The Department of English at Appalachian State University invites applications for a tenure-track position in American Literature from Beginnings until 1865 at the rank of Assistant Professor, pending final administrative and budgetary approval. The position will start on August 1, 2025. A PhD in English, Comparative Literature, or closely related field, and evidence of successful teaching are required. ABD candidates will be considered, but must have completed their degree by the date of hire.
The successful candidate will have experience teaching American Literature courses, and we welcome a wide range of secondary interests, such as transatlantic studies, world literature, digital humanities, and ecocritical studies. We seek a faculty member committed to excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching, with the ability to teach introductory as well as major-specific and graduate courses. Candidates must have pedagogies that support students of all backgrounds.
To ensure full consideration, please send a cover letter and CV by November 18th. Only electronic applications will be considered. Candidates who proceed to the second round will be asked for additional materials. The committee will conduct Zoom interviews in early January. Finalists will come to Boone for in-person campus visits in late January or February.
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This is a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track position. Teaching load is 3/3, provided faculty produce at least 2 peer-reviewed publications (or equivalent) every 3 years. Service expectations include advising students, participating in committee work, and other related service activities.
About Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University, in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and to embrace diversity and difference. As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls over 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors. The English department is home to a thriving major with multiple undergraduate programs, including Creative Writing, Film, English Education, Literary Studies, and Rhetoric and Technical Writing, and an M.A. program with concentrations in Literary Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, and Teaching Literature and Writing.
Appalachian State University is a member institution of the seventeen-campus University of North Carolina System. Located in the scenic mountains of Boone, NC, it enrolls approximately 21,000 students and was recently ranked fourth in the nation among
Consumer Digest’s top values in Public Colleges and Universities and third among
U.S. News and World Report’s list of the top public master-degree granting universities in the South. The University has been recognized as among the greenest schools in America by the
Princeton Review and the Sierra Club. Additional information about the Department of English, Appalachian State University, and surrounding areas may be accessed at:
www.appstate.edu.
