Job description
The Department of English in the College of Arts & Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applicants for a full-time visiting lecturer position with a 9-month appointment for the 2025-2026 academic year, with renewal possible depending on satisfactory performance and available future funding. This is a non-tenure accruing position. The start date for the position is August 1, 2025; classes begin on August 25, 2025.
Visiting Lecturers hold non-tenured appointments with primary responsibility for teaching. The normal teaching load for the position is 4/4, with the majority being composition and/or tech writing.
Texas A&M’s English department is home to an undergraduate major and minor, a minor in health humanities, a professional writing minor, a minor in science fiction studies, and MA and PhD programs.
About Texas A&M: Texas A&M University is a Hispanic-serving and a First-Gen Forward institution committed to enriching the learning and working environment for all visitors, students, faculty, and staff by promoting a culture that embraces excellence.
As a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) and one of only seventeen universities designated as a land-, sea-, and space-grant institution, Texas A&M combines academic excellence and cutting-edge research with affordability and a commitment to producing academic, business, and civic leaders. Writing and rhetoric faculty have access to a university-wide writing-in-the-disciplines program housed in our University Writing Center at https://writingcenter.tamu.edu/.
Texas A&M is located in College Station, a thriving community known for the quality of its public schools, a strong local economy, and a low cost of living (https://www.cstx.gov/our_community/recognitions__rankings). College Station is a two-hour drive from Houston and Austin, and three hours away from San Antonio and Dallas.
Qualifications
Requires a PhD in English or related field.
How to apply
To apply: Submit a cover letter; personal statement to include philosophy and plans for teaching, research and service as applicable; CV; and three confidential letters of reference using the Interfolio Dossier platform. The position will remain open until filled, but to ensure full consideration, applications should be uploaded by June 30, 2025 to apply.interfolio.com/169020
Inquiries about the position may be sent to Dr. Emily Johansen, search committee chair, at [email protected]. Interviews will take place through the Zoom platform.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
The University is aware that attracting and retaining exceptional faculty often depends on meeting the needs of two careers and therefore has a Dual Career Program.
