Assistant Teaching Professor of Rhetoric/Comp, Second Language Writing at Carnegie Mellon-Qatar

[Danielle Zawodny Wetzel]

Dear All, 

 

Please consider forwarding this job description (pasted below)  to anyone
you think might be interested.  I'm happy to answer any questions about the
teaching track as well as questions regarding the connection between the
Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh and Qatar campuses.

 

We've posted this ad on the MLA and TESOL job lists, as well as AAAL.

 

Thank you!

Danielle

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Danielle Zawodny Wetzel, PhD

Director, First-Year Writing Program

Associate Teaching Professor of Rhetoric and English

Carnegie Mellon University

 

Office:  Baker Porter 259

Direct:  412-268-4468

Department:  412-268-2850

Fax:  412-268-7989

dfz at andrew.cmu.edu

 

"Swallow your pride occasionally--it's not fattening."  Frank Tyger

 

Assistant Teaching Professor (Rhetoric/Composition, Second Language Writing)

DESCRIPTION OF POSTION: The Department of English at Carnegie Mellon invites
applications for a full-time (9-month), position as Assistant Teaching
Professor at Carnegie Mellon's Qatar campus beginning in Fall 2012. 

Carnegie Mellon's Qatar campus is a highly selective branch campus of
Carnegie Mellon University and has served a diverse student body since 2004.
We offer undergraduate majors in Biological Sciences, Business
Administration, Computational Biology, Computer Science, and Information
Systems. Current enrollment is approximately 350 students representing 39
countries. Approximately 40% of the students are Qatari. All classes are
coeducational, with 52% female students. 

A 2/2 teaching load will include courses within the First-year Writing
Program as well as an occasional upper-level course that would appeal to
students as a General Education elective; a Professional Writing minor or
English Studies minor requirement or elective; or meet a
writing/communications requirement in a major. The course would typically
relate to the faculty member's area of specialization. 

APPOINTMENT AND RANK:  Assistant Teaching Professor is a nontenure-track
faculty career position with provision for renewal and promotion to
Associate Teaching and Full Teaching Professor. Full Teaching Professors
must fulfill two criteria: (1) to be outstanding educators within Carnegie
Mellon, for example, through excellence in classroom teaching, curricular
development, program leadership, and student advising and mentoring; and (2)
to be nationally or internationally known for contributions to education or
to research.  Assistant and Associate Teaching faculty must demonstrate that
they will, in due course, fulfill these criteria. Salary is competitive.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Requirements include a PhD in Rhetoric/Composition,
Professional/Technical Writing, Second Language Writing, Second Language
Studies, or related field.  Knowledge and experience related to teaching
writing is also required.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: We desire a candidate with knowledge related to
teaching English in transnational contexts. We also desire candidates with
research agendas that demonstrate synergies between their scholarship,
pedagogy, and professional development that are relevant to the Carnegie
Mellon Qatar campus. Such synergies might include, but are not limited to,
studies of professional and technical writing contexts, especially global
and/or multilingual; writing in the disciplines, especially science and
engineering; rhetoric of science; and new media, especially web design and
social media. We are open to social science as well as humanities
methodologies.

The university is especially interested in qualified candidates who can
contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the
diversity and excellence of the academic community. We strongly encourage
applications from female and minority candidates. 

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:  Candidates are encouraged to submit PDFs of
materials electronically to  <mailto:vm29 at andrew.cmu.edu>
vm29 at andrew.cmu.edu.  Send letter of application, CV, three current letters
of reference, sample course syllabi, recent course evaluations and a writing
sample to 

Professor Danielle Zawodny Wetzel

c/o Vickie McKay

ATTN:  Assistant Professor - Qatar

Department of English, Baker Hall 259, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

 

Screening of application materials will continue until the position is
filled. Materials must arrive by email or be postmarked no later than
February 17 to be assured of full consideration.  If materials are mailed,
please send email indicating that they have been sent. 

 

Carnegie Mellon is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

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