Adjunct Professor – English

Reports to: Dean, College of Arts and Humanities

Job Status: Exempt

Position Summary: Houston Christian University seeks Adjunct Professors to join the Department of English with expertise in English Literature and/or Freshman Composition.

Job Responsibilities:

• Use a course syllabus for each course, following established departmental and institutional guidelines.
• Provide timely, quality access to students via personal consultation, electronic communication and other appropriate methods.
• Evaluate students by established means to measure their progress in achieving course objectives and to inform them in a timely manner of their progress.
• Maintain professional relationships with students, colleagues, and the community.
• Submit grades and required forms in a timely fashion.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications:

• MA, MFA, or PhD in English Literature, Creative Writing, or Composition and Rhetoric.
• Ability to teach courses in English Literature and Composition from a Christian worldview and will demonstrate enthusiasm for our classical liberal arts core curriculum which includes embracing the need for these courses to complement each other.

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