Visiting Assistant Professor or Lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition
The Rhetoric/Writing/Linguistics Division of the University of Tennessee English Department invites applications for a one-year replacement position to begin August 2007. Candidates having the PhD in Rhetoric and Composition in hand by August are preferred, but ABDs with teaching experience in the field will also be considered. The course load is 3/3 and the salary $35,000, plus health and retirement benefits and a generous travel allowance. Teaching includes a variety of undergraduate courses (public writing, rhetoric and writing, persuasive writing, topics in rhetoric) and the possibility of an appropriate graduate course.
UT is the flagship university in the state system with very high research activity (RU/VH according to new Carnegie designations). The university welcomes and honors people of all races, creeds, cultures, and sexual orientations, and values intellectual curiosity, pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and integrity. Visiting faculty will join a lively English department with a professoriate of 40; strong undergraduate, MA, and PhD programs; and multiple opportunities for participation in departmental and campus-wide scholarly activities.
For information about the Department, including our undergraduate and graduate curricula, visit our Home Page and follow the appropriate links. For information about the RWL Division, CLICK HERE.
For additional inquiries, contact Mike Keene (mkeene@utk.edu). Send a letter of application, c.v., three letters of reference, and brief evidence or promise of excellence in teaching to David Goslee, Associate Head, Department of English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0430.
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