Assistant Professor - English

The Department of English at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez seeks applicants for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor starting July 1, 2021.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetoric and Writing Studies, or a closely related field at the start of the appointment. Preferred areas of expertise include: technical and non-fiction writing, digital/visual rhetoric and media studies. Teaching and research experience, and publications expected. Knowledge of Spanish desirable. Candidates should demonstrate adequate skills in educational technologies in the teaching-learning process.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities include teaching rhetoric and writing courses to our general student population and to students completing our Minor in Writing and Communication. The selected candidate should  be able to conduct research and publish in the areas of specialization; to develop proposals seeking external funding; to teach basic, intermediate and advanced courses in the area of specialization; to participate actively in departmental committees, projects, and investigation at the undergraduate and graduate level.

DUTIES

This appointment involves an academic task equivalent to 12 credit hours, which are distributed between teaching, research and institutional services for 37.5 hours a week.  This distribution of hours may be adjusted to the department’s needs, demands and availability of the faculty:

• 12 hours weekly direct contact with students.
• 15 hours of academic activities including research, class preparation, exam grading, and office work.
• 6 hours of individual attention to your students.
• 4 ½ hours to attend departmental, faculty and committee meetings, development of new courses, organization of short courses and seminars, participation of research proposals with institutional funds or external funds and publication.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send a cover letter, resume, official academic transcripts of all degrees, three (3) letters of recommendation, evidence of quality of teaching, and a writing sample to: 

Dr. Rosa I. Roman-Perez, Acting Chair
Department of English
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Call Box 9000
Mayagüez P.R.  00681-9000
Telephone (787) 832-4040 Ext. 3847, 3064

Letters or documents sent by e-mail must be directed to ingles.uprm@upr.edu

To learn more about the Department of English at UPRM, please visit: https://www.uprm.edu/english/.

Submitted CEE-SA-2020-3873
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