Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Position

Position Title: Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Requisition: F

Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor

FLSA status: Exempt

Hiring Salary: Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Position Type: Full-Time Non-Tenure Track

College: College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department: Dept of English

Open Date: 06/05/2026

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Contact Name: Dr. Russell Willerton

Title: Chair, Department of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Evans Complex 458, Huntsville Campus, 1905 University Ave

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Contact Email: drw
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Sam Houston State University’s Department of English seeks one Visiting Assistant Professor of English to begin Fall 2026. This one-year position, renewable at the university’s discretion, offers an excellent opportunity for professional growth, providing valuable experience teaching Composition I and II, refining pedagogical skills, and positively influencing students’ academic development. Successful candidates will teach a 4/4 course load, primarily consisting of Composition I and II, with the possibility of teaching other English courses as needed.

Responsibilities also include continued engagement in their field through research, presentations, and publications. The ideal candidate will be prepared to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

A Ph.D. in English or closely related field.

Preferred Qualifications – Prior experience teaching in higher education, both in-person and online. Proven excellence in college-level teaching. Training in American literature and experience teaching American literature are desirable.

This position requires teaching in person at the Huntsville campus.

About SHSU and the English department:
Home to a student population of over 22,000, Sam Houston State University (SHSU) is in Huntsville, Texas, on the rapidly developing Interstate-45 corridor between Houston and Dallas. SHSU is 70 miles north of downtown Houston and 170 miles south of Dallas, ideally situated between the 4th and 9th largest cities in the country and two of the 10 fastest-growing cities in the United States.

In Fall 2023, SHSU welcomed its largest first-year class in history and celebrated a retention rate of over 75% for returning students. A great name in Texas education, Sam Houston State University offers over 85 bachelor’s degree programs, more than 60 master’s degree programs, 10 doctoral programs, and 1 professional doctoral program (DO), including award-winning programs, nationally and internationally recognized scholars, and innovative initiatives to help students develop and succeed.

SHSU is classified as a “R2:
Doctoral University—High Research Activity” by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, and it was recently recognized by U.S. News and World Report for being one of the top performers in social mobility. In addition, the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education classified SHSU as a “Community Engaged” university. This honor has been awarded to 311 public institutions nationwide, and it acknowledges SHSU’s significant commitment to serving the community.

The Department of English is a large, multidisciplinary department composed of over 40 full-time and several part-time faculty members across specializations in literature, creative writing, technical communication, composition and rhetoric, secondary education, and language and linguistics. Students pursue degrees in English across the department’s various graduate programs in literature, creative writing, and technical communication, and the undergraduate degree in English.

Additionally, the department houses the first year composition program and the integrated reading and writing program that assists developmental students in their first-year composition classes. The department is located on campus in the Evans Complex, which contains dozens of classrooms designed for close discussion, dozens of faculty offices, two computer labs, a maker space, the award-winning Texas…