What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Professor of English/Composition & Rhetoric/Writing Program Director position at Eastern New Mexico University?
- Position Overview
Position Summary
The college of Liberal Arts and Sciences is seeking a qualified candidate to teach as a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor of English with a specialty in Composition & Rhetoric or related field and to serve as Writing Program Director. Full-time, tenure-track, 9-month. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Start date is August 2025. This is a residential appointment and campus presence is required.- Requirements
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Service, Scholarship, 3/3 teaching load which reflects a reduction of 1 course per semester to direct the First-Year Writing program.
- Coordinate the minor in Technical and Professional Communication.
- Teaching assignments will include upper- and lower-division as well as graduate-level courses in writing and rhetoric, including Pedagogy of College Writing, Visual Rhetoric, Grant Writing, and similar courses. Courses may be offered in-person, hybrid, or online, as assigned to meet student needs.
- The candidate is expected to provide training for writing program faculty.
- Mentor graduate students in the composition program.
- Maintain an active and productive research agenda.
- Ph.D. in Composition/Rhetoric or English required.
- Ideal candidates will have a strong academic background in and experience with writing instruction, including online and hybrid formats
Ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community- Working Conditions
Physical Demand and Working Conditions:
Work is physically active in nature that at times requires exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
Essential Functions: [As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, these include the aforementioned duties and responsibilities, job knowledge, skills, and abilities, physical demands and working conditions. This is not necessarily an all-inclusive listing.]- Additional Information
Application Review Date: Open Until Filled
Condition of Employment:Must pass a pre-employment background check.
Electronic Application Instructions:Electronic applications should be submitted through the "Apply" link on the top of this page. Please attach the following required documents to your electronic application.
Required Documents:
Letter of interest
Curriculum vitae
Contact information for three references (blind or off list reference checks may be conducted on finalists)
Transcripts (unofficial for application purposes)
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