Teaching Assistant Professor

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

20h

About The Position

The Department of English & Comparative Literature at UNC -Chapel Hill invites applications for a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor with expertise in rhetoric and composition. Qualified candidates will demonstrate evidence of strong teaching of college composition and the ability to contribute to a concentration in writing, editing, and digital publishing as well as to a minor in composition, rhetoric, and digital literacy. The standard teaching load is six courses annually (3 sections per semester) at the undergraduate level. Primary teaching responsibilities consist of first-year writing courses, including a range of discipline-focused first-year composition sections. First-year writing course assignments can be augmented with additional courses in rhetoric and composition or in affiliated areas. The successful candidate will have opportunities to contribute to course development, program design, student mentoring, and other aspects of department life. This position comes with full benefits and retirement. The initial hire will be a three-year appointment with the possibility of renewal.

Requirements

• Expertise in rhetoric and composition
• Demonstrated evidence of strong teaching of college composition
• Ability to contribute to a concentration in writing, editing, and digital publishing
• Ability to contribute to a minor in composition, rhetoric, and digital literacy

Nice To Haves

• Contributions in rhetorical studies
• Contributions in areas related to digital rhetoric
• Contributions in areas related to technical writing
• Contributions in areas related to game studies
• Contributions in areas related to digital humanities
• Contributions in areas related to health humanities

Responsibilities

• Teaching first-year writing courses, including discipline-focused sections
• Contributing to course development
• Contributing to program design
• Student mentoring
• Contributing to other aspects of department life

Benefits

• full benefits
• retirement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed