Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Creative Writing (Fiction)

Description

The Department of English at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position specializing in Creative Writing (Fiction) to begin in August 2025. We will consider appointments to the tenure-track at the assistant or associate professor level.

In addition to teaching all levels of creative writing, a tenure-track hire in Creative Writing will have opportunities to develop literature offerings for the creative writing minor and English department. A typical teaching load would be four creative writing workshops and one literature offering per year. Through their teaching they will have opportunities to support the College’s longstanding investment in interdisciplinary studies, including programs such as Environmental Studies; Peace and Conflict Studies; and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; as well as the College’s first-year Montserrat program. Candidates are encouraged to find out more about our department here: https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/english .

This position carries a 3-2 teaching load with a research leave prior to tenure review of either a full year at 80% salary or a semester at full salary, and generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for tenured faculty. Assistant/Associate Professors receive start-up funding to support their research and professional development and have a one-course reduction in their first year of teaching (i.e., 2-2). All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and full benefits. Faculty at the College cultivate a richly diverse academic community, pursue innovative teaching, and create high-impact scholarship.

To learn more about faculty life at the College & the Worcester area, candidates are encouraged to visit our Prospective Faculty page .

Qualifications

Candidates must demonstrate excellence in scholarship and a commitment to effective undergraduate teaching in the context of a liberal arts college. M.F.A. required by the beginning of the appointment.

Application Instructions

Please submit a cover letter addressing the position requirements listed above, a current curriculum vitae, a 15 page writing sample and a statement on teaching. Later in the process candidates may be asked to submit a longer writing sample, three confidential letters of recommendation, and official undergraduate and graduate transcripts. In your cover letter and statement on teaching, in addition to describing your research and teaching interests, please address how your scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and/or service might support the College’s mission as a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college and its core commitment to diversity and inclusion .

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications. Please submit all application materials only through this platform: to https://apply.interfolio.com/153631 . Materials submitted through any other means will not be considered.

Applications must be submitted by November 17, 2024. Initial interviews of selected applicants via Zoom will take place in mid December, and campus visits for selected applicants will take place after semester break in early February. Questions about this search may be directed to Prof. Leila Philip, Search Committee Chair ( lphilip@holycross.edu ).

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,100 students and is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate an enduring commitment to academic excellence and who embrace the educational benefits of a richly diverse community. Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium .

The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.