Assistant Professor in Rhetoric of Health and Medicine

Assistant Professor in Rhetoric of Health and Medicine

Location: Stony Brook, NY
Open Date: Sep 21, 2022
Deadline: Nov 22, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description
The assistant professor in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) will pursue a research agenda in the rhetoric of health and medicine and will exhibit a commitment to innovative teaching. Instructional duties will be in first-year writing primarily and upper-division and graduate writing courses in area of specialization. 2/2 teaching load; tenure track. Other duties include mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, actively contributing to program initiatives, and serving the university community.

The assistant professor will support a new major in Writing and Rhetorical Studies that is currently under development and will be a leader for the PWR's two popular writing minors. They will also contribute to the development of a newly approved MA track in Writing and Rhetoric, in partnership with the university's separate Department of English. Furthermore, this individual will focus on institutional efforts to grow research grants in relevant areas, and will seek to collaborate with the university's medical, health, social work, and/or nursing faculty for research and curricular innovation.


Qualifications
Required qualifications: a PhD in rhetoric, composition, or writing studies with a focus on health and/or medical rhetoric and communication in hand at the time of appointment, evidence of the ability to conduct and publish scholarly research in relevant areas, and three or more years of experience teaching first-year writing. Preferred qualifications: demonstrated interest in securing external research funding in relevant areas, experience with curriculum development, knowledge of research methods in writing studies, record of working collaboratively and/or across the disciplines, and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in education.


Application Instructions
To apply, visit http://apply.interfolio.com/111835.

All application materials must be submitted online through Interfolio. Please use the Apply Now button to submit the following documents:

• Application letter explaining your qualifications, research agenda, teaching effectiveness, and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Scholarly writing sample (15-30 pages).
• Instructional portfolio including teaching philosophy, sample first-year writing syllabus, sample upper-division course syllabus, sample assignments, and student evaluations.
• Three professional and confidential letters of recommendation.

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If you have any questions, inquiries should be directed to: writingprogram@stonybrook.edu.

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Campus Description:

Stony Brook University, one of four research intensive campuses within the State University of New York (SUNY) system, is widely regarded as its flagship. The University embraces its mission to provide comprehensive undergraduate, graduate and professional education of the highest quality, and its rankings bear that out. It is included among the top 1% of universities in the world by the 2018 QS World University Rankings and among the top 40 public universities by U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Colleges rankings. It is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, composed of the top 62 research institutions in North America. As Long Island’s largest single site employer, Stony Brook has nearly 15,000 full- and part-time employees, including more than 2,700 faculty and an estimated 26,800 students — 17,900 undergraduate students and 8,900 graduate students — and offers more than 200 majors, minors and combined-degree programs. The Department of Athletics supports 18 Division I varsity intercollegiate athletic programs that compete at the highest level within the NCAA. Located approximately 60 miles east of Manhattan on Long Island’s beautiful North Shore, Stony Brook is situated on 1,454 wooded acres, encompassing 13 schools and colleges; a Research and Development Park; world-class athletics facilities, including an 8,300-seat stadium and a 4,000-seat arena; and Stony Brook Medicine, Long Island’s premier academic medical center. Also part of the University is a teaching and research campus in Southampton, New York, which offers graduate arts programs and is the site of the Marine Sciences Center. In addition, Stony Brook has a role in running, and performs joint research with, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast. Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, NY, and the Humanities Institute, with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, Stony Brook sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

About the College:

As part of a great research university, the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University incubates creative work and scholarship in fundamental disciplines, connecting with medicine, technology, public policy, culture, education, the arts, business and environment. As the liberal arts college for the campus, we help students and faculty explore diverse possibilities that exceed their initial expectations and prepare for a lifetime of learning and discovery. http://www.stonybrook.edu/cas/


Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.





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