The Department of English at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to join the faculty and serve as First-Year Composition (FYC) Director, beginning August 2025. The successful candidate will collaborate with current faculty to enhance well-established curricular and institutional programs.

Our FYC Director will be an experienced leader who has administrative experience in a writing program or writing center and is ready to support and collaborate with our diverse students, faculty, and staff. The search committee is especially interested to hear from candidates who approach first-year composition from multiple perspectives and who are prepared to guide instructors in the promotion of 21st-century composing practices. To this end, our FYC Director will draw from current composition praxis to provide curricular, administrative, and pedagogical leadership for instructors in our FYC program via effective communication and professional development opportunities.

The tenure line faculty teaching load is 4/3. The FYC Director position receives two course releases each long semester resulting in a 2/1 teaching load, with an additional stipend for summer work. Adjustments are made for graduate teaching. Publications in the candidate’s field of expertise and university service are required for tenure.

EEO/AA

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

PhD in Rhetoric & Composition or related disciplines, such as English, Technical and Professional Communication, or a focus in Rhetoric & Composition, by initial appointment
Administrative experience in a writing program or writing center
Teaching experience in First-Year Composition

Preferred Qualifications

Expertise with first-generation and underrepresented student populations
Expertise in multilingual pedagogies and practices of writing instruction
Experience teaching Integrated Reading and Writing (INRW) courses
Experience teaching with or research focused on Large Language Models and writing pedagogy
Additional experience teaching advanced composition courses and graduate courses in composition and rhetoric

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First Year Composition Director

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