Happy new year, everyone!
The Department of Communication and Media at Utah State University Tooele seeks applications for an academic-year, nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric. You can see the highlights below and the full ad here.
Review of applications begins Jan 20.
I’m chairing the search committee. Please reach out to me at chen.chen if you have any questions about the position or USU Tooele.
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Chen
Brief Overview
Strong applicants will have 1) experience teaching a variety of technical communication and rhetoric courses such as UX, editing, and grant writing; 2) experience teaching in hybrid (in-person and synchronous online) modalities; and/or specialization in critical and practical approaches to content strategy, AI, and emerging technologies.
The applicant is required to have a PhD in Technical Communication or a related field, a strong teaching record, and potential for publication. This is a teaching-centered position (80% of the role statement) with a teaching load of four courses per semester (4/4). The candidate will be expected to teach courses to Statewide students primarily via a synchronous course delivery format, which provides simultaneous in-person instruction for Tooele students and synchronous virtual instruction for all other Statewide and Logan students.
Responsibilities
The successful applicant will contribute to the department in the following ways:
- Teach courses in the Technical Communication and Rhetoric undergraduate program.
- Provide students with mentoring and educational opportunities to develop transferable workforce skills for a variety of careers and professions.
- Teach Public Speaking or Interpersonal Communication courses in our General Education program. (Preferred.)
- Teach graduate courses in the online Master of Technical Communication program and serve on dissertation committees for students in the TCR PhD program. (Preferred.)
- Support the development of the TCR program.
- Engage in research that contributes broadly to the teaching and curriculum development in the TCR program.
- Engage in service to the department, Tooele campus, and university.
Qualifications
- Earned a PhD in Technical Communication or a related field and fulfilled their degree requirements by August 1, 2026.
- A proven record of effective and innovative teaching of technical communication and rhetoric.
- Demonstrated potential for research in the discipline.
Chen Chen
Assistant Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Utah State University
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