<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Dear ATTW colleagues:<br></p><br><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Since 2008, I've been teac<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">hing and directing the writing center at <a href="http://www.westmont.edu" rel="noopener noreerrer" style="color:rgb(28,200,188);text-decoration:none;font-family:"Arial"" target="_blank"><span>Westmont</span> College</a>, a nationally <a href="https://westmont.edu/about/college-profile/national-rankings" target="_blank">ranked</a> liberal arts college in the evangelical Protestant tradition. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">After a recent retirement, we are searching for <strong>a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English who specializes in composition/rhetoric</strong>;
the anticipated start date is August 2024. While
a PhD in hand is desirable, applicants who are ABD or who have an MFA
plus a significant publication and teaching record will be considered.
Review of applications has begun and will continue into November 2023.
Job benefits include housing assistance. <br></span></p><ul><li style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">For more details on our open position, go <a href="https://community-writing.mobilize.io/links?lid=B96I5ZQWcrMdEOrePBx4RA&token=Z322TxUUXbpB_htaDik6Vw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westmont.edu%2Foffice-provost%2Fopen-positions" rel="noopener noreerrer" style="color:rgb(28,200,188);text-decoration:none;font-family:"Arial"" target="_blank">here</a>
to learn about Westmont's mission, then scroll down to select the
"Assistant Professor of English: Composition/Rhetoric" tab. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(We also have an open position for
an Americanist, so be sure to select the desired tab.)</span></span></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Our
English department is collegial and includes 5
other full-time, tenure-track faculty members as well as part-time
faculty who contribute to our minors in Ethnic Studies, Environmental
Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies, Global Studies, and Writing. <br></p><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Westmont's hillside campus overlooks coastal <a href="https://santabarbaraca.gov/" target="_blank">Santa Barbara, California</a>, which is stunningly beautiful. We enjoy a lively arts scene, including UC Santa Barbara's world-class <a href="https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/" target="_blank">Arts & Events series</a>. Our local <a href="https://flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/fly-sba" target="_blank">airport</a> is serviced by 5 major airlines, and Amtrak offers southbound access to Los Angeles and <span>San</span> Diego and northbound access to <span>San</span> <span>Jose</span> and the <span>San</span> Francisco Bay area. <br></p><br><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Kindly
forward this information to other composition/rhetoric professionals
who may be interested in applying. As the search chair, I am glad to
answer questions. </p><br><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Gratefully, </p><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Sarah Skripsky</p><p style="color:rgb(15,28,68);font-family:"Arial";font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.2px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span 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style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><i>***</i><i><br>Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and
widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. <br><b> </b>―
</i>Anne Lamott,
from
<i>Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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