Job Description

POSITION REPORTS TO: English Department

Summary of Position

The English Department at Allegheny College invites applications for a specialist in African American and/or African Diasporic Literatures interested in joining a vibrant program dedicated to outstanding undergraduate education in literature and creative writing. This is a tenure-track position beginning in August of 2025. Our future colleague will be an active teacher-scholar whose work and professional interests demonstrate an earnest engagement with a diverse world, with a particular emphasis on African American and/or African Diasporic literatures. This person will also be able to teach broadly in American literature. While primary teaching responsibilities will be in the Department of English, we have particular interest in candidates with expertise in race and/or social justice who could contribute to the core curriculum in the interdisciplinary programs of Black Studies or Community and Justice Studies. All Allegheny faculty teach in the college-wide speaking and writing seminars and advise senior projects. The teaching load is 3/3, with course releases earned for Senior Project advising.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

Our faculty are active scholars and exemplary teachers, who receive strong institutional support for ongoing professional development, travel, and research. Allegheny College is dedicated to a balanced teacher-scholar model that lies at the core of Liberal Arts colleges.

THE HIRING PROCESS

Please submit a letter of application (addressed to Jennie Votava, Chair of English), CV, and diversity statement (describing how you incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion in your teaching, writing, and/or service), by email to employment@allegheny.edu . Writing samples and letters of recommendation will be requested at a later date. Applications must be received by October 22, 2024.

ALLEGHENY COLLEGE

Allegheny College is deeply committed to creating an inclusive community that actively challenges racism, sexism, heterosexism, religious bigotry, and other forms of bias (see  Allegheny College Statement of Community ).

Allegheny College is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity. Women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Allegheny does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, or national origin.

Allegheny College is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact the Director of Human Resource

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Experience and Qualifications

Qualifications: Ph.D., a promising record of scholarly engagement in the candidate’s specialty area, and college teaching experience. Strong candidates will demonstrate a commitment to undergraduate education, including pedagogy and experience consistent with diversity, equity, and inclusion.

About Allegheny College

Allegheny College, founded in 1815, is one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative four-year colleges where multidisciplinary learning breaks the conventional mold. It is one of the few colleges in the United States with a unique requirement to choose both a major and minor for graduation, to provide students with a cross-disciplinary path in the sciences and humanities for educational depth and intellectual growth. Located in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Allegheny College is one of 44 colleges featured in Loren Pope’s “Colleges That Change Lives.” In its 2025 rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized Allegheny College as one of the country’s 100 top national liberal arts colleges — and including in the top 25 Undergraduate Teaching, Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects, First-Year Experience, and Senior Capstone.Allegheny was honored as the top baccalaureate college in the nation for undergraduate research in the Council of Undergraduate Research’s inaugural Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishment (AURA). Allegheny’s undergraduate residential education prepares students for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students’ intellectual, moral, and social developme ... nt and encouraging personal and civic responsibility. Allegheny’s faculty and staff combine high academic standards and a commitment to the exchange of knowledge with a supportive approach to learning. Graduates are equipped to think critically and creatively, write clearly, speak persuasively, and meet challenges in a diverse, interconnected world.

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