[Linganth] Job posting: Assistant Teaching Professor (Composition for Multilingual Students, Literary and Cultural Studies, and/or Digital Humanities)

[Adam Hodges]

This is a good opportunity for those with experience teaching first-year
writing to students in a linguistically diverse classroom and whose
research broadly falls in the digital humanities or cultural studies. I am
not involved in the search process, so please direct any questions about
the position to Dudley Reynolds, Professor and Arts & Sciences Head, at
dreynolds at cmu.edu.

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*Position Title *

Assistant Teaching Professor (Composition for Multilingual Students,
Literary and Cultural Studies, and/or Digital Humanities)



*Location *

Carnegie Mellon’s Qatar campus Doha, Qatar (CMUQ)



*Position Type *

Faculty



*Position URL *

http://apply.interfolio.com/57635



*DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: *The Department of English at Carnegie Mellon
University invites applications for two full-time (9-month with opportunity
for additional summer support) positions as Assistant Teaching Professor at
Carnegie Mellon’s Qatar campus beginning in fall 2019.



Teaching load is 2/2 and includes courses within the First-year Writing
Program as well as upper-level General Education electives. We are
especially interested in candidates with a demonstrated record of
excellence in undergraduate education, research interests in the areas of
Literary and Cultural Studies and/or Digital Humanities, and an ability to
connect their research and teaching.



Serving a diverse student body since 2004, Carnegie Mellon’s branch campus
in Qatar offers undergraduate majors in Biological Sciences, Business
Administration, Computational Biology, Computer Science, and Information
Systems. In addition to these majors, students have the opportunity to
pursue minors. Current enrollment is approximately 400 students
representing 35 countries.



*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 English, Literary
and Cultural Studies, Rhetoric/Composition, Second Language Writing, Second
Language Studies, or related field. Knowledge and experience related to
teaching writing for multilingual students is required.



*DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: *Students at the Qatar campus have the opportunity
to pursue minors in English Studies and Professional Writing as well as a
proposed minor

in Humanities Analytics (starting fall 2019). Strong candidates will have a
research agenda that supports the development of elective courses in these
areas and reveals a synergy between their scholarship, pedagogy, and
professional development. In addition to resources provided by the
university, the extensive print and digital archives of the Qatar National
Library offer exciting opportunities for scholarship.



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: *Applications will be accepted online through
Interfolio. Follow this link to electronically submit a cover letter,
curriculum vitae, sample course syllabi, recent course evaluations, a
writing sample, and three current letters of reference.

http://apply.interfolio.com/57635



Screening of application materials will continue until the position is
filled. Materials must be submitted online through Interfolio no later
than *December
14, 2018 *to be assured of full consideration.
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