Assistant/Associate Professor of English (Tenure-Track)

The School of Arts and Letters, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Biola University-Fall 2027 Position Summary: The Department of English at Biola University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor of English. This is a full-time appointment with an August 2027 start date. We seek a fiction writer and experienced teacher with a substantial and sustained record of creative writing and publication. The department is vibrant and collegial, committed to human flourishing through the integration of scholarship, pedagogy, and faith. The ideal candidate is a faculty member who wants to invest in our writing students and as well as in our broader Programs in English—a writer-teacher who will bring significant creative writing and publishing experience to the classroom and demonstrate excellence in teaching and mentoring undergraduate writers. In addition to creative writing in fiction, the ideal candidate will also have experience and be able to teach in other areas such as creative nonfiction, literary journalism, and/or digital and technical writing. The faculty member will teach courses in creative writing as well as general education writing courses, fostering students as writers and critical thinkers. The faculty member will contribute to the life of the English Department through teaching, student mentoring, professional writing and publication, curriculum and program development, and university service. The successful candidate will su