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Title:Instructor (EnglishWriting)
Hiring Unit:College of Arts Languages & Letters Department of English
Location:Manoa Campus
Date Posted:September 2 2025
Closing Date:September 16 2025
Salary Information:Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience
Monthly Type:9 Month
Tenure Track:Non-tenure-track annually renewable
Full Time/Part Time:Full time
Temporary/Permanent:Permanent
Funding:General Funds
Number of Positions: 2
Other Conditions:
The Department of English in the College of Arts Languages & Letters at the University of Hawaii at Manoa invites applicants for a 9-month non-tenure-track full-time instructor (English Writing) to begin Fall 2025 pending position clearance. This position is annually renewable dependent on satisfactory performance and need.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa is a leading institution for scholarship and creative work focused on Hawaii Asia and Oceania and is committed to being a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning. The fundamental mission of the Department of English is to develop students critical reading writing and creative skills through the study of various literatures in the English language composition and rhetoric and creative writing with a particular emphasis on the cultural diversity of our location in the Pacific. Our faculty members are committed to quality research and scholarship generous public service and exemplary teaching at the BA MA and PhD levels.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Teach undergraduate English writing courses;
Workload credit hours include 24 credits per academic year;
Assist in curriculum development;
Maintain an appropriate program of professional development;
Participate in departmental committees;
Engage in departmental university and community service;
Other duties as assigned by the Chair.
Minimum Qualifications:
MA in English or related field from a college or university of recognized standing;
Teaching experience at the college level;
Demonstrated evidence of teaching excellence through student evaluations as indicated by consistently high ratings;
Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collegially with students faculty staff and administration.
Desirable Qualifications:
Demonstrated ability to train new writing teachers;
Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver faculty development workshops on the teaching of writing;
Demonstrated ability to assess student learning for a writing program.
To Apply:
Click on the Apply button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach the required documents. Applicant must submit the following:
Cover letter indicating interest in position and describing qualifications and pedagogy;
CV;
Sample teaching materials including one first-year writing syllabus with detailed major assignments;
Summary teaching evaluation scores (per course per semester) with 2-4 representative student comments (per course across semesters);
Names and contact information for three professional references;
Graduate transcripts (copies acceptable at the time of application; however original transcripts are required upon hire).
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