Assistant Professor of Global Anglophone Literatures of the Nineteenth Century

Open date: September 9, 2024

Next review date: Friday November 1, 2024, at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, January 10, 2025, at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

The Department of English at the University of California, Davis, seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Global Anglophone Literatures of the Nineteenth Century. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in Romanticism and its global legacies and/or Anglophone literatures of South Asia, the Pacific, or the Caribbean. We seek candidates whose research and teaching situate British literary history and the study of English in a global frame, drawing on postcolonial studies, settler colonial studies, and/or comparative approaches.

Applicants should submit a two-page cover letter, CV, writing sample (up to thirty (30) pages), three (3) letters or recommendation, and statement of contributions to diversity through the online application form: [https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06683]. Applications received by November 1, 2024, will receive fullest consideration.

"Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions, qualifications, and experience. A reasonable estimated salary range for this position is $94,600 - $123,300 inclusive of the salary scale and off-scale salary components.

The University of California, Davis, is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity. We actively seek faculty who aspire to educate a student body rich in diversity with respect to gender, ethnicity, first-generation status, socioeconomic status, and academic interests.

Application Requirements:

• Cover Letter - Include discussion of research and teaching interests not already evident in your CV.
• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated CV.
• Writing Sample – up to thirty (30) pages.
• Letters of Recommendation – please provide three (3) letters.
• Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Diversity contributions documented in the application file will be used to evaluate applicants. Visit: http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/diversity/equity_inclusion/index.html for guidelines about writing a diversity statement and why one is requested.

Basic Qualifications:

PhD in English or a related field.

Additional Qualifications:

Innovative research and teaching that fills curricular needs in one or more announced subfields (i.e., Romanticism, South Asian, Pacific, and/or Caribbean Anglophone Literature) and successfully situates British literary history and the study of English in a global frame, drawing on postcolonial studies, settler-colonial studies, and/or comparative approaches. Promise as a teacher of undergraduate and graduate literature courses.

Reference Check Information:

https://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/recruitments-and-removals/reference-checks

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in university programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment, UC Davis conducts a reference check on all first-choice candidates for Academic Senate Assistant Professor or Lecturer with Potential for Security of Employment, Steps 4, 5, or 6, or Acting Professor of Law positions. The reference check involves contacting the administration of the applicant’s previous institution(s) to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UC Davis requires all applicants for any open search for assistant professor to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If an applicant does not include the signed authorization with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists considered for Academic Senate Assistant Professor or Lecturer with Potential for Security of Employment, Steps 4, 5, or 6, or Acting Professor of Law positions will be subject to reference checks.

Department: https://english.ucdavis.edu/