EOE Statement:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, protected veteran, or disability status.
Essential Functions:
The Department of English seeks applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in English, American, or Anglophone literature, with literary subfield open, to begin in the fall semester of 2016; the candidate should have expertise in computational approaches to literary analysis and will be expected to make a sustained contribution to the university’s interdisciplinary initiative in Data Science. Duties will include teaching assigned courses, conducting research, writing for publication, advising students, participating in department governance, and university service, especially in advancing the research mission of the Humanities Digital Workshop.
Required Qualifications:
Appointment requires a PhD in literary study in hand by July 1, 2016.
Applicant Special Instructions:
Applicants should submit a cover letter addressed to Joseph Loewenstein, Chair of the Recruiting Committee, a c.v. and a 25-page writing sample, and arrange for the submission of 3 letters of recommendation through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/33431 . Full consideration and priority will be given to application materials received by January 4, 2016.
Preferred Qualifications:
Scholars with expertise in the use of quantitative methods, for stylometrics, for the analysis of large corpora, and for the study of book history. Although the candidate’s home department will be English, at least half of his or her teaching will be devoted to interdisciplinary teaching in the new curriculum in data science for the humanities, with undergraduates and graduate students from departments of language and literature, Comparative Literature, History, and, possibly, Linguistics, Music, Art History, and Computer Science. Aptitude and, if possible, experience in collaboration and mentoring are important.
Salary Range:
The hiring range for this position is commensurate with experience.
Benefits:
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Tuition benefits for employee, spouse and dependent children
- Free Metro Link/ Bus pass
- Free Life Insurance
- Health, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Long Term Disability Insurance
- Flex Spending Plan
- Other Benefits
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