The George Mason University Composition Program in the Department of English seeks applicants for one full-time one-year renewable position (Term Assistant Professor or Term Instructor) to begin in the Fall 2024 semester.
Located 15 miles from Washington, D.C., George Mason University is the largest and most diverse public institution in Virginia and one of the most diverse nationwide, including approximately 60% students of color; 39% first-generation college students; 60% nontraditional aged students; 7% international students; and a majority of multilingual students. In 2022, it was ranked among the top 10 most diverse public universities in the country according to U.S. News & World Report. Its faculty, staff, and students work collaboratively to build a foundation that allows for diverse cultures, opinions, and perspectives to flourish.
Mason’s English Department is home to a diverse and collegial faculty committed to teaching excellence, innovation, community and public service, inclusion, and social equity. The Composition Program is actively engaged in the development of curricular and pedagogical approaches, including work in linguistic justice, that support Mason’s diverse student populations and hopes to engage new faculty in this work. Its courses are part of a vertical writing curriculum that includes general education writing requirements at the introductory and upper levels taught by the faculty in the Composition Program, Writing Intensive courses in the major, and synthesis and capstone courses across the university. For additional information about the program, please visit https://composition.gmu.edu.
Responsibilities:
The primary responsibility of faculty in these positions will be to teach introductory composition and/or advanced composition (separate sections of advanced composition offered for business, humanities, social science, natural science, and multidisciplinary) courses in the Mason Core (Mason’s general education program). To address the needs of Mason’s student demographics as well as faculty, the program offers classes between 7:30am and 10:00pm.
This is a full-time instructional position with minimal required service; research and creative activities are not required. The standard teaching load is 4/4. Term faculty are eligible for multi-year contracts after three years and promotion after five years. This position requires some presence on the Fairfax Campus; it cannot be carried out remotely, although candidates may have opportunities to teach online or hybrid writing courses.
More information, including the full job ad and application materials, is available at https://listings.jobs.gmu.edu/jobs/5061c5d5-c3ab-4527-a557-71510746d206.