Sweetland Center for Writing LEO Lecturer III

A comprehensive writing center and an independent academic unit in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), the Sweetland Center for Writing is guided by commitments to equity, anti-racism, and linguistic justice in its support of student writing at all levels and in all forms and modes. Please visit the Sweetland Center for Writing website for more information about the programs and services offered, and to read our DEI statement.

Sweetland seeks to hire a LEO Lecturer III with expertise in Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) / Writing in the Disciplines (WID) / Writing Enriched Curriculum (WEC). In addition to teaching core courses in Sweetland, strong candidates will have experience allowing them to work collaboratively to help departments in the disciplines develop curricula for Upper-Level Writing Requirement (ULWR) courses, offer an array of supportive workshops on issues of common concern to faculty and Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) teaching writing, develop resources for fostering access in ULWR courses, and provide individualized teaching support for new and continuing courses.

Teaching load is 3/3 per academic year. Typically, one "class" each term consists of 10 hours per week consulting in Sweetland's Writing Workshop.

Core courses for this position will include: Writing 400: Advanced Rhetoric and Research (fulfills the Upper-Level Writing Requirement), Writing 993: Teaching Writing in the Disciplines (trains GSIs to teach in ULWR courses), and Writing Workshop (10 hr/week). Additional courses may include: Writing 160: Multimodal Composition (fulfills the First-Year Writing Requirement), Writing 405: Contemporary Topics and Multidisciplinary Writing (fulfills the Upper-Level Writing Requirement), Writing 630: Advanced Writing for Graduate Students, and Writing 631: Dissertation Writing.

Administrative/service duties for this position include serving on two of Sweetland's standing committees and supporting LSA departments in a range of areas related to the Upper-Level Writing Requirement (ULWR), including the development of teaching resources for the ULWR (e.g., workshops for faculty and GSIs, handouts for Sweetland's Guides to Teaching Writing webpage).