Assistant Profesor of English, Digital Humanities, Tenure-Track

Job Title: Assistant Professor of English, Digital Humanities, Tenure-Track

The English Department at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) seeks a specialist in Digital Humanities (DH) for a tenure-track position. Sub-specialty open; please define clearly on CV. Teaching experience and a promising research agenda required. Ability to teach DH methods courses that apply to students in all areas of English Studies in our department is required (literature, rhetoric, education). The successful candidate will be able to theorize and historicize digital tools and/or modes of analysis and will demonstrate a DH research focus. The successful candidate will contribute new courses to the department’s existing curriculum and will teach undergraduate courses fall and spring semesters in areas of specialization, including senior seminars, and other undergraduate courses addressing departmental need. Teaching load is 2/3; 2/2 in the first year. A Ph.D. in English, Rhetoric/Composition, or a closely related field in hand by July 2020 is required. For full consideration, applications must be submitted by 15 October 2019. Preliminary phone/Skype interviews of select candidates will be in December 2019. Please upload an application letter including discussion of new courses you can offer, CV, teaching philosophy (500-word maximum), unofficial graduate transcripts, and a writing sample (30 pp. maximum) to CU Careers at www.cu.edu/cu-careers, UCCS job # 16759. Additionally, three letters of recommendation, uploaded to Interfolio at apply.interfolio.com/67552, are required. If interviewed, candidates should be prepared to discuss the relationships among literature, rhetoric, creative writing, professional writing, and other components of English Studies. UCCS is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Please see the CU Careers posting for more information about this position, the application process, and our campus.