[Englecturers] One year position in African American Studies /English

[Steven Axelrod]

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From: Mwangi Githinji [mailto:mgithinj at gettysburg.edu] 
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 1:21 PM
To: haggerty at ucrac1.ucr.edu
Subject: African American Studies /English One Year Af-Am Lit Position



 

 

Friday, March 03, 2006

 

Dear Professor George Haggerty,

 

The Program in African American Studies (AAS) and the English Department at
Gettysburg College are jointly searching for a one year position in African
American Literature  as described below.  Please circulate this among your
graduate students and other colleagues who may find this position of
interest.  Thank you very much for your cooperation.

 

Mwangi wa Githinji                             Leonard Goldberg

Coordinator - AAS                               Chair, English Department

 

 

The Department of English and the African American Studies Program at
Gettysburg College, invite applications for a joint one year position at the
assistant professor level beginning in Fall 2006.  Candidates should have
completed a Ph.D. with a specialty in African American Literature by August
2006 or be ABD and close to completion of their degree.  Desirable secondary
areas of interest include Post Colonial theory, Literature and Cultures of
the African Diaspora, Critical or Cultural theory and American Studies. The
successful candidate will be expected to teach introductory African American
literature courses, an introduction to African American Studies, as well as
upper division courses in both the English Department and the African
American Studies Program.  Gettysburg College is a highly selective liberal
arts college located within 90 minutes of the Washington/ Baltimore
metropolitan area.  Established in 1832, the College has a rich history and
is situated on a 220-acre campus with an enrollment of 2,500 students.
Gettysburg College celebrates diversity and especially invites applications
from members of any group that has been historically underrepresented in the
American academy.  The College assures equal employment opportunity and
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin,
gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, and disability.  Send cover
letter and C.V. to Chair, Joint Search Committee, African American Studies
Program, Box 2451, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 17325.  For fullest
consideration applications should be sent by mail and post marked no later
than March 30, 2006.  Salary is competitive and commensurate with
experience.

 

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