Friends and Colleagues:
We at Michigan State University are seeking new teaching-focused faculty colleagues to join us in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures. Specifically, we’re looking for colleagues to teach in our award-winning and innovative First-Year Writing Program, and, depending on qualifications, to contribute to our undergraduate majors in Professional and Public Writing and Experience Architecture.
The Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures seeks applicants for several full-time, fixed-term, non-tenure track assistant professors or instructors to join our dynamic, collaborative community of writing teachers. We hope to hire up to 10 new faculty. This is a nine-month, academic-year position to begin August 16, 2024. Typically, non-tenure system faculty in the department teach three courses each semester (fall and spring). These courses may be entirely First-Year Writing or a combination of First-Year Writing and courses in our undergraduate major and minor. Faculty are appointed at 90% teaching, 10% curriculum development (which can include departmental and college service, teaching-related professional development, teaching-related research, etc.). Non-tenure track faculty are hired on an initial one-year contract renewable depending on department need and may be renewed with a 3-year contract (please see our college’s 3-Year Contract Program Policy (https://cal.msu.edu/documents/3-year-contracts/). Non-tenure track faculty may also pursue promotion in the fixed-term faculty system.
For fixed-term assistant professor positions, a PhD or MFA in rhetoric and writing studies or a closely related field is required. For fixed-term instructor positions, an MA in rhetoric and writing studies or a closely related field is required.
East Lansing (and surrounding area) is a great place to live. There are lots of University and community cultural activities and events; there are also many opportunities for outdoor recreation in and around East Lansing. Housing in EL and the greater Lansing area is generally affordable. The MSU campus is lovely (at present, the fruit trees and tulip magnolias are in full bloom).
Click here to apply: https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/518139/instast-professor-fixed-term
Julie
Julie Lindquist
Professor
Director of First-Year Writing
Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures
Michigan State University
she/her/hers
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