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invites applications for Assistant Professor, Creative Writing [R0153593] ROLE of the POSITION The Department of English at UNLV is searching for an Assistant Professor of Literary Nonfiction. This is a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track position beginning in fall 2027. Duties include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, advising graduate students on thesis manuscripts and translation projects, and serving
on departmental committees. Creative Writing at UNLV is a fully-funded graduate program that empowers students with one-on-one mentorship, global engagement through travel and translation, and the skills to navigate the publishing landscape. The successful candidate’s writing and teaching will demonstrate the literary excellence and activism to which our program is committed, while helping to lead the Literary
Nonfiction program of the M.F.A. and Ph.D. with creative dissertation. PROFILE of the DEPARTMENT Candidates should consider our mission statement carefully in their applications: Here in Las Vegas, a world center of the hyperreal surrounded by the real of the Southwestern desert, we nurture writers committed to literary excellence. Writing for a sustainable planet requires a sustainable writing life; our fully-funded
program empowers students with one-on-one mentorship, global engagement through travel and translation, and the skills to navigate the publishing landscape. Cognizant that all language engages the circuits of power, our writers make a living art through the rhythms of language and resistance. BACKGROUND SCREENING Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment background screening. MINIMUM
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