Assistant Professor in Creative Writing (Two-Year Contractually Limited)
The successful candidate
will be expected to teach a variety of courses in our BA Creative Writing program. Teaching experience in screenwriting is required;
experience teaching university courses in the field at the undergraduate and / or graduate levels is preferred, and demonstrated experience teaching in a second and tertiary literary genre will be an asset.
CLA faculty teach 6 courses per academic year (3-3).
The at the University of Guelph, which was launched as an independent Major in Fall 2022, has already established a reputation for excellence.
The program also has strong enrolments in the Minor stream. The candidate will work alongside internationally recognized and award-winning writers across a wide range of literary genres .
Our CRWR BA program exists alongside our highly regarded MFA in Creative Writing. SETS is also home to English and Theatre Studies, and associated with the International Institute for Studies in Creative Improvisation, all of which combine to create a teaching, research, and service environment filled with exciting opportunities for enhanced cross-disciplinary collaborations and projects and an atmosphere of creative community.
The School of English and Theatre Studies commits to centering equity and inclusion in our research, teaching, and community engagement.
These efforts serve our mission as educators and work toward social justice. We strive to respect and promote diversity, inclusion, equity, and decoloniality by creating an environment that embodies these values in our recruitment, scholarship, research, education, and service.
We support the College of Arts’ mission to unleash compassion, creativity, and critical engagement with the world through transformative education.