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• 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.

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