Associate or Full Professor - Sydney Blair Memorial Professorship...
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, Virginia, us, 22905![University of Virginia](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgeneral-board-default.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdesk-360x180.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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The university will perform background checks on all new hires before employment.
Questions about the position may go to Jane Alison, Professor of Creative Writing (jas2ad@virginia.edu).
Questions about the application process may go to Melanie Sponaugle, Academic Recruiter (unw5dq@virginia.edu).
1. PhD or MFA in creative writing or equivalent required
2. Thee years of experience required
3. Two books of fiction from leading national presses required, with three books strongly preferred;
4. substantial publications in a secondary or subgenre preferred
5. five years of university-level teaching, with a proven record of excellence preferred;
6. promise of continued creative excellence, a commitment to teaching, and a readiness to assume service responsibilities within the Creative Writing Program preferred.
Visit
http://apply.interfolio.com/133242
to apply. Upload the following required materials:
1) a cover letter describing your background in writing and teaching;
2) a current CV with contact information for three references;
3) a statement about your teaching philosophy and how your skills and experience will advance the university's ambition to cultivate the most vibrant and diverse educational community (two-page, single-spaced maximum);
4) 4 samples of syllabi for both undergraduate and graduate courses;
5) 6 recent teaching observations and/or student evaluations; no older than 2020
6) a 25-page writing sample.
The position will remain open until filled; review of applications will begin December 1, 2023. Only complete applications will be considered.
The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physicians Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.
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