Lecturer in Creative Writing, Creative Nonfiction

Summary

The Creative Writing Program at Oberlin College invites applications for a full‑time position in the College of Arts and Sciences in the field of Creative Nonfiction. Appointment to this position will be for a term of one year, beginning in the Fall semester of 2025, and will carry the rank of Lecturer.

Founded in 1833, Oberlin is a private four‑year, selective liberal arts college near Cleveland, Ohio and is also home to an outstanding Conservatory of Music. Together, the two divisions enroll approximately 2,900 students. Oberlin College was the first college in the US to make interracial education and co‑education central to its mission. The College continues to view a diverse, equitable, and inclusive educational environment as essential to the excellence of its academic program.

Among liberal arts colleges, Oberlin is a national leader in successfully placing graduates into PhD programs.

Oberlin’s Creative Writing Program is one of the few freestanding undergraduate creative writing programs in the country, and provides an intense and rigorous course of study with instruction, studio training, and coursework in a variety of genres. Creative Writing at Oberlin emphasizes an inclusive workshop climate where creative expression, experimentation, and collaboration thrive.

The incumbent will teach a total of five courses in the general area of Creative Nonfiction. These courses will include creating a 100‑level introductory‑level class, creating 1–2 Topics & Forms classes at the intermediate 200 level, and teaching workshops for small classes of majors and intended minors at the 300 level of the vertical curriculum. The successful candidate may also bring knowledge of and practice in a sub‑genre that would broaden and deepen the existing curriculum, such as, for example, memoir or podcasting.

Among the qualifications required for appointment is the MFA or Ph.D. degree (in hand or expected by first semester of academic year 2025‑26). Candidates should show a strong publication record. Candidates must demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable. Oberlin College is committed to student and faculty diversity, equity and inclusion.

The incumbent will bring understanding of or experience working with underrepresented and diverse academic populations. Oberlin is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the excellence and diversity of the academic community through their research, teaching, and service. Oberlin recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran’s status, and/or other protected status as required by applicable law.