Job: TT job opening in composition-rhetoric at SUNY Buffalo State

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Hi all and apologies for cross-posting,

My campus, SUNY Buffalo State, is hiring a tenure-track composition-rhetoric faculty member to start Fall 2023. Key information from the job ad is pasted below; you can also read the ad in its entirety here: https://jobs.buffalostate.edu/postings/6629. Please reach out with any questions! 

All best, 

Anna Zeemont (Assistant Professor of English/College Writing Program, SUNY Buffalo State | zeem...@buffalostate.edu) 

Brief Description: 

As a teaching institution, Buffalo State expects faculty to be productive in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service. Teaching load includes predominately first-year composition courses in the College Writing Program with some undergraduate courses in the Writing major and Technical Writing certificate. The appointee will also engage in scholarly research and/or creative activity, advise students, and participate in department, program, college, and community service, as well as assist with the development and support of the College Writing Program, its faculty, curricula, and first year student retention initiatives. We are a program committed to antiracist pedagogies and curricular innovations, and we seek a colleague who will contribute to facilitating constructive dialogues in the classroom and community to inspire responsible, socially engaged citizenship.

Required Qualifications: 

1. an earned Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition by the date of appointment; 2. a record of scholarly activity in Rhetoric and Composition, and/or professional and technical writing; 3. evidence of successful, high-quality teaching of historically minoritized and/or first generation students as they transition to college; and 4. a demonstrated commitment to social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in teaching, research, and/or service. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

1. training and/or experience in composition pedagogy best practices, faculty professional development, and TESOL; 2. experience teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses in technical communication, particularly courses with a focus on grant writing or social/new media; 3. experience implementing antiracist and inclusive practices in the service o social justice and equity (e.g. assessment models, retention initiatives, policies for linguistic justice).

Applicant Instructions: 

Send a letter of interest; curriculum vitae; teaching philosophy; a brief statement addressing your past and/or potential commitment to social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility through scholarship, teaching, and service; and information for three professional references (their position, title, e-mail, phone number).

anna zeemont, phd | she/her/hers annazeemont.com | @anna_zeemont 

assistant professor of english, suny buffalo state college

assistant editor, journal of rhetoric, politics & culture

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