McGee Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing

Job no: 494575 Categories: Faculty Department: English Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina invites distinguished writers to apply for a non-renewable one-semester professorship, the McGee Professor of Writing, for appointment for the spring semester 2025; genre open.
Responsibilities: in-person, teach two courses, serve on two English honors committees, and work closely with students and faculty.
Qualifications: extensive high-quality publications, significant awards and/or fellowships; national reputation within the field; demonstrated teaching experience at the undergraduate level.
Previous McGee professors have included Kazim Ali, Dorothy Allison, D.
A.
Powell, Victoria Redel, Ali Selim, and Al Young.
The 2023-2024 McGee Professor is Rone Shavers.
Furnished housing and salary of $70,000 provided.
Apply online at https://employment.
davidson.
edu and attach a letter of application, a c.
v.
, a list of three references, and a one page Statement on Inclusive Pedagogy that addresses how the applicant’s creative writing pedagogy is consonant with Davidson’s institutional commitment to diversity and inclusion.
In addition, please mail at least one book to Professor Alan Michael Parker, Department of English, PO Box 5000, Davidson, NC 28035.
All application materials should be submitted by November 1.
Davidson College is a highly selective, residential, four-year liberal arts college, located 20 miles from Charlotte, NC that is consistently ranked among the top liberal arts colleges in the country.
Davidson places emphasis on excellence in teaching, features outstanding facilities, and provides institutional funding for research, travel, and sabbatical leaves.
Davidson faculty and students benefit from small class sizes at all levels.
A collegial, respectful atmosphere honors academic achievement and integrity, upholds educational excellence, encourages student-faculty collaborative research, and prioritizes inclusive pedagogy.
At Davidson College, we believe the college grows stronger by recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and staff committed to building an inclusive community.
In order to achieve and sustain educational excellence, we seek to hire talented faculty and staff across the intersections of diverse races, ethnicities, religions and worldviews, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, political perspectives, abilities, veteran status, cultures, and national origins.
At Davidson College, we believe the college grows stronger by recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and staff committed to building an inclusive community.
In order to achieve and sustain educational excellence, we seek to hire talented faculty and staff across the intersections of diverse races, ethnicities, religions and worldviews, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, socio-economic backgrounds, political perspectives, abilities, veteran status, cultures, and national origins.
Advertised: 08 Sep 2023 Eastern Daylight Time Applications close: