Assistant Professor of Creative Writing

Position

Tenure track position as Assistant Professor of Creative Writing

The College

Eureka is a small residential liberal arts college located equidistant between the cities of Peoria and Bloomington/Normal. The campus is situated on 112 wooded acres with 24 academic and residential buildings in the city of Eureka, Illinois. Focused on “excellence in learning, service, and leadership,” Eureka graduates include forty-two college presidents, seven governors and members of Congress, and the 40th President of the United States. Eureka currently has almost 700 students enrolled in 30 degree programs and has over 5,000 living alumni.  The College is cited as one of fifty national “All-American Colleges” by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Chartered in 1855 to provide a “non-sectarian liberal arts” education by abolitionists who were members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Eureka was the first college in Illinois and the third in the nation to admit men and women on an equal basis (see http://www.disciples.org/ and http://www.helmdisciples.org/ for additional information about the Christian Church and the affiliation with Eureka College).

Position Requirements

Eureka College invites applications for Assistant Professor of Creative Writing with primary teaching responsibilities in fiction, creative non-fiction, and composition.  The ideal candidate will also have the ability to teach in one or more of the following areas: rhetoric, technical writing, and American literature.  Terminal degree in creative writing, MFA or PhD, required.  4/4 teaching load.  All department members are also expected to teach in the general education curriculum.  Supervision of the Eureka Literary Magazine may also be included in the responsibilities.

Eureka College values excellent teaching at the college level that employs a variety of methods to enable all learners in the classroom. The small college reality requires professors who can be interdisciplinary and generalist in approach while still engaged in their specific discipline.

Applications Materials

Please send a letter of interest, CV, three letters of recommendation, statement of teaching philosophy, a sample of creative writing, and sample syllabi if available,  electronically in WORD format to: employment@eureka.edu (please put “Creative Writing” in subject line).  Written submissions may be sent to Dr. Kathy Whitson,  Eureka College, 300 East College Ave. Eureka, IL  61530. 

Review of applications to begin immediately and will continue until position is filled.  Start date for position is Fall 2008.