English Position - FALL

Position: English Position Announcement 2- START FALL 2026
Location: Cheyney

Proudly standing as the nation's oldest HBCU, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has been a stalwart and highly respected institution of higher education since our founding in 1837. For over 185 years our alumni have emerged as leaders and left their mark on the social, economic, and political history of Philadelphia, the surrounding region, the nation, and the world. Building on this legacy, the vision for Cheyney University is to become the premier model for academic excellence, character development, and social responsibility.

Here at Cheyney, we value scholarship, diversity, integrity, respect, and service. We are committed to maintaining a vibrant educational community that is dedicated to promoting scholarship and lifelong learning for its students, offering wide student access to resources to ensure an opportunity for all to acquire an education, encouraging freedom of thought and freedom from discrimination by ensuring a respectful environment, and provide outreach and service to external and constituent communities, demonstrating their understanding of the importance and value of service.

We're looking for exceptional individuals who share our values, embrace our mission, recognize our potential, and covet the opportunity to continue to move our historic University forward. CU proudly offers a positive and purposeful work environment; comprehensive employee benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance along with many wellness programs; generous retirement plans; a commitment to work-life balance including generous paid vacation, paid sick time, military leave, and paid time off for most major holidays;

and a University mission to support employee personal and professional growth including a tuition waiver for self and family members, training and development, and advancement opportunities.

Cheyney University invites applications for a Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English with a specialization in Applied Linguistics or Rhetoric & Composition. This position will apply raciolinguistics and sociolinguistics in their teaching. This position will teach composition courses including corequisite courses, and engage in effective teaching, professional responsibilities, scholarly and professional development, university service, and community service as outlined by the University tenure and promotion policies and procedures.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Teach composition courses including corequisite courses

* Teach or develop courses across various modalities

* Apply raciolinguistics and sociolinguistics in teaching by recognizing, accepting, and empowering diverse student languages.

* Advise students

* Complete course and program assessment

* Fulfill professional responsibilities including teaching effectiveness, scholarly growth and professional development, and service to the University, State System, and community.

* Participation in extra-curricular activities intended for recruitment, retention, and engagement of students is encouraged

Education

The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in English with a specialization in Applied Linguistics and significant experience in Rhetoric & Composition OR a Ph.D. in English with a specialization in Rhetoric & Composition and significant experience in Applied Linguistics at the time of applying.

Minimum Qualifications

* Three years of experience teaching composition

* Experience applying raciolinguistics and sociolinguistics by recognizing and empowering students' diverse Englishes

* Well-versed in outcomes-based learning

* Experience employing best practices and implementing innovative approaches to teaching composition.

* Experience in developing and teaching corequisite courses

* Teaching/research background on the intersection of composition and various social issues

* Effective use of technology in the classroom

* Student-centered practice

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience in developing and teaching distance education courses

* Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations from disadvantaged groups

Applicants must complete an online application. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed by the search committee. A complete online…