Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Writing Studies

Position Type:

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Writing Studies

Position Type:

Regular

Salary Range:

The salary range for this position is $83,771 to $93,107, depending on the successful candidate's years of teaching experience at the college level. The position comes with generous benefits (scu.edu/hr/benefits), including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, and University contributions toward retirement. Recognizing the high cost of housing in the local area, there are two University housing assistance programs: rental assistance to ease the transition into the local housing market, and housing purchase assistance for tenure-stream faculty. 

Purpose:

PURPOSE: 

The Department of English at Santa Clara University, a private, Jesuit, Catholic university in Silicon Valley, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Writing Studies, to begin fall 2026. SCU is a welcoming and inclusive community of teaching scholars whose work is grounded in the university’s fundamental values. Those values, which include academic excellence, social justice and community engagement, are infused with a culture of care that defines our community—upholding the dignity of all. The university draws on the many resources of the greater Bay Area, including Silicon Valley, where we are located.

The Santa Clara University English Department includes a community of scholars, creative writers, teachers, and students who seek to understand and engage the world by activating connections among literature, cultural studies, creative writing, rhetoric, composition, technical and professional communication, and interdisciplinary inquiry. The department supports work in ethnic studies, digital media, and digital humanities, and contributes to interdisciplinary programs in these fields. 

Any scholarly subspeciality in the field of Writing Studies is welcome, including: technical and professional communication, rhetoric and composition, digital/multimodal writing, multilingualism, and rhetoric of health and medicine. In keeping with Santa Clara’s Jesuit mission and values, we are particularly interested in candidates whose research and/or teaching emphasizes social justice. Successful candidates must have a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and sustain an active record of publication.

The successful candidate will start on September 1, 2026 and be expected to teach, engage in scholarship and/or creative work, and do service for the department, college, and university. SCU is on the quarter system and tenure-stream faculty are expected to teach six courses per year (two each quarter), assuming they are actively engaged in scholarship or creative work.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

1. Ph.D. or ABD in Writing Studies, Technical and Professional Communication, English or a related field by appointment start date, September 1st, 2026.

2. Strong potential for effective, high-impact, and inclusive undergraduate teaching and mentoring of a diverse undergraduate student population to advance SCU Jesuit goals of social justice

3. Demonstrated commitment to scholarly excellence, a record of recent conference presentations or publications in Writing Studies, and a clear trajectory of publication in top venues as understood in the candidate’s specialized field within Writing Studies.

4. Experience with inclusive pedagogical practices that promote access and academic success for all students.

5. Familiarity with the Department’s English Studies model of teaching and learning
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Applicants are invited to visit the university's web site for descriptions of the university's mission, our Department, the student population we serve, and the learning opportunities we offer. Santa Clara University is committed to the strategic goal of enriching the quality of our community of scholars.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Tenure-track faculty at SCU are teaching scholars who are expected to balance teaching, research/creative work, and service. This is an in-person position. Faculty duties are governed by departmental policy and SCU’s Faculty Handbook. More specifically, duties include but are not limited to the following:

TEACHING:

1. Teach lower- and upper-division courses in the major and univers