Visiting Lecturer in Writing 10-09
POSITION DESCRIPTION
INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST
Position: Visiting Lecturer in Writing with Possibility of Renewal
Starting Date: January, 2009
Reports To: Writing Program Director
Qualifications: Minimum qualifications: M.A. in English with experience teaching college-level
writing. Graduate level coursework in rhetoric and composition preferred.
Duties:
Teaching: Teach first-year writing courses. The successful candidate will teach first-year writing courses as departmental needs dictate. These courses include Principles of Composition, Elementary Composition I and II, which cover expository and research writing, and technical writing. The teaching load is 4 courses per semester.
Professional Development: Pursue activities that support and strengthen
teaching.
Service: Attend English Department and Writing Program meetings; service focus within Department and Writing Program.
The English Faculty: The English faculty currently has six tenure-track faculty and three full time writing lecturers: two specialists in British Literature, one specialist in British and Commonwealth, a fiction writer, a poet, a creative non-fiction specialist, a composition/rhetoric specialist serving as writing program director, and specialists in writing. The program also employs part-time instructors to teach for the writing program. The English faculty are housed within the Department of English.
The School: Indiana University East, located in Richmond, Indiana, with approximately 35,000 residents, is within an easy commute of Indianapolis, Dayton, and Cincinnati. IU East is a commuter campus that offers bachelor degrees in English as well as other subjects. It enjoys the resources offered by the Indiana University system.
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 2, 2009 and continue until the position is filled; position begins January, 2009. Interested applicants should apply at www.iue.edu/hr/apply and include a letter of interest, resume and the names and contact information for three professional references.
Indiana University East is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution
