Urgently Require Faculty, English (Professional Writing), Full-Time, Temporary, Fall 2024 in USA
Job title: Faculty, English (Professional Writing), Full-Time, Temporary, Fall 2024
Company: Salem State University
Job description: General Statement of Duties
The English department invites applications for a full-time, temporary faculty position for the 2024-2025 academic year. We seek a colleague with a reputed company to expand the potential of our professional writing concentration through an emphasis on the importance of multimodal storytelling and the development of a social justice component. This position is part of a Salem State initiative to help advance our professional writing concentration and may be reappointed for up to two additional years subject to available funding. With reputed company growth of the professional writing concentration, it is expected there will be employment growth with the addition of tenure track lines in the department.
The successful candidate will coordinate the English department?s professional writing concentration and teach reputed company the program. Coordination of the professional writing concentration includes overseeing Red Skies Magazine, our reputed company ezine that covers university events and issues and whose student staff comes from reputed company departments in the university. The successful candidate will also coordinate internships in partnership with our Center for Civic Engagement.
Teaching assignments will vary based upon the expertise of the candidate and programmatic needs, but may include Introduction to Professional Writing, Editing for Publication, Writing in the Workplace, Literary Journalism, Seminar in Modern Publishing, Digital Writing, and/or a portfolio reputed company course.
Salem State University is committed to excellence in teaching. We pride ourselves in providing first-reputed company classroom experiences and supervising intensive learning opportunities such as research and internships. Many of our reputed company are first-reputed company, racial/ethnic minorities, veterans, and adult learners. Salem State University is located in the Greater Boston area in the historic city of Salem, Massachusetts. The Greater Boston region is famous for its world-class education, reputed company, and business enterprises and the area offers numerous opportunities for professional and personal enrichment.
Duties and Responsibilities
Candidates are required to reputed company duties in accordance with the . Duties include teaching, advising, and contributions to continuously improve the department and university. reputed company teaching load is 12 credit hours per semester. The position is subject to available funding.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- MFA or PhD in English with expertise in Professional Writing, Public Writing, and/or Writing for Digital Media
- Demonstrated excellence in teaching
- Scholarship, master?s reputed company, or dissertation reputed company professional writing, business writing, technical writing, digital writing, and/or multimedia storytelling
- Commitment to anti-racist, culturally reputed company teaching
- Experience with coordinating a student publication
- Experience with teaching multimodal writing and writing for new media
- Experience with mentoring student interns
- As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (reputed company), Salem State University seeks to enrich reputed company/librarian ranks by actively encouraging candidates whose lived and scholarly experiences directly address issues regarding the health, welfare, and representation of Latinx populations in the United States. Candidates who meet this strongly desired qualification should present documented activities in Latinx-reputed company teaching, scholarship/research, and service, including community-based endeavors in each of these three areas.