The University of Alabama English Department invites applications for a tenure-line appointment as assistant professor or associate professor of English with a specialty in 20th/21st century African American literature, broadly conceived, to begin August 2023. The successful candidate will be able to teach upper-level seminars and graduate courses in their area of expertise as well as the early and late sections of our African American literature surveys.

Faculty are expected to maintain an active research agenda and enjoy strong research support. Review of applications will begin on October 28, 2022, and continue until the position is filled.

Qualifications: Candidates must have a PhD in English or a closely related field. Candidates nearing completion of doctoral requirements may be considered, but all degree requirements must be complete by start of appointment in August 2023.

Application Instructions: Applications should include a cover letter, CV, an article-length writing sample, and three letters of recommendation. In the cover letter, please state the rank (assistant or associate) for which you wish to be considered. Upload cover letter, CV, and writing sample when submitting an application via the University website at https://facultyjobs.ua.edu. Three letters of recommendation should be sent in on behalf of each applicant. Please ask that each reference or dossier service send letters to the following email address as Word documents or PDFs, and they’ll be automatically uploaded to our hiring committee’s files for review: [email protected]. Your references will receive a confirmation email that their letter was successfully added within just a few minutes of sending the file to the unique email address listed above.

Review of applications will begin on October 28, 2022, and will continue until the position is filled. We expect to conduct preliminary meetings by video conference and final interviews on campus. Please address questions to the search committee chair, Dr. Cassander L. Smith, at: [email protected].