Assistant Professor of African-American Rhetoric (Tenure Track)

The Department of English at Old Dominion University invites applicants for an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric with a specialization in African-American Rhetoric. This is a 10-month annual tenure track appointment that begins July 25, 2025.

This Assistant Professor will teach 3:2 load in the department's thriving Rhetoric and Writing Studies programs at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels in online, hybrid, and on-site capacities. Specifically, they will teach general education courses, writing and introductory rhetoric courses for majors, and graduate courses in historical rhetoric and their specialization. They will also engage with the scholarly conversations about African-American rhetoric and mentor graduate students, and the position offers opportunities for original course offerings in each program.

Minimum Qualifications:
1. Applicants must have expertise, experience, or be able to demonstrate how they will teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
2. Applicants must have expertise, experience, or be able to demonstrate how they will teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Grant-funded research.
• Experience with online teaching and learning.
• Experience with interdisciplinary and community-based research.
• Experience teaching racially diverse and underrepresented populations.
How to Apply: Interested candidates should visit https://jobs.odu.edu/postings/21987 to apply and attach the following with their online application:
1. A cover letter detailing your research and teaching experience and the core principles that inform their approaches. The committee would also like to learn how would you see your expertise fitting into the existing English curriculum (https://catalog.odu.edu/courses/engl/) at all three instructional levels.
2. A current CV.
3. Unofficial graduate transcripts.
4. Contact information for 3 professional references.
Additional materials may be asked of candidates as they advance. Applications must be submitted by January 10, 2025 for full consideration. The position will remain active until it is filled. Inquiries about the position should be directed to the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Kevin E. DePew kdepew@odu.edu.

About ODU: Old Dominion University, located in Norfolk, is Virginia’s forward-focused public doctoral research university with more than 23,000 students, a top R1 research ranking, rigorous academics, an energetic residential community and initiatives that contribute $2.6 billion annually to Virginia’s economy.
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