Lecturer, English Department

The department’s faculty are premiere in their fields, boasting a body of work that includes award-winning digital media, scholarly essays, novels, short stories and poetry. Our faculty are regular recipients of Guggenheim fellowships, Mellon Foundation grants, NEA awards, NEH fellowships, the Rome Prize, the Whiting Award and American Academy of Arts and Letters awards.

The department is an inclusive gathering place for undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and the public. Our Center for Literary and Comparative Studies and Book Lab are hubs for scholarly inquiry and partnership with other campus programs and off-campus entities. English regularly hosts readings by poets and novelists; colloquium, symposia, guest lectures and national and international conferences featuring distinguished scholars; as well as discussion groups for students and alumni and play readings and performances.

Our majors are encouraged to explore a range of careers through internships, such as with the Maryland General Assembly and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. We have a robust alumni program, ensuring continuity between currently enrolled students and those who have gone on to successful careers in marketing, law, medicine, IT, and higher education.
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** Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
** The English Department at the University of Maryland, College Park, seeks lecturers for the upcoming semester. Lecturers primarily teach in our two writing programs, Academic Writing, which administers our first-year composition classes (ENGL
101), and Professional Writing, which offers our required 300-level writing classes. We have a particular interest in staffing some of our specialized Professional Writing courses, which include but are not limited to Technical Writing, Business Writing, Science Writing, Writing for the Health Professions, Writing for Social Entrepreneurship, and Writing for Non-Profit Organizations. Lecturers may also teach the Department's 200-level literature classes, as needed.

Lecturers can teach up to four courses per term.
** Please note that all courses will be taught in person on the College Park campus.
** Both the Academic Writing Program and Professional Writing Program are housed in and administered by the Department of English, and these programs are responsible for the courses that meet the university’s two Fundamental Studies Writing requirements. The Academic Writing course teaches students how to participate thoughtfully, critically, and persuasively in academic conversations, while Professional Writing courses teach the research, analysis, writing, and language skills that students will need in their lives beyond the classroom.

Lecturers are directly responsible for teaching each 19-student class assigned to them. They design and teach interactive class lessons that help students learn how to plan, develop, compose, and revise each major writing project, and they grade and respond to student writing (at least five major projects per semester, each returned within two weeks of submission). Lecturers hold weekly office hours (at least one hour each week per each course being taught) and respond in a timely fashion to student questions and concerns.

First-time lecturers are issued a standard syllabus and writing assignments for the course, which they are able to adapt in order to build on the experiences and expertise they bring to the particular course. Lecturers also participate in their respective writing program’s day-long professional development day before the semester begins and attend weekly (AWP) or biweekly (PWP) mentoring sessions with the program director or administrative fellows.

Lecturers who teach two or more courses per term are benefits-eligible.
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* Minimum Qualifications:

** In compliance with the
* University System of Maryland Policy on Appointment, Rank, and Tenure of Faculty
* and the
* College of Arts and Humanities Professional Track Faculty…