Published on September 25, 2015

The Department of English at Auburn University invites applications for a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor in technical and professional communication to begin Fall 2016. The teaching load is 2-2, with primary assignments in upper-division and graduate technical and professional communication courses as well as assignments in core and service courses. Individuals joining our faculty will be working with us to enhance our undergraduate major in Professional & Public Writing as well as our strong Master of Technical & Professional Communication program. Candidates who can advance the Department’s commitment to diversity through scholarship, creative activity, and teaching are encouraged to apply.

Required qualifications include a PhD in Technical and Professional Communication, Writing Studies, or a closely allied field by the August 16, 2016 starting date; a strong research and teaching specialization and an academic background in technical and professional communication; evidence of successful teaching at the college or university level; evidence of potential for excellence in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in technical and professional communication; significant potential for successful research, publication, grant writing, and other scholarly/professional activities; interest in teaching first-year composition and/or service courses in business/technical writing; interest in teaching the gateway and capstone courses in the undergraduate major; and strong potential as a colleague taking part in the life and work of a unified department of English Studies (including majors in creative writing, literature, and professional writing; graduate concentrations in creative writing, literature, and rhetoric and composition, and a graduate program in technical and professional communication).  The candidate selected for this position must be able to meet eligibility requirements for work in the United States at the time the appointment is scheduled to begin and continue working legally for the proposed term of employment; excellent communication skills required.

Desired qualifications: We are particularly interested in a colleague with the following qualifications: (1) teaching interests and expertise in web development, social media, digital rhetorics, or research methods (quantitative and qualitative) and (2) a research agenda and teaching interests that would benefit from our Lab for Usability, Communication Interaction, and Accessibility.

Auburn University is one of the nation’s premier land, sea, and space grant institutions. In the 2015 edition of the U.S. News and World Report ratings of undergraduate programs, it was ranked 48th among public universities. Auburn is an institution that is both highly research-active and committed to maintaining teaching excellence, with degrees offered in more than 200 academic programs, and a fall 2014 enrollment of 25,912 students, including 20,629 undergraduates and 5,283 graduate students. It is located in an attractive college town in the east central part of the state, 90 minutes from Atlanta. The Department of English, the largest in the College of Liberal Arts, offers the BA, MA, MTPC, and PhD. The Master of Technical and Professional Communication is the only program of its kind in Alabama.

Applications will be accepted online at https://aufacultypositions.peopleadmin.com.  Please have the following documents ready to upload: cover letter; curriculum vitae; writing sample (no more than 30 pages); contact information for three recommenders; transcripts (official transcripts required only upon hire); and a statement of teaching philosophy. Review of applications will begin October 15; application deadline is November 15.   

Diversity among its administrators, faculty, staff, and students is an Auburn University commitment.  Auburn University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.  It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, sex, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by applicable law.