Assistant Professor and Writing Program Director

The Department of English at Montana State University (Bozeman) is excited to announce a position for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies with an administrative appointment as Writing Program Director. Research specialization within RWS is open, with preference for technical communication or related areas (e.g., digital writing & rhetoric, science journalism, climate change rhetorics). This 9-month faculty position includes a 2/1 teaching load in the department's broad-field Writing major and a summer stipend for administrative duties. 

For details and to apply, see the job posting at https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/43557. Screening of applications will begin Nov. 21, 2024, and continue until the position is filled. For any questions about the position, please contact Mandy Hansen in the Department of English at mkhansen@montana.edu. 

Montana State University is Montana's flagship public institution of higher education—the state's R1 university and its land-grant institution, with about 17,000 students. As a humanities department on a STEM- and Ag-driven campus, we are eager to expand collaborations across campus around writing in the sciences and science journalism, including other areas related to technology in Writing Studies. 

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