Adjunct in Young Adult Literature

Main Campus - Boston, MA

About the role

Seeking an adjunct faculty member to teach a graduate course in contemporary young adult realistic fiction. The course operates as a genre study, as a study of ideologies of identity, and as a study of narratological devices and strategies that texture young adult realism.

Responsibilities

• Meets once a week in graduate seminars with second or third year graduate students across programs in Children's Literature (MA, MFA, MAMFA, MAMS).
• Uses the core syllabus provided for assigned literary and critical readings, writing assignments, and presentation assignments.
• Draws on a repertoire of pedagogies, including some lecturing, discussion seminars, and extensive development of critical writing.
• Supports students in reaching the program and course learning outcomes assigned to this core course in the graduate programs.

Requirements

• MA, MFA, or PhD in children's, young adult, or general literature.
• Prior teaching experience.

Qualifications

• MA, MFA, or PhD with focus on literature for young people.
• Particular depth of knowledge of historical and contemporary young adult literature.
• Prior study of narratology.
• Previous teaching experience.

Pay

Compensation: $6,395 per course. Compensation for adjunct faculty is established at a set rate per course and does not vary based on experience, education, or other factors.

Schedule

The instructor meets once a week in graduate seminars.

Benefits

This is a non-benefits eligible position.