Instructor Pool - 2025/2026 and Fall Term 2026: Writing

The Master’s in Fine Arts (MFA) Program, at OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon, invites applications for one or more fixed-term, non-tenure-track full/part-time Instructor positions to teach on a term by term basis for the 2025-2026 academic year and Fall Term 2026. Some of these appointments may be reviewed for renewal or transition to an instructional position on an annual basis at the discretion of the Dean of Academic Affairs

Applications will be considered throughout the 2025/2026 academic year and Fall Term 2026, as opportunities become available.

This position is located in Bend, Oregon.

The intention of this pool is to collect applications for current or future opportunities and does not necessarily imply a position is available at this time. Instructors may be needed to teach on campus and remote graduate courses in the following areas: Fiction Writing (Short & Long), Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry & Poetics. If hired into a term-appointment, the anticipated start dates are September 16, 2025, December 16 2025, or March 16, 2026.

The primary mission of the Master’s in Fine Arts (MFA) Program is to provide graduate level education, including critical reading, writing, and thinking while advancing students’ knowledge and skills though the teaching. The curriculum encompasses most standard approaches to writing through workshops and seminars, with a particular focus on the honing of genre-based craft skills, critical studies, difference & diversity, as well as community engagement. The incumbent(s) are expected to provide an intellectual and artistic foundation for students while also mentoring students through the successful creation of a thesis project. The courses serve students in the degree program only.