Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville, Fall 2010.

The Department of English invites applications for an Assistant Professor, tenure-track, in Rhetoric and Composition, to begin Fall 2009.  Ph.D. preferred, but ABD nearing completion considered, with specialization in Rhetoric and Composition and teaching experience required.  Candidates should have a demonstrated commitment to pedagogy and the ability to do successful research.  We are particularly interested in candidates with one or more of the following areas of specialization: minority and ethnic rhetorics, classical rhetoric, new media.  Teaching load appropriate to a research institution; salary competitive.  Course assignments range from undergraduate writing, which all professorial faculty teach, to seminars in an established, successful doctoral program in Rhetoric and Composition.

Send letter, c.v., and writing sample to Professor Bronwyn Williams, Chair, Search Committee, Department of English, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292.  Applications must be postmarked on or before October 31, 2010. All applicants must also apply online and attach a current version of their vita at http://www.louisville.edu/jobs, reference Job ID 23249, by October 31, 2009. 

The search committee will interview candidates at MLA. Selected candidates will be contacted prior to the 2009 MLA Conference to schedule interviews.

The University of Louisville is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, Americans with Disabilities Employer, committed to diversity and in that spirit, seeks applications from a broad variety of candidates.