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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Department of Technical Communication invites applications for the position of Chair to begin August 2020. The chair will build upon a strong foundation of industry relationships, support a growing reputation
in groundbreaking interdisciplinary research, and continue the development of an empirically grounded program. Duties include promoting scholarly research among department faculty, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, advising students, and serving
on committees at various institutional levels. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We seek candidates with sustained, exemplary scholarship and teaching in technical communication, demonstrated leadership, and administrative ability. The chair will provide dynamic leadership to promote scholarly
research among department faculty; cultivate critical relationships with stakeholders across UNT, other institutions, and industry; and establish, in collaboration with those stakeholders, innovative and current technical communication curricula.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://techcomm.unt.edu/sites/tc.unt.edu/files/case_statement_chair_2020.pdf" title="https://techcomm.unt.edu/sites/tc.unt.edu/files/case_statement_chair_2020.pdf">The full job and department descriptions
are available online.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Questions about the position may be directed to search chair Brian Richardson at brian.richardson@unt.edu or UNT Tech Comm faculty. Applicants should submit their materials to http:// facultyjobs.unt.edu (system
ID number: 6002408). Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2019 and will continue until the position is filled.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dr. Erin Friess<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Technical Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">University of North Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">erin.friess@unt.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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