Visiting Assistant Professor, English (Core Writing

Fairfield University is a co-educational, comprehensive Jesuit university with a 200-acre campus located along the scenic shoreline community of Fairfield, CT. The University is comprised of approximately 3,500 undergraduate and 1,200 graduate students pursuing degrees within 5 schools:
The College of Arts and Sciences, The Charles

F. Dolan School of Business, The School of Engineering, The Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies, and School of Education and Human Development. As an expression of our Jesuit, Catholic mission and identity, Fairfield embraces a liberal humanistic approach to education, encouraging critical thinking, cultivating free and open inquiry, and fostering ethical and religious values.

The English Department at Fairfield University invites applications for one full-time Visiting Assistant Professor to teachface-to-face in the Core Writing Program for the Fall 2026 semester only, starting September 1, 2026. Having recently completed revision of its Core, Fairfield University's exciting new writing curriculum requires students to complete four writing classes,including Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition (a hybrid of WACand "Writing about Writing" approaches).

This position carries a four course load in Core Writing.

Successful candidates will be committed to excellence in teaching and will demonstrate thorough knowledge of the field.

• Evidence of exemplary teaching of college composition courses is required.
• Understanding of contemporary best practices in the teaching of rhetoric and composition and Writing Across the Curriculum is a must.
• A Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition is preferred. ABDs are also considered. To be considered, MA- and MFA-holding candidates must bring substantial experience in disciplinarily-grounded approaches to teaching first-year composition.

Salary is commensurate with highest degree earned and is competitive.

Academic - Faculty Non-Tenure Track

Performs such other duties, responsibilities, and activities as required by supervisor and as departmental/University needs indicate.

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