Alden Library houses almost 3 million bound volumes and is a member of the prestigious Association of Research Libraries. The graduate program offers tracks in literary history, creative writing, and composition and rhetoric with a concentrated effort to braid those three strands together in course work and colloquia. We currently have three active Distinguished Professors, and our faculty have won Guggenheim, Rockefeller, Wallace and senior and junior NEH awards as well as Fulbright Lectureships. The program in creative writing sponsors an annual Spring Literary Festival, which brings award-winning novelists, poets, and essayists to campus each spring for an intensive celebration of the written and spoken word. A strong sense of humor and a commitment to shared governance are additional assets.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications.
The position will begin July 1, 2001. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2000. We plan to conduct preliminary interviews shortly after Thanksgiving. Women and other minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Position available September 2001.