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Department: Col of Humanities and Soc Science
Classification: 9month Instructional Faculty
Job Category:Instructional Faculty
Job Type:FullTime
Work Schedule:N/A I/R Faculty
Location: Fairfax VA
Workplace Type:On Site Required
Salary:Salary commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check:Yes
About the Department:
Masons English Department is home to collegial faculty committed to teaching excellence innovation community and public service inclusion and social equity. The Composition Program is actively engaged in the development of curricular and pedagogical approaches including work in linguistic justice that support Masons diverse student populations and hopes to engage new faculty in this work. Its courses are part of a vertical writing curriculum that includes general education writing requirements at the introductory and upper levels taught by the faculty in the Composition Program Writing Intensive courses in the major and synthesis and capstone courses across the university.
About the Position:
The primary responsibility of this position is to teach introductory composition and/or advanced composition (separate sections of advanced composition offered for business humanities social science natural science and multidisciplinary) courses in the Mason Core (Masons general education program). To address the needs of Masons student demographics as well as faculty the program offers classes between 7:30am and 10:00pm.
This is a fulltime instructional position with minimal required service; research and creative activities are not required. The standard teaching load is 4/4. Term faculty are eligible for multiyear contracts after three years and promotion after five years. This position requires some presence on the Fairfax Campus; it cannot be carried out remotely although there may be opportunities to teach online or hybrid writing courses.
Responsibilities:
- Teaches introductory composition and/or advanced composition (separate sections of advanced composition offered for business humanities social science natural science and multidisciplinary) courses in the Mason Core (Masons general education program). To address the needs of Masons student demographics as well as faculty the program offers classes between 7:30am and 10:00pm; and
- Performs service to the department.
Required Qualifications:
- Masters degree in Rhetoric and Composition English TESOL or MFA in Creative Writing;
- At least two years experience teaching collegelevel general education writing courses within the past five years; and
- Ability to effectively teach collegelevel general education writing courses.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Terminal degree in a related field;
- Graduate coursework in composition pedagogy;
- PhD in Rhetoric and Composition (or related area);
- Experience teaching online or hybrid writing courses;
- Experience with antiracist pedagogies particularly in regards to linguistic justice alternative assessment approaches etc.;
- Experience with second language pedagogies or teaching multilingual or international students;
- Experience utilizing accessible teaching practices;
- Knowledge of composition pedagogies;
- Online or hybrid writing pedagogies knowledge and experience;
- Knowledge of antiracist pedagogies;
- Knowledge of secondlanguage pedagogies or teaching multilingual or international students; and
- Ability to utilize accessible teaching practices.
Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration applicants must apply forTerm Assistant Professor or Term Instructor at and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information and provide a Cover Letter/Letter of Intent Resume Philosophy of Teaching and a Syllabus (with calendar) and major project assignment from a recent collegelevel general education writing class.
Candidates who are selected for a Zoom interview will be separately notified to send two letters of recommendation.
Posting Open Date:May 21 2025
Posting Close Date:June 6 2025
Open Until Filled:No
Employment Type
Temp
