[Milton-L] shameless advocacy

[gilliaca at jmu.edu]

Our search committee has asked us to post the following on our lists, and I am proud to do so. I will be retiring at the end of this academic year, and hope to leave my cherished colleagues with a leader who will recognize and foster their excellence, and hence the excellence of our students.  Please feel free to forward this to anyone you know who might be interested in us. Thanks,
C



The English department of James Madison University is currently searching for a new head. JMU is a comprehensive university of 18,000 students, and the English department plays a vital role in the curriculum and in students' lives. The department currently has over 500 undergraduate majors, 30 M.A. students, and 26 full-time faculty members. Faculty members are active in research and are dedicated to teaching. The department offers an engaging major to students interested in secondary education, world literature, linguistics, creative writing, Women's Studies as well as the more traditional English major. In addition, the department participates in the General Education Program, offering literature course that are taken by almost all students at JMU.

More information on the department is available on its website at 
<http://www.jmu.edu/english/index.html >. The advertisement for the position is available on the M.L.A. website and at 
<http://www.jmu.edu/english/searchcommittees.html >

We are looking for an active scholar, a fine teacher and an able administrator.  I hope you will encourage your finest faculty to apply.
Cynthia A. Gilliatt
English Department, JMU
JMU Safe Zones participant
"You have made God in your own image when God hates the same people you hate." Fr. John Weston