Job: TTU Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Tech Comm & Rhetoric

Hello, everyone!

The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas Tech University invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Technical Communication and Rhetoric, with a specialization in user experience design and digital rhetoric, to begin fall 2025.

Required qualifications:

  • PhD in English, Rhetoric and Writing Studies, Technical Communication, or a related field by time of hire;
  • At least 2 years of demonstrated record of effectiveness as a teacher at the college level; and
  • A record of peer-reviewed publication that has contributed to the discipline and/or a research and publishing agenda.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Applicants who specialize in technical communication and rhetoric, with research and teaching interests that focus on user experience design, digital rhetoric, and complementary areas such as disability studies, social justice, grant writing, risk communication, and/or program administration; and
  • Applicants with administrative experience in program, department, college, university, and/or professional levels;
  • Applicants with 2 years of online teaching experience; and
  • Applicants with a record of scholarship supported by funding as evidenced by internal and/or external grants.

Application instructions:
Please include the following documents in your application:

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Cover Letter
  • List of references (3 names and email addresses)

Questions about this position should be directed to Dr. Jason Tham, Search Committee Chair at jason.tham. If you need assistance with the application process, contact Human Resources, Talent Acquisition at hrs.recruiting or 806-742-3851.

The deadline to submit applications is on October 15, 2024.

To ensure full consideration, please complete an online application at: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5637#jobDetails=874097_5637

(If clicking on the link doesn’t work, please copy and paste the full URL to a browser to open the application portal.)

Requisition # 38820BR

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.

Jason Tham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Technical Communication & Rhetoric
Assistant Chair, Department of English
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Computers and Composition
Office: 363-D, Humanities Building

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