Hesston College seeks applicants for a faculty position in English literature and composition. Master’s degree required; doctorate and teaching experience preferred. Qualifications include evidence of excellence in teaching, innovative spirit, love for students, commitment to Mennonite higher education and Mennonite Church USA. Responsibilities may include classroom teaching in composition; lower-level literature courses, such as British literature, American literature, Shakespeare, Introduction to Literature, and a genre course. Position available August 15, 2008. Review of applications begins March 10 and continues until position is filled.
To apply, send curriculum vitae, transcripts, application, and responses to essays below to Sandra Zerger, Academic Dean, Box 3000, Hesston, KS 67062. EOE.
Essays requested
- Pilgrimage. Tell the story in moderate depth of your spiritual, personal, and intellectual growth development to the present. Include persons, events, and ideas that have influenced you. Include your current level of involvement in a local church.
- After reading Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, identify affirmations and any areas of uncertainty and disagreements.
- Describe your philosophy of Christian higher education and your level of commitment to the mission of Hesston College.
- Write an extended definition of Standard English in the United States and describe how that definition fits into multiple forms of written discourse in the academy.
- Explain how the study of literature fits with the emphasis on liberal education for citizens of the 21st century.