Lecturer

Required Qualifications

Master's degree or PhD. Minimum one year experience teaching writing at the college level. Experience developing and/or teaching courses in professional and/or technical communication.

Preferred Qualifications

PhD in Rhetoric/Composition, Technical Communication, Science Communication, Health Communication or similar field. Experience teaching first year writing. Experience writing in industry/corporate environments, grant writing, science communication, health communication, copy-editing, or other professional writing experience.

Responsibilities & Requirements

This full time lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric will have professional and technical communication experience, exhibit a commitment to innovative teaching methods and practices, and engage with professional development activities in writing pedagogy. Teaching duties will primarily be in first-year writing with opportunity to develop upper-division writing courses as part of our minors in Writing and Rhetoric and in Professional Writing. 3/3 teaching load; one year (ten month) renewable contract. Duties will also include developing curriculum in professional and technical communication, mentoring students, and actively contributing to Program initiatives. This individual will be dedicated to undergraduate education and to serving the university community.

Special Notes

This is a non-tenure track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Anticipated Start Date: August 2018.

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The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

Application Procedure

Those interested in this position should fill out an online Applicant Information Survey, submit a State Employment Application, cover letter, resume/CV, three letters of recommendation and a statement of teaching philosophy by clicking Apply. Alternately, applicants may submit their application package to the departmental address below.

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Search Committee Chair

Program in Writing and Rhetoric

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY 11794-5340

Email: writingprogram@stonybrook.edu

Campus Description

Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff. SBU is a comprehensive research-intensive university and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which includes 34 public universities among its 62 members. SBU consists of 12 schools and colleges and a teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art healthcare in the Long Island region. SBU also manages and performs joint research with Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast, and shares doctoral programs with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world-renowned molecular biology institute. Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, New York, the Humanities Institute, and the Southampton Arts Program, and with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, SBU sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Official Job Title:	Lecturer
REF#:	F-9856-18-01
Campus:	Stony Brook West Campus
Department:	Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Salary:	Commensurate with Experience
Posting Start Date:	01/31/2018
Posting End Date:	03/02/2018

Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 03/02/2018, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes Section.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university office of institutional diversity and equity at (631)632-6280.

Job Category: Faculty and Librarian

Posting Date: 01/31/2018