Job: Assistant Professor Creative Writing/Nonfiction - Washburn University, KS

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CREATIVE WRITING, NONFICTION - ENGLISH DEPARTMENT:

The English Department at Washburn University is seeking a Creative Nonfiction writer to join a vital writing program, with well-published colleagues in fiction and poetry. Applicant must have MFA or PhD by date of hire, as well as publications in literary nonfiction. Writers with the MA degree will be considered if accompanied by a significant publication record. Commitment to undergraduate teaching and an active writing program are essential, as are willingness to advise and mentor students and assist with visiting writers. Washburn University has around 7,000 students, with 100 English majors, 50 of whom take the writing emphasis. New hire will teach four courses per semester in Creative Nonfiction, Publication Lab, Reading for Writers, Creative Writing and Composition, and others as appropriate. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy and three letters of recommendation by October 29, 2007, to Professor Thomas Fox Averill, Department of English, Washburn University , 1700 College, Topeka , KS 66621 . tom.averill@washburn.edu For more information about Washburn University, see www.washburn.edu. To enrich education through diversity, Washburn University is an EOE. Candidates from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.