<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e7c4d467-7fff-f5b2-eadc-55a7631903d9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear Colleagues:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I hope you are enjoying the summer! I’m writing to share </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://adams.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ASU/job/Assistant-Professor-of-Rhetoric---Composition---Tenure-Track_R240">a position announcement for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://adams.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ASU/job/Assistant-Professor-of-Rhetoric---Composition---Tenure-Track_R240">.</a> Alamosa is beautiful at the seat of Mount Blanca in the San Luis Valley. The campus is a great place to work, with really amazing colleagues in the department and across campus. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This position serves as Director of Writing Programs, which includes directing first-year writing and supporting and growing the writing studio, which carries a one-course release per semester (making the teaching load a 3/3). There is opportunity for overloads over the summer to supplement salary, as well. And, it’s quite an exciting time in the department, with conversations about building a writing minor, developing an MA in English with a strong Rhetoric and Composition core, and other campus initiatives grounded in the teaching of writing and professional writing.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I’m not on the search committee, but I would be happy to share my experiences with anyone who is interested. Dr. Jessica Brown (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(250,245,240);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:jessbrown@adams.edu">jessbrown@adams.edu</a>)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> is the search chair, and would also be happy to answer any questions about the department, area, and university. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please consider applying and sharing with interested graduate students. Please note that ABD will be considered. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thanks! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Nick Sanders  </span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>