Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Social Action
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Academic
- Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track 1
Central California
- Monterey Bay 1
Appointment Type
Bargaining Unit
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Social Action- Job no: 553857
- Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
- Location: Monterey Bay
- Categories: Unit 3 – CFA – California Faculty Association, Faculty – Letters/Humanities, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time
Classification: Academic Year Faculty Priority Screening Date: February 14, 2026 Recruitment Status: Open Until Filled Appointment Date: Fall 2026
California State University, Monterey Bay is a mid‑sized university located on California’s Central Coast that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees.
The Creative Writing and Social Action minor and concentration teaches poetry, fiction, and creative non‑fiction that bears witness to injustice and provokes personal and social change.
Responsibilities- Teach 12 units per semester of lower‑division and upper‑division courses in creative writing and composition, as well as major pro‑seminar and senior capstone
- Advise and mentor students in the major
- Develop a sustained record of scholarly and creative activities
- Contribute to the university, community, and profession through service activities
- Develop curriculum, including contributing to the development of a bachelor’s degree in English
- Participate in program assessment
- Contribute to the shared governance system of the department and university
- M.F.A. or other related terminal degree by the time of appointment in Creative Writing
- Demonstrated expertise and experience in composition studies
- Teaching experience in social action poetry and knowledge of contemporary literature of social change
- Teaching experience with an integrated approach to reading and written communication
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with an ethnically and linguistically diverse campus community, including students, faculty and staff across a range of disciplinary areas
- Strong commitment to inclusive, cross‑cultural, experiential, projects‑ and asset‑based pedagogies
- M.F.A. or related terminal degree in Creative Writing
- Scholarship in Composition Studies
- Experience with community‑based social justice writing projects, such as school/community writing workshops, poetry festivals/slams, and literary projects
- Experience with social justice‑oriented service learning pedagogy and practice
- Experience with the development of degree programs
- Knowledge of second language and social justice experience in bilingual/bicultural, multilingual/multicultural contexts
- Expertise in an area of ethnic, transnational, critical race studies, social justice, and/or literature of communities of color
All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check (including a criminal records check).
The person holding this position will have a duty to report to the Campus Title IX Officer information pertaining to discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct, sexual exploitation, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and retaliation and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order EO 1095, EO 1096, and EO 1097 as a condition of employment.
The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
The incumbent is required to maintain confidentiality as outlined in the Department of Education’s Family Educational Rights and Privacy and California’s Educational Code Chapter 13 regarding sensitive student issues.
Working in the State of California is a condition of employment.
CompensationAnticipated Hiring Salary Range: $7,132 to $7,507*
CSU Salary Schedule
* CSUMB provides pay scales representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for this position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate,…
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