The Department of English at Franklin & Marshall College invites applications for a one-year position at the Assistant Professor level, beginning Fall 2011. We are looking for an English Renaissance specialist. We welcome secondary teaching interests in any other literatures written in English. A commitment to undergraduate teaching, evidence of scholarly activity, and a PhD required. Teaching load is 3/2 and will include no composition.

Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample (15 pages maximum), and, if possible, teaching evaluations to: Patrick S. Bernard, Chair, English Department, Franklin & Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003.

Application deadline: March 4, 2011. We will not accept materials submitted electronically.

F&M is a highly selective private liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to cultural pluralism. EOE.

Franklin & Marshall College is committed to having an inclusive campus community, and as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, family or marital status, or sexual orientation.