Assistant Professor English Lit. and DH, Washington
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Tenure-track assistant professorship
English, American, or Anglophone literature
with expertise in computational approaches to literary analysis
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS.
The Department of English seeks applications for a tenure-track assistant
professorship in English, American, or Anglophone literature, with literary
subfield open, to begin in the fall semester of 2016; the candidate should
have expertise in computational approaches to literary analysis and will be
expected to make a sustained contribution to the university’s
interdisciplinary initiative in Data Science.
Duties will include teaching assigned courses, conducting research, writing
for publication, advising students, participating in department governance,
and university service, especially in advancing the research mission of the
Humanities Digital Workshop. We’re especially interested in scholars with
expertise in the use of quantitative methods, for stylometrics, for the
analysis of large corpora, and for the study of book history. Although the
candidate’s home department will be English, at least half of his or her
teaching will be devoted to interdisciplinary teaching in the new curriculum
in data science for the humanities [1], with undergraduates and graduate
students from departments of language and literature, Comparative
Literature, History, and, possibly, Linguistics, Music, Art History, and
Computer Science. Aptitude and, if possible, experience in collaboration and
mentoring are important. Appointment requires a PhD in literary study in
hand by July 1, 2016.
Applicants should submit a cover letter addressed to Joseph Loewenstein,
Chair of the Recruiting Committee, a c.v. and a 25-page writing sample, and
arrange for the submission of 3 letters of recommendation through Interfolio
at https://apply.interfolio.com/33431 . Full consideration and priority will
be given to application materials received by January 4, 2016.
Washington University in St. Louis is committed to the principles and
practices of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. It is
the University’s policy to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in
all job titles without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran status,
disability, or genetic information.
[1] https://hdw.artsci.wustl.edu/articles/155
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