Assistant Professor of English - Creative Writing

Job Details

Job Location:

Las Vegas , NM 87701

Position Type:
Faculty - Tenure Track Education Level: Doctoral Travel Percentage:
None Job Category:
Faculty

Position:
Assistant Professor of English, Creative Writing Fiction

New Mexico Highlands University is an open-admissions university with over 70% of students being Hispanic, Native American, or African American, and nearly 40% studying at the master’s level. The university is committed to student success and improved retention and graduation rates. NMHU serves approximately 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus in Las Vegas, NM (one hour east of Santa Fe) and another 1,300 students at centers in Rio Rancho, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Española, Farmington, and Raton.

The university enrolls students from some 42 states, 19 tribes, and 35 foreign countries. For more information about the university, visit the website u.edu

Applications are invited for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor with a contract starting August 2027.

Teaching responsibilities (18 credit hours in the first year; 24 credit hours in subsequent years) include undergraduate and graduate creative writing (fiction), technical writing, composition, and other courses as assigned. In addition to teaching, the selected candidate will be expected to mentor undergraduate and graduate students; conduct research/ creative activity in area of specialization; serve as faculty advisor for The New Mexico Review, and present research/ creative activity at scholarly conferences and in professional publications.

• Doctorate or ABD in English, specializing in creative writing (fiction) or related area required by time of appointment, fall 2027.
• Demonstrated experience in teaching, research, and writing.

• Experience with literary journal publishing

• Creative Writing (fiction) pedagogy
• Composition pedagogy
• Technical writing
• Literary journal publishing