I Reputation Listed as one of the top young literary scholars in the US Stephen Burn John Smolens N amed the Michigan Writer of the Year for 2012 New book received the 2012 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award ID: 782853
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English Department
Position Request - EPC
Slide2I. Reputation
Slide3Listed as one of the top young literary scholars in the U.S.
Stephen Burn
John Smolens
N
amed the Michigan Writer of the Year for 2012
Slide4New book received the 2012 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award
Marek Haltof
Jaspal Singh
Received a Fulbright for 2012-13 for work on the Sikhs
Slide5His Digital Herbert (leader in cutting edge research technology)
Rob Whalen
Jim McCommons
Waiting on a Train
gained national attention
Slide6Received 5 book awards in the last two years
Matt Frank
5 of the last 7 Peter White Scholars were from the English Department
Jim McCommons
John SmolensStephen BurnRob Whalen
Marek Haltof
Slide7National Recognition
Five of our graduates were featured among the fifty best new poets of 2010 and another one was included in the 2011 selection.
The Huffington Post recommended NMU’s MFA program as one of the 25 to look at because of exciting things happening in it.
Slide8Departmental Scholarship for
2011
10 books
33 short creative works20 articles published/forthcoming
4 book reviews38 conference presentations/panels/organizers18 readings/interviews7 grants62 undergraduate conference presentations73 graduate conference presentations
Slide9Result:
Over 100 applications for the MFA Program this year so far, which offers us an opportunity to expand the program.
An increasing number of writing majors & minors since the drop after the peak in 2007 to 138 until the drop in overall enrollment this year.
Slide10II. Productivity
Slide11Our English Department
Has
240 majors
135 in Writing
150 minors80 graduate studentsTotal of 475
Slide12175-200 courses offered per semester, with an average SCH/FTE of 260.
70+ Developmental & Composition
45 Liberal Studies
30 Major only15 Creative Writing
15 Graduate courses
Slide13English produces almost 30,000 credit hours per academic year
29,784 in 2011-12, representing an increase of 2652 credit hours from 2007-08
Slide14III. Need
Slide15Department Balance
Currently
28 Tenured/Tenure Track
1 Continuing Contract
6 Full-Time Term Faculty30 Contingent Faculty35 Graduate Teaching Assistants/Fellows
Slide16Creative Writers in the Department
3 Poets
3 Non-Fiction Writers
2 Fiction Writers
2 JournalistsCurrently need someone particularly in drama & script.
Slide17Responsibilities
Course Offerings
175 courses per semester, including 10 at the graduate level and 15 undergrad creative writing courses.
We cover (on load per contract)
20 theses involving about 50 faculty commitments per yearPortfolios and other Final Projects
Slide18Spread Thin
Between the offerings in creative writing and the thesis requirements, our creative writers are spread too thin.
In addition, retirement plans are in effect for three of these creative writers over the next two years:
Paul Lehmberg (2013-14)
Ron Johnson (2014-15)Diane Sautter (2014-15)
Slide19Request
Tenure-Track Position in Fiction/Drama & Screenwriting
Current staffing for 2013-14
75-100 courses still unstaffed