The English Department and the Humanities Division at Bellarmine University invites applications for a part-time instructor position for two courses in Creative Writing for Fall 2025 (8/21/2025-12/3/2025). 

One course is Creative Writing: Poetry, Tue/Thu  12:15-1:30pm; the other course is Creative Writing: Non-Fiction, Tue/Thu 3:05-4:20pm.

Course description: Creative Writing: Poetry: This course is designed to give students with an interest in writing poetry intense practice of the craft, along with the critical and creative feedback that comes with a workshop experience.  Students read selected literature and create their own poetry portfolio.

Course description: Creative Writing: Non-Fiction: Creative non-fiction is a fairly abstract name for a growing body of work in contemporary writing.  This course is intended to give students intense practice in the writing of such creative non-fictional genres as memoir, literary journalism, and the speculative essay.  Students will read selected literature and develop their own creative non-fiction portfolio.

Visa sponsorship is not provided for this position.

Applicants must have at least 2 years experience teaching Creative Writing, or English literature with a strong focus on creative writing, at the college level, and must hold an M.A. or Ph.D. degree in English literature or an MFA in Creative Writing. They must also be available to teach in person.

Visa sponsorship is not provided for this position.

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Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of nearly 4,000 students, and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 382 Colleges, is one of the top 15 Southern regional universities in U.S. News and World Report's 2018 college rankings, and is a top university in Forbes' list of America's best colleges. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world. Bellarmine is located on a scenic 175-acre campus in the Highlands neighborhood of Louisville, KY, which Glassdoor recently recognized one of the nation's top 10 cities where pay goes the furthest, and National Geographic calls it a top 10 food city. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 1...0 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population. Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply. Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

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