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Jobs for 2025[]
Ambrose University (AB, Canada)[]
Assistant or Associate Professor of English, open to specializations from the Romantics to the present. Christian. 10/28/2024. TT, FT. https://ambrose.edu/job/assistantassociate-professor-english
Florida State University (FL, USA).[]
Teaching Faculty I, University Honors Program. 9/23/2024. NT. FT. https://jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_er/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_SCHJOB_FL&Action=U (Job ID 58290)
interviews underway (Oct 8)
Huntingdon College (AL, USA)[]
Assistant Professor of English. 9/30/2024. TT. FT. https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=178931936. Rejection email 1/14. Rejection email 2/17.
Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LA, USA). NT. FT. Director of Debate Program and Instructor (in English or Communications). As Instructor, the successful applicant will teach a 2/2 load within their discipline. As Director of Debate, they will teach a 1/1 load and provide leadership, operational oversight, instruction, and supervision for the intercollegiate competitive debate program, while supporting the other areas of the LSU Shreveport (LSUS) Forum. This is a 9-month, non-tenure track, renewable position. https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=179050481. Open until 03/03/2025 per committee response.
Mount Wachusett Community College (MA, USA). TT, FT, Associate Professor. Experience with and desire to teach courses in one or more of the following areas: African American literature; multiethnic American literature; Latinx literature of the Americas; and courses in support of the department's degree track in Professional Writing through a CRT and/or social justice lens. Due Nov 13. https://mwcc.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=182367
Nagoya University (Nagoya, JAPAN). Associate Professor of English/Anglophone Literature. Graduate School of Humanities. 10/31/2024. NT. FT. https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?id=D124091067
Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Humanities (Contemporary Literature and Art History). TT. https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/details/Assistant-Professor-in-English-and-Art-History_R00015820
Rockhurst University (Kansas City, MO, USA). NTT (full time, renewable). Assistant Teaching Professor of English (specialization in poetry preferred). Review begins 1/15/25. https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=198693
Siena Heights University (Adrian, MI). Assistant Professor of English (open, but specialization in Hispanic, Latinx, or Chicano/a literature preferred). FT. https://www.sienaheights.edu/who-we-are/resources/employment/
Texas State University (San Marcos, TX). Chair of the Department of English. Tenured Associate/Full Professor. FT. 10/15/2024. https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/49487
Yale University. Assistant Professor, any field of English literary studies. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/9373/assistant-professor-in-english/?utm_source=EmailAFriend&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwY2xjawF2ZG1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdL6Q7eWptMfAh_2miaracam--t7do69ZDAhO032Mbu7gRqSm75rTiLOAA_aem_b_AU8feBgj9cLxghhi79Sg
University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY). Asst Professor of English. Literatures, rhetorics, and cultures of underrepresented populations and public humanities. FT. 9/12/2024. https://eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/242290/?utm_medium=jobshare
Villanova University, Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellowship, Literature and the Augustinian Tradition[]
Deadline March 28. One year; renewable for up to a total span of three years.https://jobs.villanova.edu/postings/31252
Word on the Street[]
Honors Colleges:
(2/25) anyone heard about:
- U Mass Amherst Honors (deadline Jan 15)
- U Wyoming Honors
- U Colorado Boulder Honors?
Alabama A&M University (Assistant Professor of English)
- Has anyone heard from them? (3/31)
Cedar Crest College (Assistant Professor of English - open specialization)[]
- Anyone heard anything? (12/21)
- Invitation for Zoom interview (1/15)
Coppin State, English[]
Davidson College (Assistant Professor, British Literature before 1800 or American Literature before 1900 or both)[]
- Any news? (12/21)
- Haven't received any communication from Davidson, but based on discussion in the Early and 19th Century American Lit page, campus visit invites went out in late November. (12/22)
- Form rejection email indicating the position has been filled (1/7)
Harvard (Post-1945 Anglophone)[]
- Any news? 11/26
- official rejection 12/04
Hillsdale College (Tenure-track position in English)[]
- Any news? (12/09)
Hostos Community College (CUNY), English[]
- Any updates? 11/26
Huntingdon College[]
- Any news here? Sent in teaching Demonstration almost 2 weeks ago. (12/23)
Le Moyne College, American
Lindsey Wilson College (Assistant Professor in English)[]
- Any news? (12/09)
- Zoom interviews occurred week of January 6-10
Mississippi College (Tenure-track Generalist)[]
- Any news? (12/09)
- Interview request (12/06)
Oakton College[]
- Any news? (12/08)
- interview request (12/16)
Oberlin College, VAP in Modernism[]
- Any news? / How long does it generally take for interviews for VAP positions like this? (Deadline was Jan 31) (2/06)
- Interview request (2/17) x2
- Zoom interview. Committee said that we will likely hear back in mid-to-late March. (2/28)
- Any word yet? (3/10)
- Any updates? (3/18)
- Nothing yet.
- Any news here? (4/1)
- Rejection email received (4/8)
Sacred Heart University[]
- Anything? The call went out back in October.. (12/21)
- Has anyone received an update to their application for this post? Submitted my app on 10/25/24 and have yet to hear anything beyond the original confirmation of receipt, which I assume means the position's been filled but would appreciate knowing for sure. (2/10)
- Over on the Irish lit page, someone said they emailed the chair in November and never heard back. (2/14)
- Interview request (2/18)
- Any news? (3/10)
- Any updates? (4/1)
Siena Heights University[]
- Does anyone have any info on applying for this? There's no info about what materials you should send in.
- I emailed their HR asking about this last week, but I haven't heard back. (1/14)
- Request for interview 2/20
- Have campus visit invites gone out? (3/6)
- Received an email today saying that there's a temporary hiring freeze but they plan to move forward with this search ASAP. (3/25)
South Carolina State University Assistant Professor of English[]
- Any news? This was announced back in December. (14 Feb. 2025)
University of California-Santa Barbara (Literature & Mind)[]
- Any news? (12/11)
- Received form rejection email 12/19
- Any news? (2/14)
- No news but it looks like yet another internal candidate: look for their “visiting scholar”
Tiffin University Assistant Professor of English[]
- Anyone heard from them? It's apparently open until filled, and I saw the posting is no longer up. (2/20)
University of Massachusetts Amherst Chief Undergraduate Advisor/Lecturer position[]
University of Massachusetts Amherst: Commonwealth Honors College Lecturer[]
- Any news? (2/2)
- Anyone heard from UMass Amherst Honors? (2/7)
- Any news? (3/17)
University of Minnesota, American[]
- Is this for the 20th/21st century position? I think there's an existing thread on the "Anglophone and World Literature / Postcolonial" page. Requests for letters of recommendation apparently went out in late October. (11/3)
University of Nevada Las Vegas Assistant Prof of English in the Honors College[]
- Had initial interview in late Sept.
- Yes, did campus interview 10/14
- (10/30) offer extended and declined
- Oh well -- I hope that'll make another campus finalist happy.
University of North Georgia - Cumming Campus (Assistant Professor in English)[]
- Any developments? It's open until filled, but it was announced at the beginning of December. (14 Feb. 2025)
- Interview request, 3/3
University of Waikato (2 lecturer positions; 1 English pre-1900 and 1 English post-1900)[]
- I know it's early, but any news? (12/22)
- They'll likely shortlist by the end of Jan.; outcome notifications expected end of Feb.
- Rejection email received 2/10/25
University of Wyoming Asst Professor of Underrepresented Literature and Public Humanities[]
- Had zoom interview, but then silence.
- (10/30) - Also had zoom interview on and haven't heard back. They said campus visits would be taking place last week so not sure if they've gone ahead with those or not.
- (10/31) - reached out again and was told that campus interviews are in process
- Does that mean they’re in the process of scheduling or in the process of happening? seems kinda vague?
West Virginia Wesleyan College (British and World Literature + Composition)[]
- received request for Zoom interview 12/22
- received an email on Feb. 13 saying they were in the process of making an offer to another candidate
Western New Mexico University, Assistant Professor of English[]
- Split appointment teaching literature and composition
- Any news? (3/31)
William & Mary (American)[]
- Nothing for me yet (11/3)
Winston-Salem State University (British Literature or African American Literature)[]
- Any news? 3/7
- Someone on the open British page says they gone an interview request on 3/6.
Xavier U of Louisiana (American)[]
Yale (Open Call)[]
- not news, just lol
- that's not a job search, it's a census (<- i've been ranting about the search for a month to anyone who'll listen and this slayed me)
- Any news? 11/26
- Still no word - anyone else? (12/9)
- interview emails went out
- form rejection (12/20)
Oklahoma City University, (Assistant Professor of English/Literature/Public Humanities)[]
- Interview request - 1/25
- rejection letter/position filled (4/2)
Texas A&M Corpus Christi - Professional Assistant Professor[]
- Any news on this one? (2/8)
- Interview request (2/19)
- Any word after teams interviews? (3/11)
- Search cancelled "due to administrative reasons" (3/18)
New College of Florida (Sarasota, FL) Tenure Track Position in Medical/Health Humanities (Deadline: March 31)[]
- Job Description: New College of Florida is hiring for a tenure-track position in medical/health humanities to further strengthen our Health, Culture, and Societies (HCS) program, with employment beginning in August 2025. We welcome applicants from a range of academic fields and research areas, including but not limited to literature, linguistics, philosophy, digital humanities, media studies, graphic medicine, disability studies, narrative medicine, art, art history, music, and ethno/musicology. The position requires the ability to teach a history of medicine/biomedicine course. Deadline: March 31, 2025. For more details, please refer to the job description here: https://www.higheredjobs.com/institution/details.cfm?JobCode=179075900&Title=Professor%2C%20Medical%2FHealth%20Humanities