Department of English
Work with Us
Fresno State's Department of English supports the largest number of employees within the College of Arts and Humanities. More than 100 people work with us every day to serve the students in our degree programs and to produce professional publications and events.
This includes: professors, lecturers, administrative and technical staff, graduate teaching associates (TAs), instructional student assistants (tutors), student assistants, and interns.
Job Opportunities for Students
Description: The Department of English seeks graduate students as Teaching Associate applicants. Teaching Associates typically are responsible for providing classroom instruction.
Position opens: March 3, 2025
Review begins: April 2025
Position closes: Open until filled
Description: The Instructional Student Assistant (ISA) serves as a trained student-peer Writing Center tutor. Writing Center tutors support Fresno State students’ development as writers with (1) semester-long small writing groups, and (2) appointments for 30 minute or 1-hour one-on-one tutoring sessions. Tutors will be required to attend a weekly, professional development (paid) class for each semester of tutoring that supports tutors learning best writing center practices.
Position opens: March 21, 2025
Review begins: May 2025
Position closes: Open until filled
Description: Assistant to the Director of Composition duties will include simple to complex assignments that support the First-Year Writing program. This will include: help with program assessment, gathering sample portfolios, acquiring and analyzing data, making surveys, putting together reports, etc.; help to organize a summer program assessment reading (if needed); help with development of resources for the program, developing new chapters in the sourcebook, developing short videos on key topics, and finding web links that support the template curriculum; maintain our WTCC google folder, making sure our docs are accessible to the instructors in the program; serve as a liaison between the program and relevant University stakeholders.
Position opens: March 14, 2025
Review begins: Late April 2025
Position closes: April 30, 2025
The Normal School
Description: Editorial Assistant duties will include simple to complex assignments that support The Normal School literary magazine and the day-to-day operations of the MFA program. For the Normal School, this will include: drafting website pages and posts for upcoming content, in coordination with the editorial calendar; identifying and processing photos and art; proofreading content; managing and reading incoming submissions; managing email newsletter and subscriptions; producing communications materials for projects in marketing and promotions; producing special issues as needed; and other duties as assigned. For the MFA program, this will include: staffing at virtual, hybrid, and/or in-person events (may include evenings or weekends); events planning and programming; providing video production, research, and closed captioning work on YouTube videos; supporting office staff with communications, data entry, database management, and administrative help.
Position opens: May 5, 2025
Review begins: Late May
Position closes: May 30, 2025
To view the full job posting, visit HireFresnoState and follow the steps. Search for keywords "Editorial Assistant."
Levine Prize
Description: Editorial Assistant duties will include simple to complex tasks that support the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry book contest and the graduate course English 242, Literary Editing and Publishing, taught by Prof. Brynn Saito. This will include: database management, logging and assigning manuscripts, spreadsheet tracking and management, monitoring of student reviewer progress, helping to guide and organize the editorial process, instructing less-experienced students in working with Submittable, and assisting Prof. Saito and office staff with other aspects of running the contest.
Position opens: May 5, 2025
Review begins: Late May
Position closes: May 30, 2025
To view the full job posting, visit HireFresnoState and follow the steps. Search for keywords "Editorial Assistant."
Research Intern
Description: The research intern edits closed captions for Fresno Poets Archive videos on the Fresno State MFA YouTube channel. This will include online and library research on poems and prose pieces, to ensure accuracy of captions. The intern will research and write a post for MFA blog, telling the backstory of the authors and placing the videos in the context of Fresno literary history.
Position opens: May 22, 2025
Review begins: mid June
Position closes: June 20, 2025
To view the full job posting, visit HireFresnoState and follow the steps. Search for keywords "Research Intern (Fresno Poets Archive)."
Multimedia Production Intern
Description: The multimedia production intern serves as producer and editor of the English Majors Out in the World video series for the College of Arts and Humanities. This includes story crafting, coaching of field crew, shot list creation, video production (integration of video, photography, titles, music, etc.), and graphics creation. The intern will generate video content in varying lengths for YouTube and Instagram Reels, including closed captions.
Position opens: May 22, 2025
Review begins: mid June
Position closes: June 20, 2025
To view the full job posting, visit HireFresnoState and follow the steps. Search for keywords "Multimedia Production Intern (English Department)."
Job Opportunities for Faculty
Description: The successful applicant may teach composition, literature, creative writing, as well as high enrollment general education courses.
Position opens: April 22, 2025
Review begins: A review of applications continues on a rolling basis as teaching positions open.
Position closes: Open until filled