Instructor Pool​/2026 and Fall Term Writing

Instructor Pool - 2025/2026 and Fall Term 2026:
Writing

Applications will be considered throughout the 2025–2026 Academic Year and Fall Term 2026, as opportunities become available.

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:
1) Curriculum Vitae; and
2) Cover Letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.
3) Representative writing sample of 25 pages or less (Upload as Other Document
1).
4) Please provide a statement indicating how your philosophy and practices demonstrates the ability to design, teach and assess courses that support inclusive learning principles and promote equitable teaching practices, to the benefit of all learners. (Upload as Other Document
2). You will also be required to submit the names of at least three professional references, their e-mail addresses and telephone numbers as part of the application process.

For additional information please contact:
Johana Hernandez johana.hernandez We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status. OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

Department
- Acad Prog / Student Aff (LCB)

Position Title
- Instructor

Job Title
- Instructor Pool - 2025/2026 and Fall Term 2026:
Writing

Appointment Type
- Academic Faculty

Job Location
- Bend

Benefits Eligible
- Dependent:
Hours Worked/Duration

Remote or Hybrid option?

Job Summary
- The Master's in Fine Arts (MFA) Program, at OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon, invites applications for one or more fixed-term, non-tenure-track full/part-time Instructor positions to teach on a term by term basis for the  academic year and Fall Term 2026. Some of these appointments may be reviewed for renewal or transition to an instructional position on an annual basis at the discretion of the Dean of Academic Affairs.

Applications will be considered throughout the 2025/2026 academic year and Fall Term 2026, as opportunities become available. This position is located in Bend, Oregon. The intention of this pool is to collect applications for current or future opportunities and does not necessarily imply a position is available at this time. Instructors may be needed to teach on campus and remote graduate courses in the following areas:
Fiction Writing (Short & Long), Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry & Poetics. If hired into a term-appointment, the anticipated start dates are September 16, 2025, December 16 2025, or March 16, 2026. The primary mission of the Master's in Fine Arts (MFA) Program is to provide graduate level education, including critical reading, writing, and thinking while advancing students' knowledge and skills though the teaching.

The curriculum encompasses most standard approaches to writing through workshops and seminars, with a particular focus on the honing of genre-based craft skills, critical studies, difference & diversity, as well as community engagement. The incumbent(s) are expected to provide an intellectual and artistic foundation for students while also mentoring students through the successful creation of a thesis project. The courses serve students in the degree program only.

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