Posted in Other 30+ days ago.
Type: Full Time
JOB TITLE
English, Assistant Professor, Global Literatures in English, Tenure Track
POSITION TITLE
English, Assistant Professor, Global Literatures in English, Tenure Track
POSITION NUMBER
JOB CATEGORY
University Faculty
JOB TYPE
Full-Time
FLSA STATUS
Exempt
CAMPUS
Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus
LOCATION CODE
ENGLISH (02103A)
DEPARTMENT NAME
ENGLISH
IS THIS SPLIT AND/OR FULLY GRANT FUNDED*
No
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago (LUC) invites applications (international scholars are welcome to apply) for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, for academic year 2021-22, with a specialty in the literatures of either Africa, South Asia, the Pacific, or the Caribbean. Strengths in postcolonial and decolonial studies; indigenous studies; critical refugee studies; migration studies; environmental justice; slavery studies; the intimacies of race, gender, and sexuality; or new logics of global connection, interchange, and solidarity are particularly welcome. The successful candidate will join an intellectual community with existing strengths in South Asian, Asian American, Latinx, African American, and Caribbean literatures as well as interdisciplinary foci in textual studies and the digital humanities, gender and queer theory, modernism/modernity, and critical race theory and a university that has made social justice central to its vision. For more information about the Department, please visit our website at www.luc.edu/english.
This search is part of a University-wide, multi-year hiring initiative designed to hire outstanding researchers and teachers who are reflective of our diverse student body and committed to interdisciplinarity (i.e., working with colleagues across different subfields and disciplines) and the pursuit of external grants. Of special interest are candidates who can further the University s efforts to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The position involves teaching undergraduate courses as well as graduate courses in our MA and PhD programs. The successful candidate will be expected to pursue a strong program of scholarship, and to engage in service at the department level or above.
QUALIFICATIONS
The candidate will have a PhD in English or a closely related field or have a plan in place to defend by May 2021. Candidates for the position must demonstrate clear potential for excellence in research and teaching and must be willing to support the mission of LUC and the goals of a Jesuit Catholic education.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
None
WORKING CONDITIONS
None
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND/OR WORK EXPERIENCE
The candidate will have a PhD in English or a closely related field or have a plan in place to defend by May 2021. Candidates for the position must demonstrate clear potential for excellence in research and teaching and must be willing to support the mission of LUC and the goals of a Jesuit Catholic education.
OPEN DATE
11/24/2020
CLOSE DATE
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS
Candidates should submit a cover letter and a current Curriculum Vitae to www.careers.luc.edu. After an initial round of review, selected candidates will be asked to submit additional materials: (1) a writing sample; (2) a statement on teaching experience; and (3) a statement addressing past and/or potential contributions to mentoring a diverse student body through research, teaching, and other channels and engaging a diverse community through scholarship and service. At that stage, candidates will also be asked to arrange for three recommendations from individuals prepared to speak to their professional qualifications for this position to be submitted electronically to the above website (letter writers will receive an electronic prompt from LUC).
For full consideration, cover letter and curriculum vitae should be submitted by December 21, 2020.
LUC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty. The University seeks to increase the diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and graduate student populations because broad diversity including a wide range of individuals who contribute to a robust academic environment is critical to achieving the University s mission of excellence in education, research, educational access and services in an increasingly diverse society. Therefore, in holistically accessing the many qualifications of each applicant, we would factor favorably an individual s record of conduct that includes experience with an array of diverse perspectives, as well as a wide variety of different educational, research or other work activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career or degrees.
As a Jesuit Catholic institution of higher education, we seek candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a transformative education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more about LUC s mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission. For information about the university s focus on transformative education, they should consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.
QUICK LINK FOR POSTING
http://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/14606
JOB NUMBER
85TBD
ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION
PROVOST