F0200- Director First-Year Composition Program- Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition

Title: F0200- Director First-Year Composition Program- Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition

State Role Title: F0200- Director First-Year Composition Program- Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition

Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience and credentials

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Norfolk State University

Location: Norfolk State University

Agency Website: www.nsu.edu

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Norfolk State University’s Department of English and Foreign Languages seeks candidates with a specialization in first-year composition for a tenure-track or tenured appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor of English. The Department of English and Foreign Languages at Norfolk State University offers programs leading to a Bachelor of Arts in English, a Bachelor of Arts in English with a Secondary Education Endorsement, and a Bachelor of Arts in English with a Creative Writing Concentration. English faculty also maintain a local chapter of Sigma Tau Delta and host a creative writing festival once a year, the William Carroll Writers’ Festival. The Department also offers courses in Arabic, French, Spanish, and Public Speaking as part of the general education requirements. This position is a 9-month position that carries administrative and teaching responsibilities. Application review begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.

The successful candidate’s duties will include the following:

Serve as Director of NSU’s First-Year Composition Program, collaboratively develop curricula, provide instructor support, assist with ongoing research assessment, maintain and update LMScourse templates, and teach general education core and elective undergraduate writing courses. Active engagement in research, scholarship, and/or grantsmanship is required.

Minimum Qualifications

• An earned Ph.D. degree in English with a specialization in rhetoric, composition, or writing studies.
• Demonstrated record of scholarly research and/or publications in relevant subfields.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to serving diverse and/or underrepresented student populations and the ability to communicate with a diverse student body, both verbally and in writing.
• Experience in writing program administration and demonstrated commitment to the teaching and administration of first-year composition.
• Experience and commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarly activity at the university level with knowledge in areas of specialization in a discipline as stated above.
• Considerable practice with face-to-face and online teaching and commitment to distance learning and online course delivery modalities.

Additional Considerations

Norfolk State University conducts background checks on all candidates identified as a finalist for employment consideration. The type of background check(s) performed are dependent upon the type of position for which you have been identified as a finalist and may include: criminal history, including sexual offender registry checks, reference checks, degree validation, DMV (driving) records, license verification, and credit report reviews. The results of background checks are made available to University employing officials. As a finalist, you will be required to sign an Authorization to Release form. Norfolk State University utilizes Form I-9 and E-verify in the verification of eligibility for employment. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

Special Instructions
A complete packet is required for employment consideration.

Qualified applicants should submit the following materials via the State of Virginia Jobs website at https://www.jobs.virginia.gov/home:

• Cover letter explaining the candidate’s qualifications for the position
• Curriculum vitae
• One-page diversity statement: Applicants are required to submit a narrative statement describing their commitment to working effectively with faculty, staff, and students in a multicultural/multiethnic campus environment with a substantial population of students who are among the first generation of their family to attend a college or university.
• One-page statement of teaching & management philosophy.
• Completed state application.

Candidates who are selected to be interviewed will be asked to provide the following addition