Assistant Professor of English

Job Summary

The School of Arts & Sciences seeks a dynamic candidate for an Assistant Professor of English faculty position in the Department of Arts & Humanities. The Department of Arts & Humanities provides courses in support of the general education curriculum as well as for the B.A. in American Studies and the B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies. This is an academic-year 10-month contract. The contract is expected to begin 1 August 2026.

Responsibilities

• Develop and teach undergraduate courses in English composition, writing, literature, and interdisciplinary studies with the possibility of teaching in another discipline in the Humanities.
• Teach a full load of classes in Fall and Spring semesters.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the effective and accessible use of educational technology across course modalities.
• Maintain on-campus office hours, prepare lesson plans and syllabi including course objectives, offer lectures and other course materials such as quizzes and exams, and submit final grades and attendance reports.
• Conduct academic advisement.
• Maintain an active agenda of service, professional development, and scholarship in support of student success.
• Work cooperatively with others and be willing to teach face-to-face, hybrid, and online classes on the Brunswick campus, at the Camden center, or on the campus of a local high school.
• Demonstrate a commitment to using high-impact practices.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
Doctoral degree in English, Humanities, or a related field with a minimum of 18 graduate hours in English from a regionally accredited institution. The doctorate must be completed by 1 July 2026.

Required Experience
Successful teaching experience at the undergraduate level. Evidence of professional development. Experience teaching composition at the post-secondary level.

Preferred Qualifications

Two years of full-time experience teaching composition and English at the college level. Experience teaching co-requisite / learning support. Secondary expertise in American literature (pre-1900), American Studies, digital humanities, technical writing, cultural rhetorics, and/or the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Ability to teach in multiple Humanities disciplines. Certification in online teaching.