Writer Wanted: Open Faculty Position in Writing Popular Fiction

Public Service ALERT:

The following search on my campus -- for a published mystery author qualified to teach creative writing -- has been RELAUNCHED, and will continue until filled -- is closed and the search committee is deliberating over candidates. Here is the description for posterity....

Assistant Professor of English
SETON HILL UNIVERSITY
Application Due: Feb 3rd, 2010
Type: Full Time
Tenure-track, starting June 2010.

Seton Hill University seeks published genre novelist (priority for popular mystery/crime/suspense writer; will also consider fantasy or romance author) for tenure-track position in our low-residency MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction, starting June 2010. Commitment to genre fiction essential. Composition, online and graduate teaching experience highly desirable. MFA required (Ph.D. preferred). 4/4 teaching responsibilities; half of course load will serve undergraduate English and Composition instruction.

Seton Hill University is a Catholic, liberal arts University, serving undergraduate, adult and graduate students. Seton Hill is located 35 miles east of Pittsburgh. Visit setonhill.edu for more information.

Immediately send a letter, C.V., official transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy, sample publications, and three letters of reference to Michael Arnzen, Ph.D., Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 15601. Deadline: February 3rd, 2010. The review process will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Seton Hill University is committed to a faculty, staff and student body that reflect the diversity of our global population. AA/EOE.

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