"Assistant Professor of Spanish"

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Washington and Lee University: Romance Languages

Location: Lexington, VA

Open Date: Oct 02, 2025

Deadline:

The Department of Romance Languages at Washington and Lee University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Spanish position. We seek scholars of Mexican, Mexican-American, and/or Indigenous literatures and cultures with proficiency at a native or near-native level in Spanish and English. Areas of scholarly and teaching interest are broad, and may include race and ethnicity, media studies, environmental humanities, queer and gender studies, disability studies, migration and diaspora, and/or postcolonial and decolonial approaches. The time period of specialization is open, with particular interest in work that bridges historical and contemporary perspectives and complements current program strengths.

We are interested in candidates who have experience and/or expressed interest in the following pedagogical areas:

• Ability to teach Spanish language from beginning to advanced levels.
• Spanish for Heritage Speakers.
• Spanish for the Professions.
• Ability to contribute to the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program.

Washington and Lee University is a highly selective, independent, co-educational, liberal arts college of approximately 1880 undergraduate and 400 law students. Located in Lexington, VA, in the scenic Shenandoah Valley, W&L is three hours southwest of Washington, DC, and the university is consistently ranked among the top national liberal arts colleges. The Romance Languages Department comprises sixteen faculty members (including the advertised position) and offers a collegial working environment, a superb student body, and plentiful opportunities for professional development as both teacher and scholar. Learn more about what makes Washington and Lee University a great place to work and live at jobs.wlu.edu.

Qualifications

Applicants should have a PhD (or ABD) in Spanish or a related field (e.g. Comparative Literature, Romance Languages).

Application Instructions

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by November 1, 2025 will receive full consideration. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, teaching statement, research statement, and three confidential letters of recommendation via Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/175131. Preliminary interviews will be conducted via Zoom in December. Selected finalists will be invited for a campus visit in January.

For more information, please contact Seth Michelson, Associate Professor of Spanish, at michelsons@wlu.edu.

Washington and Lee is an Equal Opportunity Employer seeking candidates committed to high standards of scholarship, performance, professionalism, and to a welcoming campus community. Job description requirements are representative, but not all‐inclusive of the knowledge, skill, and abilities needed to successfully perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.