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This is a *second* position we're hiring. Yesterday Michael Faris posted the first position focusing on composition studies. This is for technical communication/UX. </div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b style=""><font size="4">Open Rank Professor of
Technical Communication & Rhetoric in Technical Communication</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt">Texas Tech University’s
Technical Communication & Rhetoric program in the Department of English
invites applications for an open-rank position in <b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">technical communication</b>
to begin August 2022. This is a 9-month appointment. We are especially
interested in applicants who specialize in technical communication with
research and teaching that focuses in web design, usability, user experience,
interaction design, scientific writing, content/project management, and/or
rhetoric of health and medicine. Preference will be given to applicants with a
PhD in Technical Communication.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt">Applicants with
administrative experience, online teaching experience, and a record of scholarship
supported by funding are strongly encouraged to apply. <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">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
fifteen faculty have opportunities to teach graduate courses in our areas of
interest, and we all serve on dissertation committees.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt">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. Experience
working with diverse student populations and first-generation students is
highly desirable.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(29,33,41)">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 29% of the total enrollment
of 40,000. 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:10pt"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(1,1,1)">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 welcomes applications from
minoritized candidates, women, protected veterans, persons with disabilities,
and dual-career couples.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt">See </span><a href="https://www.depts.ttu.edu/english/programs_degrees/programs/tcr/index.php" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt">https://www.depts.ttu.edu/english/programs_degrees/programs/tcr</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt"> for more information. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(29,33,41)">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:10pt">through </span><a href="https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hr/workattexastech/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt">https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hr/workattexastech</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt"> (25649BR) <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">with a letter of application and vita. Dossiers solicited later from
exceptionally qualified candidates. Candidates must apply by <b>October 22,
2021</b>. Direct inquiries to the search committee chair, Dr. </span>Steve
Holmes (</span><a href="mailto:Steve.Holmes@ttu.edu" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt">Steve.Holmes@ttu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt">).</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5637#jobDetails=658666_5637" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond">https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5637#jobDetails=658666_5637</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond"> </span></p></div><div><br></div><div><b>Jason Tham</b></div><div>On behalf of Steve Holmes and the search committee</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Twitter: @JasonCKTham</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Texas Tech: <a href="mailto:jason.tham@ttu.edu" target="_blank">jason.tham@ttu.edu</a></font></div></div></div></div></div>