• SSAWW Mentorship Match Program

    The SSAWW Graduate Student Caucus is excited to announce a new cycle for our Mentorship Match Program. This program pairs dissertating graduate students with a faculty mentor who will read and provide feedback on two chapters of their dissertation during the 2026-2027 academic year. The program concludes with a series of online panels in Spring 2027 in…

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  • Princeton University: Anschutz Distinguished Fellowship in American Studies

    Princeton University Program in American Studies Anschutz Distinguished Fellowship in American Studies 2015-2016 The Princeton Program in American Studies, founded in 1943, sponsors teaching, research, and public discussion about the history, literature, art, and cultures of the United States, in ways that transcend the traditional disciplines. The Anschutz Distinguished Fellowship, created through an endowment by…

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  • Jobs: American Literature to 1865 at Brandeis (Deadline 11.3.14)

    The Department of English at Brandeis University seeks to appoint a tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in American literature to 1865, beginning Fall 2015. We are interested in both Colonial and Antebellum specializations; expertise in Transatlantic or Hemispheric American studies is especially welcome. It is expected that the successful candidate will have received the PhD by…

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  • Assistant Professor of English (Franklin & Marshall College)

    Assistant Professor of English Institution: Franklin & Marshall College Location: Lancaster, PA Category: Faculty – Liberal Arts – English and Literature Posted: 08/20/2014 Application Due: 11/03/2014 Type: Full Time Notes: included on Affirmative Action email The Franklin & Marshall English Department invites applications for a tenure-track position, beginning Fall 2015. The rank will be Assistant…

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  • Assistant Professor of Asian/Asian American Literature (Brooklyn College)

    Assistant Professor of Asian/Asian American Literature with course design and teaching experience in the literatures of Asian America and Asia or the Asian diasporas in their socio-historical contexts. Candidates should have a promising research and publication agenda, a commitment to college service, and interest in the development of an interdisciplinary program in Asian American/Asian Studies.…

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  • Job posting: T-T Assistant Professor in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Scripps College (Deadline: 10.1.14)

    Scripps College, a women’s liberal arts college with a strong interdisciplinary tradition, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in the Department of Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies. The Department invites applications for a tenure-track appointment for Fall of 2015. We are seeking candidates who specialize in intersectional and/or transnational queer, feminist studies, with an…

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  • Tenured-track – Poetry & Poetics–Skidmore College in New York

    Tenured-track – Poetry & Poetics Skidmore College in New York The Department of English at Skidmore College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in poetry & poetics. The successful candidate will demonstrate command of a wide range of English and American poetry and prosody, with expertise not limited to a single period. Expertise in…

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  • Assistant Professor | Latin American/U.S. Latino literature (Emerson College)

    Assistant Professor | Latin American/U.S. Latino literature Employment Opportunity: https://emerson.peopleadmin.com/postings/8361 Job Detail Job Title Assistant Professor | Latin American/U.S. Latino literature Description The Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing invites applications for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in Latin American/U.S. Latino literature. The candidate should be able to draw cultural and theoretical connections among…

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  • New Articles

    Bannett, Nina. “Keepsakes, Promises, Exchange: Female Friendship in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s The Pearl of Orr’s Island.” The New England Quarterly September 2014, Vol. 87, No. 3: 412–433. If you would like your new book or article to appear here and on the New Books / New Articles pages, please send the citation to ssaww.web@gmail.com

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  • SSAWW 2015 Conference Local Representatives Needed

    Dear Colleagues, The Conference Planning Committee is looking for a local representative or representatives for the 2015 conference in Philadelphia. We already have someone looking into the area restaurants, but other responsibilities would include drawing attention to cultural activities, special exhibitions, library holdings that may be of special interest to our members, among other possibilities.…

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  • Job Posting: Assistant Professor – Women Writers of United States (Texas State University)

    Position: Assistant Professor – Women Writers of United States Job Posting #: 2015-3 Review Date: November 1, 2014 Appointment Date: Fall 2015 Position Description Tenure-track assistant professor, specialty in women writers of the United States. Successful applicant expected to maintain active record of publication and to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in area of…

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