Elon University invites applications for the following tenure-track faculty position in the Professional Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) program. If you or someone you know is particularly enthusiastic about working closely with colleagues to make a rhetorically focused professional writing education come alive for undergraduate students, please consider applying or encouraging interested colleagues to apply.
The ad below offers a description of the position, but first some additional information about the program and Elon:
PWR is “major-like”: Officially a “concentration” within an English department, the program requires six core PWR courses, including an internship and a studio course, as well as multiple and wide-ranging elective opportunities. PWR students get a rhetorical education that is quite “major-like,” and consequently, faculty have opportunities to teach a wide variety of courses.
PWR is dynamic: PWR program is still a dynamic, growing program at Elon. Though the faculty, students, and courses share a strong mission and general vision, there are many new developments underfoot and much room for other growth. Our students and faculty work closely together on various research projects, client-based and service-learning projects, and workshops, all supported through our Center for Undergraduate Publishing and Information Design (CUPID). We also have a growing interdisciplinary minor in Professional Writing Studies that is attracting attention on campus.
PWR faculty are widely interested and active: Elon is a place where people can pursue a wide variety of interests and participate in a wide variety of ways. In addition to teaching PWR classes, PWR faculty teach and have taught study abroad courses, advanced interdisciplinary seminars, special topic courses in English outside of PWR, and courses in interdisciplinary programs like environmental studies, multi-media authoring, classical studies, and leadership studies. The PWR faculty are involved in an expansive array of campus, administrative, and community service work. And PWR faculty pursue active and diverse research agendas.
PWR students are widely interested and active, also: PWR students share a common commitment to rhetoric and professional writing, and many have double majors or double concentrations within English, most have at least one minor/cognate, a great number study abroad, and almost all have at least one internship experience. To see what our students are up to, read our CUPID blog maintained by student CUPID Associates at http://blogs.elon.edu/cupid/. Our students go on to pursue an exciting variety of post-graduate experiences, from publishing to public relations, editing to writing for non-profits, Teach for America and graduate and law school, and more creative pathways in hospital fundraising, university student affairs, lobbying, and even forestry.
You can learn more about our program at http://www.elon.edu/pwr/.
Please consider applying or encouraging others to apply.
Official Ad:
ENGLISH Rhetoric and Writing. Elon University invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in Professional Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) in the English department starting August 2014. Ph.D. in Professional Communication, Rhetoric and Writing, or related field, and record of excellence in teaching required. The successful candidate will teach courses within the concentration’s core and PWR electives, as well as first-year writing and courses within the University’s General Studies program. Preferred areas of specialization include visual rhetorics, international rhetorics, or writing for non-profits or NGOs. Send letter of application, CV, teaching philosophy, research interests, and three letters of recommendation to the search chair Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark at ENGPWR@elon.edu, including in the subject line your name, please. Application materials must be received by January 15, 2014. Position will remain open until filled. Elon is a dynamic private, co-educational, comprehensive institution that is a national model for actively engaging faculty and students in teaching and learning. To learn more about Elon, please visit our website (http://www.elon.edu/). Elon University is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body and welcomes all applicants.