Part-time AF-Am Lit Position for Fall

Visiting Part-time Appointment in African American Literature

The Department of English at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a visiting part-time African American appointment in the fall, 2010 and spring, 2011 terms. Ph.D. is preferable, but A.B.D. status will be considered. We anticipate that the position will become a full-time tenure-track position the following year. The part-time position carries a 2-2 teaching load on a two-day, WF schedule: one upper-level African American Literature course and an upper-level Masterpieces of American Literature (non-majors) course in the fall; an upper-level Contemporary African American Novel course and again a Masterpieces course for non-majors in the spring. (A substitute African American course topic for the spring is negotiable.) The classes are capped at 25 students.

Please send a cover letter describing research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, a statement on teaching philosophy, transcripts, and two letters of recommendation to Patrick J. Ireland, Associate Professor & Chair, Department of English, College of the Holy Cross, One College Street, Worcester, MA 01610.

The College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 2,700 students and is located in a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. Holy Cross belongs to the Colleges of Worcester Consortium and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium . The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.