Assistant Professor, English

Title : Assistant Professor, English

Area : College of Arts and Sciences

Department : English

Telework Availability : On-Campus Position

Employee Classification : Tenure Track Faculty (Full-time)

Appointment Percentage : 100

Months per year : 9

Salary Range : The budgeted annual salary that the University reasonably expects to offer for this position is $69,945. The internal salary range is $69,945 - $74,608.

Review Date : October 27, 2025

Job Purpose

Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA is searching for a skilled writer-teacher to join our teaching-centered and research-active English Department as a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in creative nonfiction writing, beginning Fall semester 2026.

We wish to welcome a colleague whose creative work helps the department build bridges to emerging and established programs across campus. We are especially interested in creative writers with active publication records in creative nonfiction and the ability or interest to teach creative writing courses in multiple genres.

In addition to an active record of creative writing or creative inquiry, we seek candidates with a demonstrated commitment to excellent undergraduate teaching that promotes inclusive, accessible, and equity-minded learning environments. Teaching responsibilities include 3 courses per semester of first-year writing and upper-division creative writing (18-credit annual course load), with the potential to teach other courses in the major and University Core in the future, as determined by department need and candidate's interest and expertise.

Candidates will be expected to participate in the development of a dynamic undergraduate program. In addition to maintaining an active agenda for creative and / or scholarly work, all members of the department contribute to and participate in student advising and mentorship, reflective and effective teaching, department assessment and evaluation, academic citizenship, program development, and recruiting.

Who We Are

Gonzaga University is a primarily undergraduate institution committed to teaching excellence. Gonzaga is a Jesuit, Catholic, humanistic institution, and is therefore interested in candidates who will contribute to its distinctive mission of educating students "for lives of leadership and service for the common good."

The University is committed to fostering "a mature commitment to dignity of the human person, social justice, diversity, intercultural competence, global engagement, solidarity with the poor and vulnerable, and care for the planet." As an institution committed to "whole person education," Gonzaga University welcomes applicants of any faith tradition, spiritual belief, or no faith, as well as applicants of all identities, including applicants across the gender and sexuality spectrum.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates effective teaching and methods for student learning and assessment. Faculty will teach three courses each semester (3-credits each, 18-credits per year) in first year-composition and upper division creative writing, with additional opportunities at the lower and upper division levels as needed by the department.
• Establish a program of creative or scholarly activity and publish works of creative writing, creative inquiry, and / or scholarly practice in venues appropriate to the discipline.
• Engage in the life of the university as an academic citizen, including mentoring senior writing projects, serving on committees at department and university level, academic advising, and supporting the administration and coordination of our undergraduate Writing Concentration in English.
• Support the department, university, and discipline through service and other forms of academic citizenship as a colleague united in a common educational purpose and a shared University mission.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Please direct questions about this position to Jeff Dodd, Search Committee Chair, English Department, dodd@gonzaga.edu. This position remains open until filled; to ensure consideration, please submit by 10 / 27 / 2025.

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