Teaching Assistant Professor, English
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Job Description
Salary/Position Classification
- $45000 9-month contract Exempt
- 40 hours per week
- 100% Remote Work Availability: No
- Hybrid Work Availability (requires some time on campus): No
Purpose of Position
The Department of English at the University of North Dakota is seeking a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor to teach first-year writing for the 2025-26 academic year. The position begins August 16 2025 and is a 9-month non-tenure track position contingent upon the availability of funding.
Established in 1883 the University of North Dakota is the oldest research university in North is the states flagship university and is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as having high research with a strong liberal arts foundation UND has grown into a prominent scientific research university and was recently ranked among the top 100 public and top 25 most innovative universities in the country by U.S. News and World Report and is widely regarded as among the top universities in the American Northern Plains offers degrees in more than 225 fields of study with over 14000 is the home of the states only School of School of Medicine has major initiatives in rural and public health and Aerospace is home to one of the first and largest unmanned aerial vehicle programs in the world.
Duties & Responsibilities
With a Composition Program that supports a high-impact educational experience for all UND undergraduates we seek candidates who have academic knowledge of the teaching of writing recent experience teaching composition at the undergraduate level and extensive experience using teaching technologies in both face-to-face and online instruction. Candidates must present evidence of effective teaching and thoughtful engagement with student learning.
This Teaching Assistant Professor will teach four sections each semester in the 2025-26 academic year for 8 total sections. Each semester depending on Departmental need a portion of those sections may be taught as asynchronous online sections with the remainder to be taught on the UND campus.
The successful candidate will have a Masters Degree in English recent experience teaching College Composition and will teach the following courses offered by UNDs Composition Program: English 110 (an introduction to academic writing reading and critical thinking) and English 130 (a research writing course that highlights audience and purpose as students write for public audiences). As part of the composition program this instructor will work closely with the directors of composition and the departments office manager to meet programmatic goals and university requirements including use of learning management technologies and digital tools.
Required Competencies
- Excellent communication skills including evidence of the ability to teach inspire andmentor students.
- Effective interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate effectively with facultystaff and students.
- Ability to work with and engage diverse students and colleagues.
- Ability to adapt to current methods of teaching via online delivery in teaching remotely.
Minimum Requirements
- Masters Degree in English by August 15 2025.
- Recent experience teaching College Composition.
- Successful completion of a Criminal History Background Check
In compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to verify identityand eligibility to work in the US and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.This position does not support visa sponsorship for continued employment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Evidence of effective teaching and commitment to active individualized student learningincluding an emphasis on writing as revision and student conferences.
- Evidence of effective online writing instruction and demonstrated understanding of bestpractices for online asynchronous writing instruction.
- Familiarity withand evidence of effective use ofdigital technologies for teaching.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in responsible course management: meeting deadlines andprogram requirements; effective communication with students and programadministrators; punctual evaluation of student work.
- Academic knowledge of Composition Studies including an understanding of rhetoricalapproaches to the teaching of writing.
- Familiarity with Graff and Birkensteins They Say/ISay is desirable.
- Evidence of effective teaching of composition and close reading using complex non-literary academic texts.
- Evidence of effective teaching of academic research writing with emphasis on teachinginformation literacy and effective use of library resources.
To Apply
To assure full consideration applications must be received by 06/02/2025 and include the following materials:
- A letter outlining minimum and preferred qualifications and addressing applicantsphilosophy of teaching Composition.
- Contact information for 3 references.
- Current rsum or CV.
Position is open until filled.
Questions can be directed to the Department Chair Lori Robison at .
Employment Type
Full-Time
