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Landing the Academic Job: Tips from the Search Committee
Saturday, March 26, 2022
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
The statistics are daunting. Each year, far more writers complete their degrees than academic jobs open, and after so much hard work, the final hurdle to landing a university teaching position can feel insurmountable. Our panel assembles veteran search committee members from universities across the country to illuminate the other side of the search. We will offer advice and answer audience questions, giving writers their best shot at landing a position.
Participants
Siân Griffiths teaches creative writing at Weber State University. Her work is published in the Georgia Review, Cincinnati Review, Ninth Letter, American Short Fiction, and other journals. She is the author of the books Borrowed Horses, Scrapple, and The Heart Keeps Faulty Time. Website: sbgriffiths.com
Amorak Huey is author of four books of poetry, most recently Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy. He teaches at Grand Valley State University in Michigan.
Katie Cortese is the author of Girl Power and Other Short-Short Stories and Make Way for Her and Other Stories. Her work recently appeared in Indiana Review, Wigleaf, Animal, and elsewhere. She teaches at Texas Tech University, and she is the fiction editor for Iron Horse Literary Review.
Janine Joseph is a poet, librettist, and author of Driving without a License, winner of the Kundiman Poetry Prize, and the forthcoming Decade of the Brain. A co-organizer for Undocupoets and MacDowell Fellow, she is an assistant professor of creative writing at Oklahoma State University.
Melissa Crowe is the author of the poetry collection Dear Terror, Dear Splendor. She is the coordinator of the MFA program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she teaches poetry and publishing.
