Summary: The Department of English and Theatre at Eastern Kentucky University seeks a creative writer for a nine month tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor. The normal teaching load is twelve hours per semester. The successful candidate will teach courses in creative writing, as well as in freshman composition and sophomore literature, and will be involved in our low residency MFA.  This position will begin August, 2008.

Applicants should be comfortable joining a large and diverse faculty at an institution where teaching is emphasized and everyone is expected to teach lower-division/general education courses.  

Eastern Kentucky University is an EEO/AA institution that values diversity in its faculty, staff, and student body. In keeping with this commitment, the University welcomes applications from diverse candidates and candidates who support diversity.

For more information, please visit our Equal Opportunity Office.  

Qualifications: A terminal degree (MFA or PhD) from a regionally (SACS, North Central, etc.) accredited or internationally recognized institution and a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline are required.  Publication of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction is strongly preferred.  

Application materials: Must attach the following to your online application:
1) Resume
2) Cover letter
3) Teaching philosophy

Documents you may attach when applying for this position:
1) Samples of published creative work
2) Vita