Instructor Specialty: Writing Programs

The Department of English at Arizona State University invites applications for several Instructor positions. The successful candidates will be expected to teach courses primarily in the Writing Program and in other disciplinary areas within the department as needed. These are full-time, benefits-eligible appointments made on an academic year basis (Aug 16 – May 15). A typical full-time course load is five classes per academic semester. Subsequent annual renewal is possible contingent upon satisfactory performance, the needs of the unit, availability of resources, and sufficient enrollment in assigned courses. Anticipated start date: August 2024, January 2025 and/or academic year 2025-2026. 

About the Department of English

The Department of English's motto - "Start here, go anywhere" - captures the unique value of our undergraduate and graduate English degrees, ones that can serve students in any art form, any discipline, and any profession. In fact, our degrees can take students anywhere they wish to travel. The Department of English faculty is internationally renowned for innovative research and teaching and explores the pan-world expression of the English language and its literature, which span the global yet connect directly to the local. The skills of critical thinking, reading comprehension, and analytic expression cultivated in the degrees are transferable into any endeavor. In particular, such skills provide the foundation for creative problem-solving and cultivate individual and collective expression. The department takes as its purview not just historical positioned work, whether linguistic or textual, but includes all forms of expression and all modes of new media, whether analogical or digital. We emphasize writing- academic, creative, personal, public, and workplace- that explores difference reflectively and functionally. Our goal is to educate citizens who can think, read, write, and act in robust and significant ways to meet new challenges.

About The College:

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of Arizona State University.  For employees, that means the chance to engage with a large and curious student body.  And for students that are pursuing a degree in our college, faculty and staff get the opportunity to guide them as they grow into socially aware, critical thinkers who are often pioneering solutions to societal issues.  While the student success is our top priority, The College also supports the professional development and growth of its faculty and staff as well as research that positively impacts our community.  Learn more about what The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has to offer by visiting  https://thecollege.asu.edu/faculty.

About Arizona State University:

ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university. As articulated in the ASU Charter, ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.

ASU is dedicated to the proposition that excellence and access are not mutually exclusive. ASU ranks sixth in the U.S. for research expenditures among universities without a medical school. Simultaneously, ASU is one of the nation’s largest public universities, enrolling nearly 150,000 students from various socioeconomic, geographic, and demographic backgrounds, across campus and digital immersion programs. ASU has demonstrated that quality higher education can (and should) be made available to every student capable of performing university-level work while increasing, not sacrificing, excellence. See  https://www.asu.edu/ for more information.

Minimum qualifications:

• MA in Rhetoric and Composition, English Education, Linguistics, Literature, or related discipline at time of appointment; or MFA in Creative Writing at time of appointment.
• Evidence of three years’ experience in higher education teaching composition courses, and evidence of effective teaching.

Desired qualifications:

• Ph.D. or evidence of graduate coursework beyond the master’s level in Rhetoric and Composition or related areas.
• Experience teaching writing at all levels of the undergraduate curriculum.
• Evidence of experience in both theory and practice within a writing intensive field, such as: academic writing, creative writing, developmental writing, disciplinary writing, second language writing, and workplace writing.
• Evidence of participation in relevant professional development; evidence of experience teaching multi-media composing or online/hybrid courses.
• Demonstrated commitment to working with diverse faculty, staff, students and communities to advance the principles of the Arizona Charter.

This is a paperless search; only electronic materials will be accepted: http://apply.interfolio.com/150237:  

• A letter of application that outlines pedagogical philosophy,
• Current curriculum vita (CV),
• One-page statement of teaching philosophy,
• Three letters of recommendation about teaching ability (confidential),
• Unofficial graduate transcripts, 
• Summary of recent teaching evaluations.

No paper applications, faxes or emails will be accepted.

The applicant’s last name should appear in each uploaded file name.

Questions about the position should be directed to the search committee chair at: Professor Kyle Jensen at dr.kjensen@asu.edu. Initial review of application will begin on August 30, 2024, if not filled, applications review will continue every week thereafter until search is closed.

A background check is required for employment.

Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

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