Assistant Professor of English: Linguistics - Tenure Track

Assistant Professor of English: Linguistics - Tenure TrackThe Department of English at James Madison University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Linguistics to begin August 2027. The Department offers a B.A. and an M.A. English and serves students in the university's General Education program. It houses the University's thriving creative writing minor, and faculty teach across many interdisciplinary minors, including African, African American and Diaspora Studies; American Studies; Digital Studies; Disability Studies; Environmental Humanities; Film Studies; Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies; Linguistics; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Queer Studies; Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; and World Literature. The College of Arts and Letters, in which the Department of English is located, enrolls over 3100 undergraduate majors and about 150 graduate students across ten academic units in the humanities, social sciences, and communication studies. Home to several interdisciplinary centers and institutes, the College employs 270 full-time faculty. We embrace the teacher-scholar model, and encourage excellent applicants within our particular disciplines, as well as scholars and teachers eager to work across them.The successful candidate will be expected to teach introductory, advanced, and graduate (M.A.) courses in Linguistics to English majors and minors, Pre-Professional Secondary Education (SEED) majors and minors, Linguistics minors, and contribute to the university's General Education Program. This hire will also contribute to the English curriculum by offering literature courses for majors and minors and in the General Education program.Required: •PhD in Linguistics or a related field by August 31, 2027 •Evidence of excellence or potential for excellence in teaching in Linguistics and Literature •Evidence of excellence or potential for excellence in publishing in an area of Linguistics •Evidence of excellence or potential for excellence in departmental, university, or professional service in support of the fields of Linguistics and English Additional Considerations: •We welcome applications from candidates with secondary interest and experience in one or more of the interdisciplinary minors in the College of Arts and Letters. •We welcome applications from candidates with secondary interest and ability in teaching Histories of English. • We seek candidates with a demonstrated commitment to building a supportive, welcoming scholarly environment.