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: February 27, 2023
Review begins: April 2023
Position closes: Open until filled
Description: The Writing Center specializes in tutoring writing based on current methods and best practices. Tutors work with students in small groups and individually to help student writers develop their writing skills and to provide supportive community. Once hired, tutors will receive training and continue learning new tutoring methods in a required class that meets every week.
Position opens: March 30, 2023
Review begins: Early May 2023
Position closes: Open until filled
Description: Conference Assistant for the 33rd International Conference on Virginia Woolf on June 6-9, 2024. Duties will include: assist conference coordinator to determine event spaces; assist conference coordinator to arrange pre- and post-conference trips; assist conference coordinator to organize banquet and art exhibitions; communicate with conference attendees; communicate with exhibiting artists; communicate with faculty and campus stakeholders; create communications for printed and online promotional materials; write stories and social media posts for the art exhibitions, conference, and activities; disseminate communications materials and assist with promotion of conference; find materials and create decorations for the conference event spaces; assist conference coordinator with recommendations from the Program Committee; assist conference coordinator with grant application writing for speakers.
Position opens: September 7, 2023
Review begins: Mid September 2023
Position closes: September 21, 2023
To view the full job posting, visit HireFresnoState and follow the steps. Search for keywords "Conference Assistant (English Department)."
The Normal School
Description: Editorial Assistant duties will include simple to complex assignments that support The Normal School literary magazine, the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry book contest, 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 Levine Prize and 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: Aug. 1, 2022
Review begins: Mid August 2022
Position closes: Aug. 15, 2022
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. Mai Der Vang. 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. Vang and office staff with other aspects of running the contest.
Position opens: April 11, 2022
Review begins: Early May 2022
Position closes: May 20, 2022
To view the full job posting, visit HireFresnoState and follow the steps. Search for keywords "Editorial Assistant."
Job Opportunities for Faculty
Creative Nonfiction
Description: The Department of English seeks applicants for a tenure‐track position (assistant professor) in Creative Nonfiction. The successful applicant will teach creative nonfiction writing both at the graduate and undergraduate levels, as part of our Master of Fine Arts program. They will also teach core courses in the English major, including the senior seminar and special topics courses of their own design.
Position opens: August 30, 2022
Review begins: November 1, 2022
Position closes: March 31, 2023
View the full job posting on Careers.FresnoState.edu
World Literature
Description: The Department of English seeks applicants for a tenure-track position (assistant professor) in World Literature, with an emphasis in Indigenous Literatures and/or the Environmental Humanities. The successful applicant will teach both undergraduate and graduate students. They will teach core courses in the English major, including world literatures, myth and folklore, and special topics.
Position opens: October 6, 2022
Review begins: December 2, 2022
Position closes: March 31, 2023
View the full job posting on Careers.FresnoState.edu
English Education
Description: The Department of English seeks applicants for a tenure-track position (assistant OR associate professor) in Adolescent Literacies. Responsibilities include teaching and advising undergraduate, credential, and graduate students. They will teach core courses in the English Studies major and credential programs, including secondary English Teaching Methods; Literacy Studies; and Rhetoric, Grammar and Writing Instruction (a service-learning class). May also include supervision of student teachers and special topics courses in areas of specialty.
Position opens: October 14, 2022
Review begins: December 2, 2022
Position closes: March 31, 2023
Description: The successful applicant may teach composition, literature, creative writing, as well as high enrollment general education courses. Currently, we have an immediate need for a candidate qualified to teach English classes.
Position opens: March 17, 2022
Review begins: A review of applications continues on a rolling basis as teaching positions open.
Position closes: Open until filled