Senior Lecturer and Lecturer

Description

The University Writing Program (UWP) at Johns Hopkins University, an independent writing program, is seeking candidates for multiple faculty positions at the rank of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer. These are full-time, non-tenured but renewable and career-oriented faculty positions starting in Fall 2025. Lecturers are hired on 3-year renewable contracts, and Senior Lecturers receive 5-year renewable contracts.

The successful candidate will join the UWP at an ongoing moment of transformation. The program has recently launched a universal first-year writing requirement and is helping departments to integrate writing into the majors, while also developing an increasingly diverse array of writing electives for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, including community-engaged writing classes. New faculty will join a collaborative, creative faculty in the midst of crafting a new culture of writing at a distinguished research university.

The search committee seeks candidates with expertise in writing in the disciplines, applied linguistics, or rhetorics of public health and medicine, though all specializations are encouraged to apply. An ideal candidate would also demonstrated experience with community-engaged pedagogy, anti-racist pedagogy, assessment, or teaching for transfer.

The full-time teaching load is 2-2. In addition to teaching first-year writing, UWP faculty develop and teach courses in areas such as public writing, digital writing, professional writing, advanced academic and research writing, and more, as well as serve on committees and in leadership positions in the program.

The expected academic base salary range for these positions is: $50,000-$100,500. The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will be based on factors including, but not limited to, the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate – e.g., years in rank, training, field, discipline, other work experience, and other similar factors; geographic location; internal equity; external market conditions; and other factors as reasonably determined by the University.

The search committee will provide more specific compensation information during the interview process.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• PhD in Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, or other fields across the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences
• Demonstrated excellence in the teaching of writing, including significant experience teaching first-year writing at a university or college
• Experience working with students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including international and first-generation college students, limited income students, and students from underrepresented groups.

Application Instructions

Applications are open until November 15 via Interfolio. To apply, please click the “Apply Now” button and upload a cover letter, CV, and a syllabus from a writing course. The syllabus should include the course title, course description, required reading material, brief descriptions of major assignments, an outline of the course schedule (optional). Please try to limit the length of this document to 5 pages or fewer. Additional materials and references will be requested at subsequent stages of the search. If you have questions, please contact the chair of the search committee, Wenqi Cui, at wcui9@jh.edu or the director of the University Writing Program, Matthew Pavesich, at mpavesi2@jhu.edu.

We strongly encourage applications from minority-identifying candidates.

Successful candidates will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.

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Salary Range

The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting.  Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range.  The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

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