About Us
Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 9,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today.
Location
Augusta University – Our Health Sciences Campus:
1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912
Our Summerville Campus:
2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904
College/Department Information
The Katherine Reese Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences forms the heart of the liberal arts mission of Augusta University. We foster critical thinking about complex questions of the human experience; cultivate skills in written, verbal, and creative expression; promote active citizenship and community engagement; and prepare graduates for diverse careers in quickly changing globalized environments. Our faculty and staff share a deep commitment to developing the intellectual potential of our students. We offer many undergraduate degrees as well as select graduate and minor programs that allow our students to gain the knowledge and skills that will transfer to career success. Explore opportunities for growth, including undergraduate research, study abroad, internships, and community service.
The Department of English and World Languages at Augusta University offers an interdisciplinary curriculum taught by expert faculty and designed to foster scholarship that can be applied across disciplines. Our students are aspiring writers, translators, publishers, corporate communicators, data managers, world language teachers and cultural liaisons who present their research at national
conferences, produce professional writing for nonprofit organizations, explore cultures during study abroad, contribute to the national, student-run literary magazine (Sand Hills), and translate their degrees to careers through meaningful internships.
Job Summary
Job ID # 249567
Position # 40030963
The Department of English and World Languages at Augusta University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in English specializing in creative nonfiction at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in August 2023. Acknowledging the importance of building a faculty that reflects the lived experiences of our students, we are particularly interested in candidates whose work is informed by diverse perspectives, including issues of race, culture, sex, and gender.
Responsibilities
The successful applicant will teach undergraduate courses in creative or professional writing as assigned by the Chair to include all of the duties and obligations expected of a college professor not limited to, but including grading, maintaining regular office hours, class preparations, and following university policies regarding teaching (e.g. reporting attendance and holding exams during assigned time).
Potential courses include Literature for the Creative Writer, Special Topics in Writing, and Introduction to Creative Nonfiction.
Assistant professors on the tenure track are also expected to pursue a robust research or creative activity agenda and to contribute to the service mission of the university.
Responsibilities
The successful applicant will teach undergraduate courses in creative or professional writing as assigned by the Chair to include all of the duties and obligations expected of a college professor not limited to, but including grading, maintaining regular office hours, class preparations, and following university policies regarding teaching (e.g. reporting attendance and holding exams during assigned time).
Potential courses include Literature for the Creative Writer, Special Topics in Writing, and Introduction to Creative Nonfiction.
Assistant professors on the tenure track are also expected to pursue a robust research or creative activity agenda and to contribute to the service mission of the university.
Required Qualifications
An MFA or PhD in Creative Writing (or English with a concentration in Creative Writing)
A strong record of professional success and publications; and experience teaching college-level writing are required.
Preferred Qualifications
One published nonfiction book; strong publications in a secondary genre or area of professional and technical writing; experience advising and mentoring students; and a demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion are preferred. Experience with online teaching is also desirable.
Shift/Salary/Benefits
Academic rank, tenure status and salary to be commensurate with qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.
Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees.
Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optimal Requirement Retirement), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays.
Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program. Consider applying with us today!
Other Information
This position is also responsible for promoting a customer friendly environment and providing superior service to our patients, students, faculty, and employees. "Augusta University is a patient-and family-centered care institution, where employees partner everyday with patients and families for success."
Augusta University is a tobacco free environment and the use of any tobacco products on any part of the campus, both inside and outside, is strictly prohibited.
Conditions of Employment
All selected candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University.
For Faculty Hires: Final candidates will be required to provide proof of completed academic degree(s) as well as post-secondary coursework in the form of original transcript(s). Those candidates trained by a foreign institution will also be required to provide an educational/credential evaluation.
All employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive [patient, student, employee, financial,business, etc.] information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during their employment
and beyond.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Augusta University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer welcoming applicants from underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.
How To Apply
To be considered an applicant for this position, you must apply online at http://www.augusta.edu/hr/jobs/faculty Job ID # 249567.
Please upload your Curriculum Vitae, Research Statement, Professional References, etc., as one document.
Applicants should submit the following by November 1, 2022: a letter of application; curriculum vitae; a statement of teaching philosophy; a sample syllabus and assignment for the Introduction to Creative Nonfiction course; a writing sample that includes a substantial portion of a published creative nonfiction text; and 3 letters of recommendation via Interfolio Faculty Search or emailed
directly by the recommender to Dr. Seretha D. Williams, Chair, Department of English and World Languages, at seretha.williams@augusta.edu.