Writing Instructor Adjunct Pool
Writing Instructor Adjunct Pool
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Job Description
Seattle Pacific University seeks faculty candidates who...
- are equally oriented to the liberal arts approach to education (i.e. people concerned equally with solid scholarship in a field and the connections students must make between the various disciplines; people who can see the value of both breadth and depth in undergraduate and graduate education and have a talent for integrating their academic specialty with their Christian faith) and to the applications of such an education in the world of work.
- are abreast of developments in their fields and can find their fullest professional development in an institution which places high premium upon effective classroom teaching and mentoring as well as upon scholarship.
- are prepared to teach non-traditional groups of students and use alternative delivery systems including new educational technologies.
- enjoy the prospect of meeting with students to discuss their educational goals and participate in the planning of a program of studies suited to the needs of the individual student.
Job Description:
About the Writing Program:The Writing Program at Seattle Pacific University supports writing instruction from a studentsfirst year until addition to coordinating the two-course sequence all incoming first-yearstudentstake at SPU (the first housed in the English department and the second taught by faculty across campus) the Writing Program offersa seminar on the teaching of writing hosts writing/pedagogy workshops facilitates faculty writing groups and overseestheyear-end Rauer and Hedges Writing Awards and their companion How I Learned to Write lecture series. More information can be found at often have staffing needs in WRI 1000 and WRI 1100 our two-course required first-year writing sequence. Teaching in these courses would provide an opportunity to work closely with other SPU WRI faculty in our continued efforts to engage students in a transformative first-year experience.
Requirements:
- Doctoral degree in composition and rhetoric or in literature or
- Terminal degree in related field or
- Terminal degree in another field with heavy emphasis on writing
- A personal commitment to Christian faithenthusiasmabout supportingSPUs mission alignmentwith theUniversitysStatement of Faith and willingnessto accept the lifestyle standards of the Christian community.
- A comfortability discussing the intersection of faith and writing with students
Additional Information:
To apply: Please submit the online application through the Workday Careers site and upload a resume/CV and cover letter.
The salary for adjunct faculty is $782/credit in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Inquireis may be directed to Dr. Traynor Hansen Director of Campus Writing .
Employment Type
Part-Time
