Employment
DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE WRITING
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE
Positions: Lecturer
Dates: 2013 Academic Year Quarters
- Winter Quarter — January 2, 2013 to March 22, 2013
- Spring Quarter — March 27, 2012 to June 14, 2013
Responsibilities: Undergraduate courses in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, journalism, or the graphic novel, including workshops and literature-based courses in craft. Active program of creative activity.
Qualifications: Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing or equivalent. Experience teaching courses in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, journalism, or the graphic novel. Preference will be given to persons having previous experience teaching at the university level.
Salary: $5,057.25 for the one quarter, pending budgetary approval.
Guidelines:
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Send a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, and teaching evaluations and/or current letters of evaluation addressing candidate’s teaching ability. Electronic submissions only. Send your application to Search Committee Chair via email to: benicia@ucr.edu
Please indicate “Lecturer 13W” as subject
Phone: 951-827-5424 Fax: 951-827-4651
The Department of Creative Writing, University of California, Riverside, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. The closing date for completed applications is December 20, 2012.
The Department of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside seeks to make a tenure-track appointment in Fiction with secondary specialties in Historical Fiction and Narratology. Position includes undergraduate and graduate teaching, 4.5 courses per year on the quarter system, thesis supervision and standard non-teaching duties. Requirements: MFA or equivalent, at least one full-length book, strong teaching experience. The successful candidate must be committed to teaching effectively at all levels, including graduate mentoring. Salary commensurate with education and experience. Position begins July 1, 2013.
For further information about the department, see our web page at: http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/
UC Riverside is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to excellence through diversity.
We are accepting electronic applications only. Applicants should send a PDF containing letter of application, CV, and the names and e-mail addresses of three references to CRWTRecruitment@ucr.edu. (Letter of application should be addressed to Professor Tom Lutz, Chair, Creative Writing Search Committee, Department of Creative Writing, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521.) Review of applications will begin December 10, 2012 and the position will be open until filled.