Summary:

The Department of English at Marian University, a Catholic, comprehensive, regional institution of higher education invites applications for tenure-track assistant or associate professor of American Literature. Areas of expertise in one or more of the following multicultural fields is especially desired: African diaspora, postcolonial, transatlantic/transpacific literatures. Demonstrated ability and motivation to teach undergraduates, majors, and non-majors are essential.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Exhibit leadership interest and potential, promote academic excellence, actively participate in the life of the campus and help advance the institution.
• Teach 12 credit hours per semester including the required general education composition course, various literature courses, and other required courses in the major as necessary.
• Advance student learning through engaged teaching, mentoring, advising, community building.
• Be involved in service to the university and engaged in research and scholarship.
• Embrace a student-centered culture, and be a part of a dedicated team of faculty and staff.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of and commitment to the mission of Marian University
• Ph.D.in AmericanLiterature,expertisein multicultural fields
• Demonstrated teaching excellence in higher education.
• Evidence of self-motivation, enthusiasm for collaborative, co-curricular work.
• Evidence of research agenda relevant to classroom teaching.

Marian University is located within 10 minutes of downtown Indianapolis, Marian University is one of the nation’s preeminent Catholic institutions of higher learning, and ranks in the Top 25 of US News & World Report’s list of Midwest Region colleges, as well as Money magazine’s list of Top 10 schools in Indiana “For Your Money”. Marian University was founded in 1937 by the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Indiana, and the Franciscan Values that the Sisters ingrained into the university’s culture are still prevalent today. The university has experienced tremendous growth in the past 10 years under the leadership of President Daniel J. Elsener, including the opening of the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2013 – the state’s first new medical school in 110 years. Marian University’s football team has captured the NAIA national championship in 2012 and 2015 in 9 years of existence. Marian University is also home to the most successful collegiate cycling program in the nation, which currently holds 46 national titles.

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2019 and continue until the position is filled. Applications require a letter of application, a current CV, three letters of recommendation, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and a sample of scholarly work. All applications should be submitted to hr@marian.edu.

Marian University is an EOE