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color:windowtext">Texas Tech University’s Technical Communication & Rhetoric program in the Department of English invites applications for TWO open-rank positions to begin August
2019. These are 9-month appointments. We are especially interested in advanced Assistant or Associate-level colleagues who specialize in web design, information design, digital and social media, big data and web analytics, and/or usability/UX. Preference given
to applicants with the PhD in Technical Communication.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
color:windowtext">Applicants with administrative experience, online teaching experience, and a record of scholarship supported by funding are strongly encouraged to apply.
<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">Service to the department, college, and university is expected, including program-building as well as graduate teaching.
</span>The teaching load is 2-2, with further teaching reductions possible for administrative or national service. With around 120 students in our robust graduate program, our faculty have opportunities to teach graduate courses in our areas of interest, and
we all serve on dissertation committees. Join our fifteen faculty.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
color:windowtext">We offer the BA in Technical Communication, the MA in Technical Communication, and the PhD in Technical Communication & Rhetoric in onsite, hybrid, and online delivery
modalities. We also offer graduate certificates in Grants & Proposals and in Teaching Technical Communication. Our program affords excellent facilities, including communication-rich computer classrooms, and opportunities to conduct research through the Usability
Research Lab, the Media Lab, and the Letterpress Studio. Our university’s strategic plan emphasizes educating and empowering a diverse student body, enabling innovative research and creative activities, and transforming lives and communities through outreach
and engaged scholarship.</span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"\.SFNSText-Regular";color:#1D2129">Texas Tech University is designated a Carnegie Tier One (Highest Research Activity) institution and a Hispanic-Serving
Institution (HSI). It has a law school, a medical school, and colleges of Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, Architecture, Business Administration, Engineering, Human Sciences, Media and Communication, and Visual and Performing Arts. The College of Arts and Sciences
is the largest of these, representing approximately 28% of the total enrollment of 35,000. The university is located in Lubbock, a rapidly growing city of more than 300,000 on the high plains. Lubbock enjoys 260 days of sunshine every year, little traffic,
and a relatively low cost of living.</span><span style="font-size:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
color:#010101">As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, Texas Tech University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to
teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We actively encourage applications from all those who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community at Texas Tech University.
The university does not discriminate on the basis of an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran. Texas Tech welcomes consideration
of dual career and professional couple accommodations.</span></p>
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</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt"><a href="https://www.depts.ttu.edu/english/tcr">https://www.depts.ttu.edu/english/tcr</a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
<span style="color:windowtext">for more information. </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"\.SFNSText-Regular";
color:#1D2129">If you are interested in working with passionate, productive colleagues and motivated, talented students,
please apply for one of these positions </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext">through
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.texastech.edu/careers">https://www.texastech.edu/careers</a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext"> > TTU Faculty<span style="background:white;mso-highlight:white">
(Requisition ID: </span>14970BR) <span style="background:white;mso-highlight:white">
with letter of application and vita. Dossiers solicited later from exceptionally qualified candidates. Screening starts October 15. Direct inquiries to the chair of the search committee, Dr.
</span>Rich Rice, Director of Technical Communication & Rhetoric (rich.rice@ttu.edu).</span></p>
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