Term Assistant Professor or Term Instructor
George Mason University | |
United States, Virginia, Fairfax | |
April 17, 2024 | |
Term Assistant Professor or Term Instructor
Department: College of Humanities and Social Sciences Job Category: Instructional Faculty Job Type: Full-Time Location: Fairfax Telework Friendly: Yes Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience Criminal Background Check: Yes About the Department: Mason's English Department is home to a diverse and collegial faculty committed to teaching excellence, innovation, community and public service, inclusion, and social equity. The Composition Program is actively engaged in the development of curricular and pedagogical approaches, including work in linguistic justice, that support Mason's diverse student populations and hopes to engage new faculty in this work. Its courses are part of a vertical writing curriculum that includes general education writing requirements at the introductory and upper levels taught by the faculty in the Composition Program, Writing Intensive courses in the major, and synthesis and capstone courses across the university. About the Position: The primary responsibility of this position is to teach introductory composition and/or advanced composition (separate sections of advanced composition offered for business, humanities, social science, natural science, and multidisciplinary) courses in the Mason Core (Mason's general education program). To address the needs of Mason's student demographics as well as faculty, the program offers classes between 7:30am and 10:00pm. Responsibilities:
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Instructions to Applicants: For full consideration, applicants must apply for Term Assistant Professor or Term Instructor at ; complete and submit the online application; and provide a cover letter, CV, philosophy of teaching, a syllabus (with calendar) and major project assignment from a recent college-level general education writing class, and a list of three professional references with contact information. Posting Open Date: October 27, 2023 For Full Consideration, Apply by: December 15, 2023 Open Until Filled?: Yes |