POSITION DESCRIPTION

Assistant Professor - Tenure Track
Department of English and Comparative Literature

The Department of English and Comparative Literature at the Colleges invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in World Anglophone Literatures, emphasizing indigenous, diasporic and postcolonial literatures of any of the following: Africa, the Caribbean, East Asia, Pacific Rim, and although we do have some coverage in South Asia, we will consider expertise in that area as well. Additional expertise in literature and technology and/or film is desirable.

We encourage applications that show a strong theoretical orientation, which can be demonstrated in literary, artistic, social, cultural, comparative and/or global perspectives.

The teaching load is five courses a year, one of which will be a section of the introductory course to the English major.

We seek broad competencies that will allow the faculty member to work with faculty from other departments in our general curriculum and to cross-list courses with our interdisciplinary programs (see catalogue; these include, for example, Women’s Studies, Africana Studies, Environmental Studies, Media and Society). PhD should be in hand or completed by July 2012.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

The deadline for receipt of applications is November 4. Candidates should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to:

World Anglophone Search Committee
c/o Tina Phillip-Smaldone
Department of English and Comparative Literature
Demarest Hall
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva , NY 14456-3397

EOE

The department will conduct preliminary interviews at this year's MLA convention in Seattle, from Thursday January 5, 2012 through Saturday January 7, 2012.


Hobart and William Smith Colleges are committed to attracting and supporting faculty and staff that fully represent the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the nation and actively seek applications from under-represented groups. The Colleges do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or any other protected status.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges are a highly selective residential liberal arts institution located in a small, diverse city in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.  With an enrollment of approximately 2,200, the Colleges offer 62 majors and minors from which students choose two areas of concentration, one of which must be an interdisciplinary program.  Creative and extensive programs of international study and public service are also at the core of the Colleges’ mission.