Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor

Position Number 002302, 002304, 005203, 005211

Working Title Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor

Classification Title 9-Mo Non-Tenure Track Faculty

College College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences (Col)

Department Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies

Position Designation Faculty

Employment Type Permanent – Full-time

Months per year 9

Primary Purpose of Department 

Writing, Rhetoric & Digital Studies

A standalone writing and rhetoric department, WRDS consists of award-winning writing students, peer tutors, staff, and faculty. WRDS is home to a nationally-recognized First-Year Writing Program (winner of the 2018 CCCC Certificate of Excellence), the Writing Resources Center, and a burgeoning undergraduate major and minor. WRDS provides UNC Charlotte students high-quality writing instruction while serving as a site for curricular innovation, community engagement, disciplinary research, and interdisciplinary, translingual, and transnational collaborations.

WRDS tutors, faculty, and WPAs routinely collaborate with other campus entities such as the Center for Teaching and Learning, J. Murrey Atkins Library, the Office of Undergraduate Research, the Charlotte Core, urbanCORE (the hub of UNC Charlotte’s engaged scholarship ecosystem), the English Department, and Communications Studies, among others. WRDS is home to talented writing, rhetoric, and digital studies faculty who specialize in disability studies, documentary filmmaking, usability and accessibility testing, writing center studies, AI literacy and writing pedagogies, comics studies, user-centered design, community-engaged pedagogy and writing, the rhetoric of health and medicine, and podcasting.

For additional information about WRDS, visit: https://writing.charlotte.edu/about.

College of Humanities and Earth & Social Sciences (CHESS)

As the largest and most academically diverse college at UNC Charlotte, the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences houses 15 departments, 18 interdisciplinary programs, and 6 applied centers. CHESS offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs with extensive honors and early-entry options. The College plays a pivotal role in delivering on the university’s goals in the areas of research excellence, student success and experience, and community engagement. Through their scholarship and teaching, the College’s 350+ faculty members seek to deepen our understanding of complex problems and lead the university in interdisciplinary collaboration. For additional information about CHESS, visit: https://chess.charlotte.edu,

UNC Charlotte

An R1 university, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a doctoral, research-intensive urban university located on an expanding modern campus. It is the fastest growing institution in the UNC System, comprising seven academic colleges offering 171 undergraduate majors in 77 programs leading to Bachelor’s Degrees, 65 Master’s degrees, and 24 Doctoral degrees. UNC Charlotte is proud to have 3,545 passionate and committed faculty and staff members and more than 120,000 living alumni. The second largest of the 16 UNC System campuses, UNC Charlotte offers more than 30,000 culturally and ethnically diverse students a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UNC Charlotte is the number one institution in North Carolina in awarding bachelor’s degrees to Latinx students, according to a recent analysis by Excelencia in Education. The University is a Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement campus and an APLU Innovation and Economic Prosperity University. It supports faculty with family and medical leave policies, junior faculty development awards, internal faculty research grant opportunities, and other research opportunities.

As the 15th largest U.S. city, Charlotte is consistently ranked one of the best cities to live (#5 by U.S. News & World Report.) and offers a dynamic place to live, work, and connect for faculty, students, alumni, and staff, with its outstanding cultural, recreational, and business amenities.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained. Women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, gender identity or sexual orientation. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte maintains an Affirmative Action Plan prepared in accordance with Executive Order 11246 and the Consent Decree. The person chosen for this position will be subject to Criminal Background Check.

Vacancy Open to All Candidates

Description of WorkThe University of North Carolina at Charlotte recognizes the differentiation of mission, goals, and objectives inherent in the diversity of disciplines represented by its colleges and departments. Thus, the Job Responsibilities and Essential Functions for Non-Tenure Track Faculty should be interpreted in the context of the related departmental and collegiate teaching goals.

Teaching – Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to teaching may include but are not limited to: subject matter competence, course design, course presentation, and grading student work.

Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesPosition Description

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric & Digital Studies

(WRDS) invites applications for four non-tenure track (NTT) teaching faculty at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor with positions to begin Fall 2025. Position numbers 2302, 5211, 2304, 5203. Successful applicants will join a vibrant and collegial degree-granting writing department located on the beautiful 1,000-acre campus of North Carolina’s urban research university. These 9-month full-time positions will teach 3 – 4 courses (12 contact hours) per semester with opportunities for summer teaching with additional pay. The WRDS curriculum is guided by a set of first-year writing student learning outcomes and a set of upper-division outcomes, and all WRDS courses are informed by the diverse and interdisciplinary expertise of WRDS Faculty. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to use innovative writing pedagogies to teach UNC Charlotte’s unique student body, which includes first-generation college students and multilingual speakers from various backgrounds. WRDS NTT teaching faculty regularly engage in department stewardship, including curricular development, promotion of the WRDS major/minor, and departmental self-governance. WRDS faculty also engage in community-engaged and public-facing work across campus and the larger Charlotte region.

Successful applicants can expect the following responsibilities:

• regularly teaching UNC Charlotte’s first-year writing course
• teaching upper-level undergraduate writing, rhetoric, and digital studies courses as needed
• serving on a department committee and regularly attending departmental meetings
• participating in professional development to stay current with developments across Writing Studies, including rhetoric and composition, literacy studies, professional writing, and digital studies. WRDS Department professional development funding is available for NTT teaching faculty.

Minimum Experience/Education 

UNC Charlotte gives primary consideration to the earned masters and/or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline.

Preferred Education, Skills and Experience 

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree (for a lecturer) or terminal degree (for an assistant teaching professor) in Rhetoric and Composition or closely-related field; degree must be in hand by August 2025
• At least 9 months of experience teaching first-year writing
• Familiarity with current writing pedagogy
• Pedagogical knowledge or experience in one of the following areas: community engagement and writing, rhetoric, multimodal composition, digital studies, or writing center studies
• Potential for or experience engaging in service activities (e.g. committee participation, extracurricular clubs or organization participation, grant/manuscript reviewing, fundraising, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated excellence in teaching first-year writing
• Familiarity with current writing assessment scholarship

Necessary Licenses/Certifications 

N/A

Special Notes to Applicants 

Required Application Materials

Please apply online at http://jobs.charlotte.edu (Position numbers 2302, 5211, 2304, 5203) and include the following:

1. Letter of application responding to the required qualifications listed above, including a statement of teaching experience and commitment to service (department, university, discipline).
2. Current curriculum vitae
3. Teaching Portfolio (statement of teaching, evidence of successful teaching, and sample instructional materials such a course syllabus, assignment sheet, or lesson plan)
4. List of three professional references
5. Please do not send letters until requested. Candidates identified for consideration should be prepared to request their references send letters to the search committee chairs.

Complete applications received by March 30, 2025, are assured full consideration, although recruitment will continue until the position is filled.

Applicants are subject to a criminal background check. The finalist will be required to submit an official transcript of the highest earned degree.

For more information, please contact the search committee co-chairs, Katie Garahan (kgarahan@charlotte.edu) or Jon Pope (jpope44@charlotte.edu).

Departmental administrative contact: Denise Sabo, dsabo1@charlotte.edu, 704-687-1902.

Job Open Date 03/04/2025

Job Close Date 

Open Until Filled Yes

Date Review of Applications will Begin 03/31/2025

Proposed Hire Date 08/11/2025

If time-limited, please indicate appointment end date 

Contact Information 

For more information, please contact the search committee co-chairs, Katie Garahan (kgarahan@charlotte.edu) or Jon Pope (jpope44@charlotte.edu).

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