Job Opening: Assistant Professor of English and Women and Gender Studies for Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University seeks a full-time, tenure-track faculty member to teach core and special-topics courses in both the Department of English and the Women and Gender Studies Program. The teaching load will be divided between the Department of English and Theatre and the Women and Gender Studies Program with a total teaching load of four courses per term. The faculty member is expected to engage in service and scholarship and to contribute to the development of both academic units. Applicants must demonstrate strong teaching interests relating to the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and culture and must demonstrate a willingness to teach online. We are especially interested in candidates who can engage students, develop student leadership and provide mentoring and activism opportunities. The position will start 8/15/2011.

Contact Person: Marta Miranda

Minimum Educational Qualifications:

PhD in an area related to the two interdisciplinary programs of the teaching assignment. The degree must be earned from a regionally accredited or internationally recognized institution.
Minimum Experience Qualifications: An ability to teach both General Education and upper-level English classes is required.

Desired Qualifications:

Expertise in teaching in a interdisciplinary program with specific expertise in masculinity theory preferred.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Official copies of transcripts are required for hire. (Unofficial copies of transcripts are acceptable for initial review and can be attached to online application).

Please attempt to attach a copy of your transcripts and letters of recommendation to this requisition in the space provided during the application process. If you cannot attach these documents, please mail them to:

Dr. Marta Miranda
Eastern Kentucky University
Keith 121
521 Lancaster, Ave
Richmond, KY 40475

If you have difficulty attaching any of the other documents required for this requisition, please e-mail shannon.ratliff@eku.edu.

Documents you may attach when applying for this position:

• Teaching Philosophy
• Copies of Unofficial Transcripts
• Letters of Recommendation

Documents you must attach when applying for this position:

• Cover Letter
• Vita

Additional Information: Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

Background Check: Offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory background check and educational credential verification.

Quicklink for Requisition: jobs.eku.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=65630

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