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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear Current and past MFAs,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Please see the opportunity below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>My best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Andrew Winer</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><br>Chair & Associate Professor<br>Department of Creative Writing<br>University of California<br>Riverside, California 92521<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>951.827.5569<br>Email: </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:andrew.winer@ucr.edu"><span style='color:blue'>andrew.winer@ucr.edu</span></a><i><br>Website:</i> <a href="http://www.andrewwiner.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.andrewwiner.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Barnstone Tony [mailto:tbarnstone@whittier.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 27, 2012 5:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> Barnstone Tony<br><b>Subject:</b> Post-Doc for Fiction Writer with Ph.D and Chicano/Chicana Lit Interest<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hi A</span><span style='color:black'>ll</span><span style='color:black'>, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I'm writing to spread the word about a good opportunity for a fiction writer with a Ph.D (or ABD) to teach for two years at Whittier College with a strong chance of tenure track after that. I'll paste the ad below. I'd appreciate it if you would forward this to any writers out there you happen to know who might fit the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>All Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dr. Tony Barnstone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The Albert Upton Professor and Chair of English<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Whittier College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>13406 Philadelphia Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Whittier CA 90608<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The Whittier College Department of English Language and Literature is offering a 2-year Mellon postdoctoral position with a 2-2 load and possible conversion after two years to tenure track (with a 3-3 load). The primary emphases will be on Creative Writing, especially fiction, and Chicano/Chicana literature, with a wide range of possible additional teaching interests including Creative Nonfiction, California Literature and/or Multi-Ethnic Literature. The Department seeks candidates prepared to teach a broad range of undergraduate courses. Participation expected in first-year writing and college-wide interdisciplinary and team-taught programs, especially as a participant in a new Center for Collaborations with the Arts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Applicants must have received the Ph.D no earlier than July 1, 2009 or be close to completion. Mellon Fellows may not hold any other appointment during the period of the fellowship.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Whittier College is a liberal arts college in the Los Angeles area with a widely diverse student body and strong emphasis on interdisciplinary teaching. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, strongly committed to diversity, and we seek applications from members of under-represented groups.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Review of applications will begin immediately, and we will interview by telephone in mid-to-late April. Please send vita, statement of teaching philosophy, brief writing sample, and dossier to Dr. Tony Barnstone, Chair, Department of English, Whittier College, 13406 Philadelphia St., PO Box 634, Whittier CA 90608.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>