Job Description: About Fairfield University: Fairfield University is a co-educational, comprehensive Jesuit university with a 200-acre campus located along the scenic shoreline community of Fairfield, CT. The University is comprised of approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students pursuing degrees within 5 schools: The John Charles Meditz College of Arts and Sciences, the Charles F. Dolan School of
Business, the School of Engineering, the Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies, and the School of Education and Human Development. As an expression of our Jesuit, Catholic mission and identity, Fairfield embraces a liberal humanistic approach to education, encouraging critical thinking, cultivating free and open inquiry, and fostering ethical and religious values. Job Description: The Department of
English at Fairfield University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English/African Diaspora Literature position, starting Fall 2027. The primary teaching responsibility will be undergraduate courses for English majors and in the University’s Magis Core curriculum. Areas of specialization may include African American literature, Caribbean literature, or other literatures of the African
Diaspora. Secondary fields of interest include Indigenous and Black convergences in the African Diaspora, gender and sexuality in the African Diaspora, queer diasporas, decolonial studies and movements, and abolition movements. The University seeks candidates who are ready to participate in its interdisciplinary programs, including Black Studies; Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Latinx, Latin American and
Caribbean Studies; and/or American Studies. The position carries a 3-3 course teaching load and includes the opportunity to develop new courses in the candidate’s area of expertise, a one-semester, pre-tenure research leave, and subsequent sabbaticals. Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in English or closely related field (degree in hand by start date) Evidence of successful teaching at the college level Promise of
research agenda Application Instructions: Review of applications will begin on Nov. 15 and continue until the position is filled. Only complete applications will be reviewed by the search committee. For full consideration, please click “Apply Now” and submit the following materials through the online application portal. Cover letter addressing teaching philosophy and research Curriculum vitae Three letters of
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