Faculty Position in Writing Studies, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Location: New York, NY Category: Faculty Job Type: Full-time

The English and Communication Studies Department seeks a full-time tenure-track faculty member of Writing Studies with a primary focus on Business and Professional Writing and first-year composition pedagogy, along with expertise in AI and writing, critical AI literacy, machine writing, or related areas of digital rhetorics and pedagogies. The successful candidate will be expected to teach existing first-year and third-year writing courses and to develop writing and rhetoric courses appropriate to their area of specialization.

They will be expected to provide intellectual and pedagogical leadership for the Department's offerings in first-year Composition and third-year professional and research-based writing.

New hires will be expected to participate in the rotation of administrative duties related to our writing program, rotating into the role of Writing Program Coordinator so that faculty with scholarly expertise in writing studies can provide consistent, long-term leadership of the writing program.

They will also be expected to coordinate closely with the English Language and Literacy program to support students who need additional developmental/language support and have a commitment to working with culturally and linguistically diverse students in an institution with a strong emphasis on diversity, globalization, and experiential learning. Interest and experience in interdisciplinary collaboration are highly desirable. They will also be expected to work closely with The Writing and Speaking Studio, which may include but is not limited to developing student-centric programming and professional development opportunities.

• Possess broad knowledge of and experience with writing pedagogy that supports communication across cultural and linguistic boundaries in diverse classroom environments.
• Possess experience communicating with international and global partners using innovative and emerging media, including social media.
• Demonstrate ability to create a dynamic classroom where students can effectively communicate across cultural and linguistic boundaries and balance differing worldviews based upon a deep knowledge and awareness of other people, countries, cultures, and beliefs through the careful study of writing.

• Demonstrate ability to design and create engaging curricula that take advantage of emerging technologies.
• Demonstrate ability to integrate AI and digital writing technologies into curriculum design, with awareness of their implications for rhetoric and composition.
• Demonstrate ability to adapt course materials to adjust to innovations within and outside of the discipline.
• Experience utilizing a variety of instructional delivery methods and emerging technologies to improve student learning.
• Demonstrate instructional variety and flexibility to accommodate students of different learning styles, abilities, demographics, or diversity.
• Demonstrate experience in creating engaging curriculum and classroom environments that will reinforce and further develop advanced skills in critical reading, thinking, presenting, writing, and communication skills.

• Possess a passion for learning and teaching, with the ability to inspire enrichment, curiosity, and creativity in students from diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrate the use of innovative pedagogies, emerging technologies, and diverse instructional delivery methods that foster critical thinking and creative problem solving.
• Demonstrate the vision to deliver and advance the mission of the English and Communication Studies Department and the School of Liberal Arts: to develop reflective, critical and engaged citizens of the world.
• Possess current knowledge of trends and advances in the areas of business and professional writing, writing pedagogy, first-year writing, and AI in writing.
• Demonstrate interest in developing a wide-ranging curriculum that takes advantage of areas of expertise while contributing to the ECS Department's vision.
• Experience encouraging student interaction, collaboration, teamwork,…