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<span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Dear colleagues,</span>
<div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Last week, I sent out our tenure-track position announcement. </span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">I’d like to give an important update to interested applicants, as we made a few tweaks. </span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">The full announcement:</span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: ArialMT;">We are seeking to hire an Assistant Professor in Technical Communication and Professional Writing, with a scholarship/focus area in equity, diversity, and inclusion. This is a full-time,
probationary position within the Department of Technical Communication and Interaction Design and is expected to start August 16, 2021. </span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: ArialMT;">In addition to the general area of equity, diversity, and inclusion, we would like to consider sub-specializations, as indicated in the announcement and highlighted below. This is the
part where we made tweaks.</span></div>
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<li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;">Sub-specialization, evidenced through educational background and teaching experience or research, in at least one of the following areas, for example:<br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;">medical writing, ranging from public health writing to writing in a regulatory environment;</li><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;">workplace-focused ELearning/online training/learner experience design;</li><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;">accessibility;</li><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;">other specialties may be considered.</li><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
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</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc;">Pedagogical approach that integrates anti-racism and cultural responsiveness.</li></ul>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Please share with your graduate students and other potential </span><span class="">candidates</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">. As the search committee chair, I</span><span class="">’</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">d
be </span><span class="">glad</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> to answer questions by email. </span></div>
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<div class="">Happy Holidays!</div>
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Quan Zhou, Ph.D.<br class="">
Chair and Professor<br class="">
Director, Master of Science in Technical Communication<br class="">
Director, Graduate Certificate in the Design of User Experience<br class="">
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Department of Technical Communication & Interaction Design<br class="">
School of Communication, Writing, and the Arts<br class="">
College of Liberal Arts<br class="">
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Metropolitan State University, Twin Cities, MN<br class="">
A Member of Minnesota State<br class="">
<a href="mailto:quan.zhou@metrostate.edu" class="">quan.zhou@metrostate.edu</a></div>
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