POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
British and Postcolonial Literatures

RESPONSIBILITIES: Four-three teaching load, including British Texts & Contexts, Postcolonial Literature, and one or more British period courses.  One four-credit section of English Composition or Literary Analysis & Interpretation each semester.  The position calls for a strong commitment to teaching, but faculty are also expected to engage in appropriate scholarly and professional activities and to do advising and committee work.

QUALIFICATIONS: Specialization in British literature (18th Century, Victorian, or Modern), with additional expertise in Postcolonial Literature and Theory.  PhD required for tenure; degree in hand or near completion at time of application preferred.  College teaching experience, evidence of excellence in teaching, and promise of scholarship required.

SALARY: Salary commensurate with experience.

AVAILABLE: Begins fall, 2000.

APPLICATION: Send letter, vita, and three or more letters of recommendation to Daniel P. Gunn, Chair, British/Postcolonial Screening Committee, University of Maine at Farmington, 112 Main Street, Farmington, ME 04938.  Tel: (207) 778-7422.  E-mail: dpgunn@maine.edu.  Screening of applications will begin November 15, 1999.

THE UNIVERSITY: The University of Maine at Farmington, founded in 1864, is Maine’s first public institution of higher education.  We offer quality baccalaureate programs in arts and sciences, education, and human services and use selective admissions to limit enrollment to 2,000 FTE.  In its 1999 America’s Best Colleges guidebook, U.S. News and World Report selected the University of Maine at Farmington as the top public liberal arts college in the North.  UMF is also a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), a national alliance of leading liberal arts colleges in the public sector.  At UMF students receive individual attention in a stimulating academic environment; the student/faculty ratio is 16:1.  UMF prides itself on the friendliness of the campus, on strong academic and personal support, on the rapport among students, faculty, and staff and on its commitment to creating a more diverse campus community.  Students come from Maine, approximately 30 other states, and two dozen foreign countries.  We sponsor international faculty and student exchange programs to China, England, France and Russia.  Most students live on or near campus, and two-thirds of the students are women.  Recent campus initiatives include developing a women’s studies minor, classroom and program assessment, service learning, using technology to enhance learning, creating first-year experiences, building learning communities, and promoting interdisciplinary teaching and learning.  Applicants should be interested in supporting such change, and they should be committed to undergraduate teaching, advising, scholarly activity, and community service.  Opportunities for personal and professional growth are supported.

THE REGION: Farmington, the county seat, is located in Maine’s western mountains.  It is a small, charming, rural, New England town.  The home of Chester Greenwood (inventor of earmuffs), Farmington offers unrivaled fall foliage, fine skiing, sparkling lakes and streams, and scenic mountain views, not to mention cold, snow, black flies, mud and other assorted challenges.  Maine’s seacoast, famed for its rugged beauty and delicious seafood, is 90 minutes from Farmington; Boston is 3½ hours away, as is Quebec City.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: We are currently creating an action plan which will increase diversity among students, faculty and staff, and which will provide a deeper understanding of diversity in the curriculum and co-curriculum.   We are interested in applicants who can contribute to this effort, and we encourage applications from women and minorities.  Shared appointments are possible for qualified persons, and we provide information for spouses and partners seeking positions in institutions and businesses in the region.  UMF provides reasonable accommodations in the workplace and in the job application process.  If you need assistance with a disability, please contact Valerie Huebner, EEO Officer, 86 Main Street, Farmington, Maine 04938, telephone (207) 778-7258; (207) 778-7000 TDD.