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The Department of English and Humanities is accepting applications for a continuing contract (tenure-track) faculty position, beginning Fall 2012 (pending available funding). Primary duties include teaching composition courses, World Literature, Western and Non-Western Civilization and Literature courses.  Standard teaching load is 12 hours per semester with additional responsibilities to include student advising, committee service, and participation in departmental activities. 

Please submit hard copies of application materials to:  Dr. Tim Scheurer, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH  45662 OR electronic materials to Linda Plummer, Dean's Secretary: lplummer@shawnee.edu.  Application packets for each position must include letter of application, curriculum vita, 1-2 page essay on teaching philosophy, three letters of reference, and copies of unofficial graduate and undergraduate transcripts.   Please address applications to Composition/Comparative Literature Committee. For electronic submissions, use the committee name as the subject line.  Official transcripts and background check required prior to hire. 

PhD (Assistant Professor) or ABD (Senior Instructor) in English or related field required by August 1, 2012.  Required:  Three years of college teaching experience, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and credentials and teaching experience in composition and Anglophone literature, literature of Americas, or comparative literature.  Desirable:  Teaching experience in an interdisciplinary field (such as history and literature) and fluency and teaching experience in a foreign language.  Teaching introductory foreign language courses is a possibility.