Job Information
Harvard University Senior Lecturer on Fiction in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Details
Title Senior Lecturer on Fiction
School Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department/Area English
Position Description
The Department of English seeks to appoint a senior lecturer on fiction. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2026, but may begin January 1, 2026. The senior lecturer will be responsible for teaching four undergraduate courses, typically writing workshops. Additional duties include advising, grading senior theses, and service on departmental or other committees. The position is for five years and renewable contingent upon review and approval of the divisional dean.
Basic Qualifications
Professional experience teaching fiction required.
Additional Qualifications
Senior Lecturers on fiction must be well-established, practicing artists, with an artistic record equivalent to the scholarly achievement of a tenured associate or full professor, who have also demonstrated an exceptional teaching record.
Special Instructions
Please submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal (https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14590). Applications must be submitted no later than March 2, 2025.
Cover letter.
Curriculum Vitae.
Teaching/advising statement (describing the candidate’s teaching philosophy and practices as well as their approach to creating a learning environment in which every student is encouraged to ask questions and share their ideas).
Statement describing artistic achievement.
Service statement describing efforts to strengthen academic communities (e.g., the candidate’s department, institution, and/or professional societies).
Names and contact information of 3 referees, who will be asked by a system-generated email to upload a letter of recommendation once the candidate’s application has been submitted. Three letters of recommendation are required, and the application is considered complete only when at least three letters have been received. References must be submitted by March 9.
Representative course syllabi.
Writing samples or publications.
Candidates who advance to the finalist stage will be asked to submit course evaluations.
Contact Information
Lee Marmor, Search Administrator.
Deidre Lynch, Chair, Search Committee, Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Contact Email lee_marmor@fas.harvard.edu
Equal Opportunity Employer
Harvard is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, protected veteran status, disability, genetic information, military service, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or other protected status.
Minimum Number of References Required 3
Maximum Number of References Allowed 5
Keywords
faculty, instructor, lecturer, creative writing, fiction, Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA, Northeast, New England
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