[ATTW-L] job announcement

[Steven Strang]

I'm pleased to announce the following job opening for Fall 2018. Deadline is
August 1, 2018.

 

The Writing and Communication Center (WCC) of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (Cambridge, MA) is seeking a one-semester lecturer to replace a
lecturer who is on leave. 

Founded in 1982, the WCC is a teaching institution, not an editing or
proofreading service. It is staffed fully by professionals who work
one-on-one with anyone associated with MIT, including undergraduate and
graduate students, post-docs, staff, faculty members, spouses, and alums. 

 WCC lecturers help clients with any writing or speaking/oral presentation
issue, including such issues as understanding the rhetorical situation,
identifying and analyzing specific audiences, tailoring documents and
speeches to those specific audiences, understanding genre conventions and
expectations, creating effective organization, using persuasive argument
strategies, critical thinking about messages, creating a more convincing and
effective style, practicing speeches (for classroom assignments, for job
talks, for conference presentations), slide design, proposals, articles for
publication, application essays, CVs and resumes. Lecturers also explain
grammar rules and conventions when needed (particularly for second language
learners).   

Orientation session arranged sometime in August with the director, Steven
Strang. Teaching starts September 4, 2018 - January 31, 2019.  The position
has part-time or full-time possibilities. Flexible schedule, Monday-Friday.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Master's degree required, Ph.D. preferred,
in Scientific and Technical Writing, Rhetoric, Teaching English as a Second
Language, Composition, or equivalent experience in the teaching of academic
writing.  Three years of college classroom teaching experience and/or of
college writing center experience required. 

 

An Equal Opportunity Employer. Apply at  <http://careers.mit.edu/>
http://careers.mit.edu/ .scroll to bottom right and "Search for Openings"
(go to MIT homepage  <http://web.mit.edu/> http://web.mit.edu/ scroll to
bottom and click on "Jobs")

 

 

Steven Strang, PhD

Director, the Writing and Communication Center

Office: E18-233B

77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

Phone: 617-253-4459

http://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/

online scheduler: mit.mywconline.com <https://mit.mywconline.com/> 

 



 

Mailing Address:  

The Writing and Communication Center

E18-233

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139

 

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