Assistant Professor English; American Literature, Media & Culture

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Posting Number TSU
203785

Official TSU Title ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ENGLISH (American Literature, Media &Popular Culture)

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Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of English specializing in American Literature, Media Studies, and Popular Culture. Responsibilities include teaching specialized undergraduate and graduate courses in 19th–21st century American literature, print and digital media, popular culture, visual culture, genre studies, and cultural theory across multiple delivery modalities (face-to-face, online, evening, and/or weekend formats); advising students; maintaining an active research agenda focused on American literature, media history, popular culture,television/digital media, public humanities, or fan studies;developing

interdisciplinary literature and media curriculum; and contributing to departmental, college, and university service. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to connecting literary and cultural studies with popular media practices, preparing students for careers in publishing, media,communications, education, cultural institutions, and creative industries, and expanding opportunities for students to analyze,preserve, and circulate culturally significant narratives across print and digital platforms.

• Develop and deliver specialized curriculum in American literature, popular culture, print and digital media, television analysis, genre fiction, visual rhetoric, and cultural studies.
• Teach upper-level and graduate courses in American Literary History, Popular Culture Studies, Media Theory, Cultural Studies,and related areas.
• Develop courses that examine narrative across literature,television, film, comics/graphic novels, podcasts, digital platforms, fandoms, and emerging media.
• Support departmental public humanities initiatives through student-centered projects involving local literary archives, oral histories, public exhibits, community storytelling, and digital humanities.
• Contribute expertise in American literary history and popular media to initiatives documenting and preserving the cultural histories of Houston’s historic communities and beyond.
• Create opportunities for students to transform literary,historical, and popular culture research into digital archives,public exhibits, podcasts, essays, and other public-facing media projects.
• Build interdisciplinary pathways connecting English coursework with Communication, Theater, History, African American Studies,American Studies, Sociology, and Art History.
• Develop partnerships with local cultural institutions,libraries, publishers, archives, museums, media organizations, and creative-industry partners to support experiential learning and student career development.
• Maintain an active research agenda and publishing trajectory focused on American literature, popular culture, media studies,digital humanities, public humanities, or cultural studies.
• Support student success across undergraduate and graduate literature, writing, media, and humanities courses.
• Serve on departmental, college, and university committees.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

% FTE 1.0

Hiring Range $59,442.00-$77,275.00

• Preferred:
  Ph.D. in English, American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies,Media Studies, Publishing Studies, or a closely related field, with demonstrated specialization in American literature, media, popular culture, or publishing studies.
• Preferred:
  Candidates holding a doctoral degree in a related discipline outside of English must possess a master’s degree in English (or aclosely related literary field), along with documented graduate coursework, research, or teaching specialization in American literature, media studies, popular culture, or publishing studies.

None Required.

• Literary theory, media theory, American cultural history,popular culture studies, print culture, genre studies, and visual rhetoric.
• Historical and contemporary approaches to American literature,television, print media, digital culture, fan studies, and emerging storytelling formats.
• Contemporary digital media tools, publishing platforms, and multimedia archives used in literary and cultural studies.

• Advanced literary, textual, visual, and media analysis skills.
• Effective instructional design and…