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Job Description
Adjunct Faculty for Humanities - American Literature
Salary See Position Description Location Lebanon, IL Job Type Adjunct Faculty Job Number 202600007 Department Academic Affairs Division Humanities Opening Date 06/25/2026 FLSA Exempt
DESCRIPTION
BENEFITS McKendree University, located in Lebanon, IL and home of the Bearcats, invites qualified applicants to join our team. McKendree University offers a competitive compensation and benefits package and the opportunity to influence the future leaders of tomorrow. The mission of McKendree University is to provide a high-quality educational experience to outstanding students. We guide our students in the pursuit of academic excellence, which will prepare them for leadership roles in our society. To achieve this end we encourage broader vision, enriched purpose, engagement with community, commitment to responsible citizenship, openness to new ideas and dedication to lifelong learning. In keeping with our history and traditions, we provide our students with a rigorous, broadly based liberal arts curriculum joined with specialization in a specific discipline. Position Summary and Key Responsibilities Teach
ENG 203/303
American Literature to 1900 for face-to-face courses at the Lebanon, IL Campus. The course includes a survey of early American writers from the Puritan period to the end of the nineteenth century. Emphasis is placed on the growth of Romanticism and the development of realism and naturalism in American literature. Authors may include Bradford, Bradstreet, Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, and Twain, among others.
Qualifications Required Qualifications:
Master's degree in a relevant field.
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior college teaching experience.
Work Conditions Regular pay rate:
$2,145.00 for each 3-hour course, per semester. Higher rates may apply for larger course enrollments, labs, or other duties. Online/remote teaching opportunities may exist dependent on the needs of the course. Applicants interested in online/remote opportunities must reside in the following states:
IL, CA, FL, TN, KY.
Required Application Materials Cover Letter
Resume/CV
Copies of transcripts (official required upon hire) Equal Opportunity Employer McKendree University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other statuses protected by law. This extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruiting, hiring, training, on-the-job treatment, promotion, layoff, and termination. Employer
McKendree University
