Wanted: Visiting Assistant Professor (Fiction) for Allegheny College

Allegheny College. Allegheny College invites applications from a fiction writer with a strong academic background for a one-year full time Visiting Assistant Professor position. Primary responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate writing workshops & literature courses & supervising several senior theses in fiction writing. Teaching load is 3/3. Qualifications: PhD or MFA, college teaching experience (in both literature & creative writing), significant record of publications, & a strong commitment to teaching. Allegheny College is a highly selective private liberal arts college with a dedicated faculty of teacher-scholars. Please send letter of application & CV by no later than March 22nd, 2010, to Professor Jennifer Hellwarth, Chair, Department of English, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main Street, Meadville, PA 16335. Writing samples & letters of recommendation will be requested of short-listed candidates. Women & members of other under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. Applications will be considered until the search has closed. Interviews will be held at the Associated Writing Programs conference in Denver, April 7-10th. For more information about Allegheny College, visit: www.allegheny.edu