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William R. Handley, a popular assistant professor of literature who specializes in the literature of the American west, announced Friday he will step down at the end of the term to take a new post at the University of Southern California...
...Handley is the fourth junior Faculty member to have announced plans to resign from the English department in recent weeks...
Echoing a common concern among junior--and increasingly, senior--members of the department, Handley said the decision was largely motivated by his realization that attaining tenure at Harvard is not a realistic option, and indeed "virtually impossible" for junior Faculty...
Since his appointment to Harvard in the fall of 1995, Handley said that of the 13 junior Faculty members who were then part of the department, only one would remain after he leaves. Within the past several weeks alone, three junior Faculty members in the English department--Ann Pellegrini '86, Joshua "Jed" D. Esty and Jonah Siegel--announced their intent to accept tenure-track positions at other universities...
...Handley said this was simply an opportunity he could not pass...