Assistant Teaching Professor (Academic Writing)

English - Faculty of Humanities

RTR 250-046

The Department of English seeks to appoint an Assistant Teaching Professor in academic writing. The appointment will be effective 1 September 2016, or as soon as possible after that date.

The successful applicant will join an exciting, collegial department with an outstanding record in both teaching and research, and a University community that strongly supports training in writing across disciplines.

The responsibility of the position is to teach courses that fulfill or are closely allied with the University’s Academic Writing Requirement (AWR): English 101, 135, 146 and 147, and Engineering 110, 120, and/or 240.

Requirements

The successful candidate must have

an advanced degree in a relevant field (PhD preferred) or equivalent experience;
an excellent track record of teaching university and/or college writing, especially at the first- and/or the second-year level;
the capacity to engage in research in the pedagogy of writing and more broadly in the scholarship of teaching and learning;
the capacity to undertake duties in the service of the Academic Writing Requirement; and
the capacity to undertake the training, assessment, and mentoring of instructors in academic writing.

Training and/or experience in the following areas will be considered an asset:

teaching EAL (English as an additional language);
teaching technical or scientific writing;
developing curriculum related to EAL, Indigenous pedagogies, or technical or scientific writing.

Additional information

In accordance with the Collective Agreement, Assistant Teaching Professors may apply for reappointment and after reappointment, may apply for promotion to Associate Teaching Professor; Associate Teaching Professors with a strong record in both teaching and scholarship of teaching and learning may apply for promotion to become a tenured Teaching Professor.

Faculty and Librarians at the University of Victoria are governed by the provisions of the Collective Agreement. Members are represented by the University of Victoria Faculty Association.

The University is located on the traditional territories of the Songhees, Esquimalt, and WSÁNEĆ peoples, whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Contact information

Electronic submissions only. Letter of application (explaining your interest in the position and relevant experience), CV, teaching dossier (or equivalent documentation), and confidential letters from three referees, should be sent to:

Dr. Iain Higgins, Chair
Department of English
University of Victoria

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Telephone: 250-721-7234

Application deadline

June 30, 2016

Equity statement

The University of Victoria is an equity employer and encourages applications from women, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, Aboriginal Peoples, people of all sexual orientations and genders, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the University. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application and hiring process, may contact Grace Wong Sneddon, Adviser to the Provost on Equity and Diversity at (250) 721-6143. Any personal information provided will be maintained in confidence.