Open-Rank Professor, Literature

Job overview

The Open-Rank Professor, Literature role is onsite in Austin, TX, with compensation competitive and commensurate with rank; full-time Assistant Professor salaries in Arts start at $90,000. The faculty member supports the Center for Arts at the University of Austin, whose mission includes developing students’ intellectual skills and historical awareness. The professor teaches undergraduate literature within a liberal arts curriculum and maintains an active research agenda. The role contributes to the university’s core curriculum and literature concentration through teaching across regions and centuries, with specialty courses depending on the candidate’s area.

What you'll do

• Teach undergraduate literature in the core curriculum and literature concentration
• teach broadly across regions and centuries
• candidates in medieval literature are expected to teach a medieval literature survey and courses on Dante, Chaucer, and/or Shakespeare’s English history plays
• candidates in modern literature are expected to teach Victorian literature, modernism, and literary theory
• undertake research
• contribute to the liberal arts curriculum.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

open-rank professor

literature

austin tx

uatx

university faculty

undergraduate teaching

liberal arts

literature research

medieval literature

modern literature

fall 2027 start

assistant professor from $90k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Comprehensive benefits and research stipend
• full-time Assistant Professor salaries in Arts start at $90,000.

Why this role

Open to candidates at any academic rank; full- or part-time appointments considered; anticipated start Fall 2027; renewable five-year appointments; research stipend and comprehensive benefits.

About the employer

UATX is hiring for this role. Industry: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools. Sector: 61.