Faculty Associate in English

Description

The Department of English on the Tempe Campus at Arizona State University invites applications for the Faculty Associate positions to teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses, online and/or on-campus in: Creative Writing; English Education; Film and Media Studies; Linguistics and Applied Linguistics; Literature; Writing, and Rhetorics and Literacies. These positions are one semester appointments, part time, non-benefits eligible with no tenure implications. A typical Faculty Associate course load is one to two classes per semester. Teaching duties include: preparing course materials, responding to and evaluating student work, and availability for one-on-one assistance (via weekly office hours for on-campus classes and electronically for online classes). Anticipated start date is: Fall 2024, Spring 2025 and Summer 2025.

About the Department of English:

The Department of English’s motto – “Start here, go anywhere” – captures the unique value of our undergraduate and graduate English degrees, ones that can serve students in any art form, any discipline, and any profession. In fact, our degrees can take students anywhere they wish to travel. The Department of English faculty is internationally renowned for innovative research and teaching and explores the pan-world expression of the English language and its literature, which span the global yet connect directly to the local. The skills of critical thinking, reading comprehension, and analytic expression cultivated in the degrees are transferable into any endeavor. In particular, such skills provide the foundation for creative problem-solving and cultivate individual and collective expression. The department takes as its purview not just historical positioned work, whether linguistic or textual, but includes all forms of expression and all modes of new media, whether analogical or digital. We emphasize writing- academic, creative, personal, public, and workplace- that explores difference reflectively and functionally. Our goal is to educate citizens who can think, read, write, and act in robust and significant ways to meet new challenges.

About The College:

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of Arizona State University. For employees, that means the chance to engage with a large and curious student body. And for students that are pursuing a degree in our college, faculty and staff get the opportunity to guide them as they grow into socially aware, critical thinkers who are often pioneering solutions to societal issues. While the student success is our top priority, The College also supports the professional development and growth of its faculty and staff as well as research that positively impacts our community. Learn more about what The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has to offer by visiting https://thecollege.asu.edu/faculty.

About Arizona State University:

ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university. As articulated in the ASU Charter, ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.

ASU is dedicated to the proposition that excellence and access are not mutually exclusive. ASU ranks sixth in the U.S. for research expenditures among universities without a medical school. Simultaneously, ASU is one of the nation’s largest public universities, enrolling nearly 150,000 students from various socioeconomic, geographic, and demographic backgrounds, across campus and digital immersion programs. ASU has demonstrated that quality higher education can (and should) be made available to every student capable of performing university-level work while increasing, not sacrificing, excellence. See https://www.asu.edu/ for more information. 

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Master’s degree in relevant field by time of appointment
• Evidence of effective teaching

Desired qualifications:

• MFA or Ph.D. in relevant field by time of appointment
• Record of scholarly publication and/or evidence of professional development in relevant field
• Minimum of two years of post-secondary teaching experience 
• Demonstrated commitment to working with faculty, staff, students and communities to advance the principles of the ASU Charter. 

Application Instructions

This is a paperless search; only electronic materials will be accepted. To apply, please submit the following: 

• Cover Letter of application
• Curriculum vita (CV)
• One-page statement of teaching philosophy
• One (1) letter of recommendation about teaching ability (non-confidential)
• Contact information for 2 additional references
• Unofficial graduate transcripts
• A summary of recent teaching evaluations

The applicant’s last name should appear in each uploaded file name.

Questions about the position should be directed to the search committee chair: Professor Julia Himberg at [email protected]. Initial review of applications will begin on August 2, 2024 and continue on a weekly basis in subsequent months throughout the academic year as needed until the search is closed. Faculty Associate vacancy announcements will be posted on an annual basis. Applicants who are not hired within the current academic year are welcome to re-apply – applications do not roll forward from the previous pool recruitment.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

A background check is required for employment. Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

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