Technical and Professional Communication Faculty

Florida Polytechnic University invites applications for tenure-equivalent faculty positions in Technical and Professional Communication at the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor, beginning August 2027.

Every Florida Poly student is headed for a STEM career, and every one of them needs to write, present, and persuade. We are looking for faculty who want to shape how communication is taught at an all-STEM university: people who will rethink the standard composition sequence, build courses with engineering and science faculty, and help students communicate complex technical work to the audiences who need it.

• Teach General Education courses in Composition and Technical Writing, and develop and teach courses in your area of expertise
• Maintain a program of scholarship that leads to publication in the discipline (Assistant Professor and above). Instructors demonstrate a scholarly, intentional approach to pedagogy and curriculum instead.
• Support the Writing Center and writing across the curriculum
• Contribute to department and University service

We welcome all areas of rhetoric, writing, and communication. Preference will be given to demonstrated effectiveness in one or more of the following:

• Technical, scientific, environmental, risk, or health communication
• Digital and multimodal writing and rhetoric
• Writing program administration
• Writing across the curriculum or writing in the disciplines

• Instructor:
  Master’s degree from an accredited institution with at least 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline
• Assistant Professor:
  Ph.D. in Technical Communication, Writing Studies, Rhetoric, English, or a closely related field, completed before the start date
• Associate Professor:
  The above, plus six years at the rank of Assistant Professor or equivalent
• Professor:
  The above, plus six years at the rank of Associate Professor or equivalent
• All ranks:
  Evidence of effective college-level teaching and excellent oral and written communication skills

• Experience building writing and communication curricula for STEM or other disciplines, or with Writing Across the Curriculum or Writing in the Disciplines programs
• Industry experience in technical or professional communication
• Writing center experience
• Evidence of innovation in teaching
• Experience collaborating across departments or mentoring interdisciplinary undergraduate research
• Experience with externally funded projects
• Scholarship and service records commensurate with rank

• Start date:
  
  August 2027
• Full consideration: applications received by January 11, 2027. Review continues until the positions are filled.

The Department of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences delivers the General Education courses students need in Communication, Humanities and Fine Arts, and Social Sciences. It offers a certificate in Applied Liberal Studies open to all undergraduates, and its faculty operate and staff the University's CRLA-certified Writing Center.

Apply through the Florida Polytechnic University Careers website. Upload each document below as a PDF in the Resume/CV field before continuing; once an application is submitted, it cannot be changed. Applications missing any of these documents will not be review and the application will be dismissed as incomplete.

• Cover letter naming the position and rank you are applying for and explaining how your experience fits the role and Florida Poly's mission
• Curriculum vitae with at least three professional references contact information
• Teaching statement (up to two pages) describing your approach to…