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Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor of Creative Writing


Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor of Creative Writing Middlebury College, MIDDLEBURY, VT -- The English Department invites applicants for a full-time 1-year position in Creative Writing beginning fall 2026. The candidate should be a writer of fiction with a secondary specialization in creative nonfiction, or a writer of creative nonfiction with a secondary specialization in fiction. The successful candidate must have an MFA in Creative Writing and experience teaching creative writing courses at the college or university level. They should be willing to teach Introduction to Creative Writing courses and advanced Fiction and Nonfiction workshops and advise creative writing theses. The successful candidate will be expected to teach two courses in the Fall, a one month-long intensive Winter term course, and two courses in the Spring.

Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in faculty teaching, research, and service. It is also an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a truly open and supportive learning, teaching, and working environment. The College hires faculty from a myriad of life experiences, cultures, frames of reference, social identities, and learning perspectives to help cultivate and advance innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience for our talented and distinguished student body. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. This is a full time, benefits eligible, salaried position with a hiring range of $92,577 - 96,355 per year.

Middlebury College collects all faculty job applications electronically using this link https://apply.interfolio.com/186769. The application deadline is June 30th, 2026.

At Middlebury, we strive to make our campus a respectful, engaged community that embraces difference and a full range of views and opinions, with all the complexity and individuality each person brings. Through the link above please submit: a letter of application addressed to Yumna Siddiqi, Chair of English; [a curriculum vitae; undergraduate and graduate transcripts; a statement of teaching plans; and three current letters of recommendation, at least two of which must speak to teaching ability]. More information is available at https://apply.interfolio.com/186769 and www.middlebury.edu/college/academics/english.

Benefits
As an employee of Middlebury College in Vermont, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community.
Middlebury offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, and a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs. The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:

• MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the college store, library privileges, and cultural and sporting events. Spouses or domestic partners are eligible to receive a card with the same privileges.
  
• Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College's Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Outdoor Center.
  
• Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.
  
• A full listing of our benefit offerings can be found on our website or click to see some of the other fun perks of working at Middlebury, whether in Middlebury, VT or Monterey, CA!

Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

To apply, please visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/186769








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