Contract Instructor Opportunities Summer 2025
Carleton University, Department of English Language & Literature
Pursuant to Article 16 of the CUPE 4600 Unit 2 Collective Agreement, applications are invited from members of the CUPE 4600-2 bargaining unit and other interested persons to teach the following Department of English Language & Literature courses during the 2025 Summer Term:
- ENGL 1010 (0.5 credit): Writing Essays about Literature (May – June Session)
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An intensive writing course focusing on the formulation and construction of a literary essay.
Lectures three hours a week.
Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in the appropriate discipline.
Teaching Competence: Candidates must demonstrate previous teaching experience in the subject area of introductory English literary studies and composition studies.
Other Relevant Experience: Candidates should demonstrate relevant scholarly activity in English literary studies.
| Designated Modality: In-person |
| Anticipated TA Support: No |
| Anticipated Enrolment: 40 |
- ENGL 2011 (0.5 credit): Children’s Literature / CHST 2011 (0.5 credit): Children’s Literature (July – August Session)
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An introduction of the critical study of children’s literature.
Lectures three hours a week.
Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in the appropriate discipline.
Teaching Competence: Candidates must demonstrate evidence of teaching experience in the field of children’s literature.
Other Relevant Experience: Candidates should demonstrate relevant scholarly activity in English literary studies.
| Designated Modality: Online |
| Anticipated TA Support: No |
| Anticipated Enrolment: 40 |
- ENGL 3605 (0.5 credit): Modern and Contemporary Literary Theory (May – June Session)
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Introduction to contemporary approaches to literary texts, such as formalist, structuralist, deconstructive, psychoanalytic, Marxist, historicist, and feminist. Topics may include: the nature and role of literature, of author and reader, of canons, ideology, gender, sexuality, and race.
Lectures three hours a week.
Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in the appropriate discipline.
Teaching Competence: Candidates must demonstrate previous teaching experience in the subject area of literary theory. This experience may include a literature or cultural studies course that has incorporated cultural/literary theory into its methodology.
Other Relevant Experience: Candidates should demonstrate relevant scholarly activity in English literary studies.
| Designated Modality: Online |
| Anticipated TA Support: No |
| Anticipated Enrolment: 40 |
Application Procedures and Deadline:
All applicants must apply to the Department Head in writing and in relation to each course for which they wish to be considered:
Professor Janice Schroeder
Chair, Department of English Language & Literature
Carleton University
1125 Colonel by Drive, 1812 Dunton Tower
Ottawa, ON. K1S 5B6
Send application directly to judy.katz@carleton.ca
The deadline for receipt of applications November 26, 2024
As per Article 15.3 of the current CUPE 4600 Unit 2 Collective Agreement, applicants are required to submit an up to date CV, including a complete listing of all courses taught within the CUPE 4600 Unit 2 bargaining unit at Carleton University. Candidates who have already contacted the department and submitted a CV recently need only indicate their interest in particular courses. NOTE that when applying to classes for which they have incumbency, applicants shall not be required to (re)submit documentation beyond their updated CV.
Disclaimer: All contract instructor positions are subject to budgetary approval. Advertisement is not a guarantee that a particular course will be offered.