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Form of workThe Composition Program at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes applications for part-time, non-tenure stream teaching positions. Position appointments may be renewable based on need, funding, and performance.
Our program has long cultivated interdisciplinary and innovative approaches to the field of composition. We believe in asking students to do real intellectual work and to engage with difficulty. Our program in Public and Professional Writing extends those commitments across the university and to workplaces, as well as to the broader public sphere. We value flexible teachers who can create engaging and responsible courses.
Responsibilities: We are seeking outstanding faculty members who can teach in our first-year Composition courses, ESL Composition, or our courses for students in the Public and Professional Writing (PPW) major and certificate program. PPW courses include legal writing, technical writing, PR writing, grant writing, social media, and digital composition. We may also place teachers in the Writing Center (where tutoring graduate and undergraduate students for 10 hours/week plus attending meetings and engaging in professional development is the equivalent of a course). Or we may place teachers in our First-Year Engineering Writing Program, in which Composition teachers work with students in their first-year Engineering class to support their professional writing. (This teaching experience requires that teachers respond in writing to students' work and may involve going into the Engineering classroom to teach writing. Assignments and rubrics are created by the team.)
For information on our first-year composition courses, visit http://composition.pitt.edu/undergraduate/first-year-composition.
To see our list of Public and Professional Writing courses, visit https://www.composition.pitt.edu/undergraduate/public-professional-writing/ppw-major
MA or higher degree required; terminal degree (MFA, PhD, etc.) preferred. Preferred qualifications include a record of superior academic or professional performance; the ability to develop engaging courses that meet established learning goals; excellent communication skills, both oral and written; and a demonstrated ability to interact efficiently with diverse people in a multidisciplinary environment.
Document Requirements:
- Your current C.V.
- A one-to-two-page teaching statement that explains your approach to teaching composition.
- One-to-two-page diversity statement, in which you share how your past, planned, or potential contributions or experiences relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion will advance the University of Pittsburgh's commitment to inclusive excellence.
