Lecturer, Department of Writing and Rhetoric

Description

Stony Brook University’s Department of Writing and Rhetoric (DWR) is hiring full-time lecturers to start in August 2026. Chosen candidates must exhibit a commitment to innovative teaching practices and engage with professional development activities. Possession of an MA, MFA, or PhD in a related field or an MA in TESOL or Applied Linguistics at the time of application; a minimum of three years’ experience teaching first-year writing; and a demonstrated commitment to advancing educational access, opportunity, and inclusive excellence are required. Preferred credentials include experience assessing student learning outcomes; demonstrated knowledge of professional or technical writing instruction; experience teaching English language learners (ELLs) in a postsecondary setting, including but not limited to grammar, phonetics, and/or phonology; and evidence of academic service. The position is for a two-year, renewable contract. The teaching load is 3/3, primarily in first-year writing with opportunities to teach occasional courses in the DWR’s upper-division curriculum, undergraduate ELLs in the Program in Academic English, and graduate-level international TA training. Other duties include mentoring students, academic service, and attending departmental meetings.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to innovative teaching practices

• Engagement with professional development activities

• MA, MFA, or PhD (or foreign equivalent) in a related field or an MA in TESOL or Applied Linguistics at the time of application

• Minimum of three years’ experience teaching first-year writing

• Demonstrated commitment to advancing educational access, opportunity, and inclusive excellence

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience assessing student learning outcomes

• Demonstrated knowledge of professional or technical writing instruction

• Experience teaching English language learners (ELLs) in a postsecondary setting, including but not limited to grammar, phonetics, and/or phonology

• Evidence of academic service

Application Instructions

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

 

• CV

• Application letter explaining your qualifications; teaching philosophy; teaching effectiveness; and commitment to advancing educational access, opportunity, and inclusive excellence

• 3 confidential letters of recommendation 

• Sample materials from one of your first-year writing courses, including at least a syllabus and assignment(s)

 

For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.

 

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

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation. 

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and creating 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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