Assistant Professor & Director of the Writing Instruction Program

12-month, tenure-track appointment to direct the Writing Instruction Program in the Department of English at Northern Kentucky University. The department offers both upper and lower division writing courses at a university with approximately 15,000 students.

Writing courses are taught by 22 full-time and 30 part-time faculty. Normal teaching load will be two courses per semester. The department has a graduate program (MA) that offers certificates in composition/rhetoric and professional writing. Credit towards tenure negotiable.

* Provide leadership for the Writing Instruction Program

* Develop policies and curricula for undergraduate general education composition classes in dialogue with departmental and university writing initiatives

* Supervise writing instruction in the general education curriculum, including traditional and co-requisite writing courses and critical reading courses

* Conduct training of graduate students, dual credit teachers, and part-time faculty and teach practicum in writing pedagogy

* Recruit, hire, mentor, and evaluate part-time writing faculty

* Represent the Writing Instruction Program in the university community and the broader regional community

* Lead university's directed self-placement efforts

* Chair the department Writing Instruction Program Advisory Committee

* Work with offices and campus partners related to student success, including first-year programs, office of international students and scholars, writing center.

* Ph.D. in English-composition/rhetoric

* Record of teaching excellence in the field of composition/rhetoric

* Experience/familiarity with the administration of writing programs

* Record of on-going scholarly achievement in the field of composition/rhetoric

* Experience with technology in the field of composition/rhetoric

* Ph.D. in composition/rhetoric with emphasis on digital writing, new media, writing program administration, or public writing

* Experience/familiarity with writing assessment

* Experience/familiarity with general education issues
* Experience/familiarity with service learning

* Experience/familiarity with writing across the curriculum

Applications must include the following:
(1) Letter of Application
(2) Curriculum Vitae
(3) Letters from three professional references. The system will ask you to provide name and contact information for 3 professional references and will reach out to them for a letter.

Open until filled; review of application starts on October 31, 2024.

Any candidate who is offered this position will be required to go through a pre-employment criminal background check as mandated by state law.