George Washington University
Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington
🇺🇸 Washington, DC
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $80K
💻 Other
🗓️ November 3rd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Teach two poetry workshops for the metropolitan Washington area, free of charge and separate from university students.
- Teach two poetry classes at George Washington University, one per semester.
- Position funded by an endowment supporting creative writing fellowships.
- Must reside in the Washington area while university is in session (late August to early May).
- Requires a record of published poetry, including a book.
- Experience teaching poetry, not necessarily in a conventional academic setting, is required.
- Rank held is Assistant Professor on a full-time, time-limited appointment from 08/01/2026 to 05/31/2027.
- Salary advertised is $80,000 plus eligibility for university fringe benefits.
- Position requires completion of background checks including criminal history, education verification, and sex offender registry.
- Department link: https://english.columbian.gwu.edu/
Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington Full Description
Academic Title: | Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington
Rank: | Assistant Professor
Administrative Title: |
Discipline | Humanities
Specialty: |
Contract Type: | Time-Limited Appointment (provide appt period) - 8/01/2026 - 5/31/2027
Required Licenses/Certifications and other Specific Requirements: | Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, and Sex Offender Registry Search
Proposed Start Date: | 08/01/2026
Full-Time/Part-Time: | Full-Time
Position Description Summary: | For appointment beginning in the fall of 2026, we seek a writer of poetry to teach two semesters at the George Washington University as the Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington. This academic-year position is funded by an endowment from the Jenny McKean Moore Fund for Writers. The late Jenny McKean Moore, who had been a playwriting student at the George Washington University, left in trust a fund to encourage creative writing, and the trustees of the Fund helped design the program. The position is intended to serve as a fellowship for the visiting writers, since it involves only a moderate teaching load. The program’s location at a university in the center of Washington should offer additional attractions for the writer. The fellow should reside in the Washington area while the university is in session, late August through early May.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities: | Each semester, the successful candidate will teach a small community workshop in poetry for members of the metropolitan Washington area. No tuition is charged for these workshops, which are not open to university students. The successful candidate will also teach two classes, one each semester, for students at the George Washington University.
Minimum Qualifications: | The writer must have a record of published poetry, including a book, and experience teaching, though not necessarily in a conventional academic setting. The writer need not have conventional academic credentials.
Advertised Salary: | $80,000
Other Benefits: | This position is also eligible for GW’s fringe benefits, which can be found at https://hr.gwu.edu/benefits-programs.
Other Information: |
Special Instructions to Applicants: | To be considered, complete an online faculty application here and upload a cover letter, a 25-page writing sample, a Curriculum Vitae that includes a full list of publications, and the names and contact information of at least three references. Only complete applications will be considered. Review of applications will begin on November 7, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled.
Department Link: | https://english.columbian.gwu.edu/
Posting Close Date: |
Open Until Filled: | Yes
Background Screening | Successful Completion of a Background Screening will be required as a condition of hire.
EEO Statement: | The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Quick Link | https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/122036
- Curriculum Vitae
- Cover Letter
- Sample Publications
- Names and Contact Information for References
- * Do you have experience teaching (not necessarily in a conventional academic setting)?
- Yes
- No
- * Do you have a record of published poetry, including a book?
- Yes
- No
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Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-994-8500
Fax: 202-994-9680
Email: askhrmd@gwu.edu
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