Assistant Professor of Teaching: Professional & Technical Writing

The School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University invites applications for a non-tenure-track Assistant Professor of Teaching of Professional and Technical Writing. We are particularly interested in candidates whose work engages one or more of the following areas: engineering communication; rhetorics of science and technology; communication in computer sciences; and/or information design for diverse, multilingual, or minoritized audiences. We especially welcome candidates with a clear commitment to inclusive pedagogies. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and delivering a capstone experience course for Master of Engineering students. The course will focus on fundamentals of professional and technical writing; translating complex concepts for diverse audiences, including non-technical; and guiding student reflection on skills they’ve gained and how they might apply to future professional scenarios. We seek a dynamic candidate whose research and teaching will strengthen connections between engineering and the humanities and expand curricular offerings for Professional and Technical Writing at OSU. 

The position consists of research (20%), teaching (70%), and service (10%). The teaching load is seven courses over three quarters annually (fall, winter, and spring terms). Course releases will be provided in the first year for the design and development of the MEng capstone course. Teaching responsibilities for the first three years will focus primarily on the MEng capstone course, though will include other courses, including lower- and upper-division undergraduate courses in Technical Writing, and/or graduate seminars, including on topics of the candidate's design. Mentoring of students, including advising of theses, is expected at both the graduate and undergraduate level.  The position includes mentoring and support for advancing one’s scholarship. Service includes committee-work for the School, College, and University. Candidates can read more about the Professor of Teaching position here: https://hr.oregonstate.edu/employees/professors-teaching

The successful candidate will join a University committed to the integration of humanities, science, art, and computing. Iniativees include the Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex, which will host one of the nation’s most powerful supercomputers; the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx), a 49,000 square-foot venue and hub of OSU’s arts and humanities network; and a new University Strategic Plan focused on transdisciplinary discovery in target research areas. Oregon State earns more research funding than all public universities in Oregon combined, and is the only R1 University in the nation to have continuous year-over-year enrollment growth since 1997.

We are committed to ensuring a collaborative and inclusive community. Faculty and staff in SWLF are responsible for building a curriculum, work environment, academic discipline, and campus climate sensitive to the intersections of gender, race, class, sexual identity, age, ability, and other institutionalized systems of inequity and privilege. Individual contributions in these areas may be measured, in any given year, by annually reported activities in teaching, research, service, and/or outreach. Oregon State University is a public R1 land-grant institution committed to public outreach and engagement and motivated by diversity, inclusion, and social justice. In letters of application, candidates should discuss their potential to contribute to these core values.

All candidates must have a strong record of teaching and a Ph.D. in Professional and Technical Writing, Rhetoric, Communication, or closely related field by time of appointment.