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Position Title : Assistant Professor (Director of Writing Center)
Department : English
Campus Location : Washburn University
The screening committee will review all eligible applications submitted by January 24, 2025.
Position Summary : Washburn University's Department of English invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Rhetoric and Composition / Writing Studies to begin August 1, 2025. This is a 9-month, tenure track position. The selected candidate will also be assigned an administrative role as the Director of Washburn’s Writing Center, which will include release time from teaching duties. This administrative appointment is for an initial three-year term and may be renewed.
The selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage students from all backgrounds. Writing is highly valued at Washburn University, with all undergraduate degrees requiring two composition courses, and most degrees requiring three composition courses.
The English department is a collegial one in which all faculty (from adjuncts to full professors) teach in the composition program. Washburn provides a robust faculty development program and opportunities for travel funding, internal research, and faculty development grants. Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students.
Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals. Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a vibrant and inclusive working environment and curriculum. We offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, a supportive leadership team, and a healthy work / life balance.
Essential Functions :
Faculty Responsibilities :
- Fulfill teaching expectations associated with tenure-track appointment. Teach 12-hours per semester (either in-person or online, according to departmental needs) or an equivalent full workload as outlined in the faculty handbook.
- Teach and develop undergraduate classes and seminars as assigned and as dependent upon department needs.
- Fulfill service expectations associated with tenure-track appointment by engaging in service activities in the department, university, and profession.
- Fulfill scholarship expectations associated with a tenure-track appointment.
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Special Instructions to Applicants :
Background Check Required
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