<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>We are very excited to announce an opening in our program here at George Washington University. Please feel free to contact me with any questions: Jessica McCaughey (<a href="mailto:jessmcc@gwu.edu" style="color:blue" target="_blank">jessmcc@gwu.edu</a>).<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Assistant Professor of Writing specializing in professional, business, or technical writing</span></b><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The University Writing Program (UWP) at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, seeks a specialist in teaching professional, business, or technical writing, broadly construed, to join the program at the rank of Assistant Professor (non-tenure accruing) as early as Fall 2019. The successful candidate will contribute an ongoing research agenda to complement the work of our diverse, multidisciplinary faculty and play a central role in developing course offerings that expand the program’s reach both within and outside of the university.</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We seek a person who can contribute to our First Year Writing (academic writing) division by regularly teaching the required first-year introduction to academic writing and research course (UW 1020), as well as collaborate with our other divisions, noted below. We are particularly interested in better serving our students in business, international affairs, public health and health services, political communication, and engineering, and we seek to attract faculty who are culturally and academically diverse.</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Minimum Qualifications:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ph.D. or other terminal degree completed before date of appointment  </span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A research agenda related to composition, rhetoric, or professional, business, or technical writing </span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Experience and evidence of excellence teaching professional, business, or technical writing in a university setting or in a workplace or professional setting</span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Some familiarity with contemporary composition and/or rhetorical theory and practice</span><br></font></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">GW is a major research university, serving approximately 26,000 graduate and undergraduate students across multiple campuses in and around the nation’s capital. The UWP is one of the largest and most active academic units at GW, encompassing three divisions -- First Year Writing, Writing in the Disciplines, and the Writing Center -- as well as a nascent Professional Writing program with a mandate to expand UWP’s engagement and impact beyond the traditional classroom. A strong candidate would be able to contribute in all of these areas. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Regular non-tenure-track (Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor rank) appointments at GW have relative parity with tenure-track positions in salary, benefits, and access to promotion. In the UWP, these positions carry teaching, research, and service expectations, in that order of priority. The standard teaching load for UWP faculty is 3/3. In the future, some portion of this teaching load may be reallocated toward administrative and program-building work, as appropriate, given ongoing assessments of operational priorities and opportunities for programmatic growth. The initial contract period will be three years and is renewable following a successful reappointment process.  </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Applicants should submit an online application at </span><span class="m_830874137455396858gmail-m_-2369542209445221773gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.gwu.jobs/postings/56822" target="_blank">http://www.gwu.jobs/postings/56822</a> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and upload the following documents:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">an application letter under “Cover Letter”,</span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">a statement of teaching philosophy under “Statement of Teaching Interest,”  </span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">a statement of research interests under “Statement of Research Interest,” and</span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">a C.V.</font></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="m_830874137455396858gmail-m_-2369542209445221773gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 65pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"><font color="#000000"></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Review of applications will begin </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">November 26, 2018, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and will continue until the position is filled. Only complete applications will be considered.</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"><br><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Questions about the position may be directed to Professor Jessica McCaughey, Chair of the Search Committee, at </span><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jessmcc@gwu.edu" target="_blank">jessmcc@gwu.edu</a></span></u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The university is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Employment offers are contingent on the satisfactory outcome of a standard background screening.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Note: This position is pending final budget approval.</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:13.90999984741211px"><font color="#000000"> <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">-- </span><br></font></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_830874137455396858gmail-m_-2369542209445221773gmail-m_-6235750021417265779gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);border-collapse:collapse">Jessica McCaughey </span><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);border-collapse:collapse">Assistant Professor of Writing</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);border-collapse:collapse">University Writing Program</span><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The George Washington University<br></font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Ames Hall 226</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">2100 Foxhall Road, NW</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Washington, DC 20007</font></div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Phone: (202) 242-5176</span></div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Email: <a href="mailto:jessmcc@gwu.edu" style="color:blue" target="_blank">jessmcc@gwu.edu</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>