Adjunct Instructor for Creative Writing

Job Title: Adjunct Instructor, Creative Writing

Department: Arts & Humanities

Reports to: Program Director

Effective Date: 9/2/25

# of Direct Reports: 0 # of People Supported: 0

Job Description

Manhattanville University is seeking adjunct professors to teach Topics in Graduate Creative Writing: The Novel (September 3 – December 19), an MFA-level craft class.

Course Description

ENW 5850 Topics in Grad Creative Writing: The Novel

ENW 5850 classes allow for intensive, graduate-level, craft-based study in particular areas of creative writing. Topics in Grad Creative Writing: The Novel focuses on approaches to structuring a novel, with an eye to pacing, character arcs, and narrative arcs. In the first half of the class, students read and analyze novels. Students then move on to outlining novels of their own, workshopping those outlines, writing early novel chapters and revising those novel chapters based on workshop critique from their peers and the professor. Students are also required to attend visiting author readings by novelists during the semester and are encouraged to attend all visiting author readings during the semester.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None.
  
  

Duties/Responsibilities

• Prepare and teach well-organized classes and present other learning opportunities for students in accordance with student learning outcomes for the course.
• Create and share syllabus/syllabi with students and Dean’s Office. This must be posted on the University’s Learning Management Software (LMS), Brightspace.
• Post assignment grades in Brightspace for students to track their academic progress.
• Hold two hours of Office Hours for students. (This can be a mix of in-person and online)
• Use Manhattanville email for correspondence with students, faculty and staff; respond to email in a timely fashion.
• Submit Roster Reconciliations, Mid-Term and Final Grades by appropriate deadlines. File Retention Alerts when student concerns arise.
• Uphold and comply with faculty duties as described in Section V of the Faculty Handbook: General Faculty Duties and Academic Opportunities.
• Be familiar with the College Catalog and Faculty Handbook.
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities

• Subject matter expertise, including experience writing and publishing novels.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with Brightspace or similar LMS.
  
  

Qualifications

Education: Graduate degree in Creative Writing, preferably an MFA.

Experience: Previous teaching experience.

Physical Requirements: None.

Salary: $3,375 - $3,675 per semester

Hours Expectation

Teaching time: 2.5 hours/week

Office hours: 2 hours/week

Housing

Housing is not provided.

Benefits

Manhattanville University also offers a highly competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including tuition remission. For more information regarding benefits, please visit our benefits page: Manhattanville Benefits

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and qualified candidates may be invited to interview before the application deadline. We encourage you to apply early, as the position may be filled prior to the closing date.

Manhattanville University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. If you are unable to complete this application process, contact Manhattanville Human Resources at human.resources@mville.edu to ask for assistance.

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