At the risk (or certainty) of duplicating this message in the e-mailboxes of people belonging to both CASLL and CATTW, I'm forwarding a message regarding available positions here at Purdue. Graham Smart ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 10:45:13 -0500 (EST) From: James Porter <[log in to unmask]> To: Graham Smart <[log in to unmask]> Cc: James Porter <[log in to unmask]> Subject: job ad Graham ... Please distribute this to anybody you think might be interested or qualified. Thanks. Jim Please redistribute this announcement to appropriate lists and potential candidates. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Faculty Positions and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Professional Writing @ Purdue University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department of English at Purdue University intends to hire two or three Visiting Assistant Professors and to award two or three Postdoctoral Fellowships in the area of Professional Writing (i.e., business writing, technical writing, and/or computer-based publishing). Appointments to begin August 1998--but for both types of positions we are especially interested in candidates willing to start in January 1998. VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING Appointment to begin January 1998 or August 1998 and to extend through the 1998-1999 academic year (one-semester appointment is also available). Salary $35,000 per year. Teaching load is three sections per semester of English 420, Business Writing (enrolls a maximum of 20 students; all sections taught in computer classrooms). Qualifications include experience and demonstrated effectiveness in teaching business or technical writing at the university level and experience teaching writing in a networked computer environment. Opportunity to work with faculty and graduate students in rhetoric and professional writing concentration. Possibility of summer teaching. Ph.D. required. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING One- or two-year appointment to begin January 1998 or August 1998. Salary $22,000 per year. Teaching load is five sections per year of English 420, Business Writing (class enrolls a maximum of 20 students; all sections taught in computer classrooms). We are looking for candidates interested in developing qualifications to teach professional writing in a computer-based writing environment. Fellows will take graduate courses and teaching practica in rhetoric and professional writing, work with professional writing faculty and graduate students on research and teaching projects, contribute to a new distance education initiative in the Professional Writing Usability Lab, and eventually earn a doctoral-level concentration in Technical and Professional Writing. Possibility of summer teaching. Ph.D. required (area of emphasis open). For further information about the professional writing program and faculty at Purdue University, see our web page at <http://addison.english.purdue.edu/pw/>. If you have questions about either position, contact James Porter ([log in to unmask]). If you wish to apply, send an application letter, CV, and evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., course evaluation data, sample syllabi and handouts, mentor/colleague evaluation) to Professor James Porter, Department of English, Heavilon Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Applications will be reviewed starting November 1, 1997 or until positions are filled. Purdue University if an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jim Porter Purdue Professional Writing Home Page: Director of Business Writing http://addison.english.purdue.edu/pw/ [log in to unmask] Department of English [log in to unmask] Heavilon Hall Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++