Job Description for the Assistant Professor in Creative Writing/Nonfiction (tenure-track) position. Review job description, requirements, and qualifications. Apply or register interest for the position.

Elon University invites applications for a tenure-track writer of creative nonfiction, at the assistant professor level, beginning mid-August 2025. Secondary expertise in poetry preferred. Requirements: MFA or higher, an active record of publication in top-tier journals and/or presses, and a history of innovation and excellence in undergraduate teaching. We especially seek candidates with a teaching history that demonstrates explicit engagement with, and commitment to, understanding experiences shaped by race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, dis/ability, religion, and/or class.

A successful applicant will teach the intermediate nonfiction course, as well as multi-genre introductory and upper-level creative writing courses, including senior seminar. The applicant will also teach first-year writing and interdisciplinary courses in the Elon Core Curriculum, mentor students pursuing creative thesis projects, and/or advise the campus literary journal. Other duties include academic advising, participating in department and university service, and organizing and supporting the visiting writers series. Elon’s creative writing community is close-knit and dynamic; candidates should be prepared to engage with students both in and out of the classroom. Teaching load is typically six courses per year.

Candidates who have experience working with a diverse range of people are encouraged to identify their experiences in contributing to a climate of inclusivity in their cover letters. Elon is a dynamic private, co-educational, comprehensive institution that is a national model for actively engaging faculty and students in teaching and learning in a liberal art s based residential campus. To learn more about Elon, please visit the University website at http://www.elon.edu.

Elon values and celebrates the diverse backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and perspectives of our community members. As an equal opportunity employer, decisions related to hiring, compensating, training, evaluating performance, are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees. We examine our unconscious biases and take responsibility for always striving to create an inclusive environment that makes every candidate feel welcome. At Elon we strive to follow our mission, where our employees are empowered to respect human differences, have a passion for lifelong learning, an emphasis on personal integrity and an ethic of service.

Applications must be received by November 4, 2024. Please attach a letter of application, CV, a portfolio of selected work (15 pages maximum), and contact information for three references. External Letters of Reference will be requested from finalists.