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The Writing Program in the Emory College of Arts & Sciences (Atlanta, GA) is accepting applications for an at the rank of Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor in the Emory Writing Program starting in Fall 2027; anticipated start date for this position is August 01, 2027. We seek colleagues with preferred specialization in Composition, Rhetoric, and Writing to join our Writing Program’s interdisciplinary team of teaching-track faculty. We welcome collaborative, innovative administrators and instructors who will complement our strengths in inclusive pedagogy, cultural rhetorics, community-based writing, digital humanities, and writing with quantitative data.
The successful candidate will be prepared immediately to serve as the Director of First-Year Writing (FYW). As such, we seek candidates with expertise in first-year composition pedagogy and related research and assessment experience. First-year writing serves about half of the Emory undergraduate student body (~800 students/year) and the director’s responsibilities include training and mentoring instructors at all levels, supporting prospective and enrolled students, developing and assessing curriculum, and running continuing education for writing instructors. While serving as Director of First-Year Writing, they will also collaborate with faculty in the Writing Program to develop and teach a writing pedagogy practicum for graduate student instructors.
The Emory Writing Program, housed in the Department of English, offers a minor in Rhetoric, Writing, and Information Design (RWID) and has an integrated English Language Learners (ELL) program. We support students in the College of Arts and Sciences and beyond in our long-standing Writing Center. We provide training and support to faculty through WAC/WID initiatives. Our Technical Writing Program reaches students across eighteen departments in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Our new faculty member will teach courses like First-Year Writing, Technical Communication, existing courses in the RWID minor, and those developed from their own expertise.
Successful applicants will join a highly collaborative team of approximately twenty teaching-track faculty, administrative staff members, and postdoctoral fellows. Members of our program are researchers, writers, and educators who contribute to multidisciplinary and multicultural communities across campus and beyond.
Emory’s Atlanta campus is located on the ancestral homeland of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. In recognition of responsibility to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, as well as of the historical relationship of the Cherokee Nation to the US Southeast, Emory’s Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative seeks to “make Indigeneity part of the way Emory does things, in every respect.” The successful candidate for this position will have the chance to join Emory’s robust interdisciplinary communities across campus, including the Departments of African American Studies and the Institute of African Studies, Department of data and Decision Sciences, the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program, the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Initiative, Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, the Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Program, the Linguistics Program, and the Institute for the Liberal Arts.
Teaching-track appointments at Emory are career positions with multi-year contracts, full faculty benefits, and opportunities for promotion and administrative leadership. The standard course assignment for teaching-track faculty is 3/2, and most writing-intensive courses are capped at 16 students. Faculty in administrative roles typically negotiate a reduced teaching load during their term of administrative appointment. Teaching-track faculty have consistent access to funding and resources for teaching, research, and professional development. The salary is competitive and depends upon qualifications and experience. Appointment terms for teaching-track faculty are dependent upon rank at time of appointment.
PhD specializing in composition and rhetoric, writing studies, or related field.
Demonstrated expertise in scholarship and pedagogies related to FYW.
Leadership experience at the program, department, college, or university level. Experience in writing program administration especially preferred.
Experience or interest in teaching, mentorship, and/or research in critical data literacies, technical or quantitative communication, and digital rhetorics.
Teaching experience in first-year writing and other levels of university writing.
Experience working with faculty and students across disciplinary backgrounds.
Experience working with a range of student populations using pedagogical approaches that emphasize inclusion and belonging and cultural responsiveness.
Desired Qualifications
Experience with accessible pedagogies and practices and/or universal design for learning.
Familiarity with the educational needs of students who are multilingual and/or from historically underrepresented groups.
Engagement with critical and/or justice-oriented pedagogical and methodological approaches.
Experience or interest in community-engaged pedagogies and communication.
Application Instructions
Applicants should submit the following through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/193277]:
Letter of application addressing your multidisciplinary expertise in first-year writing pedagogy and practice, your teaching experience and philosophy, and your teaching and mentorship of students from a range of backgrounds.
Curriculum vitae.
Candidates selected for interview will provide a teaching portfolio and three letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin November 4, 2026, but full consideration will be given to all applications received by the deadline of November ?, 2026.
Questions? Contact the Director of the Writing Program and Chair of the Search Committee:
Dr. Sarah H. Salter, sarah.h.salter@emory.edu.
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NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.
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