Lecturer in English

Prior to the official appointment to the university, the candidate selected for hire must be able to demonstrate eligibility to teach assigned courses by successfully meeting the credentialing requirements based on official transcripts and other documentation as required.

College College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and The Arts - 321 College

Dept/School

Vacancy Number

Vacancy Number 16F-795

Position Number

Position Number 6298

Location of Workplace

Location of Workplace Main UNCW Campus

The Department of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington invites applications for a lecturer in English to begin August 2027.

This is a nine-month non-tenure track position that carries a 4/4 teaching load, primarily in composition; there may be occasional opportunities to teach other general education courses. Appointment is renewable, contingent upon satisfactory performance, departmental needs, and availability of funding. The university provides opportunities for promotion to higher non-tenure- track ranks for eligible instructors.

Lecturers are expected to take an active role in departmental service and be enthusiastic about working with first-year and non-major students. The successful candidate will have significant experience teaching composition and be ready to contribute to a dynamic and innovative program.

• MA in English or a related field (e.g. rhetoric, professional writing, journalism) at time of application
• Significant experience teaching composition at the post-secondary level

• Demonstrated ability to contribute to a dynamic and innovative composition program
• Experience teaching both in person and online
• Journalism experience or training as a journalism scholar or practitioner

The English Department at UNCW is composed of three tracks:
Literary and Cultural Studies, Professional Writing, and English Education. We house BA, BA/MA, and MA programs, as well as a Certificate in Technical Writing and Design, a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Science and Medical Writing, and minors in English, Digital Humanities, Journalism, and Linguistics. Faculty members also have opportunities to teach as part of interdisciplinary programs across campus, including the Honors College.

Our department features the Wentworth Travel Fellowship, an endowment which allows students to travel the world for literary research.

The College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts ( CHSSA ) is home to 14 academic departments and offers a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs including the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Music, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and Master of Public Administration as well as combined bachelor's/master's degree programs in Spanish and English.

The CHSSA also houses the Gender Studies and Research Center and the Academic Resource Center, which offers full-service, professional advising for all CHSSA undergraduate students. In addition, the CHSSA offers a full complement of interdisciplinary minors and post baccalaureate certificates including:
Africana studies, American studies, Asian studies, classical studies, conflict management and resolution, emergency and disaster management, forensic science, Hispanic studies, journalism, Latin American studies, medical humanities, Middle East and Islamic studies, Native American studies, professional writing and publishing, science and medical writing, and women's, gender, and sexuality studies. The CHSSA contributes significantly to the curriculum that comprises UNCW's University Studies Program, through which all undergraduates gain a foundation in the liberal arts and develop the transferable skills essential for life in the twenty-first century.

The CHSSA strives in its undergraduate programs and in its University Study offerings to nurture creative thinking, intellectual curiosity, and academic integrity in students while providing them with a solid foundation of knowledge in their chosen fields. Graduate programs in the CHSSA are designed to develop intellectual competence and to prepare the student for careers in business, industry, government, teaching or for further study at the doctoral level.

Applied learning is a hallmark of the student experience in the College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts. Each of the…