Assistant Professor of English (Creative Writing and Environment)
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Assistant Professor of English (Creative Writing and Environment)Appointment Type:
FacultyJob Description:
The Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University in Ames Iowa is seeking applications for an Assistant Professor of English (Creative Writing and Environment) in the genre of fiction with demonstrated proficiency in a second creative writing genre such as creative nonfiction poetry playwriting screenwriting graphic narratives or other emerging creative writing genres. The initial teaching load is 2/2 including graduate and undergraduate courses in creative writing.
We seek a candidate whose creative research pedagogy and professional practice engage in interdisciplinary ways with fields in the natural sciences the social sciences or the humanities (such as ecology natural history landscape/place studies ecopoetics sustainability built environments and/or environmental justice). The successful candidate will have experience teaching creative writing at the college level and will be expected to develop and teach graduate courses unique to the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment that cultivate an understanding of how the environmental imagination informs the literary imagination.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.
Required Minimum Qualifications:
Degree: MFA in creative writing or PhD in creative writing English or related field conferred by time of appointment.
Genre: Fiction and demonstrated proficiency in a second creative writing genre.
Publications: Two books in the field of creative writing (published or in press) with a reputable commercial university or independent press. One book must be in the genre of fiction.
Preferred Qualifications:
Documented commitment to interdisciplinary engagement of the environmental imagination in creative research and teaching including incorporation of themes and issues related to disciplines within the natural sciences the social sciences and/or the humanities.
Quality publications and further potential to develop high impact research in first genre (fiction) and second creative writing genre.
Experience teaching fiction writing and ability to teach in a second creative writing genre at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as experience mentoring graduate-level thesis projects.
Experience administering tasks within a creative writing program serving in an editorial capacity with a literary journal/publisher engaging in professional practice and/or coordinating a visiting writer series.
Department/Program & College Description:
The Creative Writing Program at Iowa State University housed within the Department of English includes undergraduate courses in a wide variety of creative writing genres and an undergraduate literary journal (Sketch Magazine). The three-year (54 credit) MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment serves as home to a literary journal (Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment) a literary symposium (Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writer Series) and a 76-acre land reserve (The Everett Casey Nature Center & Reserve).
Interdisciplinary MFA coursework includes a combination of creative writing workshops literature electives an environmental fieldwork experience publishing and creative writing teaching practicums and thesis work with a mentor (major professor). In addition MFA students tailor a core of environmental coursework outside of the English Department to engage their creative work with disciplines within the natural sciences the social sciences and the humanities.
The Department of English at Iowa State University also offers two PhD programsApplied Linguistics and Technology (ALT) and Rhetoric and Professional Communication (RPC)as well as MA degrees in English (Literature); Rhetoric Composition and Professional Communication; and TESL/Applied Linguistics. At the undergraduate level the Department offers BA degree programs in English English Education Linguistics and a BS in Technical Communication. For more information see Unit/Website: Start Date:August 16 2026 To apply for this position please click Apply and complete the Employment Application. In Items 1 4 requested below please address how your creative research and teaching dovetail with the central emphasis of the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment. 1) Resume/Curriculum Vitae 2) Letter of Application/Cover Letter 3) Creative Writing Sample in Genre of Fiction (PDF 25 page maximum) 4) Teaching Philosophy (2 pages maximum) 5) Contact Information for Three ReferencesNumber of Months Employed Per Year:
09 Month Work PeriodTime Type:
Full timeApplication Instructions:
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Why Choose ISU
Iowa State Faculty enjoy comprehensive health and work-life benefits including medical and dental; as well as:
Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans
Generous leave plans
Onsite childcare (Ames Iowa)
Life insurance and long-term disability
Flexible Spending Accounts
Various voluntary benefits and discounts
Employee Assistance Program
Wellbeing programOriginal Posting Date:
December 29 2025Posting Close Date:
February 4 2026Job Requisition Number:
R18302
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Classroom Experience
- Medical Management
- Library Services
- Pharmacy Residency
- Research Experience
- Teaching
- Higher Education Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Grant Writing
- Mentoring
- Research Laboratory Experience
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