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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Sent on behalf of Bridget Drinka:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Colleagues,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Department</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> of
English </span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> at the University of Texas at San Antonio seeks to hire a
specialist in Native American Literatures to complement its Ph.D. Program as
well as </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> to </span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>offer courses at the undergraduate</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and
master's </span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> level. The Ph.D. Program, inaugurated in </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 2002</span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, is
conceived as a cross-cultural, literary and cultural studies program, with two
nodal points: Latina/o literary and cultural studies and Rhetoric and
Composition Studies. The Native American Literatures specialist would add
depth and range to the Ph.D. Program by exploring the intersections and
divergences between Native American Literary and Cultural Studies and allied
fields such as Latina/o and African American literary and cultural studies.
The department has made significant commitments to enhancing its </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> offerings </span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> in
Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the U.S., and currently staffs three specialists in
Latina/o Literary and Cultural Studies (Professor Sonia Saldívar-Hull,
Professor Norma Cantu, Associate Professor Ben Olguin), and African
American Literary Studies </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and Linguistics </span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(Endowed
Chair Joycelyn Moody, Endowed Chair Sonja Lanehart). In addition, the
Department includes faculty specialists in critical race and gender studies</span></font><font
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color:blue'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>and</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'> </span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> postcolonial studies that provide a collaborative
critical mass conducive </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>to</span></font><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> ground-breaking
research and innovative teaching. The Department recently inaugurated
a </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Postdoctoral </span></font><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Program with Dr.
Kinitra Brooks, a specialist in African American Women’s writing, and
also includes distinguished guest faculty such as Norma Alarcon, a specialist
in Feminist Theory and Latina/o Literary Studies, who will be teaching a
graduate course in the 2009 Spring Semester. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> We
hope that you will encourage your students to apply for this position. </span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Please post the
advertisement and distribute to any potential applicants.</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Best regards,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Bridget Drinka, Ph.D.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Chair, Department of English</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>University of Texas at San Antonio</span></font></p>
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