Colleagues,
This is a reminder that application review for our tenure-track assistant professor with expertise in rhetorics of health and medicine will begin soon. Priority will be given to materials submitted by Wednesday, September 30.
Full info and link to job ad below. I am happy to answer questions if you email me: gavin.johnson
Please share this opportunity widely.
Thanks,
Gavin
I’m very excited to share that the Department of English at Texas Christian University (TCU) is hiring a tenure-track colleague at the rank of assistant professor with expertise in rhetorics of health and medicine (RHM). Appointment begins August 2027. As we understand RHM to be an interdisciplinary field, a successful applicant will demonstrate a foundational focus in rhetoric, composition, writing studies, or technical communication as well as a research agenda informed by some of (but not all or limited to) the following disciplines and subfields: disability studies; community literacy; Indigenous studies; science and technology studies; Black studies; global/transnational rhetorics; feminist, queer, and trans rhetorics; antiracist rhetoric and writing; medical humanities; etc.
Full position description and qualifications are available here: https://jobs.tcu.edu/jobs/assistant-professor-of-rhetoric-and-composition-tcu-main-campus-texas-united-states
Review of applications will start Sept. 30, 2026.
Required materials must be submitted to TCU’s online application:
- CV
- Letter of interest outlining a strong research agenda, teaching record, and service, mentoring, and/or administrative experience.
Additional materials (requested after first-round review):
- Writing sample
- Teaching Portfolio (10 pages max)
- Three (3) confidential letters of recommendation
- Unofficial graduate transcripts (official transcripts required upon hire)
I’m chairing the search, and I am happy to answer questions if you email me: gavin.johnson
Please share this opportunity widely.
Thanks,
Gavin
Gavin P. Johnson, PhD
Director of Composition
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric & Composition
Department of English • Reed Hall 325
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