Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing

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Berea College welcomes applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in the English Department to teach poetry in the Creative Writing program during the 2025-2026 academic year. The teaching load is three courses per semester and include multi-genre introductory creative-writing course, a poetry workshop, and an interdisciplinary and/or special topics course rooted in creative writing and/or literature. In addition to primary teaching courses in the Creative Writing program the successful candidate may be expected to contribute to the General Studies program.

The ideal candidate will have an MFA or Ph.D. in Creative Writing, demonstrated excellence in teaching, a clear commitment to undergraduate liberal arts education, and a history of publications, including at least one full collection of poetry from a reputable publisher.

Submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, graduate academic transcripts, a writing sample of ten poems and contact information for three references. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $204,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is listed #20 in overall ranking in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse college rankings, 2023. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #2 Best Liberal Arts College and #1 in Social Mobility, 2023. Money Magazine ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South, 2023. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2023.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu .

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

 
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