Responsibilities
Loyola University Chicago ( LUC ), College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, seeks a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in American Literatures from 1945 to the present, broadly defined to include Asian American, African American, Latinx, Afro-Latinx, transnational, and diasporic and migrant literatures, to begin academic year 2019-2020. Ability to teach survey courses in American literature and courses in critical or rhetorical theory, textual studies, or digital humanities would be particularly welcome. For more information about the Department, please visit its website at www.luc.edu/english.

The position involves teaching undergraduate courses as well as graduate courses in our MA and PhD programs. The candidate will be expected to pursue a successful program of scholarship and to engage in service at the department level or above.

Qualifications
The candidate will have a PhD in English or a closely related field, or have a plan in place to defend by May 2019. Candidates for the position must demonstrate clear potential for excellence in research and teaching and must be willing to support the mission of LUC and the goals of a Jesuit Catholic education.

Physical Demands None

Working Conditions None

Minimum Education and/or Work Experience
The position involves teaching undergraduate courses as well as graduate courses in our MA and PhD programs. The candidate will be expected to pursue a successful program of scholarship and to engage in service at the department level or above.

Open Date 10/08/2018

Close Date

Special Instructions to Applicants
Candidates should submit a letter of interest outlining their qualifications, a current Curriculum Vitae, and a teaching statement to www.careers.luc.edu. They should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be submitted electronically to the above website. In addition, writing samples should be uploaded to this site or mailed to:

Suzanne Bost, PhD
Department of English
Loyola University Chicago
1032 West Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60660
sbost@luc.edu

For full consideration, all materials should be submitted by November 9, 2018.

LUC is located on the city s vibrantly multicultural North Side, right on Lake Michigan. LUC is committed to understanding and promoting diversity and social justice, and to creating an inclusive, responsive community of faculty, students, and staff. Our Jesuit mission revolves around a transformative educational experience that recognizes the central importance of intellectual, social, cultural, and demographic diversity. Our students have a keen sense of intellectual and social responsibility.

In addition to LUC s institutional strengths, Chicago is home to a strong inter-institutional network with colleagues at neighboring universities (Northwestern, DePaul, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois at Chicago), as well as a wealth of intellectual resources, including the Newberry Library, a vibrant theater culture, and a diverse range of art museums and galleries.

LUC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty. The University seeks to increase the diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and graduate student populations because broad diversity including a wide range of individuals who contribute to a robust academic environment is critical to achieving the University s mission of excellence in education, research, educational access and services in an increasingly diverse society. Therefore, in holistically accessing the many qualifications of each applicant, we would factor favorably an individual s record of conduct that includes experience with an array of diverse perspectives, as well as a wide variety of different educational, research or other work activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career or degrees.

As a Jesuit Catholic institution of higher education, we seek candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a transformative education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more about LUC s mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission. For information about the university s focus on transformative education, they should consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.

Quick Link for Posting http://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/9296

Job Number 8500323

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