Assistant Teaching Professor - Creative Writing

Bowling Green State University

Salary: Depends on Qualifications

Job Type: Full-Time Faculty

Division: A&S Dean

Opening Date: 03/12/2025

Location: Main Campus (BG), OH

Job Number: BGSU00726

Department: A&S Dean

Closing:

Summary

The Department of English invites applications for a full-time, non-renewable (one-year) Assistant Teaching Professor position specializing in Creative Writing (Fiction). This is a 9-month appointment with a start date of August 2025.

Information about Program and College

The Department of English is one of 17 academic units in the College of Arts and Sciences. The vision for our College, aligned with the university's strategic plan, is to ensure that our students graduate career-ready to meet the world's challenges, and that our faculty research and creative activity contribute to the public good. We achieve this through robust collaboration across departmental boundaries, with particular attention given to increasing experiential learning for our undergraduate and graduate students and connecting our scholarly and creative work to the needs of our region. We are especially interested in recruiting candidates who can contribute excellence in teaching, scholarly/creative work, and/or service toward achieving inclusive excellence throughout the university and to the greater community. The College is committed to faculty success, providing resources and support within the Dean's Office and through collaboration with Arts and Sciences departments and schools, leadership teams in other colleges, and university-serving partners such as the Center for Faculty Excellence. Through these connections, we have developed a comprehensive, cohort-based mentorship program to support the professional growth and advancement of faculty across all disciplines and ranks. We value and practice shared governance and are committed to maintaining a vibrant and equitable working environment.

Founded in 1967, BGSU's Creative Writing Program is one of the oldest in the country and offers both a BFA and an MFA. Small and selective, the program prides itself on offering individual mentoring to students. BGSU is the home of the award-winning Mid-American Review, and it hosts a reading series featuring distinguished writers such as Hanif Abdurraqib, Rita Dove, Brenda Hillman, Jaimy Gordon, and Benjamin Percy. Graduates of the programs have won such awards as the Yale Younger Poets Award, the Guggenheim, NEA Individual Artist Fellowships, the Iowa Short Fiction Prize, the Drue Heinz Award, the Flannery O'Connor Award, the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, the National Contemporary Poetry Award, the Whiting Award, and the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. MFA alumni include Anthony Doerr, Matt Bell, Charles Fort, and Carolyn Forche.

As a Public University for the Public Good, Bowling Green State University is a comprehensive, high research university located in northwestern Ohio committed to driving economic and cultural vitality in the region and beyond. Through innovative teaching, research and creative activities, BGSU fosters a collaborative and inclusive learning community where inspired ideas, knowledge and achievements support the region, state and nation. More than 760 talented and passionate faculty members teach across more than 200 undergraduate majors and programs, 17 doctoral p