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Job Title

Assistant Professor of Writing Studies and Director of WAC/WID & STEM Initiatives for the Writing Center (Tenure Track)

Department

ENGLISH

Position Number

F0145A

Job Description

• collaborating with the Director of the Writing Center to provide programming and resources for faculty across campus, particularly STEM faculty, train tutors to respond more effectively to STEM genres, and help recruit and train writers from across the disciplines to work in the writing center;
• contributing to our program and department’s our ongoing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts through providing leadership and creating professional development opportunities that support the newly revised 200-level research-based general education composition courses;
• facilitating communication among teachers of the 200-level composition courses and the major-level writing intensive courses across campus to encourage vertical and dynamic transfer; and
• working with the Associate Chair of Writing Studies and the Directors of the Writing Center, Writing Placement & Support, and General Education Composition and Literature, to continue to respond to student and faculty needs and improve our programs.

Minimum Qualifications - knowledge, skills, and abilities

1. Experience in college-level tutoring and teaching first-year writing or composition, using teaching practices informed by current writing studies pedagogy and scholarship;
2. Leadership experience related to Writing Centers, writing programs, and/or WAC/WID initiatives (this includes Graduate Assistant WPA roles);
3. A research agenda related to Writing Centers, writing programs, WAC/WID initiatives, and STEM writing (this includes published scholarship, grants, dissertations, and conference presentations); and
4. Evidence of commitment to collaboration, teamwork, and team-building (this includes participation in campus initiatives, professional organizations, committees, scholarship, and problem-solving with colleagues).

Minimum Qualifications - Education or training

Minimum Qualifications - Special licenses, registration or certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a director, co-director, assistant director, or graduate assistant director of writing center, writing program, WAC/WID program, or related program;
• A record of scholarship and/or administrative decision-making intended to support and foster diversity, equity, inclusivity, and accessibility; and/or
• Experience tutoring or mentoring graduate students working on thesis and dissertation projects.

Special Instructions to Applicants / Additional Materials Required

1. A cover letter that addresses how the candidate meets the minimum and preferred qualifications of the position. The statement should clearly articulate the candidate’s leadership experience in writing programs/centers/WAC/WID initiatives and research related to one or more of these areas.
2. A curriculum vitae that includes the courses the candidate has taught and any tutoring experience.
3. A 1-2 page statement of teaching philosophy that includes concrete examples of integration of writing studies scholarship into one’s teaching of composition.
4. A 1-2 page statement that provides concrete examples of integration of diversity and accessibility into pedagogy and/or administrative work. The committee hopes to learn from the diversity statement how the applicant supports and would work with diverse students and faculty members as an educator, researcher and program administrator.
5. Unofficial graduate transcripts.
6. Contact information for 3 references. If your application progresses in the search, the application site will request confidential recommendation letters from these references.