Assistant Professor - English

at  Adelphi University

JOB SUMMARY:

The Department of English at Adelphi University seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Global Early Modern Literature who studies Anglophone literatures within a global context. The appointment begins August 2024.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD in a relevant discipline is required by August 1, 2024.
• We strongly encourage applicants with a specific theoretical research agenda that engages this dynamic period of cultural exchange and/or its global reception history.
• Further, we especially welcome applicants who can demonstrate experience working with students from diverse populations, particularly students from historically underrepresented groups.

• The teaching load is 18-credits (3/3) with opportunities for research support.
• The successful candidate will teach lower-level surveys and upper-level seminars in their specialized field, including Shakespeare.
• Our new colleague will have opportunities to collaborate with Adelphi faculty in the development of such interdisciplinary studies programs as Asian Studies; African, Black and Caribbean Studies; Latin American and Latinx Studies; and Gender and Sexuality Studies.
• Our department additionally welcomes candidates whose research and teaching interests span various fields or theoretical concerns, and who can develop new courses within our “Critical Perspectives” category of upper-division electives. (See course listings at https://english.adelphi.edu/ba-in-english/).