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Two Assistant or Advanced Assistant Professors, Rhetoric and Writing
The English Department at North Dakota State University seeks two full-time, tenure-track Assistant or Advanced Assistant Professors in Rhetoric and Writing, or related field, for employment beginning August 16, 2024.
North Dakota State University’s English Department is committed to equity and diversity and actively seeks those scholars whose teaching, research, and/or diverse life experience will help us extend these core values.
We seek diverse and innovative thinkers and recognize a wide range of scholarly activities in our tenure and promotion process.
The department boasts a well established, genre-based vertical writing program (First-Year and Upper-Division Writing), a Writing Studies minor, a Professional Writing certificate, as well as master’s and doctoral programs.
We are especially interested in candidates who are well prepared to serve as writing program administrators for the First-Year or Upper-Division Writing Program and teach the associated practicum course (FYW - Teaching Workshop for Writing Instructors and/or UDW - Pedagogy, Practice, and Technology).
Teaching duties include a 2/2 load, with reductions for program administration.
Courses will include undergraduate and graduate rhetoric and writing classes, including core graduate courses such as Composition Theory and Composition Research.
The candidates will expand an existing scholarly agenda through presentation and publication.
The successful candidates will advise MA and PhD students and serve on thesis and dissertation committees.
Advertised Salary: $65,000+ Minimum Qualifications: PhD in Rhetoric and Writing, Professional and Technical Communication, or a related field, by August 15, 2024 College teaching experience Existing scholarly record and/or clear scholarly trajectory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, broadly defined Coursework, research, and/or professional experience that prepares the candidate to succeed as a writing program administrator Effective oral and written communication skills A demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity through research, teaching, outreach, and/or lived experience Preferred Qualifications: Research and/or teaching that foregrounds social justice issues Demonstrated experience in writing program administration Demonstrated excellence teaching first-year writing, professional/technical writing, and/or writing in the disciplines courses Research record or substantial professional experience in one or more of the following: writing program administration; professional and technical writing/rhetoric; WAC/WID; linguistics and/or second-language writing; digital rhetorics/literacies; AI and writing; online writing pedagogy; UX/user experience Applicant Materials Required: Please upload a cover letter addressing the ways your record meets minimum and preferred qualifications, and include an up-to-date CV via NDSU’s Online Employment System: Employment Opportunities | NDSU.
Because we use a criteria-based evaluation system, letters that do not address our criteria are rarely successful.
At a later date, candidates may be asked to submit three professional or academic references; a statement of teaching and administrative philosophy; and a research statement.
For first consideration, please submit materials by November 30, 2023.
More information at https://www.
ndsu.
edu/english/ Benefits: NDSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes single or family health insurance coverage with premiums paid for by the university – with an effective date for new employees the first of the month following date of hire.
Other benefits include: wellness benefits, basic life insurance, retirement plan, tuition waiver, annual leave, EAP, sick leave and holiday pay.
Optional benefits include: supplemental life, dental, vision, long-term care insurance, flexible spending account, and supplemental retirement plans.
About Us: North Dakota State University is distinctive as a student focused, land-grant, research university.
We educate leaders who solve national and global challenges by providing affordable access to an excellent education that combines teaching and research in a rich learning environment.
NDSU is in the highest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, R1, granted to the top research institutions in the country.
NDSU has offices across the state of North Dakota, and the main campus is in Fargo, on the Minnesota border.
Along with Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo forms one of the largest metropolitan centers between Minneapolis and Seattle.
The community is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live.
No Smoking Notice: As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.
D.
C.
C.
§ 23-12-10.
EO/AA Statement: North Dakota State University is an Equal Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender expression/identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, participation in lawful off-campus activity, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, public assistance status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, spousal relationship to current employee, or veteran status, as applicable.
Diversity Statement: NDSU strives to be a community of belonging, recognizing unique differences as strengths of our university.
We seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that supports a community in which diverse populations and perspectives will know and learn from one another.
NDSU values candidates who are committed to our core values of respect, inclusivity, community, creativity, excellence, impact, innovation, integrity, resilience, responsiveness, and transformation.
Successful candidates will be committed to and help advance our strategic goal to create and maintain an open and respectful environment to promote inclusivity and diversity as a cornerstone of education, research, and outreach.
Veteran’s Preference Notice: This position is subject to North Dakota Veteran’s Preference requirements.
Reasonable Accommodation Information North Dakota State University is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities.
To request disability accommodation in the application process, please contact Human Resources at 701-231-8961 or ndsu.
hr@ndsu.
edu.
Land Acknowledgement We collectively acknowledge that NDSU, a land grant institution, on the traditional lands of the Oceti Sakowin (Dakota, Lakota, Nakoda) and Anishinaabe Peoples in addition to many diverse Indigenous Peoples still connected to these lands.
We honor with gratitude Mother Earth and the Indigenous Peoples who have walked with her throughout generations.
We will continue to learn how to live in unity with Mother Earth and build strong, mutually beneficial, trusting relationships with Indigenous Peoples of our region.
(see www.
ndsu.
edu/inclusioncouncil/native_american_initiatives/).
North Dakota State University’s English Department is committed to equity and diversity and actively seeks those scholars whose teaching, research, and/or diverse life experience will help us extend these core values.
We seek diverse and innovative thinkers and recognize a wide range of scholarly activities in our tenure and promotion process.
The department boasts a well established, genre-based vertical writing program (First-Year and Upper-Division Writing), a Writing Studies minor, a Professional Writing certificate, as well as master’s and doctoral programs.
We are especially interested in candidates who are well prepared to serve as writing program administrators for the First-Year or Upper-Division Writing Program and teach the associated practicum course (FYW - Teaching Workshop for Writing Instructors and/or UDW - Pedagogy, Practice, and Technology).
Teaching duties include a 2/2 load, with reductions for program administration.
Courses will include undergraduate and graduate rhetoric and writing classes, including core graduate courses such as Composition Theory and Composition Research.
The candidates will expand an existing scholarly agenda through presentation and publication.
The successful candidates will advise MA and PhD students and serve on thesis and dissertation committees.
Advertised Salary: $65,000+ Minimum Qualifications: PhD in Rhetoric and Writing, Professional and Technical Communication, or a related field, by August 15, 2024 College teaching experience Existing scholarly record and/or clear scholarly trajectory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, broadly defined Coursework, research, and/or professional experience that prepares the candidate to succeed as a writing program administrator Effective oral and written communication skills A demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity through research, teaching, outreach, and/or lived experience Preferred Qualifications: Research and/or teaching that foregrounds social justice issues Demonstrated experience in writing program administration Demonstrated excellence teaching first-year writing, professional/technical writing, and/or writing in the disciplines courses Research record or substantial professional experience in one or more of the following: writing program administration; professional and technical writing/rhetoric; WAC/WID; linguistics and/or second-language writing; digital rhetorics/literacies; AI and writing; online writing pedagogy; UX/user experience Applicant Materials Required: Please upload a cover letter addressing the ways your record meets minimum and preferred qualifications, and include an up-to-date CV via NDSU’s Online Employment System: Employment Opportunities | NDSU.
Because we use a criteria-based evaluation system, letters that do not address our criteria are rarely successful.
At a later date, candidates may be asked to submit three professional or academic references; a statement of teaching and administrative philosophy; and a research statement.
For first consideration, please submit materials by November 30, 2023.
More information at https://www.
ndsu.
edu/english/ Benefits: NDSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes single or family health insurance coverage with premiums paid for by the university – with an effective date for new employees the first of the month following date of hire.
Other benefits include: wellness benefits, basic life insurance, retirement plan, tuition waiver, annual leave, EAP, sick leave and holiday pay.
Optional benefits include: supplemental life, dental, vision, long-term care insurance, flexible spending account, and supplemental retirement plans.
About Us: North Dakota State University is distinctive as a student focused, land-grant, research university.
We educate leaders who solve national and global challenges by providing affordable access to an excellent education that combines teaching and research in a rich learning environment.
NDSU is in the highest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, R1, granted to the top research institutions in the country.
NDSU has offices across the state of North Dakota, and the main campus is in Fargo, on the Minnesota border.
Along with Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo forms one of the largest metropolitan centers between Minneapolis and Seattle.
The community is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live.
No Smoking Notice: As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.
D.
C.
C.
§ 23-12-10.
EO/AA Statement: North Dakota State University is an Equal Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender expression/identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, participation in lawful off-campus activity, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, public assistance status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, spousal relationship to current employee, or veteran status, as applicable.
Diversity Statement: NDSU strives to be a community of belonging, recognizing unique differences as strengths of our university.
We seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that supports a community in which diverse populations and perspectives will know and learn from one another.
NDSU values candidates who are committed to our core values of respect, inclusivity, community, creativity, excellence, impact, innovation, integrity, resilience, responsiveness, and transformation.
Successful candidates will be committed to and help advance our strategic goal to create and maintain an open and respectful environment to promote inclusivity and diversity as a cornerstone of education, research, and outreach.
Veteran’s Preference Notice: This position is subject to North Dakota Veteran’s Preference requirements.
Reasonable Accommodation Information North Dakota State University is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities.
To request disability accommodation in the application process, please contact Human Resources at 701-231-8961 or ndsu.
hr@ndsu.
edu.
Land Acknowledgement We collectively acknowledge that NDSU, a land grant institution, on the traditional lands of the Oceti Sakowin (Dakota, Lakota, Nakoda) and Anishinaabe Peoples in addition to many diverse Indigenous Peoples still connected to these lands.
We honor with gratitude Mother Earth and the Indigenous Peoples who have walked with her throughout generations.
We will continue to learn how to live in unity with Mother Earth and build strong, mutually beneficial, trusting relationships with Indigenous Peoples of our region.
(see www.
ndsu.
edu/inclusioncouncil/native_american_initiatives/).
• Phone : (701) 231-8961
• Location : Fargo, ND
• Post ID: 9003960998
